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Additional
Information
• Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often
get better results using manual focus ( 72). Focus on something which is
about the same distance away, lock the focus, and then point the camera at your
original, hard-to-focus subject.
Horizontal stripes Many subjects at
different distances
Behind glass Without much
contrast (e.g. a
white wall)
Reflective surfaces
(e.g. shiny car
surfaces)
Night scenes
Fast moving
objects
Slanted subjects Dark subjects
Recording/Playback (Contd.)Cause and/or what to do about it
• There are a number of restrictions on
using the digital effects. ( 57-64).
• The POWER dial is not set to VCR
( 25).
• The cassette is not loaded ( 14).
• The cassette has reached the end.
• When recording in dark places a
bright light in the scene may cause a
vertical light bar (“smear”) to appear.
This is a normal feature of
camcorders.
Problem
?Some/all of the digital effects don’t
work.
?The ee(play) button doesn’t work.
?There’s a bright stripe on the
screen.