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E
Mastering
the Basics
Basic Recording
Have you completed the following steps?
•Attached a power source ( 11).
•Removed the lens cap ( 116).
•Chosen the display: viewfinder ( 116) or LCD screen ( 21)
•Extended the viewfinder ( 116) /adjusted the LCD screen ( 21)
•When you’re using the viewfinder, fully close the LCD or rotate the LCD so
that it faces the same direction as the lens ( 23).
You may also want to install the backup battery ( 119) in order to set the date
and time display ( 45).
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4, 5
P
OFF
POWER
VCR
P
.SCAN
MOVIE

Before you start recording

To record

1. Press the button next to the POWER dial and hold, turn the

POWER dial to MOVIE.

•The camera automatically sets to record pause mode. PAUSE appears in the
display.
•The camera power indicator lights up red.
•The confirmation beep sounds.
•The camera will turn itself off if you leave it in record pause mode for more
than about 5 minutes. To return to record pause mode, turn the POWER dial
to OFF and then back to MOVIE.
•For Progressive Scan recording, see p. 48. ELURA2 MC only: For still
image recording to a MultiMediaCard, see p. 93.

2. Load a cassette ( 14).

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