Canon HF10 Basic Operation Camcorder, LCD Backlight, Button Mode or Flexible Recording

NOTES

About the LCD screen: The screen is produced using extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques, with more than 99.99% of the pixels operating to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may occasionally misfire or appear as black, red, blue or green dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction.

LCD Backlight

You can set the brightness of the screen to normal or bright.

Hold DISP. pressed down for more than 2 seconds.

Repeat this action to toggle between the normal and bright settings.

NOTES

•This setting does not affect the brightness of the recording.

•Using the bright setting will shorten the effective usage time of the battery pack.

Basic Operation of the

Camcorder

The Button: Mode or Flexible Recording

The camcorder offers two basic modes for recording video or still images: mode for beginners or if you just prefer not to bother with detailed camcorder settings, and flexible recording mode which lets you change the camcorder's settings to your preference.

Press the button to enter the

mode (the button's blue light will be on). You do not need to worry about any settings and can shoot video using

just the zoom lever ( 37) and

START/STOP ( 35) or take photos using just the zoom lever and PHOTO

( 61).

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