For movies: Press START/STOP .

The camcorder starts recording after a 10-second countdown. The countdown appears on the screen.

For photos: Press PHOTO , first halfway to activate the autofocus and then fully.

The camcorder will record the photo after a 10-second countdown. The countdown appears on the screen.

NOTES

Once the countdown has begun, any of the following actions will cancel the self timer.

-Pressing START/STOP (when recording movies) or PHOTO fully (when recording photos).

-Setting the camcorder to standby mode.

-Changing the camcorder’s operating mode.

-Turning off the camcorder.

Manual Exposure Adjustment

At times, backlit subjects may appear too dark (underexposed) or subjects under very strong lights may appear too bright or glaring (overex- posed). To correct this, you can manually adjust the exposure.

Operating modes:

POINTS TO CHECK

• Select a recording program other than [ Fireworks].

Manual Exposure Adjustment

1 Open () the joystick guide.

Exposure

2 Select () [ Exposure] and press

.

The current exposure is locked.

The exposure adjustment indicator

and the neutral value “±0” appear on the screen.

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