The adjustment range and the length of the exposure adjustment indicator will vary depending on the initial brightness of the picture.

If you operate the zoom, the brightness of the image may change.

3Adjust the ( ) the brightness of the image as required, then hide ( ) the joystick guide.

The exposure adjustment indicator will change to white and the selected exposure will be locked.

During exposure lock, press twice to return the camcorder to automatic exposure.

NOTES

If the recording program is changed during exposure lock, the cam- corder will return to automatic exposure.

Manual Focus Adjustment

Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case, focus manually.

• Reflective surfaces

• Fast moving subjects

• Subjects with low contrast

• Through wet windows

or without vertical lines

• Night scenes

Operating modes:

*

 

 

* Available only for movies.

 

 

POINTS TO CHECK

• Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.

1 Open () the joystick guide.

Focus

2 Select () [ Focus] and press .

The current focus is locked and [MF] appears.

3Push the joystick () or () once to verify if the image is focused.

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