Canon MV4i MC instruction manual Recording/Playback Contd, Problem

•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.

E

Horizontal stripes Many subjects at	Behind glass	Without much
different distances		contrast (e.g. a
		white wall)

Reflective surfaces	Fast moving	Slanted subjects	Dark subjects
(e.g. shiny car	objects
surfaces)

Night scenes

Recording/Playback (Contd.)

Problem

?Some/all of the digital effects don’t work.

?The e (play) button doesn’t work.

?There’s a bright stripe on the screen.

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 PLAY (MV4i and MV4i MC: VCR)

( 23).

•The cassette is not loaded ( 12).

•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.

Information Additional

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