Canon MV550i, MV530i instruction manual 143, ? The camcorder won’t focus

? The camcorder won’t focus.	•	The camcorder is on manual focus
		(	79).
	•	The viewfinder lens needs adjusting
		(	132).
	•	The lens is dirty (		139).

Note:

•Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often get better results using manual focus ( 79). Focus on something which is about the same distance away, lock the focus, and then point the camcorder at your original, hard-to-focus subject.

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

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

Recording/Playback (Cont.)

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 ( 63-67).

•The camcorder is not set to TAPE PLAY (VCR) mode ( 29).

•The cassette is not loaded ( 17).

•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.

? The playback picture is rough	• The video heads need cleaning
(with mosaic-like noise).	( 140).

Information Additional

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