Canon ZR30 MC instruction manual 130

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Note:

•Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often get better results using manual focus ( 75). 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.

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)

Additional Information

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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.

?The playback picture is rough (with mosaic-like noise).

?There’s no picture on the TV screen, even though the tape is moving.

Cause and/or what to do about it

•There are a number of restrictions on using the digital effects. ( 59-65).

•The camcorder is not set to TAPE PLAY (VCR) mode ( 27).

•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 video heads need cleaning ( 127).

•The video heads need cleaning ( 127).

•The TV/VIDEO selector on the TV isn’t set to VIDEO ( 32-33).