? The camcorder won’t focus.

•

The camcorder is on manual focus

E

 

(

79).

 

• The viewfinder lens needs adjusting

 

 

(

131).

 

•

The lens is dirty ( 138).

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.

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

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 ( 30).

•The cassette is not loaded ( 18).

•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).

( 139).

142