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Important Information

2

For Your Safety

2

Precautions

2

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

4

Cautions When Using

5

Cautions When Storing

8

Suggestions and Restrictions

8

CLEANING

9

HANDLING DISCS

9

DISC CLEANING

10

Read This First

10

About This Manual

11

Table of Contents

12

Checking Provided Accessories

15

Names of Parts

16

Setups

 

Demonstration Function

20

Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/Recorder.. 20

HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER . 20

ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP

20

ATTACHING LENS CAP

21

INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE

 

CONTROL

21

REMOVING BATTERY FROM REMOTE

 

CONTROL

22

Discs and Cards

23

AVAILABLE DISCS

24

INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC

24

NOTES ON FINALIZATION:

24

EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE USED

ON THIS DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER: 25

AVAILABLE CARDS

25

COMMON CAUTIONS FOR DISC AND CARD

25

Preparations for Power Supply

26

USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER WITH

AC ADAPTER/CHARGER

26

Setting Up the Battery

27

CHARGING BATTERY

27

ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO

 

CAMERA/RECORDER

28

REMOVING BATTERY

28

BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR

30

EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY

30

Turning DVD Video Camera/Recorder On and

 

Off

31

VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR SCREEN 32

VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH VIEWFINDER . 32

Setting Date and Time

33

CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE AND

 

TIME

33

Initial Settings

34

SWITCHING OPERATING SOUND ON OR OFF

(BEEP)

34

TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER

 

OFF AUTOMATICALLY (POWER SAVE)

34

CHANGING DISPLAY LANGUAGE

 

(LANGUAGE)

34

RESETTING MENU SETTINGS TO DEFAULTS

 

(RESET)

35

TURNING RECORD LED ON OR OFF

 

(RECORD LED)

35

CHANGING SETTING OF DEMONSTRATION ..

35

LCD/EVF Setup

36

ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF LCD SCREEN

 

(LCD BRIGHTNESS) AND VIEWFINDER (EVF

BRIGHTNESS)

36

ADJUSTING COLOR DENSITY

 

(COLOR LEVEL)

37

ALWAYS DISPLAYING IMAGE

 

IN VIEWFINDER

37

Inserting and Removing Disc

38

Inserting and Removing Card

40

Basic Techniques

 

Recording Movie

41

Recording Stills

42

Swift Restart of Recording (SLEEP/RESTART

 

button)

43

On-Screen Information

44

INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING

 

RECORDING

44

Checking Flow of Menu

49

Zooming

51

MACRO RECORDING

51

RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER

 

WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT

52

Manually Focusing Subject

53

FOCUSING DURING RECORDING

53

Adjusting Brightness of Image to be recorded

 

(Exposure)

55

Compensating for Backlight

55

Built-in Video Flash (for DZ-GX3300A only) ....

56

Setting Up Camera Functions

57

SELECTING SHOOTING MODE TO MATCH THE

SUBJECT

 

(SWITCHING PROGRAM AE MODE)

57

RECORDING DARK SUBJECTS USING LCD

 

MONITOR LIGHT

58

ADJUSTING COLOR (WHITE BALANCE)

58

USING THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZER

(EIS)

60

RECORDING SUBJECT USING LARGE

 

MAGNIFICATION (DIGITAL ZOOM)

60

REDUCING WIND NOISE DURING RECORDING

(MIC.FILTER)

60

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