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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

19

Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/Recorder.. 19

HOLDING DVD VIDEO

 

CAMERA/RECORDER

19

ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP

19

ATTACHING LENS CAP

20

Discs and Cards

21

AVAILABLE DISCS

22

INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC

22

NOTES ON FINALIZATION

22

EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE USED

ON THIS DVD VIDEO CAMERA/

 

RECORDER

23

AVAILABLE CARDS

23

COMMON CAUTIONS FOR DISC AND CARD

23

Initial Settings

32

SWITCHING OPERATING SOUND ON OR OFF

(BEEP)

32

TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER

 

OFF AUTOMATICALLY (POWER SAVE)

32

CHANGING DISPLAY LANGUAGE

 

(LANGUAGE)

32

RESETTING MENU SETTINGS TO DEFAULTS

 

(RESET)

33

TURNING RECORD LED ON OR OFF

 

(RECORD LED)

33

CHANGING SETTING OF

 

DEMONSTRATION

33

LCD/EVF Setup

34

ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF LCD SCREEN

 

(LCD BRIGHTNESS) AND VIEWFINDER

 

(EVF BRIGHTNESS)

34

ADJUSTING COLOR DENSITY

 

(COLOR LEVEL)

35

ALWAYS DISPLAYING IMAGE IN

 

VIEWFINDER

35

Inserting and Removing Disc

36

Inserting and Removing Card

38

Basic Techniques

 

Recording Movie

39

Recording Stills

40

Swift Restart of Recording

 

(SLEEP/RESTART button)

41

Recording using LED Light

 

(for DZ-GX5080A only)

42

On-Screen Information

43

INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING

 

RECORDING

43

Preparations for Power Supply

24

USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER

 

WITH AC ADAPTER/CHARGER

24

Setting Up the Battery

25

CHARGING BATTERY

25

ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO

 

CAMERA/RECORDER

26

REMOVING BATTERY

26

BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR

28

EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY

28

Turning DVD Video Camera/Recorder

 

On and Off

29

VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR

 

SCREEN

30

VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH

 

VIEWFINDER

30

Setting Date and Time

31

CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE AND

 

TIME

31

Checking Flow of Menu

48

Zooming

50

MACRO RECORDING

50

RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER

 

WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT

51

Manually Focusing Subject

52

FOCUSING DURING RECORDING

52

Adjusting Brightness of Image to be recorded

 

(Exposure)

54

Compensating for Backlight

54

Using Full Auto Function

55

Setting Up Camera Functions

56

SELECTING SHOOTING MODE TO MATCH

 

THE SUBJECT

 

(SWITCHING PROGRAM AE MODE)

56

RECORDING DARK SUBJECTS USING LCD

 

MONITOR LIGHT

57

ADJUSTING COLOR (WHITE BALANCE)

57

USING THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZER

(EIS)

59

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