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Important Information

2

For Your Safety

2

Precautions

2

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

3

Cautions on HDD

4

Cautions When Using

4

Cautions When Storing

8

Suggestions and Restrictions

8

CLEANING

9

HANDLING DISCS

9

DISC CLEANING

10

NOTE WHEN TRANSFERRING OR DISCARDING

DISCS AND SD MEMORY CARDS

10

Read This First

10

About This Manual

11

Introduction

12

Table of Contents

13

Checking Provided Accessories

16

Names of Parts

17

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

HDD/DVD/Cards

22

HDD, DISCS

23

INFORMATION ON DVD-R

23

NOTES ON FINALISATION

23

EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE USED

ON THIS DVD VIDEO CAMERA/

 

RECORDER

24

AVAILABLE CARDS

24

CAUTIONS FOR DISC AND CARD

24

Preparations for Power Supply

25

USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER WITH

AC ADAPTER/CHARGER

25

Setting Up the Battery

26

CHARGING BATTERY

26

ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO

 

CAMERA/RECORDER

27

REMOVING BATTERY

27

BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR

29

EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY

29

Turning DVD Video Camera/Recorder

 

On and Off

30

Viewing Images

31

VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR

 

SCREEN

31

VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH

 

VIEWFINDER

31

Setting Date and Time

32

CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE AND

 

TIME

32

Initial Settings

33

SWITCHING OPERATING SOUND ON OR OFF

(BEEP)

33

TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER

 

OFF AUTOMATICALLY (POWER SAVE)

33

CHANGING DISPLAY LANGUAGE

 

(LANGUAGE)

33

RESETTING MENU SETTINGS TO DEFAULTS

 

(RESET)

34

TURNING RECORD LED ON OR OFF

 

(RECORD LED)

34

CHANGING SETTING OF

 

DEMONSTRATION

34

LCD/EVF Setup

35

ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF LCD SCREEN

 

(LCD BRIGHTNESS) AND VIEWFINDER

 

(EVF BRIGHTNESS)

35

ADJUSTING COLOUR DENSITY

 

(COLOUR LEVEL)

36

ALWAYS DISPLAYING IMAGE IN

 

VIEWFINDER

36

Inserting and Removing Disc

37

Inserting and Removing Card

39

Basic Techniques

 

Recording Movie

40

Recording Stills

41

Swift Restart of Recording

 

(SLEEP/RESTART button)

42

On-Screen Information

43

INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING

 

RECORDING

43

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 PROGRAMME AE MODE)

56

RECORDING DARK SUBJECTS USING LCD

 

MONITOR LIGHT

57

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