Table of Contents

Beginner’s Guide ........................................................... 4

Holiday Season/Christmas ...................................................... 5
Wedding .................................................................................. 6
Travel ....................................................................................... 7
Amusement Park ..................................................................... 9
Getting Started
Verifying the Accessories ...................................................... 11
Charging the Battery Pack ..................................................... 12
Grip Adjustment ..................................................................... 13
Using as a Hand Strap ....................................................... 13
Inserting an SD Card ............................................................. 13
Types of Usable SD Card ................................................... 14
Using the Touch Screen ........................................................ 15
Adjusting the Touch Panel ................................................. 15
Names of Buttons and Functions on the LCD Monitor ....... 16
Clock Setting ......................................................................... 18
Resetting the Clock ............................................................ 19
Changing the Display Language ............................................ 20
Holding this Unit .................................................................... 20
Tripod Mounting .................................................................... 21
Using this Unit Overseas ....................................................... 21
Charging the Battery Pack Overseas ................................. 21
Setting the Clock to Local Time when Traveling ................. 22
Setting Daylight Saving Time ............................................. 22
Optional Accessories ............................................................. 23
Recording
Taking Videos in Auto Mode .................................................. 24
Capturing Still Images During Video Recording ................. 26
Taking Still Images in Auto Mode ........................................... 27
Zooming ................................................................................ 30
Manual Recording ................................................................. 30
Shooting According to Scene (Subject) ............................. 32
Adjusting Focus Manually .................................................. 33
Adjusting Brightness .......................................................... 34
Setting Backlight Compensation ........................................ 35
Setting White Balance ........................................................ 36
Taking Close-up Shots ....................................................... 37
Recording with Effects ........................................................... 38
Recording with Animation Effects (ANIMATION EFFECT) . 39
Recording with Face Decorations (DECORATE FACE
EFFECT) ........................................................................ 41
Recording with Decorative Stamps (STAMP) .................... 42
Recording with Personal Handwriting (HANDWRITING
EFFECT) ........................................................................ 43
Capturing Subjects Clearly (TOUCH PRIORITY AE/AF) ....... 44
Capturing Smiles Automatically (SMILE SHOT) ................. 45
Capturing Pets Automatically (PET SHOT) ........................ 46
Registering Human Face Personal Authentication Information
............................................................................................ 48
Setting SMILE%/NAME DISPLAY ...................................... 50
Editing the Registered Face Information ............................ 51
Reducing Camera Shake ....................................................... 52
Marking the Video While Recording ...................................... 53
Slow-motion (High-speed) Recording .................................... 53
Recording at Intervals (TIME-LAPSE RECORDING) ............. 54
Recording Stop-Motion Videos (STOP-MOTION REC) ......... 56
Recording Automatically by Sensing Movements (AUTO REC)
............................................................................................ 57
Taking Group Shots (Self-timer) ............................................ 58
Recording Videos with Date and Time ................................... 60
Checking the Remaining Recording Time ............................. 61
Playback
Playing Back Videos .............................................................. 64
Normal Playback ................................................................ 66
MARKING PLAYBACK ...................................................... 66
DIGEST PLAYBACK .......................................................... 70
PLAYBACK PLAYLIST ...................................................... 72
PLAYBACK OTHER FILE .................................................. 73
Playing Back Still Images ....................................................... 74
Slideshow Playback ........................................................... 75
Searching for a Specific Video/Still Image by Date ................ 76
Connecting to and Viewing on TV .......................................... 77
Connecting via the HDMI Mini Connector .......................... 77
Connecting via the AV Connector ...................................... 79
Playing Back a DVD or Blu-ray Disc Created on this Unit ...... 79
Digest Playback on a Blu-ray or DVD Player ...................... 79

Editing

Deleting Unwanted Files ........................................................ 80
Deleting the Currently Displayed File ................................. 80
Deleting Selected Files ...................................................... 80
Protecting Files ...................................................................... 81
Protecting/Releasing Protection of the Currently Displayed
File .................................................................................. 81
Protecting/Releasing Protection of Selected Files .............. 82
Capturing a Still Image in the Video During Playback ............ 83
Combining Videos Recorded by Seamless Recording .......... 83
Capturing a Required Part in the Video (TRIMMING) ............ 84
Creating Playlists from the Recorded Videos ......................... 85
Creating Playlists with Selected Files ................................. 85
Creating Playlists by Date .................................................. 87
Editing Playlists .................................................................. 88
Deleting Playlists ................................................................ 89

Copying

Creating Discs with a BD Writer (External Blu-ray Drive) ....... 90
Preparing a BD Writer (External Blu-ray Drive) .................. 91
Creating a Disc ................................................................... 92
Playing Back with a BD Writer (External Blu-ray Drive) ...... 98
Creating Discs with a DVD Writer .......................................... 98
Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD3) ..................................... 99
Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD50) ................................... 99
Creating a Disc ................................................................. 100
Playing Back with a DVD Writer ....................................... 105
Creating a Disc Using a Connected Blu-ray Recorder ......... 105
Dubbing Files to a Disc by Connecting to a DVD Recorder . 106
Dubbing Files to a VHS Tape by Connecting to a VCR ........ 107
Using a USB External Hard Disk Drive ................................ 108
Preparing a USB External Hard Disk Drive ....................... 109
Copying All Files .............................................................. 109
Playing Back Files in the USB External Hard Disk Drive .. 110
Deleting Folders in the USB External Hard Disk Drive ..... 111
Formatting the USB External Hard Disk Drive .................. 111
Copying Files to an SD Card (GZ-EX355) ........................... 112
Moving Files to an SD Card (GZ-EX355) ............................. 113
Copying to Windows PC (GZ-EX355/GZ-EX310) ................ 114
Verifying System Requirements (Guideline) ..................... 114
Installing the Provided Software ....................................... 115
Backing Up Files .............................................................. 116
Recording Videos to Discs ............................................... 117
Backing Up Files Without Using Provided Software ......... 119
List of Files and Folders ................................................... 120
Copying to Windows PC (GZ-E300) .................................... 121
Verifying System Requirements (Guideline) ..................... 121
Installing the Provided Software (Built-in) ......................... 122
Backing Up All Files ......................................................... 123
Organizing Files ............................................................... 124
Recording Videos to Discs ............................................... 125
Backing Up Files Without Using Provided Software ......... 127
List of Files and Folders ................................................... 128
Copying to Mac Computer ................................................... 129
Using Wi-Fi (GZ-EX355/GZ-EX310)
Wi-Fi Capabilities ................................................................. 130
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