Table of Contents

 

Beginner’s Guide

4

Charging

4

Recording

4

Playback

4

Shooting Tips

4

Holiday Season/Christmas

5

Wedding

6

Travel

7

Amusement Park

9

Getting Started

 

Verifying the Accessories

10

Attaching the Core Filter

11

Charging the Battery Pack

12

Grip Adjustment

13

Using as a Hand Strap

13

Inserting an SD Card

14

Types of Usable SD Card

14

Using the Touch Screen

15

Names of Buttons and Functions on the LCD Monitor

16

Clock Setting

17

Resetting the Clock

18

Changing the Display Language

19

Holding this Unit

19

Tripod Mounting

19

Using this Unit Overseas

20

Charging the Battery Pack Overseas

20

Setting the Clock to Local Time when Traveling

20

Setting Daylight Saving Time

21

Optional Accessories

21

Recording

 

Taking Videos in Auto Mode

22

Zooming

24

Capturing Still Images During Video Recording

24

Taking Still Images in Auto Mode

25

Zooming

28

Manual Recording

28

Shooting According to Scene (Subject)

29

Adjusting Focus Manually

31

Adjusting Brightness

32

Setting Shutter Speed

33

Setting Aperture

34

Setting White Balance

35

Setting Backlight Compensation

36

Taking Close-up Shots

37

Recording with Effects

38

Recording with Animation Effects

38

Recording with Face Decorations

41

Recording with Decorative Stamps

42

Recording with Personal Handwriting

43

Capturing Subjects Clearly (TOUCH PRIORITY AE/AF)

44

Capturing Smiles Automatically (SMILE SHOT)

45

Capturing Pets Automatically (PET SHOT)

46

Recording while Displaying a Magnified View of a Selected

 

Face (FACE SUB-WINDOW)

47

Registering............................................................................................Human Face Personal Authentication Information49

Setting SMILE%/NAME DISPLAY

51

Editing the Registered Face Information

52

Reducing Camera Shake

53

Slow-motion(High-speed) Recording

54

Recording at Intervals (TIME-LAPSE RECORDING)

55

Recording Automatically by Sensing Movements (AUTO REC)

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56

Taking Group Shots (Self-timer)

58

Recording Videos with Date and Time

60

Checking the Remaining Recording Time

61

Playback

 

Playing Back Videos

63

Checking the Recording Date and Other Information

65

Checking........................................................................................the Content of Videos Quickly (Digest Playback) 65

Playing a Video with Defective Management Information ...

66

Playing Back Still Images

67

Slideshow Playback

68

Searching for a Specific Video/Still Image by Date

69

Connecting to and Viewing on TV

69

Connecting via the HDMI Mini Connector

70

Connecting via the AV Connector

71

Playing Back Playlists

71

Playing Back a DVD or Blu-ray Disc Created on this Unit

72

Digest Playback on a Blu-ray or DVD Player

72

Editing

 

Deleting Unwanted Files

73

Deleting the Currently Displayed File

73

Deleting Selected Files

73

Protecting Files

74

Protecting/Releasing Protection of the Currently Displayed

File

74

Protecting/Releasing Protection of Selected Files

75

Capturing a Still Image in the Video During Playback

76

Capturing a Required Part in the Video (TRIMMING)

76

Capturing Videos for Uploading to YouTube

77

Creating Playlists from the Recorded Videos

79

Creating Playlists with Selected Files

79

Creating Playlists by Date

80

Editing Playlists

81

Deleting Playlists

82

Copying

 

Creating Discs with a DVD Writer

83

Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD3)

84

Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD50)

84

Creating a Disc

85

Playing Back with a DVD Writer

89

Creating Discs with a BD Writer (External Blu-ray Drive)

90

Preparing a BD Writer (External Blu-ray Drive)

90

Creating a Disc

91

Playing Back with a BD Writer (External Blu-ray Drive)

96

Creating a Disc Using a Connected Blu-ray Recorder

96

Dubbing Files to a Disc by Connecting to a DVD Recorder ...

97

Dubbing Files to a VHS Tape by Connecting to a VCR

97

Using a USB External Hard Disk Drive

98

Preparing a USB External Hard Disk Drive

98

Copying All Files

99

Playing Back Files in the USB External Hard Disk Drive ..

100

Deleting Folders in the USB External Hard Disk Drive

100

Formatting the USB External Hard Disk Drive

101

Importing Files from the USB External Hard Disk Drive ....

101

Copying to Windows PC

103

Verifying System Requirements (Guideline)

103

Installing the Provided Software (Built-in)

104

Backing Up All Files

105

Organizing Files

106

Recording Videos to Discs

107

Backing Up Files Without Using Provided Software

108

List of Files and Folders

110

Copying to Mac Computer

111

Menu Settings

 

Operating the Menu

112

Operating the Shortcut Menu

112

Operating the Main Menu

113

Operating the Common Menu

113

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