Basic shooting operations
Preparing to shoot
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2 Lift up the viewfinder, press the side of the card slot cover (A), and slide the cover (B) to open it.
3 Insert the P2 card securely in the card slot.
4 Push the P2 card eject button to the direction of the arrow, and close the card slot cover.
•There are two card slots.
•Be absolutely sure to close the card slot covers to keep the dust out.
•Do not remove the P2 card while the P2 card access lamps are blinking orange. (Page 25)
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| 1 releaseLock |
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| POWER |
| 4 | ON |
| OFF |
Shooting in auto mode
1 Turn the POWER switch to ON. (Page 18)
•Check that the mode lamp (CAM) is lighted red.
2 Switch the AUTO/MANUAL switch to AUTO to select auto mode.
•“ A ” appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens.
•The focus, gain, iris and white balance are adjusted automatically.
3 Press the START/STOP button (Red) on the POWER switch to start shooting.
•Press again to return to the camera to the shooting standby mode.
•Use the handle START/STOP button to make it easier to shoot from low angles.
2 | AUTO MANUAL | REC CHECK |
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Handle START/STOP button
Mode lamp | 1Lock release |
| POWER |
| ON |
| OFF |
| 3 ONPOWER |
Mode button | OF |
Under the following circumstances, even if you press the STOP button it may take some time until the writing to the P2 card finishes. For this reason, the operation will not be acknowledged if you press the START button too soon.
•Stopped after only a short recording time
•Stopped immediately after the recording has moved to a second P2 card
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