Contents

Information for your safety

2

Before using

 

Accessories

4

Optional

4

Parts identification and handling

4

Fitting the lens cap

6

The one-touch free-style grip belt

7

Using the LCD monitor

7

Using the viewfinder

8

Power supply

8

Charging time and recordable time

9

Inserting/removing a cassette

10

Inserting/removing a card

11

Turning the camera on

12

Selecting a mode

12

How to use the joystick

12

Switching the language

14

Using the menu screen

14

Setting date and time

15

Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder

15

Using the remote control

16

Free style remote control with mic

18

Record mode

 

Check before recording

19

Recording on a tape

20

Recording still pictures on a card while

 

recording image onto a tape

20

Check the recording

21

Blank search function

21

Recording still pictures onto a card

 

(Photoshot)

21

Zoom in/out function

23

Recording yourself

23

Quick start

24

Backlight compensation function

24

Night view functions

24

Soft skin mode

25

Tele-macro function

25

Fade in/fade out function

26

Wind noise reduction function

26

Using the built-in video flash

26

Self-timer recording

27

Recording images for wide-screen TVs

28

Image stabilizer function

28

Continuous Photoshot

29

Recording in various situations

 

(Scene mode)

29

Recording in natural colours

 

(White balance)

30

Manual focus adjustment

31

Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment

32

Playback mode

 

Playing back tape

33

Slow-motion playback/

 

frame-by-frame playback

34

Variable-speed search function

34

Playback on TV

35

Playing back card

35

Deleting files recorded on a card

36

Formatting a card

37

Protecting files on a card

37

Writing the printing data on a card

 

(DPOF setting)

37

Edit mode

 

Recording from a tape onto a card

39

Copying onto a DVD recorder or a VCR

 

(Dubbing)

39

Recording the contents of other equipment

40

Using the DV Cable for Recording

 

(Digital Dubbing)

41

Audio dubbing

42

Printing pictures by directly connecting to

 

the printer (PictBridge)

43

Menu

 

Menu list

45

Menus related to taking pictures

47

Menus related to playback

47

Other menus

48

Others

 

Indications

49

Warning/alarm indications

50

Functions cannot be used simultaneously

52

Before requesting repair

 

(Problems and solutions)

53

Cautions for Use

56

Explanation of terms

60

Specifications

 

Specifications

61

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