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Indemnity concerning recording content
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Contents
Before using
Setup
Recording
Playback
With other products
Others
Features
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Accessories
Optional accessories
Parts identification and handling
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Adjust the belt length and the pad position.
Using grip belt
Attaching the lens cap
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Using the LCD monitor
Using the viewfinder
Pull out the viewfinder.
Install a button-type battery
Using the remote control (VDR-D310)
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Discs and cards
Discs that can be used on this unit
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Cards that you can use with this unit
Disc and card handling
Power supply
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Charging the battery
Charging time and recordable time
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Turning the unit on/off
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Connecting to the AC outlet
Inserting/removing a disc
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Inserting/removing an SD card
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turn off the power.
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from the card slot.
Basic operations
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cover.
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About the operation icons displayed in each mode
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Help mode
Rotate the mode dial to select or
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icon during the recording pause.
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to select the desired icon.
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select [LANGUAGE] and press
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joystick.
Using the menu screen
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button.
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the menu screen.
select the item to be set. Then,
Setting date and time
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selection.
Adjusting LCD monitor/ viewfinder 1
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Before recording
About auto mode
Anti-Ground-Shooting (AGS) (VDR-D310)
Press the MENU button, then select [SETUP] # [AGS] # [ON] and press the joystick.
Recording motion pictures
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button to start recording.
To end the recording
Press the MENU button, then select [BASIC] # [REC MODE] # desired
Recording modes and recordable time available for the motion picture
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Recording still pictures (JPEG still pictures)
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picture.
VDR-D220
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Press the MENU button, then select [ADVANCED] # [SHTR EFFECT] # [ON] and press the joystick.
Screen indications in picture recording mode
Recording with a shutter operation effect
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[PICTURE SIZE]
Number of pixels and picture quality for still picture recording
Various recording functions
Move the zoom lever.
Press the MENU button, then select [ADVANCED] # [D.ZOOM] # desired item and press the joystick.
Zoom in/out function
Digital zoom function
Recording yourself
Rotate the mode dial to select or
Rotate the LCD monitor tow ards the lens side.
Rotate the mode dial to select or
the joystick down to display the
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[].
To return to normal recording
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the joystick down to display the
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3
button.
To cancel fading
To select the colour for fade in/out
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the joystick down to display the
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To cancel the soft skin mode
Rotate the mode dial to select or
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the joystick down to display the
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To cancel the tele macro function
Soft skin mode
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the joystick down to display the
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To cancel the colour night view function
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the joystick down to display the
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[].
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Recording guideline
Wide mode
Image stabilizer function
Press the MENU button, then select [ADVANCED] # [O.I.S.] # [ON] and press the joystick.
Press the MENU button, then select [ADVANCED] # [WIND CUT] # [ON]
Manual recording functions
Wind noise reduction
Scene mode
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Manual focus adjustment
select [BASIC] # [SCENE MODE] # desired item and press the joystick.
To cancel the scene mode function
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to FOCUS position.
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bring the subject into focus.
To restore to the automatic adjustment
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3
select the white balance mode.
To restore to the automatic adjustment
White balance
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white subject.
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About the black balance adjustment (VDR-D310)
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To set the white balance manually
Manual shutter speed/ aperture adjustment
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select [ ] (aperture) or [ ] (shutter speed).
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make the adjustment.
To restore to automatic adjustment
Motion picture playback
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Move the volume lever to change the volume level.
Frame-by-frame playback
To adjust the volume
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Still picture playback (JPEG still pictures)
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Editing scenes
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Dividing a scene
Combining scenes
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then press the joystick.
What is a playlist? Creating a new playlist
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appears, select [YES], then press
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Playing back a playlist Editing a playlist
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Editing still pictures
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Locking still pictures
DPOF setting
To cancel all DPOF settings
Disc management
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select [DISC SETUP] #
adaptor.
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Un-finalizing a DVD-RW
Protecting a disc
Formatting discs
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Displaying disc information
Card management
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2
Formatting an SD card
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With a TV
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mode dial to select or .
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With a DVD recorder/ player
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Finalize the disc on the unit. (l73)
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recorder, then dub the contents onto the hard disk.
Dubbing recordings onto a DVD recorders hard disk
With a VCR
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device.
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mode dial to select .
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Menus
Motion picture recording menus
Still picture recording menus
Menu list
Motion picture playback menus
Other menus
Indications
Recording indications
Indications
Playback indications
Confirmatory indications
Messages
About recovery
Functions that cannot be used simultaneously
Frequently asked questions
Troubleshooting
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Cautions for use
About this unit
About the battery
About the AC adaptor
About the disc
About the SD card
LCD monitor/viewfinder
Causes of condensation
What to do with the lens is fogged up.
Explanation of terms
Automatic white balan ce
About condensation
White balance
Auto focus
Specifications
DVD Video Camera
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Number of recordable pictures on an S D card
