Recording

Manual Focus

Follow these steps to focus the camcorder’s lens manually:

1.Adjust the viewfinder’s Diopter Adjustment Control to assure that the viewfinder’s image is crisp.

2.Press in the Thumb Lock and rotate the Power Switch to manual ( M ) record.

3.Press the FOCUS button (also the fast forward [] button) on top of the camcorder. The manual focus

indicator ( )appears on screen.

3.To focus on a subject further

away, rotate the MENU/BRIGHT dial clockwise (towards +). The icon appears on screen and blinks. To focus on a subject near the camcorder, rotate the MENU/

BRIGHT dial counterclockwise (towards –). The icon appears and blinks.

4.Press in the MENU/BRIGHT dial.

To Reset Auto Focus:

Press the FOCUS button () twice or set the Power Switch to automatic ( A ) record. If FOCUS () is pressed once, the camcorder will enter the Focus Adjustment mode again.

Notes:

Be sure to focus the lens in the maximum telephoto position when using manual focus.

If you focus in on a subject in wide-angle position, sharply focused images cannot be obtained when zoomed on because the depth-of-field is reduced at longer focal lengths.

When the focus level cannot be adjusted any further or closer, or will blink.

Snapshot Feature

The Snapshot feature captures still images that look like photographs recorded onto a cassette.

Note: When pressing the SNAPSHOT button in every mode except Multi-4 or Multi-9, a camera shutter sound effect can be heard.

To Select a Snapshot Mode:

1.Press the Thumb Lock in and rotate the Power Switch to record (either A or M ).

2.Choose the appropriate Snapshot mode from the five available by pressing the camera’s MODE button until the desired effect appears on screen.

SNAPSHOT button

MODE button

• FRAME places a snapshot within a frame.

•FULL takes a snapshot with no frame.

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