Samsung HMX-F800BP Recording with Ease for Beginners Smart Auto, Press the Smart Auto button

Basic recording

RECORDING WITH EASE FOR BEGINNERS (SMART AUTO)

User-friendly SMART AUTO optimises your camcorder to the recording conditions automatically, providing beginners with the best performance.

Scene icons Meaning

Appears when recording a night scene.

Appears when recording with a very bright background.

Appears when recording indoors.

Appears when recording a close-up.

Appears when recording a landscape.

Appears when recording a portrait.

Appears when recording a portrait outdoors at night.

1 Press the [SMART AUTO] button.		STBY	[220Min]
• The SMART AUTO (	) and		9999

Anti-Shake(HDIS) ( ) icons

appear on the screen at the same time.

2Adjust the subject on the LCD screen.

•The camcorder automatically detects the scene (Landscape, etc.) and adjusts the camcorder settings accordingly.

•The appropriate scene icon appears on the LCD screen.

3Press the [Recording start/stop] button or [PHOTO] button. ¬pages 35, 38

4To cancel the SMART AUTO mode, press the [SMART AUTO] button again.

•The SMART AUTO ( ) and Anti-Shake(HDIS) ( ) icons disappear from the screen.

• When there is no detected scene, the icon ( ) appears.

• The camcorder may not detect the Portrait mode when recording a face, depending on the position of the face or brightness.

•Depending on conditions such as lighting, shaking of the camcorder, or distance to the subject, the camcorder may detect the image you see on the LCD screen as a different scene type each time you apply

SMART AUTO.

•The Portrait and Night portrait modes can work when the Face Detection is set to On only. ¬page 56

•Buttons unavailable during SMART AUTO operation:

[MENU] button, [Control (OK)] button, etc. Most settings are

automatically adjusted in SMART AUTO mode. To set or adjust	39
functions on your own, release the SMART AUTO mode first.

• SMART AUTO must be set before recording.