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Basic recording
RECORDING WITH EASE FOR BEGINNERS
(SMART AUTO)
User-friendly SMART AUTO optimizes your camcorder for the
recording conditions automatically, providing you with the best
performance.
1
Press the [SMART AUTO] button.
• The SMART AUTO ( ) and
Anti-Shake(HDIS) ( ) icons
appear on the screen at the same
time.
2 Center the subject in 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.
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.
3 Press the [Recording start/stop] button or [PHOTO] button.
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4 To 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 work only when Face
Detection is set to On. 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
functions on your own, release the SMART AUTO mode first.
• SMART AUTO must be set before recording.
[220Min]STBY
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