Recording options

FOCUS

The camcorder usually focuses on a subject automatically (auto focus). When the camcorder is turned on, auto-focus will always be set. You can also manually focus a subject.

Select the Record (

/

) mode by pressing the MODE button.

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Face detection

Face Detection detects and recognises

 

 

face-like shapes and adjusts focus,

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colour, and exposure automatically.

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Also, it adjusts recording conditions

 

 

so that they are optimised for the face

 

 

detected.

 

 

1.Press the MENU button Control (Left/Right) button “Focus.”

2.Select the desired submenu item with the Control (Up/Down) button, and then press the OK button.

3.Press the MENU button to exit the menu.

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Focus

Auto

Face Detection

Manual

Exit

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Focus

Auto

Face Detection

Manual

Exit

•Press the Control (Up/Down)

button to select “Face Detection,” and then press the OK button.

-Detects a face and frames it in white. The detected face image is optimised automatically.

• The Face Detection indicator () and Face Detection frame ( ) are not recorded.

• When Face Detection frames a face, it also adjusts the focus and

exposure to optimal values for that face automatically.

• Face Detection may not operate depending on the recording

conditions. For example, the Face Detection frame may appear on a

'face-like' shape, even when the subject is not a person's face. If this

occurs, turn off the Face Detection feature.

• The Face Detection feature will not work on the side of a person's

face or if the illumination is too low. You must be facing subjects

Submenu Items

"head-on" and have enough illumination.

 

 

Items

Use

On-screen

 

 

display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In most situations, it is better to use the automatic

-

 

 

Auto

focus feature, as it enables you to concentrate

 

 

 

on the creative side of your recording.

 

 

 

Face

To let the camcorder automatically detect faces

 

 

 

Detection

and optimise settings and recording conditions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To focus manually. Manual focusing may be

 

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Manual

necessary under certain conditions that make

 

 

 

automatic focusing diffi cult or unreliable.