Starting shooting quickly (QUICK ON)

QUICK ON lamp

When you close the LCD panel, the camcorder goes to sleep mode (power saving mode) instead of turning off. The QUICK ON lamp keeps flashing during sleep mode. Open the LCD panel again to start recording next time. Your camcorder returns to recording standby in approximately 1 second.

zTips

•During sleep mode, the battery is consumed at about half that of usual recording.

•The power turns off automatically if you do not operate your camcorder for a certain period during sleep mode. You can set the time that you want the camcorder to remain on before automatically turning off in sleep mode ([QUICK ON STBY], p. 71).

•If you close the LCD panel while recording with [SMTH SLW REC] (p. 30), your camcorder will turn off without performing sleep mode.

Recording high quality still images during movie recording (Dual Rec)You can record high quality still images during movie recording by pressingPHOTO.

bNotes

•Do not eject the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” before movie recording is finished and the still images are completely stored on the “Memory Stick PRO Duo.”

•You cannot use the flash during Dual Rec.

• may appear when the capacity of the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” is not enough or

when you record still images continuously. Youcannot record still images while is displayed.

zTips

•When the (Movie) lamp is lit, the size of still images becomes [2.3M] (16:9 wide) or [1.7M] (4:3).

•You can record still images during recording

standby in the same way as when the (Still) lamp is turned on. You can also record with the flash.

Recording in mirror mode

Open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (1), then rotate it 270 degrees to the lens side (2).

zTips

•A mirror-image of the subject appears on the LCD screen, but the image will be normal when recorded.

•When recording in mirror mode, frames on the detected faces are not displayed (p. 65).

Recording/Playback

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