Zooming

Turn the dial on the upper part of the joystick.

Subject appears farther

Subject appears closer.

away. (Wide angle)

(Telephoto)

Note

When you perform pan/tilt operation while the camera is in the telephoto mode, the moving speed of the image on the screen may be a little jerky.

Adjusting the Camera

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONE PUSH AWB

 

 

 

SHIFT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VALUE/R

 

 

BACK LIGHT

 

 

VALUE

LOCK

 

 

PANEL

 

BLACK PAN-TILT ONE PUSH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIGHT

 

LIGHT

RESET

AWB

 

MENU

 

 

 

RESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

PRESET

 

 

 

POSITION

 

 

 

 

BRIGHT

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

 

 

 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

+

 

L/R

STD

REV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

DIRECTION

 

 

 

CAMERA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOCUS

AUTO

POWER

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

 

 

MANUAL

 

 

 

ONE PUSH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEAR FAR

AF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOCUS

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO/MANUAL

BRIGHT/B

 

ONE PUSH AF

 

 

 

Focusing on a Subject

To focus the camera on a subject automatically

Press the AUTO/MANUAL button so that the AUTO indicator lights.

The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the screen automatically.

AUTO

AUTO

MANUAL

To focus the camera on a subject manually

Press the AUTO/MANUAL button so that the AUTO indicator turns off.

Then turn the FOCUS control clockwise or counterclockwise to have the camera focus on the subject.

 

FOCUS

Focusing on a near

Focusing on a far

subject

subject

NEAR FAR

One-push auto focusing during manual focus adjustment

Press the ONE PUSH AF button.

The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the screen automatically.

ONE PUSH

AF

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Adjusting the Camera

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Sony BRC-Z330 One-push auto focusing during manual focus adjustment, Mode ONE Push AWB Shift VALUE/R Back Light

BRC-Z330 specifications

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