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Table of contents

Before you begin

 

Using this manual ...................................................

5

Checking supplied accessories .............................

6

Getting started

 

Charging and installing the battery pack ............

7

Inserting a cassette ................................................

11

Basic operations

 

– for playback/editing –

 

Watching on a TV screen .....................................

72

Enjoying digital effect during playback ............

74

Searching the boundaries of recorded date ......

75

Returning to a pre-registered position ..............

77

Locating the marking position ............................

78

Writing the RC time code on a recorded tape ..

83

Editing onto another tape ....................................

85

Camera recording .................................................

12

Additional information

 

 

Using the zoom feature .....................................

15

Changing the lithium battery in the

 

 

Selecting the START/STOP mode ..................

17

camcorder ...........................................................

87

Shooting with the LCD screen .........................

18

Resetting the date and time .................................

89

Letting the subject monitor the shot ..................

19

Usable cassettes and playback modes ...............

90

Hints for better shooting .....................................

21

Tips for using the battery pack ...........................

92

Checking the recorded picture ...........................

23

Maintenance information and precautions

....... 97

Playing back a tape ...............................................

25

Using your camcorder abroad ..........................

101

Searching for the end of the picture ...................

30

Trouble check ......................................................

102

Advanced operations

 

Self-diagnosis function ....................................

106

 

Specifications .......................................................

112

Using alternative power sources ........................

31

Identifying the parts ...........................................

114

Using the mains .................................................

31

Warning indicators .............................................

123

Changing the mode settings ...............................

34

Index ........................................................

Back cover

– for camera recording –

 

 

 

 

Fade-in and fade-out ............................................

39

 

 

 

Overlapping two pictures ...................................

40

 

 

 

Wiping away a still picture .................................

42

 

 

 

Using the wide mode function ...........................

44

 

 

 

Photo recording ....................................................

46

 

 

 

Enjoying picture effect .........................................

47

 

 

 

Superimposing a still picture on a moving

 

 

 

 

picture ..................................................................

49

 

 

 

Recording still pictures successively .................

50

 

 

 

Replacing a brighter portion of a still picture

 

 

 

 

with a moving picture .......................................

51

 

 

 

Adding an incidental image to pictures ............

53

 

 

 

Using slow shutter ................................................

54

 

 

 

Adding an old movie type atmosphere to

 

 

 

 

pictures ................................................................

55

 

 

 

Focusing manually ...............................................

56

 

 

 

Using the PROGRAM AE function ....................

58

 

 

 

Shooting with backlighting .................................

60

 

 

 

Adjusting the exposure ........................................

61

 

 

 

Releasing the STEADY SHOT function .............

63

 

 

 

Superimposing a title ...........................................

64

 

 

 

Making your own titles .......................................

67

 

 

 

Re-recording a picture in the middle of a

 

 

 

 

recorded tape ......................................................

68

 

 

 

Recording with the date/time ............................

70

 

 

 

Optimizing the recording condition ..................

71

 

 

 

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