On using the camcorder
•Do not hold the camcorder by the following parts.
View finder | LCD screen |
Battery
•Before connecting your camcorder to another device with a USB cable etc., be sure to insert the connector plug in the proper direction. If you insert the connector plug forcibly in the wrong direction, the terminal may be damaged, or this may cause a malfunction of your camcorder.
Notes on the Setup items, LCD screen, viewfinder, and lens
•A setup item that is grayed out is not available under the current recording or playback conditions.
•The LCD screen and the viewfinder are manufactured using extremely high- precision technology, so over 99.99% of the pixels are operational for effective use. However, there may be some tiny black points and/or bright points (white, red, blue, or green in color) that appear constantly on the LCD screen and the viewfinder. These points are normal.
•Exposing the LCD screen, the viewfinder, or the lens to direct sunlight for long periods of time may cause malfunctions. Be careful when placing the camera near a window or outdoors.
•Do not aim at the sun. Doing so might cause your camcorder to malfunction.
Take pictures of the sun only in low light
4conditions, such as at dusk.
On recording
•Before starting to record, test the recording function to make sure the picture and sound are recorded without any problems. You cannot delete images once you record them on a
•Compensation for the contents of recordings cannot be provided, even if recording or playback is not possible due to a malfunction of the camcorder, storage media, etc.
•TV color systems differ depending on the countries/regions. To view your recordings on a TV, you need an NTSC
•Television programs, films, video tapes, and other materials may be copyrighted. Unauthorized recording of such materials may be contrary to the copyright laws.
You cannot dub copyright protected software on your camcorder.
On this manual
•The images of the LCD screen and the viewfinder used on this manual are captured using a digital still camera, and thus may appear different from what you see.
•The
•The illustration used on this manual are based on the model
About the Carl Zeiss lens
Your camcorder is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens, which was developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and produces superior images. It adopts the MTF* measurement system for video cameras and offers a quality typical of a Carl Zeiss lens.
*MTF stands for Modulation Transfer Function. The number value indicates the amount of light from a subject coming into the lens.