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AAccessory shoe/Shoe cover (p. 69) Remove the shoe cover and extend the viewfinder when attaching/detaching the accessory to/from your camcorder.
The accessory shoe has a safety device for fixing the installed accessory securely. To connect an accessory, press down and push it to the end, and then tighten the screw. To remove an accessory, loosen the screw, and then press down and pull out the accessory.
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DV Interface (p. 85)
C(USB) jack
DJack cover
EA/V OUT jack (p. 62)
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(LANC) jack (blue)
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LANC control jack is used for controlling the tape transport of video device and peripherals connected to it.
GRESET button
If you press RESET, all the settings including the date and time, return to the default.
HNIGHTSHOT PLUS switch (p. 29)
ILens (Carl Zeiss Lens)/Lens cover Your camcorder is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which can reproduce fine images. The lens for your camcorder was developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in Germany, and Sony Corporation. It adopts the MTF measurement system for video cameras and offers a quality as fine as a Carl Zeiss lens. MTF stands for Modulation Transfer Function. The value number indicates the
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amount of light from a subject coming into the lens.
JLENS COVER switch
KMicrophone (p. 69)
LRemote sensor/Infrared ray emitter (p. 65)
MMIC (PLUG IN POWER) jack (red) (p. 69)
This jack works as an input for an external microphone as well as a
NCamera recording lamp (p. 21)