Sony DCR-HC42 manual Spot Focus, Tele Macro, Flash SET

CAMERA SET menu (continued)

SPOT FOCUS

You can select and adjust the focal point to aim it at a subject not located in the center of the screen.

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Touch the subject on the screen.  appears.

Touch [END].

To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO]  [END].

•If you set [SPOT FOCUS], [FOCUS] is automatically set to [MANUAL].

FOCUS

You can adjust the focus manually. Select this when you want to focus on a certain subject intentionally.

Touch [MANUAL].

appears.

Touch (focusing on close subjects)/

(focusing on distant subjects) to sharpen the focus. appears when the focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and appears when the focus cannot be adjusted farther away.

Touch .

To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO]  in step .

•It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle) to adjust the zoom for recording. When you want to record a close-up image of a subject, move the power zoom lever towards W (wide angle) to fully magnify the image, then adjust the focus.

•The minimum distance required between your camcorder and the subject to get a sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 1/2 in.) for wide angle and about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for telephoto.

TELE MACRO

This is useful to shoot small subjects, such as flowers or insects. As you can take close- ups from a distance, your shadow does not disturb the picture and the subject stands out clearer.

When you set [TELE MACRO] to [ON]

,the zoom (p. 24) moves to the top of the T (Telephoto) side automatically and allows for recording subjects at a close distance as follows:

For DCR-HC32: down to about 39 cm (15 3/8 in.).

For DCR-HC42: down to about 35 cm (13 7/8 in.).

To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide- angle (W side).

•When recording a distant subject, it may difficult to focus on and take time for focusing.

•Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 42) when it is hard to focus automatically.

FLASH SET

Note that these settings will not function with unsupported flashes.

FLASH MODE

ON

Flashes every time.

ON (DCR-HC42)

Flashes to reduce the red-eye phenomenon.

AUTO

Flashes automatically.

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