•During Easy Handycam operation, the settings of the functions that are not displayed on the screen return to their defaults. Previously made settings are restored when you cancel the Easy Handycam operation.

Making full use of Easy Handycam operation

1 Touch [MENU].

The available menu items are displayed on the screen.

Example: In the CAMERA-MEMORY mode

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SELF-

TIMER

BEEP

 

CLOCK

 

LAN-

 

SET

 

GUAGE

 

 

 

2

Touch the desired item.

 

 

3

Select the desired setting.

 

For [CLOCK SET]

 

1 Set [Y] (year) with / , then touch

 

.

2Set [M] (month), [D] (day), hour and minutes in the same way as [Y] (year),

then touch .

For [LANGUAGE]

Select the desired language with / ,

then touch .

For [BEEP]

See page 81.

For [SELF-TIMER] (In the CAMERA- MEMORY mode only)

Touch [ON], then . Press PHOTO fully. You will hear a beep sound counting down for about 10 seconds. When the bars of

disappear, the image is recorded on the “Memory Stick.”

Adjusting the exposure

The exposure is adjusted automatically in the default setting.

Adjusting the exposure for backlit subjects

When your subject has its back to the sun or

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other light, you can adjust the exposure to

 

prevent the subject from becoming

 

shadowed.

 

BACK LIGHT

Press BACK LIGHT during recording or in the standby mode.

.appears.

To cancel the back light function, press BACK LIGHT again.

bNote

•The back light function is canceled when you set [EXPOSURE] to [MANUAL] (p. 36) or select [SPOT METER] (p. 36).

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