Table of contents

 

Main features .....................................

4

 

Quick Start Guide

 

 

– Recording on a tape .............................

8

 

– Recording on a “Memory Stick” ......

10

 

Getting Started

 

 

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

12

 

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

14

 

Step 1 Preparing the power supply ...

15

 

Installing the battery pack ............

15

 

Charging the battery pack .............

16

 

Connecting to a wall outlet ...........

19

 

Step 2 Setting the date and time ........

20

 

Step 3 Inserting a cassette ...................

23

 

Step 4 Using the touch panel ..............

24

 

Recording – Basics

 

 

Recording a picture...............................

26

 

Shooting backlit subjects

 

 

– BACK LIGHT ........................

34

 

Shooting in the dark

 

 

– NightShot/Super NightShot/

 

Color Slow Shutter ..................

34

 

Self-timer recording .......................

37

 

Checking recordings

 

 

– END SEARCH/

 

 

EDITSEARCH/Rec Review ..........

38

 

Playback – Basics

 

 

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

40

 

To display the screen indicators

 

 

– Display function ...................

42

 

Viewing the recording on TV ..............

46

 

Advanced Recording

 

 

Operations

 

 

Recording still images on a “Memory

 

 

Stick” during tape recording ........

47

 

Recording still images on a tape

 

 

– Tape Photo recording .................

52

 

Adjusting the white balance manually

 

...........................................................

54

 

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

55

 

Using the fader ......................................

57

 

Using special effects

 

 

– Picture effect .................................

60

 

Using special effects

 

 

– Digital effect .................................

61

 

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

64

6

Adjusting the exposure manually ......

67

Using the spot light-metering

 

– Flexible Spot Meter .....................

68

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

69

Using the spot focus – Spot Focus ......

71

Interval recording .................................

72

Frame by frame recording

 

– Frame recording ..........................

74

Advanced Playback

 

Operations

 

Playing back tapes with picture effect

 

...........................................................

75

Playing back tapes with digital effect

 

...........................................................

76

Enlarging images recorded on tapes

 

– Tape PB ZOOM ...........................

77

Quickly locating a scene

 

– ZERO SET MEMORY .................

79

Searching the boundaries of recorded

 

tape by title – TITLE SEARCH .....

80

Searching a recording by date

 

– DATE SEARCH ...........................

81

Searching for a photo – PHOTO

 

SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN .............

83

Editing

 

Dubbing a tape ......................................

86

Dubbing only desired scenes

 

Digital program editing (on tapes)

........................................................... 89

Recording video or TV programs .....

100

Inserting a scene from a VCR

 

– Insert Editing .............................

104

Audio dubbing ....................................

106

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

110

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

113

Labeling a cassette ..............................

115

“Memory Stick” Operations

 

Using a “Memory Stick”

 

– Introduction ...............................

117

Recording still images on

 

“Memory Stick”s

 

– Memory Photo recording .........

126

Recording images from a tape as

 

still images .....................................

135

Superimposing a still image in the

 

“Memory Stick” on an image

 

– MEMORY MIX ..........................

139

Recording moving pictures on

 

“Memory Stick”s

 

– MPEG movie recording ............

144