Recording a picture

To record pictures with the viewfinder – adjusting the viewfinder

If you record pictures with the LCD panel closed, check the picture with the viewfinder. Adjust the viewfinder lens to your eyesight so that the indicators in the viewfinder come into sharp focus.

Lift up the viewfinder and move the viewfinder lens adjustment lever.

Viewfinder backlight

You can change the brightness of the backlight. Select VF B.L. in the menu settings. (p. 79)

Indicators displayed in the recording mode

The indicators are not recorded on tape.

Remaining battery time indicator

Format indicatorRecording mode indicatorSTBY/REC indicator

 

 

 

 

40min

SP

REC

0:00:01

Time code/Tape counter indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining tape indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This appears after the POWER switch is set to CAMERA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for a while.

 

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12:05:56 AM

Time indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is displayed for five seconds after the POWER switch is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set to CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is displayed for five seconds after the POWER switch is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set to CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining battery time indicator

 

 

The remaining battery time indicator roughly indicates the recording time. The

 

 

indicator may not be correct, depending on the conditions in which you are recording.

 

 

When you close the LCD panel and open it again, it takes about one minute for the

 

 

correct remaining battery time in minutes to be displayed.

 

 

Time code (for tapes recorded in the Digital8 system only)

 

 

The time code indicates the recording or playback time, “0:00:00” (hours:minutes:

 

 

seconds) in CAMERA mode and “0:00:00:00” (hours:minutes:seconds:frames) in VCR

 

 

mode. You cannot rewrite only the time code.

 

 

When you play back tapes recorded in the Hi8/standard 8 system, the tape counter

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appears on the screen.

 

 

You cannot reset the time code or the tape counter.