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Table of contents

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

3

Quick Start Guide ...................................

8

Getting started

 

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

12

Step 1 Preparing the power supply ...........

15

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

15

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

16

Connecting to the mains ........................

21

Step 2 Inserting a cassette ............................

22

Recording – Basics

 

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

24

Shooting backlit subjects

 

– BACK LIGHT ................................

30

Shooting in the dark

 

– NightShot/Super NightShot ......

31

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

33

Checking the recording

 

– END SEARCH/EDITSEARCH/

 

Rec Review ..............................................

34

Advanced Playback Operations

Playing back a tape with picture effects .....

67

Playing back a tape with digital effects ......

68

Enlarging recorded images – PB ZOOM ...

69

Quickly locating a scene using the zero set

memory function ....................................

71

Searching a recording by date

 

– Date search ...........................................

72

Searching for a photo

 

– Photo search/Photo scan ...................

74

Editing

 

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

76

Using with analog video unit and PC

 

– Signal convert function .......................

80

Recording video or TV programmes ..........

82

Inserting a scene from a VCR

 

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

85

Customizing Your Camcorder

 

Changing the menu settings ........................

88

Resetting the date and time .......................

103

Playback – Basics

 

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

36

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

41

Advanced Recording Operations

Recording a still image on a tape

 

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

44

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

48

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

49

Using special effects

 

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

52

Using special effects

 

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

54

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

57

Adjusting the exposure manually ...............

59

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

60

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

62

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

64

Inserting a scene ............................................

66

“Memory Stick” operations

 

Using “Memory Stick”–introduction .......

105

Recording still images on “Memory Stick”

– Memory Photo recording .................

110

Superimposing a still image in the

 

“Memory Stick” on a moving image

 

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

115

Recording an image from a tape as a still

 

image ......................................................

119

Copying still images from a tape

 

– Photo save ...........................................

122

Viewing a still image

 

– Memory Photo playback ..................

124

Copying the image recorded on

 

“Memory Stick” to tapes .....................

128

Enlarging still images recorded on

 

“Memory Stick”s

 

– Memory PB ZOOM ...........................

130

Playing back images in a continuous loop

 

– SLIDE SHOW .....................................

131

Preventing accidental erasure

 

– Image protection ................................

133

Deleting images ...........................................

135

Writing a print mark – PRINT MARK .....

138

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