Basic operations

Camera recording

Make sure that the power source is installed and a cassette is inserted and that AUTO LOCK is set to ON. When AUTO LOCK is set to ON, all settings are automatically adjusted to best suit your shooting environment. Before you record one-time events, you may want to make a trial recording to make sure that the digital camcorder is working correctly.

When you use the digital camcorder for the first time, power on it and reset the date and time to your time before you start recording (p. 69).

(1) Remove the lens hood cap, and attach it to the grip strap.

(2) Set the POWER switch to ON.

(3) Set CAMERA/VTR to CAMERA.

(4) Turn STANDBY up to STANDBY.

(5) Press START/STOP.

The digital camcorder starts recording. The “REC” indicator appears and the red lamp lights up in the viewfinder. The tally lamps located on the front and rear also light up.

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4

START/STOP

STBY

 

0 : 00 : 00

LOCK

120 min

 

STANDBY

 

PHOTO

 

STANDBY

 

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START/STOP

REC

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3

 

 

0 : 00 : 01

POWER

CAMERA

LOCK

120 min

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

PHOTO

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

OFF ON

 

VTR

 

 

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