Maintenance 8 Chapter

Operation/error messages

An operation or error message is displayed in the operation/error message display area (see page 78) in the viewfinder.

Operation/error

Meaning

message

 

 

AUTO INTERVAL

Indicates the camera is in the Auto

**M**S

Interval Rec mode. **M**S indicates

 

the shooting interval.

 

 

MANU INTERVAL

Indicates the camera is in the single

*FRAME

shot mode of the Manual Interval Rec

 

mode. *FRAME indicates the number

 

of frames.

 

 

INTERVAL **S(M/

Indicates the camera is in the

H)*FRAME

consecutive mode of the Manual

 

Interval Rec mode. **S(M/H) indicates

 

the trigger interval and *FRAME

 

indicates the number of frames.

 

 

LOW LIGHT

Appears, if set to ON on the menu, to

 

indicate the subject illumination is

 

inadequate.

 

 

TAPE REC INH.

Appears when recording on a write-

 

protected cassette.

 

 

Retake Search

Appears when the camcorder fails to

Failed

position the tape at recording starting

 

point when recording using the RE-

 

TAKE function.1)

Humid Disturbed

Appears when there are portions

INT REC

where recording has failed due to

 

condensation while shooting pictures

 

at intervals (using the interval rec

 

function).

 

 

INVALID

Appears when:

OPERATION

• there is only one recorded cut when

 

 

recording using the RE-TAKE

 

 

function.

 

•

the recorded cuts are less than 3

 

 

sec. when recording using the RE-

 

 

TAKE function.

 

•

the RE-TAKE function was denied

 

 

for some reason, e.g. as Picture

 

 

Cache was on.

 

•

when you execute the RE-TAKE

 

 

operation before the recording

 

 

pause operation has completed.

 

 

ON-BOARD

Appears when the backup battery for

BATTERY EMPTY

the internal clock has been used up.2)

1)In this case, position the tape at the point where you want to start the recording manually.

2)To replace the backup battery, contact your nearest Sony dealer.

Notes on CCD image sensors

Vertical smear

Smear tends to be produced when an extremely bright object is being shot; it is more likely to occur with a faster electronic shutter speed.

Vertical tails show on the image.

Bright object (mercury lamp, the sun, reflections, etc.)

Monitor screen

Vertical smear

Aliasing

When patterns of stripes or lines are shot, they may appear jagged.

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