camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa.

•Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.

•The setting returns to [AUTO] when you turn the power off for more than 12 hours.

SHARPNESS (DCR-HC94E/HC96E)You can adjust the sharpness of the image

outline with / . appears when the sharpness is anything other than the default setting.

Soften SharpenAUTO SHUTTER

Automatically activates the electronic shutter to adjust the shutter speed when recording in bright conditions if you set it to [ON] (the default setting).

AE SHIFT (DCR-HC94E/HC96E)You can adjust the exposure using(dark)/ (bright). and the setting value appear when [AE SHIFT] is set.•Touch if the subject is white or thebacklight is bright, or touch if the subject is black or the light is dim.

•You can adjust the automatic exposure level to brighter or darker when [EXPOSURE] is set to [AUTO].

SPOT FOCUS

You can select and adjust the focal point to aim it at a subject not located in the center of the screen.

1

2

1Touch the subject on the screen. 9 appears.

2Touch [END].

To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO] t [END] in step 1.•If you set [SPOT FOCUS], [FOCUS] is automatically set to [MANUAL].

•The setting returns to [AUTO] when you turn the power off for more than 12 hours.

FOCUS

You can adjust the focus manually. You can select this function also when you want to focus on a certain subject intentionally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Touch [MANUAL].

 

9 appears.

the

2 Touch

 

 

 

(focusing on close subjects)/

 

 

 

Menu

 

 

(focusing on distant subjects) to

 

 

sharpen the focus. appears when the

 

focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and

 

appears when the focus cannot be adjusted

 

farther away.

 

3 Touch

 

 

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To adjust the focus automatically, touch[AUTO] t in step 1.

•It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the power zoom lever towards T (Telephoto) to adjust the focus, then towards W (Wide angle) to adjust the zoom for recording. When you want to record a subject at close range, move the power zoom lever to W (Wide angle), then adjust the focus.

•The minimum possible distance between camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in.) for wide angle and about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for telephoto.

•The setting returns to [AUTO] when you turn the power off for more than 12 hours.

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