•If you use the flash in bright places such as when shooting a backlit subject, the flash may not be effective.

•When attaching a conversion lens (optional) or a filter (optional) to your camcorder, the flash light does not emit light.

zTips

•You can change the brightness of the flash by setting [FLASH LEVEL] (p. 71), or you can prevent the redeye by setting [REDEYE REDUC] (p. 71).

Recording high quality still images during movie recording (Dual Rec)

You can record high quality still images while recording a movie on the hard disk.

1Press START/STOP to start movie recording.

2Press PHOTO fully.

After you start recording, and before you finish, you can select up to 3 frames of still images from your movie.

Orange color boxes indicate the number of recorded images. When recording is finished, the color changes to orange.

3Press START/STOP to stop movie recording.

Stored still images appear one by one, and

the images are stored. When disappears, the image has been recorded.

bNotes

•When you record still images on a “Memory Stick Duo,” do not eject the “Memory Stick Duo” before recording is finished and the still images are stored on it.

•You cannot use the flash during Dual Rec.

zTips

•When the POWER switch is set to (Movie), the size of still images becomes 2.3M (16:9 wide) or 1.7M (4:3).

•You can record still images during recording standby in the same way as when the POWER

switch is set to

(Still). You can also record

with the flash.

 

Recording in dark places (NightShot)

Infrared port

Set the NIGHTSHOT switch to ON. ( appears.)

bNotes

•The NightShot and Super NightShot functions use infrared light. Therefore, do not cover the infrared port with your fingers or other objects. and remove the conversion lens (optional).

•Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 78) when it is hard to focus automatically.

•Do not use the NightShot and Super NightShot functions in bright places. This may cause a malfunction.

zTips

•To record an image brighter, use Super NightShot function (p. 81). To record an image more faithfully to the original colors, use Color Slow Shutter function (p. 81).

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