Step 2: Attaching the supplied items

Mounting the lens

Make sure to turn off the POWER switch of your camcorder before mounting the lens. Refer to the manuals provided with the lens for details on the proper handling of the lens.

Mounting the Carl Zeiss lens

1Push the lens locking lever Cup and remove the lens or the lens mount cap from the lens mount.

2Align the center slot in the lens mount with the center pin on the lens, and insert the lens into the mount.

3While holding the lens in place, push the lens locking lever Cdown to mount the lens.

bNotes

•If the lens is not properly locked, it may come off when in use, which may cause a serious problem. Make sure that the lens is securely

locked. Sony recommends that you set the lens securing tab Bas illustrated.

Mounting non-Carl Zeiss lens

1Push the lens locking lever Cup and remove the lens or the lens mount cap from the lens mount.

2Align the center slot in the lens mount with the center pin on the lens, and insert the lens into the mount.

3While holding the lens in place, push the lens locking lever C down to mount the lens.

4Connect the lens cable to the LENS jack

A.

bNotes

•You can mount a 1/3" lens directly on your camcorder. You can mount a 1/2" lens via the Fujinon ACM-19 or equivalent. You can mount a 2/3" lens via the Fujinon ACM-17 or equivalent.

•If the lens is not properly locked, it may come off when in use, which may cause a serious problem. Make sure that the lens is securely

locked. Sony recommends that you set the lens securing tab Bas illustrated.

•Press the REC START/STOP button on the handle or the START/STOP button on the Remote Commander to record when using a lens that does not have a lens cable.

zTips

•When you attach a non-Carl Zeiss lens, Sony recommends that you adjust the black balance with the iris closed before recording. (p. 33)

Adjusting the flange focal length (for Carl Zeiss lens)

You need to adjust the flange focal length (the distance from the lens flange to the plane of the image along the optical axis) in the following cases.

•After you have changed lenses.

•When you cannot adjust focus properly during zoom in or out.

zTips

•Your camcorder can store flange focal length data for ten different Carl Zeiss lenses (VCL- 412BWH/VCL-308BWH). If you remount the lens after you have mounted ten different lenses and adjusted their flange focal length, you need to adjust the flange focal length for the lens even for the Carl Zeiss lens whose flange focal length has been adjusted.

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