Table of contents

Main Features ......................................

4

Introduction

 

– Basic operations ............................

8

Quick Start Guide

 

– Recording on a tape ...........................

10

– Recording on a “Memory Stick” ......

12

Getting Started

 

Using this manual .................................

14

Checking supplied accessories ............

16

Step 1 Preparing the power supply ....

17

Inserting the battery pack .............

17

Charging the battery pack .............

18

Connecting to a wall outlet ...........

21

Step 2 Setting the date and time .........

22

Step 3 Inserting a cassette ....................

25

Step 4 Using the touch panel ...............

27

Recording – Basics

 

Recording a picture ...............................

29

Shooting a backlit subject

 

– BACK LIGHT ........................

37

Shooting in the dark – NightShot/

Super NightShot/Color Slow

 

Shutter .......................................

37

Self-timer recording .......................

40

Checking the recording

 

– END SEARCH .............................

41

Playback – Basics

 

Playing back a tape ...............................

42

To display the screen indicators

 

– Display function ...................

43

Viewing the recording on TV ..............

46

Advanced Recording

 

Operations

 

Recording still images on a

 

“Memory Stick” in CAMERA

 

mode .................................................

47

Adjusting the white balance manually

...........................................................

52

Using the wide mode ...........................

54

Using the fader function ......................

56

Using special effects

 

– Picture effect .................................

58

Using special effects – Digital effect ...

59

Using the PROGRAM AE ....................

62

Adjusting the exposure manually ......

65

Using the spot light-metering mode

 

– Flexible Spot Meter .....................

66

Focusing manually ................................

67

Using the spot focus mode

 

– Spot Focus ....................................

69

Advanced Playback

 

Operations

 

Playing back a tape with picture

 

effects ...............................................

70

Playing back a tape with digital

 

effects ...............................................

71

Enlarging images recorded on tapes

 

– Tape PB ZOOM ...........................

72

Searching for a scene

 

MULTI-PICTURE SEARCH ......

74

Searching the boundaries of recorded

tape by title – TITLE SEARCH .....

78

Searching a recording by date

 

– DATE SEARCH ...........................

79

Editing

 

Dubbing a tape ......................................

80

Recording video or TV programs .......

83

Superimposing a title ...........................

88

Making your own titles ........................

94

The micro Cassette Memory ................

97

“Memory Stick” Operations

 

Using a “Memory Stick”

 

– Introduction ...............................

100

Recording still images on a

 

“Memory Stick”

 

– Memory photo recording .........

111

Recording an image from a tape as a

 

still image ......................................

121

Superimposing a still image in a

 

“Memory Stick” on an image

 

– MEMORY MIX ..........................

125

Recording moving pictures on a

 

“Memory Stick”

 

– MPEG MOVIE recording .........

130

Recording a picture from a tape as a

 

moving picture .............................

133

Viewing a still image

 

– Memory photo playback ..........

136

Viewing a moving picture

 

– MPEG MOVIE playback ..........

139

Copying still images recorded on a

 

“Memory Stick” to a tape ............

141

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