Getting started

Identifying the parts

See the pages in parentheses for details of operation.

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AShutter button (20, 26)

BBuilt-in microphone

Do not touch while recording.

CBattery cover (bottom surface)

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DLens

ETripod receptacle (bottom surface)

Use a tripod with a screw length of less than 6.5 mm (7/32 inch). You cannot firmly secure the camera to tripods having longer screws, and may damage the camera.

FAccessory shoe

GPhotocell window for flash

Do not block while recording with the flash.

HFlash (24)

ISelf-timer lamp/AF illuminator (24, 25)

JHook for strap and lens cap

KDisc cover OPEN lever (16)

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LACC (Accessory) jack

Connects an external flash or other equipment.

MLens cap (supplied)

NUSB jack (38)

OA/V OUT (MONO) jack (76)

Audio output is monaural.

About the Carl Zeiss lens (MVC- CD300 only)

This camera is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which is capable of reproducing fine images. The lens for this camera uses the MTF* measurement system for cameras developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and offers the same quality as other Carl Zeiss lenses.

∗MTF is an abbreviation of Modulation Transfer Function/Factor, a numeric value indicating the amount of light from a specific part of the subject gathered at the corresponding position in the image.

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