5
Important Information ............................ 2
For Your Safety ...................................... 2
Precautions .............................................. 2
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS ............................... 4
This camcorder makes all of the following
possible! .......................................................... 7
Choosing a disc to suit your purpose .............. 8
How to Read this Instruction Manual................. 10
Before Using the Product
- Be sure to read this information - ............... 11
Checking Provided Accessories ......................... 13
Names of Parts.................................................... 14
How to Open and Use the LCD Monitor ........... 17
How to change the LCD brightness .............. 17
Preparing ............................................................ 18
Setting up the battery pack............................ 18
Turning on the power.................................... 19
Setting the date and time............................... 20
Changing the display language ..................... 20
Functions and Characteristics of
HDD/BD/DVD/Card..................................... 21
About HDD/BD/DVD................................... 21
About cards ................................................... 22
Cautions for discs and cards.......................... 22
Inserting a BD or DVD ................................. 23
When loading a new
BD-RE/BD-R/DVD-RW......................... 24
Battery Pack ....................................................... 25
CHARGE lamp status and charging time ..... 25
Continuous recording time
with a fully charged battery..................... 25
Connecting the camcorder to a wall outlet.... 25
Detaching the DC power cord/battery pack
from the camcorder.................................. 26
Efficient use of the battery............................ 26
Recording Movies to the HDD........................... 27
Recording Movies to a BD/DVD ....................... 27
Recording Movies/Stills to a Card ..................... 29
When recording movies ................................ 29
When recording stills .................................... 29
Information display during recording ........... 31
Efficient use of the battery pack ................... 33
Playing Recorded Movies/Stills ......................... 34
Choosing and playing back multiple
scenes....................................................... 35
Jumping to the designated scene................... 36
Adjusting speaker volume during movie
playback................................................... 37
Information display during playback ............ 37
Simple functions you can use during
playback or playback pause..................... 38
Playing still pictures on a card automatically
(Slide Show) ........................................... 39
Capturing a still picture from a movie
(PHOTO Capture).................................... 40
Playing back scenes repeatedly
(Repeat Play) ........................................... 40
How to Operate the Menu .................................. 41
Menu (While Recording).................................... 42
About the LCD setup and initial setup.......... 42
About the demonstration function ................ 43
Magnified Recording
(Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom) ................ 44
Recording at Close Range
(Macro Recording)........................................ 44
Using the Separately-Sold Lenses to Increase
the Wide-Angle or Telephoto Effect............. 45
Adjusting the Focus Manually
(Manual Focus) ............................................. 45
Adjusting the Brightness of the Image
(Exposure)..................................................... 46
Compensating for Backlight (Backlight
Compensation) .............................................. 47
Selecting a Recording Mode to Match the
Conditions (Program AE) ............................. 47
Adjusting the Color (White Balance)................. 48
Setting the white balance manually (Set)...... 49
Using the Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) .......... 50
Using the Face Detection ................................... 50
Displaying Recording Guidelines
(Auxiliary Line) ............................................ 51
Reducing Wind Noise During Recording .......... 51
Restoring all the Recording Settings to Default
(Full Auto) .................................................... 52
Using the Flash................................................... 52
Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Let’s Get Started
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Recording 27
Viewing 34
Various Recording Techniques
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