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Basic recording
RECORDING WITH EASE FOR BEGINNERS
(SMART AUTO)
User-friendly SMART AUTO optimises your camcorder for the
recording conditions automatically, providing you with the best
performance.
1
Press the [
SMART AUTO
] button.
•
The SMART AUTO (
)
and
Anti-Shake(HDIS) (
) icons
appear on the screen at the same
time.
2
Centre the subject in the LCD
screen.
•
The camcorder automatically detects the scene (Landscape,
etc.) and adjusts the camcorder settings accordingly.
•
The appropriate scene icon appears on the LCD screen.
Scene icons
Meaning
Appears when recording a night scene.
Appears when recording with a very bright background.
Appears when recording indoors.
Appears when recording a close-up.
Appears when recording a landscape.
Appears when recording a portrait.
Appears when recording a portrait outdoors at night.
3
Press the [
Recording start/stop
] button or [
PHOTO
] button.
pages 35, 38
4
To cancel the SMART AUTO mode, press the [
SMART AUTO
]
button again.
•
The SMART AUTO (
) and Anti-Shake(HDIS) (
) icons
disappear from the screen.
•
When there is no detected scene, the (
) icon appears.
•
The camcorder may not detect the Portrait mode when recording a
face, depending on the position of the face or brightness.
•
Depending on conditions such as lighting, shaking of the camcorder,
or distance to the subject, the camcorder may detect the image you
see on the LCD screen as a different scene type each time you apply
SMART AUTO.
•
The Portrait and Night Portrait modes work only when
Face
Detection
is set to
On
.
page 56
•
Buttons unavailable during SMART AUTO operation:
[
MENU
] button, [
Control (OK)
] button, etc. Most settings are
automatically adjusted in SMART AUTO mode. To set or adjust
functions on your own, release the SMART AUTO mode first.
•
SMART AUTO must be set before recording.
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