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Basic operations
Note on the AUTO DATE feature
The clock is set to East Coast Standard Time at the factory. You can reset the clock in
the menu system.
The AUTO DATE feature shows the date automatically once a day. However, the date
may automatically appear more than once a day when:
– you reset the date and time.
– you eject and insert the cassette again.
– you stop recording within 10 seconds.
Using the zoom feature
Zooming is a recording technique that lets you change the size of the subject in the
scene. For more professional-looking recordings, use the zoom sparingly.
T side: for telephoto (subject appears closer)
W side: for wide-angle (subject appears farther away)
[b]
W T
W T
[a]
Zooming speed (Variable speed zooming)
Turn the power zoom lever fully for a high-speed zoom. Turn it lightly for a relatively
slow zoom.
When you shoot a subject using a telephoto zoom
If you cannot get a sharp focus while in extreme telephoto zoom, move the power
zoom lever to the “W” side until the focus is sharp.
You can shoot a subject that is at least 2.6 feet (about 80 cm) away from the lens
surface in the telephoto position, or 1/ 2 inches (about 1 cm) in the wide-angle
position.
Notes on digital zoom
• More than 15x zoom is performed digitally, and the picture quality deteriorates as
you go toward the “ T ” side. If you do not want to use the digital zoom, set D ZOOM
to OFF in the menu system.
• The right side
[a]
of the power zoom indicator shows the digital zooming zone, and
the left side
[b]
shows the optical zooming zone. If you set D ZOOM to OFF, the right
[a]
zone disappears.
Camera recording
