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Press MODE to turn on the (Movie) lamp.
Press START/STOP to start recording.
To stop recording, press START/STOP again.
To display items on the LCD screen again
Touch anywhere on the screen except the buttons on the LCD screen so that you can use
items. You can change the settings using the [Display Setting] menu.
To capture smiles
In the default setting, a photo is automatically recorded when the camcorder detects the smile
of a person during movie recording (Smile Shutter). When the camcorder detects faces during
movie recording, image quality is automatically adjusted ([Face Detection]).
Notes
If you close the LCD screen while recording movies, the camcorder stops recording.
The maximum continuous recordable time of movies is about 13 hours.
When a movie file exceeds 2 GB, the next movie file is created automatically.
It will take several seconds until you can start recording after you turn on the camcorder. You cannot
operate your camcorder during this time.
The following states will be indicated if data is still being written onto the recording media after recording
has finished. During this time, do not apply shock or vibration to the camcorder, or remove the battery or
AC Adaptor.
Access lamp (p. 23) is lit or flashing
The media icon in the upper right of the LCD screen is flashing
Face Detection frame (White)
Smile Detection frame
(Orange)
Capturing a photo
about 4sec
after
