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Basic Procedure for Shooting
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Check the lens settings and flange focal length
adjustment
(see page 37) .
6
Adjust the viewfinder eyepiece focus, and the contrast
and brightness of the viewfinder image
(see page 39) .
7
Check the audio system settings.
• Microphone connections (see page 43)
• Settings on the VDR section (see page 21)
8
If necessary, display the center marker and/or safety
zone marker on the viewfinder screen.
For details, see “Setting the Marker Display” on
page 138.
Also, press the ZEBRA button to display a zebra
pattern on the viewfinder screen.
9
If necessary, adjust the white balance and black
balance
(see page 56) .
10
If necessary, adjust the iris and gain.
For details about the adjustment of iris, see “Iris ring”
on page 27, and “Adjusting the Iris” on page 61.
For details about the adjustment of gain, see “GAIN
switch” on page 16, and “Setting Gain Values for the
GAIN Switch Positions” on page 142.
11
Turn the focus ring so that the subject is sharply in
focus.
The EZ focus function allows you to set the aperture
function to open, and to easily and precisely adjust the
focus before shooting.
Before use, this function must be assigned to the
ASSIGN 1 or 2 switch.
For details, see “Assigning Functions to ASSIGN
Switches” (page 145).
About the EZ focus function
When you press the switch to which this function is
assigned (the ASSIGN 1 or 2 switch), the function is
turned on and “EZ FOCUS” appears in the viewfinder
screen and the LCD monitor. To turn the function off,
press the switch again. Even if you do not press the
switch, the function goes off automatically after 10
seconds.
The EZ focus function goes off automatically if it is on
when you press the REC button on this unit or the lens.
Recording starts immediately thereafter.
12
Set up the VDR section according to your shooting
objects, then start recording by pressing the REC
button.
• During recording, the REC/TALLY indicator in the
viewfinder lights, and “REC” appears on the
viewfinder screen.
• You can use the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the front
of the camcorder to manually adjust the channel 1
audio level. To do this, you must first set up the VDR
section to enable manual adjustment of the audio
recording level
(see page 62) .
13
To pause recording, press the REC button again.
The REC/TALLY indicator in the viewfinder goes off.
The material recorded from step
12
to step
13
is saved
as a single clip.
To play back the recorded clip
Press the PREV button, then press the PLAY/PAUSE
button to play from the beginning of the clip.
14
Repeat steps
12
and
13
as required to continue
shooting.
Successive clips are recorded on the disc.
• It is not possible to record a clip shorter than 2
seconds. If you stop recording within 2 seconds of
starting, this results in a 2-second clip.
If you stop recording and restart within 2 seconds of
the original start, this creates a single continuous clip
from the original start time.
• The maximum number of clips that can be recorded
on a single disc is 300. If an attempt is made to
record more than 300 clips, the error message
“MAX # Clips” appears, even if there is free
capacity on the disc.
Note
Notes
REC
START
REC
STOP
REC
START REC
STOP
REC
START REC
STOP
Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3