Ad
ditional
Inf
ormation
96
E
Note:
• Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often
get better results using manual focus (see p. 60). Focus on something which is
about the same distance away, lock the focus, and then point the camera at your
original, hard-to-focus subject.
Horizontal stripes
Many subjects at
different distances
Behind glass
Without much
contrast (e.g. a
white wall)
Reflective surfaces
(e.g. shiny car
surfaces)
Night scenes
Fast moving
objects
Slanted subjects
Dark subjects
Recording/Playback (Contd.)
Cause and/or what to do about it
• There are a number of restrictions on
using the digital effects.
Refer to p. 49-53.
• The POWER switch is not set to
VCR (p. 22).
• The cassette is not loaded (p. 11).
• The tape has reached the end.
• When recording in dark places a
bright light in the scene may cause a
vertical light bar (“smear”) to appear.
This is a normal feature of
camcorders.
Problem
?
Some/all of the digital effects
don’t work.
?
The
e
(play) button doesn’t
work.
?
There’s a bright stripe on the
screen.
