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Before you start recording
To record
Basic Recording
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CAMERA
STANDBY LOCK
STANDBY LOCK
START
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• Attach a power source (p. 16).
• Load a cassette (p. 19).
• Fasten the grip belt (p. 82).
• Attach the lens hood (p. 15).
• Choose the display: viewfinder (p. 82) or LCD screen (p. 25).
• Adjust the viewfinder or the LCD screen.
You may also want to charge the backup battery (p. 84) in order to set the date and time display (p. 39).
To set the movie mode, refer to p. 46.
1. Press down and slide the POWER switch to CAMERA.
2. Turn the standby lever to STANDBY.
• The confirmation beep sounds.
• The camera power indicator lights up red and PAUSE appears in the display — the camera is now in
“record pause mode”.
• The camera will turn itself off if you leave it in record pause mode for more than about five minutes.
To return to record pause mode, turn the standby lever to LOCK and back to STANDBY, or slide the
POWER switch off and back on.
3. Turn the program selector to
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Easy Recording mode.
• This selects the camera’s Easy Recording program. It allows you to simply point and shoot without
making any manual adjustments (see p. 48).
4. Press the start/stop button to begin recording.
• There are two start/stop buttons, to give you control from both gripping positions.
• The tally lamp flashes rapidly and REC appears in the display.
5. Press the start/stop button again to pause recording.
• The camera returns to record pause mode and PAUSE reappears in the display.
• You can stop and restart recording as often as you like by pressing the start/stop button.
Using the STANDBY lever
As long as the POWER switch is set to CAMERA, you can use the STANDBY lever to turn the camera
on and off. This makes it easy to save battery power, and prevents accidental operation of the start/stop
button.
Turn the STANDBY lever to LOCK and back to STANDBY to enter/leave standby mode.
