Advanced Shooting
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• During exposure lock,
y
and the exposure compensation value will
appear on the screen.
Touch AE
2 Touch a subject that appears inside the
y
frame.
• The Touch AE mark (
I
) will flash and the exposure will be optimized
automatically for the subject you selected.
• Touch [
n
] to return the camcorder to automatic exposure.
3 Touch [
X
] to apply the selected shooting mode and adjusted
exposure.
• Using Touch AE also locks the exposure (the exposure
compensation dial appears with the compensation value set at ±0).
Before touching [
X
], you can compensate the exposure further
(steps 3 and 4 in the previous procedure).
• During exposure lock,
y
and the exposure compensation value will
appear on the screen.
NOTES
• If the shooting mode is changed during exposure lock, the camcorder
will return to automatic exposure.
• By default, the camcorder corrects for backlight conditions. You can
turn off the automatic correction with the
1
>
p
>
[Auto Back-
light Correction] setting.
Adjusting the Focus
Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case,
focus manually.
Operating modes:
• Reflective surfaces
• Subjects with low contrast
or without vertical lines
• Fast moving subjects
• Through wet windows
• Night scenes
SCN
COP
Y