Ad
ditional
Inf
ormation
96
E
• Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often
get better results using manual focus (
65). 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. (
52-57).
• The POWER switch is not set to
VCR (
27).
• The cassette is not loaded (
16).
• 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
e
(play) button doesn’t
work.
?
There’s a bright stripe on the
screen.
5_ZR10_E(86-112) 3/9/00 8:00 PM Page 96 (1,1)
