Table of Contents
Beginner’s Guide ........................................................... 4
Charging .................................................................................. 4
Recording ................................................................................ 4
Playback .................................................................................. 4
Shooting Tips ........................................................................... 4
Holiday Season/Christmas ...................................................... 5
Wedding .................................................................................. 6
Travel ....................................................................................... 7
Amusement Park ..................................................................... 9
Getting Started
Verifying the Accessories ...................................................... 11
Attaching the Core Filter ..................................................... 12
Charging the Battery Pack ..................................................... 13
Grip Adjustment ..................................................................... 14
Using as a Hand Strap ....................................................... 14
Inserting an SD Card ............................................................. 14
Types of Usable SD Card ................................................... 15
Using the Touch Screen ........................................................ 16
Names of Buttons and Functions on the LCD Monitor ....... 17
Clock Setting ......................................................................... 18
Resetting the Clock ............................................................ 19
Changing the Display Language ............................................ 20
Holding this Unit .................................................................... 20
Tripod Mounting .................................................................... 20
Using this Unit Overseas ....................................................... 21
Charging the Battery Pack Overseas ................................. 21
Setting the Clock to Local Time when Traveling ................. 22
Setting Daylight Saving Time ............................................. 22
Optional Accessories ............................................................. 23
Recording
Taking Videos in Auto Mode .................................................. 24
Zooming ............................................................................. 27
Capturing Still Images During Video Recording ................. 27
Taking Still Images in Auto Mode ........................................... 27
Zooming ............................................................................. 29
Manual Recording ................................................................. 30
Shooting According to Scene (Subject) ............................. 32
Adjusting Focus Manually .................................................. 33
Adjusting Brightness .......................................................... 34
Setting White Balance ........................................................ 35
Setting Backlight Compensation ........................................ 36
Taking Close-up Shots ....................................................... 37
Recording with Effects ........................................................... 38
Recording with Animation Effects ...................................... 39
Capturing Subjects Clearly (TOUCH PRIORITY AE/AF) ....... 41
Capturing Smiles Automatically (SMILE SHOT) ................. 42
Recording while Displaying a Magnified View of a Selected
Face (FACE SUB-WINDOW) ......................................... 44
Registering Human Face Personal Authentication Information
............................................................................................ 45
Setting SMILE%/NAME DISPLAY ...................................... 47
Editing the Registered Face Information ............................ 48
Reducing Camera Shake ....................................................... 50
Recording at Intervals (TIME-LAPSE RECORDING) ............. 50
Recording Automatically by Sensing Movements (AUTO REC)
............................................................................................ 52
Taking Group Shots (Self-timer) ............................................ 53
Recording Videos with Date and Time ................................... 55
Checking the Remaining Recording Time ............................. 56
Playback
Playing Back Videos .............................................................. 58
Checking the Content of Videos Quickly (Digest Playback)
........................................................................................ 60
Playing a Video with Defective Management Information ... 61
Playing Back Still Images ....................................................... 61
Slideshow Playback ........................................................... 62
Searching for a Specific Video/Still Image by Date ................ 63
Connecting to and Viewing on TV .......................................... 64
Connecting via the HDMI Mini Connector .......................... 64
Connecting via the AV Connector ...................................... 65
Playing Back Playlists ............................................................ 66
Playing Back a DVD or Blu-ray Disc Created on this Unit ...... 66
Digest Playback on a Blu-ray or DVD Player ...................... 66
Editing
Deleting Unwanted Files ........................................................ 67
Deleting the Currently Displayed File ................................. 67
Deleting Selected Files ...................................................... 67
Protecting Files ...................................................................... 68
Protecting/Releasing Protection of the Currently Displayed
File .................................................................................. 68
Protecting/Releasing Protection of Selected Files .............. 69
Capturing a Still Image in the Video During Playback ............ 70
Combining Videos Recorded by Seamless Recording (GZ-
E245) ................................................................................. 70
Capturing a Required Part in the Video (TRIMMING) ............ 71
Capturing Videos for Uploading to YouTube .......................... 72
Creating Playlists from the Recorded Videos ......................... 74
Creating Playlists with Selected Files ................................. 74
Creating Playlists by Date .................................................. 75
Editing Playlists .................................................................. 76
Deleting Playlists ................................................................ 77
Copying
Creating Discs with a DVD Writer .......................................... 78
Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD3) ..................................... 79
Preparing a DVD Writer (CU-VD50) ................................... 79
Creating a Disc ................................................................... 80
Playing Back with a DVD Writer ......................................... 85
Creating Discs with an External Blu-ray Drive ........................ 86
Preparing an External Blu-ray Drive ................................... 86
Creating a Disc ................................................................... 87
Playing Back with an External Blu-ray Drive ....................... 93
Creating a Disc Using a Connected Blu-ray Recorder ........... 94
Dubbing Files to a Disc by Connecting to a DVD Recorder ... 94
Dubbing Files to a VHS Tape by Connecting to a VCR .......... 95
Copying Files with a USB External Hard Disk Drive ............... 95
Preparing a USB External Hard Disk Drive ......................... 96
Copying All Files ................................................................ 96
Playing Back Files in the USB External Hard Disk Drive .... 97
Deleting Folders in the USB External Hard Disk Drive ....... 98
Formatting the USB External Hard Disk Drive .................... 98
Importing Files from the USB External Hard Disk Drive ...... 99
Copying Files to an SD Card (GZ-E245) .............................. 100
Moving Files to an SD Card (GZ-E245) ............................... 101
Copying to Windows PC ...................................................... 102
Verifying System Requirements (Guideline) ..................... 102
Installing the Provided Software (Built-in) ......................... 103
Backing Up All Files ......................................................... 104
Organizing Files ............................................................... 105
Recording Videos to Discs ............................................... 106
Backing Up Files Without Using Provided Software ......... 108
List of Files and Folders ................................................... 109
Copying to Mac Computer ................................................... 110
Menu Settings
Operating the Menu ............................................................. 111
Operating the Shortcut Menu ........................................... 111
Operating the Main Menu ................................................. 112
Operating the Common Menu .......................................... 112
Recording Menu (Video) ...................................................... 113
SCENE SELECT .............................................................. 115
FOCUS ............................................................................ 115
BRIGHTNESS ADJUST ................................................... 115
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