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To use zoom .......................
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Move the power zoom lever
2
slightly for
a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster
zoom.
• Be careful not to remove your finger suddenly
from the power zoom lever
2
. If you do so, the
sound of the lever moving may be recorded.
• You cannot change the zoom speed with the zoom
buttons
9
on the LCD frame.
• The minimum distance required between your
camcorder and the subject to get a sharp focus is
about 1 cm (about 1/2 inch) for wide angle and
about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for telephoto.
• You can set [DIGITAL ZOOM] (p.72) if you want
to zoom to a level greater than 10 ×.
To record sound with more presence
(5.1ch surround recording)......
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Your camcorder has Dolby Digital 5.1
Creator installed for recording 5.1ch
surround sound. Enjoy realistic sound when
playing the disc on devices that support 5.1ch
surround sound.
•
is displayed on the screen during 5.1ch
recording/playback. 5.1ch sound is converted to
2ch when played back on your camcorder.
Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator, 5.1ch surround
sound
Sound picked up by the built-in 4ch
microphone
5
is converted to 5.1ch
surround sound and recorded.
To record with a wireless microphone
You can use a wireless microphone (optional
*
) to
record distant sound wirelessly.
The sound it picks up is allotted to the front center
part of the 5.1ch surround sound, mixed with the
sound picked up by the internal microphone, and
recorded. You can enjoy more realistic sound by
playing the disc on the device that supports 5.1ch
surround sound. Attach the wireless microphone to
the Active Interface Shoe
4
. For details,
refer to the instruction manual of your wireless
microphone.
*
Optional wireleess microphone is not available
in all countries/regions.
To use the flash ......................
qa
Press
(flash)
qa
repeatedly to select the
setting.
No indicator displayed: Automatically
flashes when there is insufficient
ambient light.
r
(Forced flash): Always uses the
flash regardless of the surrounding
Functions used for recording/playback, etc.
Recording
Wider range of
view:
(Wide)
Close view:
(Telephoto)