Sony DCR-PC6E Service Manual page 16

Recording a picture
Shooting with the Mirror Mode
This feature allows the camera subject to view
him- or herself on the LCD screen.
The subject uses this feature to check his or her
own image on the LCD screen while you look at
the subject in the viewfinder.
In CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-PC9E only)
mode.
Pull out the viewfinder and rotate the LCD
screen 180 degrees.
The indicator appears in the viewfinder and
on the LCD screen.
When the POWER switch is set to CAMERA, Xz
appears in the standby mode, and z appears in
the recording mode. Some of other indicators
appear mirror-reversed and others are not
displayed.
Picture in the mirror mode
The picture on the LCD screen is a mirror-image.
However, the picture will be normal when
recorded.
During recording in the mirror mode
•ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote
Commander does not work.
•FN appears mirror-reversed in the viewfinder.
When you press FN
The does not appear on the screen.
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Recording a picture
Adjusting the viewfinder
If you record pictures with the LCD panel closed,
check the picture with the viewfinder. Adjust the
viewfinder lens to your eyesight so that the
indicators in the viewfinder come into sharp
focus.
Pull out the viewfinder and move the viewfinder
lens adjustment lever.
You turn the LCD panel over and move it back to
your camcorder body with the LCD screen facing
out. You can operate with the touch panel using
the viewfinder in CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-
PC9E only) mode (p. 82).
Viewfinder backlight
You can change the brightness of the backlight.
Select VF B.L. in the menu settings when using
the battery pack (p. 134).
Even if you adjust the viewfinder backlight
The recorded picture will not be affected.
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Xz
z
Recording a picture
Adjusting the brightness of the
LCD screen
(1) In CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-PC9E only)
mode, press FN and select PAGE2.
In VCR (DCR-PC9E)/PLAYER (DCR-PC6E)
mode, press FN to display PAGE1 (p. 29).
(2) Press LCD BRT. The screen to adjust the
brightness of the LCD screen appears.
(3) Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen using
–/+.
– : to dim
+ : to brighten
(4) Press OK to return to PAGE1/PAGE2.
1
FN
OPEN
To return to FN
Press EXIT.
LCD screen backlight
You can change the brightness of the backlight.
Select LCD B.L. in the menu settings when using
the battery pack (p. 134).
Even if you adjust the LCD screen backlight or
brightness of the LCD screen
The recorded picture will not be affected.
Recording a picture
Using the zoom feature
Move the power zoom lever a little for a slower
zoom. Move it further for a faster zoom.
Using the zoom function sparingly results in
better-looking recordings.
"T" side: for telephoto (subject appears closer)
"W" side: for wide-angle (subject appears farther
away)
To use zoom greater than 10×
Zoom greater than 10× is performed digitally. To
activate digital zoom, select the digital zoom
power in D ZOOM in the menu settings. The
digital zoom function is set to OFF as a default
setting (p. 134).
The right side of the bar shows the digital
zooming zone.
The digital zooming zone appears when you
select the digital zoom power in the menu
settings (p. 134)/
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
2,3
LCD
OK
BRT
– LCD BRT +
the bar indicator/
W T
W
W T
T
×
×
W T
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