Shooting Backlit Subjects - Back Light; Shooting In The Dark - Nightshot/Super Nightshot - Sony DCR-PC6E Service Manual

Recording a picture
When you shoot close to a subject
If you cannot get a sharp focus, move the power
zoom lever to the "W" side until the focus is
sharp. You can shoot a subject that is at least
about 80 cm (about 2 feet 5/8 inch) away from
the lens surface in the telephoto position, or
about 1 cm (about 1/2 inch) away in the wide-
angle position.
Notes on digital zoom
•Digital zoom starts to function when zoom
exceeds 10×.
•The picture quality deteriorates as you move
the power zoom lever toward the "T" side.
When the POWER switch is set to MEMORY
(DCR-PC9E only)
You cannot use the digital zoom.
Indicators displayed in the
recording mode
The indicators are not recorded on tape.
Remaining battery time indicator/
Cassette memory indicator/
This appears when using a tape with cassette memory./
Recording mode indicator/
STBY/REC indicator/
40 min REC 0:00:01 Time code/Tape counter indicator/
45min
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Remaining tape indicator/
This appears after you insert a cassette and record or play back for a while./
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/ – + FN button/
EDIT FN
Press this button to display operation buttons on the LCD screen./
Time indicator/
The time is displayed about 5 seconds after the power is turned on./
Date indicator/
The date is displayed about 5 seconds after the power is turned on./
EDIT indicator/
This appears when you set EDITSEARCH to ON in
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Recording a picture
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT
When you shoot a subject with the light source
behind the subject or a subject with a light
background, use the backlight function.
Press BACK LIGHT in CAMERA or MEMORY
(DCR-PC9E only) mode.
The . indicator appears on the screen.
To cancel, press BACK LIGHT again.
During back light function
The backlight function will be canceled when
you press MANUAL in the EXPOSURE mode or
SPOT METER.
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×
in the menu settings./
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BACK LIGHT
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Recording a picture
Remaining battery time indicator
The remaining battery time indicator roughly
indicates the recording time. The indicator may
not be correct, depending on the conditions in
which you are recording. When you close the
LCD panel and open it again, it takes about one
minute for the correct remaining battery time in
minutes to be displayed.
Time code
The time code indicates the recording or
playback time, "0:00:00" (hours : minutes :
seconds) in CAMERA mode and "0:00:00:00"
(hours : minutes : seconds : frames) in VCR
(DCR-PC9E)/PLAYER (DCR-PC6E) mode. You
cannot rewrite only the time code.
Remaining tape indicator
The indicator may not be displayed accurately
depending on the tape.
Recording data
The recording data (date/time or various settings
when recorded) are not displayed while
recording. However, they are recorded
automatically onto the tape. To display the
recording data, press DATA CODE during
playback. You can also use the Remote
Commander for this operation (p. 48).
Recording a picture
Shooting in the dark
– NIGHTSHOT/SUPER NIGHTSHOT
The NightShot function enables you to shoot a
subject in a dark place. For example, you can
satisfactorily record the environment of
nocturnal animals for observation when you use
this function.
While your camcorder is in CAMERA or
MEMORY (DCR-PC9E only) mode, slide
NIGHTSHOT to ON.
and "NIGHTSHOT" indicators flash on the
screen. To cancel the NightShot function, slide
NIGHTSHOT to OFF.
NIGHTSHOT
OFF
ON
SUPER
NIGHTSHOT
Using Super NightShot
The Super NightShot mode makes subjects more
than 16 times brighter than those recorded in the
NightShot mode.
(1) Slide NIGHTSHOT to ON in CAMERA mode.
and "NIGHTSHOT" indicators flash on the
screen.
(2) Press SUPER NIGHTSHOT. The and
"SUPER NIGHTSHOT" indicators flash on
the screen.
To cancel the Super NightShot mode, press
SUPER NIGHTSHOT again.
Using the NightShot Light
The picture will be clearer with the NightShot
Light on. To activate NightShot Light, set
N.S.LIGHT to ON in the menu settings (p. 134).
NightShot Light emitter/
(1)
(2)
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