Sony Handycam DCR-DVD150E Operating Manual page 89

TELE MACRO
This is useful to record small subjects, such
as flowers or insects. You can blur out
backgrounds and the subject stands out
clearer.
When you set [TELE MACRO] to [ON]
( ), the zoom (p. 38) moves to the top of
the T (telephoto) side automatically and
allows recording subjects at a close distance
down to about 50 cm (19 3/4 in.).
To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide
angle (W side).
b Notes
• When recording a distant subject, focusing may
be difficult and can take some time.
• Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 89)
when it is hard to focus automatically.
EXPOSURE
You can fix the brightness of an image
manually. Adjust the brightness when the
subject is too bright or too dark relative to
the background.
1 Touch [MANUAL].
appears.
2 Adjust the exposure by touching
.
3 Touch .
To return the setting to automatic exposure,
touch [AUTO] t
/
in step 1.
FOCUS
You can adjust the focus manually. You can
select this function also when you want to
focus on a certain subject intentionally.
1 Touch [MANUAL].
9 appears.
2 Touch (focusing on close subjects)/
(focusing on distant subjects) to
sharpen the focus.
focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and
appears when the focus cannot be adjusted
farther away.
3 Touch .
To adjust the focus automatically, touch
[AUTO] t
in step 1.
b Notes
• The minimum possible distance between the
camcorder and the subject while maintaining
sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in.) for
wide angle and about 150 cm (about 59 1/8 in.)
for telephoto.
z Tips
• It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the
power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to
adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle) to
adjust the zoom for recording. When you want
to record a subject at close range, move the
power zoom lever to W (wide angle), then
adjust the focus.
• The focal distance information (the distance at
which the subject is focused on, for when it is
dark and hard to adjust focus) appears for a few
seconds in the following cases. (It will not be
displayed correctly if you are using a conversion
lens (sold separately).)
– When the focus mode is switched from
automatic to manual.
– When you set focus manually.
appears when the
Continued ,
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