Shooting Photos - Sony HANDYCAM HDR-TG5V User Manual

The icons and indicators on the LCD panel will be displayed for about 5 seconds, then they will be
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disappeared, after turning on your camcorder or switching the recording/playback modes. To display the
icon and indicators again, touch the LCD panel.
If you close the LCD screen while recording movies, the camcorder stops recording.
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See page 106 on the recordable time of movies.
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When a movie file exceeds 2 GB, the next movie file is created automatically.
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You can change the recording media and the recording mode (p. 62, 74).
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[ STEADYSHOT] is set to [ON] in the default setting.
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It will take several seconds until you can start recording after you turn on the camcorder. You cannot
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operate your camcorder during this time.
If the access lamp is lit or flashing after recording is finished, it means that data is still being written onto
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the recording media. Do not apply shock or vibration to your camcorder, and do not remove the battery
or AC Adaptor.
You can check the recordable time and the remaining capacity, etc., by touching
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[MEDIA INFO] (under
To adjust the angle of the LCD panel, first open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), and
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then adjust the angle (). If you rotate the LCD panel 270 degrees to the lens side (), you can record
movies/photos in mirror mode.
 90 degrees to
the camcorder
Tips
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You can record photos during movie recording by pressing PHOTO fully ([Dual Rec], p. 29).
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When a face is detected, a white frame appears and the image quality around the face is optimized
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automatically ([FACE DETECTION]/[FRAME SETTING], p. 76).
In the default setting, a photo is recorded automatically when the camcorder detects the smile of a
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person during movie recording ([SMILE DETECTION], p. 77/[FRAME SETTING], p. 76). An orange
frame appears around a face targeted for possible smile detection shot.
You can capture photos from recorded movies (p. 52).
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Data code during recording
The recording date, time and condition , and coordinates (HDR-TG5V) are recorded
automatically on the recording media. They are not displayed during recording. However, you
can check them as [DATA CODE] during playback (p. 84).

Shooting photos

In the default setting, photos are recorded on the internal memory (p. 62).
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Open the LCD screen of your camcorder.
The lens cover is opened and your camcorder is turned on.
[MANAGE MEDIA] category) (p. 88).
 270 degrees (max.)

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