Canon MV MV4 Instruction Book page 135

• Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often
get better results using manual focus (
about the same distance away, lock the focus, and then point the camera at your
original, hard-to-focus subject.
Horizontal stripes
Reflective surfaces
(e.g. shiny car
surfaces)
Night scenes
Recording/Playback (Contd.)
Problem
? Some/all of the digital effects
don't work.
? The e e (play) button doesn't
work.
? There's a bright stripe on the
screen.
Many subjects at
different distances
Fast moving
objects
72). Focus on something which is
Behind glass
Slanted subjects
Cause and/or what to do about it
• There are a number of restrictions on
using the digital effects (
• The POWER dial is not set to PLAY
(MV4i and MV4i MC: VCR)
( 23).
• The cassette is not loaded (
• The cassette has reached the end.
• When recording in dark places a
bright light in the scene may cause a
vertical light bar ("smear") to appear.
This is a normal feature of
camcorders.
Without much
contrast (e.g. a
white wall)
Dark subjects
57-64).
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