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Note on Standby
mode
if you leave the camcorder for 5 minutes or more with a cassette inserted in Standby mode, the
camcorder goes off automatically.
This prevents wearing down the battery and wearing out the tape. To
resume Standby mode, turn STANDBY
down once and turn it up again. To start recording, press
START/STOP.
Note on recording
When you record from the beginning of the tape, run the tape for about 15 seconds before ach_al
recording. This prevents the camcorder from missing any start-up scenes when you play back the tape.
You can record tapes in SP (standard play] mode only.
Note on the tape counter
The tape counter indicates the recording or playback time. Use it as a guide. There will be a time lag of
several seconds from the actual time. To set the counter to zero, pus
COUNTER
RESET located below
the viewfinder. You can know the approximate
remaining
tape by the remaining tape indicator (p. 45).
Note on the AUTO DATE feature
The clock is set to the East Coast Standard Time at the factory. You can reset the clock (p. 28).
You can change the AUTO DATE setting by selecting ON or OFF in the menu system (p. 25).
• The AUTO DATE feature works once a day. However,
the date may automatically appear more than
once a day when;
- you reset the date and time.
- you eject and insert the tape again.
- you stop recording within 10 seconds.
- you set AUTO DATE to OFF once and set to ON in the menu system.
• Once the AUTO DATE feature turns off the date display 10 seconds after the start of recording,
the date
and time are displayed as follows:
- if the date display setting has been made, the date is displayed.
- if the time display setting has been made, the time is displayed.
- if neither display setting has been made, nothing is displayed.
When moving from indoors to outdoors
(or vice versa)
Turn STANDBY
up and point the camcorder at a white object for about 15 seconds so that the white
balance is properly
adjusted.
Using the_°Zoom Featu_rQ .....
Zooming
is a recording
technique
that lets you chang e the size of the subject
in the scene. For more
professional-looking
recordings,
use the zoom sparingly.
T side: for telephoto
(subject
appears closer)
W side: for wide-angle
(subject
appears farther away]
Zooming
Speed
Press the power zoom button firmly for a high-speed
zoom.
Press it softly
for a relatively
slow zoom.
When you shoot a subject using a telephoto
zoom
If you cannot get a sharp focus while in extreme telephoto zoom, press the W side of the power zoom
button until the focus is sharp.
You can shoot a subject that is at ]east 3.3 feet (about 1 m) away from the lens surface in the telephoto
position, or 1/2 inches (about lcm) in the wide-angle position.
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