Using The Viewfinder; Advanced Playback Operations; Playing Back A Tape With Picture Effects; Playing Back A Tape With Digital Effects - Sony DCR-PC6E Service Manual

Using the viewfinder

You can pull out the viewfinder until it clicks,
and then turn the LCD panel over and move it
back to your camcorder body with the LCD
screen facing out. You can operate with the touch
panel using the viewfinder.
Use the viewfinder in the following case:
When operating camera brightness and the fader
(only in CAMERA mode) on the touchpanel
using the viewfinder
(1) In CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-PC9E only)
mode, pull out the viewfinder until it clicks,
and then turn the LCD panel over and move it
back to your camcorder body with the LCD
screen facing out.
(2) Press
OFF. The message PANEL OFF
appears on the screen.
(3) Press OK. The LCD screen is turned off.
(4) Press the LCD screen. EXPOSURE, OK,
ON and FADER (only in CAMERA mode)
appear.
(5) Select the desired item, then press OK.
EXPOSURE: adjust the exposure by pressing
–/+.
FADER: press FADER until the desired fader
mode is displayed (p. 60).
The indicator changes as follows:
FADER t M. FADER t BOUNCE t
MONOTONE t OVERLAP t WIPE
t DOT t (no indicator)
ON: The LCD screen lights up.
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In CAMERA mode/
EXPO– OK
SURE
ON FADER
In MEMORY mode (DCR-PC9E
only)/
EXPO– OK
SURE
ON
To make the buttons on the LCD
screen disappear
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Press OK.
— Advanced Playback Operations —
Playing back a tape
with picture effects
During playback, you can process a scene using
the picture effect functions: NEG.ART, SEPIA,
B&W and SOLARIZE.
(1) In VCR (DCR-PC9E)/PLAYER (DCR-PC6E)
mode, press FN to display PAGE1.
(2) Press MENU, then select P EFFECT in
the menu settings to select a desired picture
effect mode (p. 134).
Refer to page 63 for details of each picture
effect function.
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FN
To return to FN
Press EXIT.
To cancel the picture effect function
Set P EFFECT to OFF in the menu settings.
Notes
•You cannot process externally input scenes
using the picture effect function.
•You cannot record images on a tape on your
camcorder when you have processed the image
using the picture effect function. However, you
can record images on a "Memory Stick" (DCR-
PC9E only) (p. 164, 170), or on a VCR using
your camcorder as a player.
Pictures processed by the picture effect
function
Pictures processed by the picture effect function
are not output through the DV (DCR-PC9E)/
DV OUT (DCR-PC6E) jack.
When you set the POWER switch to OFF
(CHARGE) or stop playing back
The picture effect function is automatically
canceled.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
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(1)
in
(2)
Using the viewfinder
Notes
•Do not touch the LCD screen with wet hands.
•Do not press the LCD screen with sharp objects
such as pens.
•In VCR (DCR-PC9E)/PLAYER (DCR-PC6E) or
memory playback mode (DCR-PC9E only), you
cannot operate with the touch panel using the
viewfinder.
To operate the items that are not displayed
Set the LCD screen and the viewfinder back to
the previous position. Operate the items using
the LCD screen.
FN and OFF in the viewfinder
These buttons appear mirror-reversed.
Available shooting time
This is the time when you record a picture using
the viewfinder (p. 21).
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Playing back a tape
with digital effects
During playback, you can process a scene using
the digital effect functions: STILL, FLASH, LUMI.
and TRAIL.
(1) In VCR (DCR-PC9E)/PLAYER (DCR-PC6E)
mode, press FN and select PAGE2.
(2) Press DIG EFFT. The screen to select a desired
digital effect mode appears.
(3) Select a desired digital effect mode. In the
STILL or LUMI. mode, the picture where you
select the mode is stored in memory as a still
image.
(4) Press –/+ to adjust the effect. Refer to page 65
for details.
(5) Press OK to return to PAGE2.
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FN
To return to FN
Press EXIT.
To cancel the digital effect function
Press OFF to return to PAGE2.
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
2,3
DIG
DIG EFFT
OFF OK
EFFT
STILL FLASH LUMI. TRAIL
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