Recording High Quality Still Images During Movie Recording (Dual Rec); Recording In Dark Places (Nightshot); Adjusting The Exposure For Backlit; Subjects - Sony Handycam DCR-SR210E Handbook

 Tips
During sleep mode, the battery is consumed at
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about half that of usual recording, enabling you
to save battery power.
The power turns off automatically if you do
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not operate your camcorder for a certain
period during sleep mode. You can set the time
that you want the camcorder to remain on
before automatically turning off in sleep mode
([QUICK ON STBY], (p. 69)).
Recording high quality still images
during movie recording (Dual Rec)
You can record high quality still images
during movie recording by pressing
PHOTO.
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Notes
You cannot use the flash during movie
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recording.
may appear when the capacity of the

recording media is not enough or when you
record still images continuously. You cannot
record still images while
Tips
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When the POWER switch is set to
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the size of still images becomes [
wide) or [2.2M] (4:3).
You can record still images during recording
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standby in the same way as when the
lamp is turned on. You can also record with the
flash.
28
is displayed.
(Movie),
3.0M] (16:9
(Still)

Recording in dark places (NightShot)

Infrared port
When you set the NIGHTSHOT switch to
ON, appears. You can record images in
dark places.
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Notes
The NightShot and Super NightShot functions
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use infrared light. Therefore, do not cover the
infrared port with your fingers or other objects,
and remove the conversion lens (optional).
Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 73)
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when it is hard to focus automatically.
Do not use the NightShot and Super NightShot
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functions in bright places. This may cause a
malfunction.
 Tips
To record an image brighter, use the Super
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NightShot function (p. 76). To record an image
more faithfully to the original colors, use the
Color Slow Shutter function (p. 76).

Adjusting the exposure for backlit

subjects

To adjust the exposure for backlit subjects,
press  (back light) to display . To cancel