Useful Functions For Recording Movies And Photos; Zooming; Recording High Quality Photos During Movie Recording (Dual Rec) - Sony HANDYCAM HDR-CX100 User Manual

Useful functions for recording movies and photos

Zooming

You can magnify images up to 10 times the original size with the power zoom lever or the
zoom buttons on the LCD frame.
Move the power zoom lever slightly for a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster zoom.
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Notes
Be sure to keep your finger on the power zoom lever. If you move your finger off the power zoom lever,
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the operation sound of the power zoom lever may also be recorded.
You cannot change the zoom speed with the zoom buttons on the LCD frame.
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The minimum possible distance between camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp focus is about 1
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cm (about 13/32 in.) for wide angle and about 80 cm (about 31 1/2 in.) for telephoto.
Tips
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You can set [DIGITAL ZOOM] (p. 66) if you want to zoom to a greater level.
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Recording high quality photos during movie recording (Dual Rec)

You can record high quality photos during movie recording by pressing PHOTO.
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Notes
may appear when the capacity of the recording media is not enough or when you record photos
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continuously. You cannot record photos while
Tips
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When the MODE lamp is set to
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(4:3).
You can record photos during recording standby in the same way as when the
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on.
Wider range of view
(Wide angle)
is displayed.
(Movie), the size of photos becomes [

Close view
(Telephoto)
2.3M] (16:9 wide) or [1.7M]
(Photo) lamp is turned