Sony HANDYCAM HDR-CX150 User Manual page 23

The following states will be indicated if data is still being written onto the recording media after recording
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has finished. During this time, do not apply shock or vibration to the camcorder, or remove the battery or
AC Adaptor.
Access lamp (p. 19) is lit or flashing
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The media icon in the upper right of the LCD screen is flashing
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Tips
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See page 90 on the recordable time of movies.
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You can record photos during movie recording by pressing PHOTO fully (Dual Rec, p. 28).
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When a face is detected, a white frame appears and the image quality around the face is optimized
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automatically ([FACE DETECTION], p. 68).
You can specify the priority face by touching it (p. 27).
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In the default setting, a photo is recorded automatically when the camcorder detects the smile of a person
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during movie recording (Smile Shutter, p. 28).
You can capture photos from recorded movies (p. 43).
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You can check the recordable time, estimated remaining capacity, etc., by touching
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[Show others]  [MEDIA INFO] (under
The LCD screen of your camcorder can display recording images across the entire screen (full pixel
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display). However, this may cause slight trimming of the top, bottom, right and left edges of images when
played back on a TV which is not compatible with full pixel display. In this case, set [GUIDEFRAME] to
[ON] (p. 67), and record images using the outer frame displayed on the screen as a guide.
To adjust the angle of the LCD panel, first open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), and
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then adjust the angle ().
 90 degrees (max.)
 180 degrees (max.)
[ STEADYSHOT] is set to [ACTIVE] in the default setting.
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Data code during recording
The recording date, time and condition are recorded automatically on the recording media.
They are not displayed during recording. However, you can check them as [DATA CODE]
during playback. To display them, touch
[PLAYBACK] category)  [DATA CODE]  a desired setting 
SET] (under
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[MANAGE MEDIA] category).
(MENU)  [Show others]  [PLAYBACK
(MENU) 
 90 degrees to the
camcorder
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