RECORDING WITH EASE FOR BEGINNERS
(SMART AUTO)
User-friendly SMART AUTO optimises your camcorder to the
recording conditions automatically, providing beginners with the
best performance.
1
Press the [SMART AUTO] button.
The SMART AUTO (
•
Anti-Shake(HDIS) (
) icons
appear on the screen at the same
time.
2
Adjust the subject on the LCD
screen.
The camcorder automatically detects the scene (Landscape,
•
etc.) and adjusts the camcorder settings accordingly.
•
The appropriate scene icon appears on the LCD screen.
STBY
[254Min]
9999
) and
Scene icons
Appears when recording a night scene.
Appears when recording with a very bright background.
Appears when recording indoors.
Appears when recording a close-up.
Appears when recording a landscape.
Appears when recording a portrait.
Appears when recording a portrait outdoors at night.
3
Press the [Recording start/stop] button or [PHOTO] button.
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4
To cancel the SMART AUTO mode, press the [SMART AUTO]
button again.
The SMART AUTO (
•
disappear from the screen.
When there is no detected scene, the icon (
•
•
The camcorder may not detect the Portrait mode when recording a
face, depending on the position of the face or brightness.
Depending on conditions such as lighting, shaking of the camcorder,
•
or distance to the subject, the camcorder may detect the image you
see on the LCD screen as a different scene type each time you apply
SMART AUTO.
The Portrait and Night portrait modes can work when the Face
•
Detection is set to On only.
•
Buttons unavailable during SMART AUTO operation:
[MENU] button, [Control (OK)] button, etc. Most settings are
automatically adjusted in SMART AUTO mode. To set or adjust
functions on your own, release the SMART AUTO mode first.
•
SMART AUTO must be set before recording.
Basic recording
Meaning
) and Anti-Shake(HDIS) (
) icons
) appears.
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