Recording Movies In Various Situations; Selecting The Suitable Setting Automatically For The Recording Situation; (Intelligent Auto); Reducing Camera-Shake - Sony Handycam HDR-TD20V Operating Manual

Recording movies in
various situations
Selecting the suitable
setting automatically for
the recording situation

(Intelligent Auto)

Your camcorder records movies after
selecting the most suitable setting for the
subjects or the situation automatically.
([On] is the default setting.) When the
camcorder detects a subject, the icons that
correspond to the detected conditions are
displayed.
 [On] 
Select
right bottom of the recording screen
of movies or photos.
Face detection:
The camcorder detects faces, and adjusts
the focus, color and exposure.
(Portrait), (Baby)
Scene detection:
The camcorder selects the most effective
setting automatically, depending on the
scene.
 (Backlight),
(Landscape),
Scene), (Spotlight), (Low light),
(Macro)
Camera-shake detection:
The camcorder detects whether camera-
shake occurs or not, and makes the
optimum compensation.
(Walk), (Tripod)
Sound detection:
The camcorder detects and suppresses the
wind noise so that the voice of a person or
the surrounding sound can be recorded
clearly.
,
To cancel the Intelligent Auto function, select

To record images brighter than those
recorded using the Intelligent Auto
function
at the
Select
Manual Settings]  [Low Lux].
[
Notes
The frames on the faces do not appear during

3D recording.
The camcorder may not detect the expected

scene or subject, depending on the recording
conditions.

Reducing camera-shake

In the default setting, the camcorder
compensates for camera-shake in the
vertical and horizontal directions, and also
compensates for circular motion of the
camcorder ([Active]).
1
Select
(Night
 [
[
(Auto Wind NR)
 [Off].
 [Camera/Mic] 
 [Camera/Mic]
Camera Settings] 
SteadyShot].
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