Basic Operation Of The Camcorder; Operating Modes - Canon FS20 Instruction Manual

Basic Operation of the
Camcorder

Operating Modes

The camcorder's operating mode is
determined by the
the position of the camera mode dial. In
this manual, indicates that a
function is available in the operating
mode shown and
the function is not available. See the
following table for a summary of the
operating modes.
Recording: Dual Shot and Flexible
Recording
The camcorder offers two basic modes
for recording video or photos: Dual
Shot ( mode) for beginners or if
you just prefer not to bother with
detailed camcorder settings, and
flexible recording mode, which lets
Operating mode Icon display
* / /
button and
indicates that
Recording movies or photos to the memory (Dual Shot)
Recording movies to the memory
(green)
Recording photos to the memory
(blue)
Playing movies from the memory (press
(green) camera mode dial is set to
Viewing photos from the memory (press
(blue) camera mode dial is set to
only.
you change the camcorder's settings to
your preference.
Turn the camera mode dial to
the camcorder to
not need to worry about any settings
and can shoot video using just
Start/Stop
( 34) or take photos using
just ( 60). You can also use
PHOTO
the zoom lever, Quick Start (
Video Snapshot (
To set the camcorder to flexible
recording mode, turn the camera mode
dial to for movies or
Operation
or )
)
to set
mode. You do
37) and
47).
for photos.
25
34
60
while the
38
while the
62
25