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VIEWFINDER INDICATIONS
Focus mode
Fading mode
| ee
eee Camera is focused beyond
EADER
.......
Fade function is engaged.
subject
—FApEF Ris rete
Fading is being performed.
| laeraee prearnrarear Focus is correct
Ko indication .
. Fade
function
is not en-
EE
nee
Camera is focused in front of
gaged.
ate
subject
—PRa— 1.
Low contrast warning
ae
(auto/manual)
Elapsed Time Indicator
No indication. .. . Auto-focus is operating
White balance mode setting
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Daylight.
Lithium battery warning
(ee ee Fluorescent lighting.
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Lithium battery
BRS sec cattle sabe Halogen or tungsten lighting.
is exhausted, or
No indication...
. Auto white balance is operat-
ra
not yet instatled.
ing.
$1000
1/1000-second shutter
mode is engaged
$500
1/500-second shutter
mode is engaged
$250
1/250-second shutter
mode is engaged
No indication
1/50-second (standard)
shutter mode is engaged
Date indications
Title Colour indications
Time indications
.
on
BK
....
Black
24 hour indications
Title Page indicator
WH
.... White
-.—.-. . Auto Date Rec is
P1
....
First page
YL
..
Yellow
engaged .
P2
....
Second page
CY
. Cyan blue
P3....
Third page
GR
....
Green
MG
....
Magenta
RD
....
Red
BL
....
Blue
Nis
~LIGHT~.......
Low-light warning
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Nl
+
;
BATTERY
Saree
Low-battery warning
Operation mode
REC.
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Recording is being performed
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FRCOTHNG SUNADY Mode 1s engaged
= REC oe
Tape-end warning (blinking will begin a few minutes
"i
;
before tape ends}
No indication. ....
Stop, Play or Rehearsal mode is engaged
RECORDING OPERATIONS
Slide the POWER switch to ON.
Insert a video cassette correctly (with its safety
tab in place).
Press the REC Standby button. The unit enters
the Recording Standby mode.
Trigger alarm system
When
the
ALARM
ON/OFF
switch is set to ON, an electronic
alarm beeps when the Recording
start/stop button
is pressed to
begin recording.
The electronic alarm beeps twice
when
the Recording
start/stop
button
is pressed
for
record
Pause. This alarm helps prevent
recording errors.
Elapsed time display
The accumulated recording time (elapsed time)
can be displayed on the viewfinder.
*
1. Set the REC TIME ON/OFF switch to ON.
The recording time is displayed on the view-
finder screen.
2. If you wish to reset it to 00:00", press the
REC TIME RESET button.
Notes:
@When
you
wish
to
disengage
the
Elapsed
Time Display mode, set the REC TIME ON/
OFF switch to OFF.
®Unloading the cassette also resets the display to
00:00".
For full-auto operation, press the FULL AUTO
button.
For manual
override,
use
the W.
BALANCE
and
FOCUS buttons.
Press
the W. BALANCE
button
so that the re-
quired
symbol
appears on the viewfinder
and on
the LCD.
4 : when the subject is illuminated by a halogen
or tungsten lamp.
:when
the subject is illuminated by a fluores-
cent lamp.
: when you shoot in the daytime outdoors,
®When shooting under fluorescent light, always use
the fluorescent light setting in the manual
white
balance mode for best results,
For manual focus, press the FOCUS button so that
MANUAL
is shown on the LCD. A focus-aid in-
dicator will appear in the viewfinder. (See page 14.)
®fris control is always automatic, Therefore, possible
combinations of auto and manual functions are as
follows:
FUL!
FOCUS
Nese
Rs
BALANCE
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BALANCE
Prem
Auto
Fowl a
Auto
Auto
Monae
®Be careful
not to cover the white balance sensor
window, otherwise correct white balance will not be
obtained in the auto focus mode.
@For high-speed electronic shutter, see page 15.
Determine
the focus
and composition
by re-
ferring to the viewfinder image. For zooming, see
page 18.
For date/time recording, see page 17.
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