Sony Handycam HDR-HC3 Operating Manual page 56

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• Do nol use NightShot/[SUPER NS] in brighl
places. This may cause a malfimction.
• Do not cover the inh'ared port with your fingers
or other objects (p. 33).
• Remove the converskm lens (optional).
• Adjust tim locus manually ([FOCUS], p. 54)
when it is hard to locus aummalically.
• The shutler speed of your camcorder changes
depending on lhe brighmess. The motion of the
pictmc may slow down in this case.
When using either the NightShot (p. 33) or
[SUPER NS] (p. 55) function tu record, you
can record clearer pictures by setting [NS
LIGHT[, which emits infrared light
(invisible), to [ON] (the default setting).
• Donot cover the inh'ared port with your fingers
or other objects (p. 33).
• Removethe converskm lens (optional).
• The maximum shooting distance using [NS
LIGHTI is about 3 Ill (10 lPet).
When you set [COLOR SLOW S] to ION],
you can record an image brighter in color
even in dark places.
and [COLOR SLOW SHUTTER]
appear ou the screen.
Tu cancel [COLOR SLOW S], tuuch
[OFF].
• Adjust the focus lnalmally([FO(-_S], p. 54)
when it is hard to locus automatically.
• The shutler speed of your camcorder changes
depending on lhe brighmess. The motion of the
piclure
u/ay slow down at lhis lime,
Diaguual stripes appear in portiuus of the
screen where brightness is at a preset level.
This is useful as a guide when adjusting the
brightness. When you change the def:mlt
setting. _ is displayed. The zebra patlern
is not recurded.
P,. O FF
The zchra pattern is not displayed.
70
The zebra pattern appears at a screen
brightness level of about 70 IRE.
100
The zebra pattern appears at a screen
brightness level of about 100 IRE or
higher.
• Portions of the screen where brighmess is about
100 IRE or above may appear overexposed.
• IRE represems lhe screen brighmess.
When you set [HISTOGRAM] tu [ON], the
[HISTOGRAM[ (a graph to display a
distribution of tunes irayuur picture)
window appears on the screen.
This item is useful when you acUust
expusure. You can a{liust the [EXPOSURE]
or [AE SHIFT] checking the
[HISTOGRAM[ window. The
[HISTOGRAM[ will not be recorded un a
tape or "Memory Stick Duo."
L
Darker Brighter
Brightness
• The left area on tile graph shows tile darker
areas of the picture while lhe righl area shows
tile brighler areas,
The self-timer starts recording after abuut
I0 seconds.
Press START/STOP to record movies, or
PHOTO to record still images when [SELF-
TIMER[ is set tu [ON] and _ appears.