Preventing Accidental Erasure; Using The Zoom Feature; Zooming Speed; Note On Recording - Sony Handycam CCD-TR350PK Service Manual

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Note on the tape counter
The tape counter indicates the recording or playback time. Use it as a guide. There will be a time lag
of several seconds from the actual time. To set the counter to zero, press COUNTER RESET,
Note on the AUTO DATE feature
• The AUTO DATE feature works once a clay. However, the date may automatically appear more
than once a day when:
- you reset the date and time.
- you eject and insert the tape again.
- you stop recording within I0 seconds.
• Once the AUTO DATE feature turns off the date display l0 seconds after the Startof recording.
the date and time are displayed as follows:
- If the date display setting has been made, the date is displayed.
- If the time display selling has been made, the time is displayed.
- If neither display setting has been made, nothing is displayett.
If you wear glasses
You can bend back the eyecup to get a better view of the viewfinder.
When moving from Indoors to outdoors (or vice versa)
Turn STANDBY up and point the camcorder at a white object for about 15 seconds so that the.white
balance is properly adjusted.
Note on recording
When you record from the beginning of a tdpe, run the tape for about 15 seconds before starting the
actual recording. This will ensure that you won't miss any start-up scenes when you playback the tape.
You can record tapes in SP (standard play) mode only.
: Plreve_ting'Accidental Erasure
To prevent accidental erasure, slide the tab on the cassette to expose the red mark. If you try to
record with the red mark exposed, the I_l and __._indicators flash in the viewfinder, and you cannot
record.
To re-record on this tape, slide the tab back out covering the red mark.
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Zooming is a recording technique that lets you change the size of the subject in the scene. You can
also use the zoom to dedde on a shooting angle before you start recording.
For more professional-looking recordings, use the zoom function sparingly.
"T" side: for telephoto (subject appears closer)
"W" side: for wide-angle (subject appears farther away)
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Zooming Speed (Dual speed zooming)
Press the power zoom button firmly for a high-speed zoom, press it softly for a relatively slow zoom.
When you shoot a subject using a telephoto zoom
If you cannot get a sharp focus while in extreme telephoto zoom, press the "3N" side of the power
zoom
button
until the focus is sharp. You can shoot a subject that is at least about 31 112 inches
(80 era) away from the lens surface in the telephoto position, or about 1/2 inches (I cm) in the wide-
angle position.
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