Camera Recording - Sony Handgcam CCD-FX425 Operation Manual

Before you record one-time events, make a trial recordinc to make sure that your
camcorder is working properly.
Keep the lens clean, or the focus cannot be adjusted properly.
It is very easy to start recording scenes.
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Hold the camcorder by putting your
hand through the grip belt so that
your thumb can easily press the red
START/STOP button.
By pressing the release on the lens
cap, remove and attach it to the grip
belt.
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Press the small green button on the
POWER switch and slide the POWER
switch to CAMERA.
This puts the camcorder in the camera
recording mode.
POWER
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Set the PROGRAM AE (Auto Exposure)
switch to the green position.
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Set the STANDBY switch up.
"STBY" appears in the viewfinder. Now,
you can see throughthe viewfinder.
START I STOP
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Press START/STOP (red button)
once.
The camera is recordingwhen the word
"REC" appears on the viewfinderscreen
and the red lamp lightsin the viewfinder.
You can also confirmthe start,of recording
with beep sound when you have the BEEP
switchturned on.
_ REC 1
START ' STOP , %_/._
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In the viewfinder you can see a black and white picture of what you are recording and
information that indicates what the camcorder is now doing.
Basic Camera Operation