Basic Recording - Canon G2000 Instruction Manual

Basic Recording

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POWER
Safe cassette operation
When you turn the power off or remove the power source, be sure to set the
camcorder first to record pause, stop or still pause mode.
Turning the power off or removing the power source while the tape is moving
(during recording, play, rewind for example), will make the counter display
appear wrong or may cause tape damage.
Before you start recording
Have you completed the following steps?
• Attach a power source (p. 8).
• Load a cassette (p. 11).
• Adjust the viewfinder and fasten the grip belt (p. 50).
• Remove the lens cap (p. 50).
You may also want to install the backup battery (p. 54) in order to set date and
time display (p. 30).
To record
1. Turn the program selector to the a position.
• This selects the camera's Automatic recording program. It allows you to
simply point and shoot without making any manual adjustments.
2. Open the STANDBY cover.
• PAUSE appears in the viewfinder — the camera is now in "record pause
mode."
3. Press the start/stop button to begin recording.
• REC appears in the viewfinder.
4. Press the start/stop button again to pause recording.
• The camera returns to record pause mode and PAUSE reappears in the
viewfinder.
• You can stop and restart recording as often as you like by pressing the
start/stop button.
• The camera will turn itself off if you leave it in record pause mode for more
than about 5 minutes. To return to record pause mode, close and reopen the
STANDBY cover, or set the program selector to OFF and then back to
camera mode.
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