Adjusting The Exposure Manually; Focusing Manually; Superimposing A Title - Sony Handycam CCD-TRV107 Service Manual

CCD-TRV107/TRV108/TRV308/TRV408/TRV608

Adjusting the exposure manually

You can manually adjust and set the exposure.
Adjust the exposure manually in the following cases:
– The subject is backlit
– Bright subject and dark background
– To record dark pictures (e.g. night scenes) faithfully
(1) In CAMERA mode, press EXPOSURE.
The exposure indicator appears on the screen.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to adjust the brightness.
To return to the automatic exposure mode
Press EXPOSURE.
Note
When you adjust the exposure manually, the backlight function does not work in
CAMERA mode.
Your camcorder automatically returns to the automatic exposure mode:
– if you change the PROGRAM AE mode
– if you slide NIGHTSHOT to ON
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Superimposing a title

You can select one of eight preset titles and two custom titles (p. 44). You can also select
the language, color, size, and position of titles.
(1) In CAMERA mode, press TITLE to display the title menu.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select
(3) Select the desired title in the menu settings, then press the SEL/PUSH EXEC
dial. The titles are displayed in the language you selected.
(4) Change the color, size, or position, if necessary.
1 Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the color, size, or position, then
press the dial. The item appears.
2 Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired item, then press the
dial.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the title is laid out as desired.
(5) Press the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial again to complete the setting.
(6) Press START/STOP to start recording.
(7) When you want to stop recording the title, press TITLE.
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EXPOSURE
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P R E S E T T I T L E
H E L L O !
H A P P Y B I R T HD A Y
H A P P Y HO L I D A Y S
T I TLE
CONGR A T U L A T I ON S !
OUR SWE E T B A B Y
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H A P P Y B I R T HD A Y H A P P Y B I R T HD A Y
H A P P Y HO L I D A Y S H A P P Y HO L I D A Y S
CONGR A T U L A T I ON S ! CONGR A T U L A T I ON S !
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WE DD I NG WE DD I NG
V A C A T I ON V A C A T I ON
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R E T URN
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P R E S E T T I T L E T I T L E
H E L L O !
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Focusing manually

You can gain better results by manually adjusting the focus in the following cases:
•The autofocus mode is not effective when shooting:
– subjects through glass coated with water droplets.
– horizontal stripes.
– subjects with little contrast with backgrounds such as walls and sky.
•When you want to change the focus from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the
background.
•Shooting a stationary subject when using a tripod.
(1) In CAMERA mode, press FOCUS. The 9 indicator appears on the screen.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to sharpen focus.
FOCUS
To return to the autofocus mode
Press FOCUS.
To focus precisely
Adjust the zoom by first focusing at the "T" (telephoto) position and then shooting at
the "W" (wide-angle) position. This makes focusing easier.
When you shoot close to the subject
Focus at the end of the "W" (wide-angle) position.
9 changes to the following indicators:
when recording a distant subject.
when the subject is too close to focus on.
Superimposing a title
To superimpose the title while you are recording
Press TITLE while you are recording, and carry out steps 2 to 5. When you press the
SEL/PUSH EXEC dial at step 5, the title is superimposed.
To select the language of a preset title
If you want to change the language, select
language and return to step 2.
Note
Both the date and time or either of them may not be displayed depending on the size or
position of the title.
If you display the menu or title menu while superimposing a title
The title is not recorded while the menu or title menu is displayed.
To use the custom title
If you want to use the custom title, select
Title setting
•The title color changes as follows:
WHITE y YELLOW y VIOLET y RED y CYAN y GREEN y BLUE
•The title size changes as follows:
SMALL y LARGE
You cannot input 13 characters or more in LARGE size. If you input more than 12
characters, the title size returns to SMALL even if you select LARGE.
•The title position changes as follows:
1y 2y 3y 4y 5y 6y 7y 8y 9
The larger the position number, the lower the title is positioned.
When you select the title size "LARGE," you cannot choose position 9.
When you select the title size "LARGE" in the CINEMA mode, you cannot choose
position 8 nor 9.
When you are selecting and setting the title
You cannot record the title displayed on the screen.
When you superimpose a title while you are recording
The beep does not sound.
While you are playing back
You can superimpose a title. However, the title is not recorded on tape.
You can record a title when you dub a tape connecting your camcorder to the VCR with
the A/V connecting cable.
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before step 2. Then select the desired
in step 2.
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