Recording; Start Recording - Sony HVR-A1J Service Manual

Recording

Open the
lens cover.
REC START/

STOP
1
Slide the POWER switch in the direction of the arrow repeatedly to turn on
the respective lamp to select a recording medium.
Movies on tape: The CAMERA-TAPE
lamp lights up.
Still images on "Memory Stick Duo":
The CAMERA-MEMORY lamp lights up.*
* The image size ratio is set by default to 4:3.
2

Start recording.

Movies
Press REC START/STOP

).
To stop the movie recording, press REC
START/STOP again.
• The pictures are recorded in the HDV format
in the default setting (p. 57).
• You can record a still image on a "Memory
Stick Duo," while recording movies on a tape
or in standby mode by pressing PHOTO deeply.
Still images will be fixed to image size [1440
× 810] in the HDV format, [1080 × 810] (4:3)
or [1440 × 810] (16:9) in the DVCAM (DV)
format.
22

(or
60min REC
60min
[STBY] [REC]

PHOTO
POWER switch
REC START/STOP
If the POWER
switch is set to
OFF (CHG), slide
it down while
pressing the green
button.
Still images
Press and hold PHOTO lightly to
adjust the focus (

fully ( ).

Beep
Flashing

A shutter sound is heard. When
disappears, the image has been recorded
To check the latest recording on a
"Memory Stick Duo"
Touch . To delete the picture, touch
[YES]. Touch

standby mode.
• See page 50 for the image size.

), then press it
Shutter click
Lights up
to return to the