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Tape Remaining Time

Basic Recording

Approximate tape remaining

62 min

NOTE:

time appears on the display.

Before continuing, perform the procedures listed

“---min” means the

below:

camcorder is calculating the

● Power (墌 pg. 12)

remaining time. When the

● Loading A Cassette (墌 pg. 17)

remaining time reaches 2 minutes, the indication

starts blinking.

Power Zoom Lever

● The time required to calculate and display the

remaining tape length, and the accuracy of the

calculation, may vary according to the type of tape

used.

POWER/CHARGE Lamp

LCD Monitor And Viewfinder

Power Switch

While using the LCD monitor:

Recording Start/Stop Button

Make sure the viewfinder is pushed back in. Pull

on the end of the LCD monitor and open the

LCD monitor fully. It can rotate 270° (90°

1 Remove the lens cap. (墌 pg. 12)

downward, 180° upward).

2 Open the LCD monitor fully.

180˚

3 Set the Power Switch to “REC” while pressing

down the Lock Button located on the switch.

● The POWER/CHARGE lamp lights and the

camcorder enters the Record-Standby mode.

“T PAUSE” is displayed.

● To record in LP (Long Play) mode, 墌 pg. 24.

4 To start recording, press the Recording Start/

90˚

Stop Button. “T REC” appears on the display

While using the viewfinder:

while recording is in progress.

Make sure the LCD monitor is closed and

5 To stop recording, press the Recording Start/

locked. Pull out the viewfinder fully.

Stop Button again. The camcorder re-enters the

Record-Standby mode.

NOTES:

● The image will not appear simultaneously on the

Approximate recording time

LCD monitor and the viewfinder. When the

viewfinder is pulled out while the LCD monitor is

Recording mode

Tape

opened, you can select which one to use. Set

SP LP

“PRIORITY” to the desired mode in SYSTEM

30 min. 30 min. 45 min.

Menu. (墌 pg. 23, 25)

60 min. 60 min. 90 min.

● Coloured bright spots may appear all over the

LCD monitor or the viewfinder. However, this is not

80 min. 80 min. 120 min.

a malfunction. (墌 pg. 37)

NOTES:

● If the Record-Standby mode continues for

5 minutes and no operation is performed

(

“T PAUSE” indicator may not appear), the

camcorder’s power shuts off automatically. To turn

the camcorder on again, push back and pull out

the viewfinder again or close and re-open the LCD

monitor.

● When a blank portion is left between recorded

scenes on the tape, the time code is interrupted

and errors may occur when editing the tape. To

avoid this, refer to “Recording From The Middle Of

A Tape” (墌 pg. 20).

● To turn the melody sounds off, 墌 pg. 23, 25.

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Zooming

Journalistic Shooting

Produces the zoom in/out effect, or an

In some situations,

instantaneous change in image magnification.

different shooting

angles may provide

Zoom In

more dramatic results.

Slide the Power Zoom Lever towards “T”.

Hold the camcorder in

Zoom Out

the desired position

Slide the Power Zoom Lever towards “W”.

and tilt the LCD

● The further you slide the Power Zoom Lever, the

monitor in the most

quicker the zoom action.

convenient direction. It

can rotate 270° (90°

Zoom in (T: Telephoto)

downward, 180°

upward).

1

x

10

x

20

x

Time Code

40

x

During recording, a time code is recorded on the

tape. This code is to confirm the location of the

recorded scene on the tape during playback.

Zoom out (W: Wide angle)

10

x

Minutes

Digital zoom zone

Seconds

32X (optical) zoom zone

Frames*

Approximate zoom ratio

(25 frames = 1 second

12:34:24

NOTES:

* Frames are not displayed during recording.

● Focusing may become unstable during zooming.

If recording starts from a blank portion, the time

In this case, set the zoom while in Record-

code begins counting from “00:00:00”

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Standby, lock the focus by using the manual focus

(minute:second:frame). If recording starts from

(墌 pg. 28), then zoom in or out in Record mode.

the end of a previously recorded scene, the time

● Zooming is possible to a maximum of 800X, or it

code continues from the last time code number.

can be switched to 32X magnification using the

If during recording a blank portion is left partway

optical zoom. (墌 pg. 24)

through the tape, the time code is interrupted.

● Zoom magnification of over 32X is done through

When recording is resumed, the time code starts

digital image processing, and is therefore called

counting up again from “00:00:00”. This means

Digital Zoom.

● During Digital Zoom, the quality of image may

the camcorder may record the same time codes

suffer.

as those existing in a previously recorded scene.

● Macro shooting (as close as approx. 5 cm to the

To prevent this, perform Recording From The

subject) is possible when the Power Zoom Lever

Middle Of A Tape (墌 pg. 20) in the following

is set all the way to “W”. Also see “TELE MACRO”

cases;

in FUNCTION Menu on page 24.

● When shooting again after playing back a

● When shooting a subject close to the lens, zoom

recorded tape.

out first. If zoomed-in in the auto focus mode, the

● When power shuts off during shooting.

camcorder may automatically zoom out

● When a tape is removed and re-inserted during

depending on the distance between the

shooting.

camcorder and the subject. This will not occur

● When shooting using a partially recorded tape.

when “TELE MACRO” is set to “ON”. (墌 pg. 24)

● When shooting on a blank portion located partway

through the tape.

● When shooting again after shooting a scene then

opening/closing the cassette holder cover.

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