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Mastering
the Basics
Basic Recording
Have you completed the following steps?
• Attached a power source ( 9).
• Removed the lens cap ( 126).
• Chosen the display: viewfinder ( 126) or LCD screen ( 20).
• Extended the viewfinder ( 126)/adjusted the LCD screen ( 20).
• When you’re using the viewfinder, fully close the LCD or rotate the LCD so
that it faces the same direction as the lens ( 22).
You may also want to install the backup battery ( 129) in order to set the date
and time display ( 46).
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4, 5
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OFF
POWER
PLAY
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MOVIE
Before you start recording
To record
1. Press the button next to the POWER dial and hold, turn the
POWER dial to MOVIE.
• The camera automatically sets to record pause mode. PAUSE appears in the
display.
• The camera power indicator lights up red.
• The confirmation beep sounds.
• 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, turn the POWER dial
to OFF and then back to MOVIE.
• For Progressive Scan recording, see p. 49.
MV4i MC only: for still image recording to a memory card, see p. 110.
2. Load a cassette ( 12).
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