Preparations 35
• In mode, menus cannot be accessed but the following settings
can be changed in advance, before setting the camera mode dial to
.
- Recording mode of movies
- Size/quality of photos
- Your selection of recording media for movies/photos
- Auto slow shutter
- Backlight correction
- All settings under the setup menu’s , and tabs.
• Even in one of the flexible recording modes ( or ), the cam-
corder can help you with the settings. For example, you can use the
Special Scene recording programs ( 61) to set at once all the optimal
settings to match special recording conditions.
Playback
For playback, the camcorder’s operating mode is
determined by the position of the camera mode dial
and the (camera/play) button. Press to
switch between camera (recording) mode and play-
back mode.
NOTES
• When switching to a playback mode, the memory selected for
playback will be the same currently used for recording ( 42).
Operating
mode
Onscreen
icon
Camera mode
dial
Operation
or
Press
Playing back movies
(index screen) ( 50).
Viewing photos (single
photo view) ( 93).