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PROV950H/pp. 030-035; 96/5/21/10:00
G.K. Associates, Tokyo
Notes:
• Take care not to touch the monitor screen with
your fingers, as perspiration and dirt will smudge
it.
• Unless you intend to create a special effect,
keep the camcorder level with the horizontal
plane.
• Take care not to touch the microphone with your
fingers when the camcorder is recording. It will
cause noise on the audio track.
Hints for Better Shooting
• Position the subject in the center of the screen.
When you are using auto focus, whatever is in
the center of the screen is kept in focus.
Look at the
monitor with
both eyes.
Place your feet at a
45° angle and take
a firm stance.
Kneeling
High Angle
You can record
and still see the
monitor screen.
This is convenient
when you want to
record over a
crowd.
Low Angle
When kneeling, put
one knee on the
ground for the best
stability.
Rest on both
elbows to
stabilize the
camcorder.
Prone
Basic Posture
Tips on Recording Positions
The rotating LCD monitor screen lets you enjoy
easy video recording in relaxed postures.
• You can record using more natural body pos-
tures since you can see the subject on-screen,
without having to hold the camcorder against
your eye.
• The LCD monitor also makes high-angle and
low-angle shots easy.
• In hand-held recording, the camcorder has to be
steadied to prevent image shake.
• Use a tripod for very stable recording.
Basic Recording Positions
Put the fingers of your right hand through the hand
strap, and place your right thumb close to the REC
START/STOP and Power Zoom buttons. Place your
left thumb in the indentation on the left side of the
LCD monitor.
Position the subject in
the center.
Focus manually when
you need to position the
subject off center (see
page 43).
• Avoid backlit subjects. For the best picture, have
the light source behind you.
When the background is brighter than the sub-
ject, the subject often becomes too dark. If you
need to record with this lighting, correct the gain
or iris to improve the picture (see pages 26
and 47).
• Before zooming, think about how to best frame
the shot. Stop zooming when the shot is well
framed.
• When image shake is noticeable during zoomed-
in telephoto shooting, use a tripod, or press the
Power Zoom W (wide angle) button to zoom out.
Screw the tripod into the tripod socket on the
bottom of the camcorder.
• Horizontal panning (lateral movement) and tilting
(vertical movement) should be done slowly to
emphasize the wide expanse of a scene or the
height of a building, and to make them easy to
watch on playback.
• Use wide-angle settings for fast-moving
subjects.
Note:
• It may take longer to focus when zooming and
panning are used frequently.
Press your elbows
against your sides.
Basic Operations
Camera Recording
Light from
Behind
Back-
lighting