Sharp VL-Z5E Camcorder User Manual


 
Useful Features
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Self recording with reversed
grip
Available mode:
Tape Camera
Rotate the grip 90° and the LCD monitor
180° vertically so that you can record
yourself while holding the grip.
3 Open the LCD monitor to a 90° angle
to the camcorder body (1), and then
rotate it 180° vertically (2).
4 Set the Media Selection switch to V.
5 Set the Power switch to v.
6 Begin recording.
Notes:
Do not rotate the monitor section to the self
recording position during recording or
playback.
During self recording, the mode or menu
screen cannot be displayed.
All of the manual settings are set to AUTO
and some other settings will set to OFF in self
recording.
You may experience image noise when using
self recording.
To operate self recording with reversed grip
correctly, make sure to turn the grip and the
lens section so that the Start/Stop button and
the tripod socket face upward, and the lens
faces toward you. The I indicator will
appear.
Be sure that the LCD monitor rotation is
exactly 180°, otherwise the image recorded
will be rotated 180° upside-down.
In self recording with reversed grip in Card
Camera mode, the still images will be
recorded rotated 180° upside down. The J
indicator will appear in this case.
The viewfinder does not work in self
recording with reversed grip.
1 Turn the camcorder downward as
shown below.
2 Rotate the lens section 90° vertically
as shown below.
90˚
180˚
90°