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Table of contents
Main Features................................................4
Checking supplied accessories ...................5
Quick Start Guide ................................8
Getting started
Using this manual ......................................10
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........12
Installing the battery pack..................12
Charging the battery pack..................13
Connecting to a wall outlet ................16
Step 2 Setting the date and time ..............17
Step 3 Inserting a cassette.........................19
Step 4 Using the touch panel ...................20
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ....................................22
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT............................ 29
Shooting in the dark – Nightshot/
Super Nightshot........................... 29
Self-timer recording ........................... 31
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH / EDITSEARCH /
Rec Review ...........................................32
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape.....................................34
Viewing the recording on TV ...................40
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ......................41
Using the wide mode .................................44
Using the fader function............................45
Using special effects – Picture effect........48
Using special effects – Digital effect ........49
Using the PROGRAM AE function..........52
Adjusting the white balance manually ...55
Adjusting the exposure manually............57
Using the spot light-metering mode
– Flexible Spot Meter...........................58
Focusing manually .....................................59
Interval recording.......................................60
Frame by frame recording
– Cut recording ....................................62
Using the viewfinder .................................63
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects..65
Playing back a tape with digital effects...66
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ................................67
Quickly locating a scene using the zero set
memory function .................................68
Searching the boundaries of recorded tape
by title – Title search ...........................69
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ........................................70
Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan ................72
Editing
Dubbing a tape............................................75
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing...................77
Using with an analog video unit and your
computer – Signal convert function..88
Recording video or TV programs ............89
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing .....................................92
Audio dubbing............................................94
Superimposing a title .................................98
Making your own titles ...........................101
Labeling a cassette....................................103
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ...................105
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– introduction.....................................112
Recording still images on “Memory Stick”
– Memory Photo recording ..............122
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ...................................................126
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s – MPEG movie recording....129
Recording a picture from a tape as a
moving picture...................................131
Superimposing a still image in a “Memory
Stick” on a moving picture
– MEMORY MIX................................135
Copying still images from a tape
– Photo save........................................140