Sony HDRSR8 Camcorder User Manual


 
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Recording/Playback
• [RECORD SOUND]
Select [ON] ( ) to superimpose sounds
such as conversation on the slow motion
pictures (The default setting is [OFF]).
Your camcorder records sounds for about
12 seconds while [Recording...] is
displayed in step 3 .
b Notes
Sounds cannot be recorded while shooting a 3
second-movie (approx.).
Image quality of [SMTH SLW REC] is not as
good as that of normal recording.
You can assign one menu item you use
often to the CAM CTRL dial.
Since the focus adjustment is assigned to
the CAM CTRL dial in the default settings,
the operation below is described as
adjusting the focus using the dial.
1 Press MANUAL to activate the manual
adjustment mode.
Pressing MANUAL switches the setting
mode between automatic and manual.
2 Rotate the CAM CTRL dial to adjust the
focus.
Items you can assign to the CAM CTRL
dial
–[FOCUS] (p. 78)
–[EXPOSURE] (p. 79)
–[AE SHIFT] (p.64)
–[WB SHIFT] (p. 64)
To assign the menu items to the CAM
CTRL dial
1 Press and hold MANUAL for a few
seconds.
The [DIAL SETTING] screen appears.
2 Rotate the CAM CTRL dial and select the
item to be assigned.
3 Press MANUAL.
b Notes
Manual settings will be retained even if you
change the assigned item of the CAM CTRL
dial. However, if you set [EXPOSURE] after
setting [AE SHIFT] manually, [EXPOSURE]
will override [AE SHIFT].
If you select [RESET] in step 2, all the items
adjusted manually are reset to the default
settings.
z Tips
The functions of the items that can be assigned
to the CAM CTRL dial are the same as those of
menu operation.
You can also assign menu items to the CAM
CTRL dial by touching (HOME) t
(SETTINGS) t [MOVIE SETTINGS]/
[PHOTO SETTINGS] t [DIAL SETTING]
(p. 67).
Controlling the image settings
manually with the CAM CTRL
dial (HDR-SR7/SR8)
CAM CTRL dial
MANUAL
DIAL SETTING