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Table of contents
Main Features...................................... 4
Introduction
– Basic operations
............................ 8
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ........................... 10
– Recording on a “Memory Stick” ...... 12
Getting Started
Using this manual ................................. 14
Checking supplied accessories............ 16
Step 1 Preparing the power supply .... 17
Inserting the battery pack ............. 17
Charging the battery pack............. 18
Connecting to a wall outlet ........... 21
Step 2 Setting the date and time ......... 22
Step 3 Inserting a cassette .................... 25
Step 4 Using the touch panel ............... 27
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture............................... 29
Shooting a backlit subject
– BACK LIGHT ........................ 37
Shooting in the dark – NightShot/
Super NightShot/Color Slow
Shutter ....................................... 37
Self-timer recording ....................... 40
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH ............................. 41
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 42
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ................... 43
Viewing the recording on TV .............. 46
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording still images on a
“Memory Stick” in CAMERA
mode................................................. 47
Adjusting the white balance manually
........................................................... 52
Using the wide mode ........................... 54
Using the fader function ...................... 56
Using special effects
– Picture effect................................. 58
Using special effects – Digital effect ... 59
Using the PROGRAM AE .................... 62
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 65
Using the spot light-metering mode
– Flexible Spot Meter ..................... 66
Focusing manually................................ 67
Using the spot focus mode
– Spot Focus .................................... 69
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture
effects ............................................... 70
Playing back a tape with digital
effects ............................................... 71
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 72
Searching for a scene
– MULTI-PICTURE SEARCH ...... 74
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH ..... 78
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ........................... 79
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...................................... 80
Recording video or TV programs ....... 83
Superimposing a title ........................... 88
Making your own titles ........................ 94
The micro Cassette Memory................ 97
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ............................... 100
Recording still images on a
“Memory Stick”
– Memory photo recording ......... 111
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image ...................................... 121
Superimposing a still image in a
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX .......................... 125
Recording moving pictures on a
“Memory Stick”
– MPEG MOVIE recording ......... 130
Recording a picture from a tape as a
moving picture ............................. 133
Viewing a still image
– Memory photo playback .......... 136
Viewing a moving picture
– MPEG MOVIE playback .......... 139
Copying still images recorded on a
“Memory Stick” to a tape ............ 141