Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Important Safeguards
- Contents
- Read this first!
- Accessories
- Operating precautions
- Checking the system operations
- Adjusting the hand strap
- Attaching the shoulder strap
- Attaching the lens hood
- Attaching the lens-cap strap
- Cassette tapes
- Description of parts
- The remote control
- The battery
- Viewfinder
- Time data
- Regular shooting
- Shooting techniques for different targets
- Check what you have shot (rec check)
- Finding specific scenes (image search)
- Zoom
- Low-angle shooting
- Self-portrait shooting
- Zebra pattern
- Marker
- ONE-SHOT recording
- Changing the image size
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- Using the USER buttons
- Backlight compensation
- Index recording
- Color bars
- Adding effects to images
- Backup recording
- Switching to manual mode
- Adjusting the volume while shooting
- Shooting in progressive mode
- Focus
- Adjusting the shutter speed
- Adjusting the white balance
- Adjusting Iris, Gain, and Light Intensity
- Switching Audio Input
- Using scene files
- Transferring scene files
- Playback
- Variable-speed playback
- Using the Counter
- Connecting external units
- Audio dubbing
- Dubbing
- Screen displays
- Using the setup menus
- Setup menu structure
- Setup menu list
- Before calling for service
- Condensation
- Tally lamp
- System resetting
- Video Heads
- Cleaning
- Storage Precautions
- Specifications
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This function enables you to change the playback
speed and search for specific scenes.
1 During playback, move the OPERATION lever
q.
On the remote control, press the VAR.
SEARCH button.
[1x] appears on the screen and the tape is
played back at the normal speed.
No sound is heard at this time.
2 Press the AUDIO MON/VAR button to change
the playback speed.
On the remote control, press the [ ] or [ ]
SET button.
• Each time you press the button, the speed
changes as follows; 1/5 (1/3 in LP mode)
speed, 1x speed, 2x speed, 5xspeed,
10xspeed, 20x speed.
• Press the “+” button to increase the speed
and the “-” button to decrease the speed.
• Move the OPERATION q to return to normal
playback.
You can find unrecorded parts or the end of the last
scene shot.
1 In the setup menus, OTHER FUNCTIONS
screen, END SEARCH, set the search method.
(Page 77)
BLANK:
Find unrecorded parts.
REC END:
Find the end of the last scene shot.
2 Press the EVF DTL/END SEARCH button in
the VCR mode.
• The unrecorded parts are found, and a still
picture that is about a second ahead is
displayed.
When in the camera mode, press and hold the
EVF DTL/END SEARCH button for at least a
second.
• A blank portion of the tape is found, and a still
picture that is about a second ahead is
displayed while the camera is in recording
standby mode.
• If you change the tapes, the camera will not be
able to find the end of the last scene shot even if
you have set REC END.
• If the tape is blank, searching stops at the end of
the tape.
• This function may not work properly if there are
blank parts near the beginning of the tape or part
way through the tape.
• Before recording, check the still picture first.
Variable speed search
INDEX
SELECT
STORE
OFF/ON
P.B.DIGITAL
VAR.
SEARCH
PB.
ZOOM
MENU
SET
ITEM
STOP INDEX
Camera or Remote control
AUDIO MON/VAR button
INDEX
SELECT
STORE
OFF/ON
P.B.DIGITAL
VAR.
SEARCH
PB.
ZOOM
MENU
SET
ITEM
STOP INDEX
End search
EVF DTL/END SEARCH works differently when
simply pressed in camera mode. (Page 24)
EVF DTL/
END SEARCH butto
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Playback
Camera
or
Remote
control