User Guide

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VQT0T85

Contents

Information for your safety ................................... 2

Before using

Accessories.......................................................... 5

Optional................................................................ 5

Parts identification and handling .......................... 5

Fitting the lens cap............................................... 7

The grip belt ......................................................... 8

Using the LCD monitor......................................... 8

Using the viewfinder............................................. 8

Power supply ....................................................... 9

Charging time and recordable time .................... 10

Inserting/removing a cassette ............................ 10

Inserting/removing a card .................................. 11

Turning the camera on....................................... 12

Selecting a mode ............................................... 12

How to use the joystick ...................................... 13

Switching the language...................................... 14

Using the menu screen ...................................... 14

Setting date and time ......................................... 15

Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder...................... 16

Using the remote control.................................... 17

Record mode

Check before recording...................................... 19

Recording on a tape........................................... 20

Recording still pictures on a card while

recording image onto a tape............................ 20

Check the recording........................................... 21

Blank search function......................................... 21

Recording still pictures onto a card

(Photoshot)...................................................... 21

Zoom in/out function .......................................... 23

Recording yourself ............................................. 23

Quick start .......................................................... 24

Backlight compensation function ....................... 24

Night view functions ........................................... 25

Soft skin mode ................................................... 25

Tele-macro function ........................................... 26

Fade in/fade out function ................................... 26

Wind noise reduction function............................ 27

Self-timer recording............................................ 27

Recording images for wide-screen TVs ............. 27

Image stabilizer function .................................... 28

Continuous Photoshot........................................ 28

Recording in various situations

(Scene mode).................................................. 29

Recording in natural colours

(White balance) ............................................... 30

Manual focus adjustment ................................... 31

Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment ....... 31

Playback mode

Playing back tape............................................... 33

Slow-motion playback/frame-by-frame

playback .......................................................... 33

Variable-speed search function.......................... 34

Playback on TV .................................................. 35

Playing back card............................................... 35

Deleting files recorded on a card ....................... 36

Formatting a card............................................... 37

Protecting files on a card.................................... 37

Writing the printing data on a card

(DPOF setting) ................................................ 37

Edit mode

Recording from a tape onto a card..................... 38

Copying onto a DVD recorder or a VCR

(Dubbing)......................................................... 38

Using the DV Cable for Recording

(Digital Dubbing).............................................. 39

Audio dubbing .................................................... 40

Printing pictures by directly connecting to

the printer (PictBridge) .................................... 41

Menu list............................................................. 42

Menus related to taking pictures ........................ 44

Menus related to playback ................................. 45

Other menus ...................................................... 45

Others

Indications.......................................................... 46

Warning/alarm indications.................................. 47

Functions cannot be used simultaneously ......... 48

Before requesting repair

(Problems and solutions)................................. 49

Cautions for Use ................................................ 53

Explanation of terms .......................................... 56

Specifications

Specifications..................................................... 58

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