Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Instruction Manual
- Highlights of the Camcorder
- Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preparations
- 3. Recording
- Recording Clips and Photos
- Video Configuration: Resolution, Bit Rate and Frame Rate
- Slow & Fast Motion Recording
- Shooting Modes
- Exposure Adjustment
- Automatic Gain Control (AGC) Limit
- White Balance
- Using Looks
- Zooming
- Focus Adjustment
- Image Stabilization
- Setting the Time Code
- Setting the User Bit
- Recording Audio
- Selecting the Audio Recording Format
- Audio Settings and Recorded Audio Channels
- Connecting an External Microphone or External Audio Input Source to the Camcorder
- Using Line Input or an External Microphone Connected to an INPUT Terminal
- Audio Recording Level (INPUT Terminals)
- Adjusting the Microphone’s Sensitivity (INPUT terminals)
- Microphone Attenuator (INPUT terminals)
- Using the Built-in Microphone or an External Microphone Connected to the MIC Terminal
- Audio Recording Level (Built-in Microphone/MIC Terminal)
- Microphone Sensitivity (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Attenuator (Built-in Microphone or MIC Terminal)
- Low-Cut Filter (Built-in Microphone or MIC Terminal)
- Using Headphones
- Color Bars/Audio Reference Signal
- Pre-Recording
- Onscreen Displays
- Infrared Recording
- Using the Optional RC-V100 Remote Controller
- Using the GP-E2 GPS Receiver
- 4. Customization
- 5. Playback
- 6. External Connections
- 7. Saving Clips
- 8. Additional Information
- Quick Guide
- Important Usage Instructions
- Precautions About the Battery Pack
- Supplied Accessories
- Table of Contents
- Names of Parts
- Charging the Battery Pack
- Basic Preparations
- Setting the Date, Time and Language
- Using SD Cards
- Recording Clips and Photos
- Playing Back and Saving Clips and Photos
- Connecting to an External Monitor
- Onscreen Icons and Displays
- Safety Instructions and Handling Precautions
- Others
- Abridged Specifications
- Additional Information
- Warranty
136
4-channel audio recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
A
Abroad, using the camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
AGC (automatic gain control) limit . . . . . . . . 48
Aperture (f number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Assignable buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Audio format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Audio output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Audio recording level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Audio reference signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
AUTO mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Auto slow shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Av (shooting mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
B
Backlight correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Battery pack
Battery information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Remaining battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Beach (Special Scene mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Bit rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Built-in backup battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Built-in microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
C
Camera mode switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Charging time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Clips
Clip information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Recovering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Color bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Compact power adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Connection to an external monitor . . . . . . . . 96
Copying recordings to an SD card . . . . . . . 101
CUSTOM button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
CUSTOM dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
D
Data code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 105
Date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
DC IN terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deleting recordings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Digital tele-converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dioptric adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
E
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Exposure
Exposure compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exposure lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Highlight AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manual exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Touch AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
External microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
F
Face detection & tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ferrite core, attaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
File number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fireworks (Special Scene mode) . . . . . . . . . 41
Flicker reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Autofocus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Focus assistance functions . . . . . . . . . . 58
Focus preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Focus/zoom ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 57
Frame rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
FUNC menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 102
G
Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H
Handle unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
HDMI OUT terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 97
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
× (headphones) terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
I
Image stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Infrared light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Infrared recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Initializing an SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
INPUT terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
J
Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Index