Operating instructions

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Quick Overview
Basic Recording
Have you completed the following steps?
• Attached a power source ( 11).
• Removed the lens cap and fastened the shoulder strap ( 100).
• Chosen the display: viewfinder ( 100) or LCD screen ( 23)
• When you’re using the viewfinder, fully close the LCD or rotate the LCD so that
it faces the same direction as the lens ( 23).
• When using the viewfinder with the BP-522 Battery Pack (optional) attached,
extend the viewfinder.
You may also want to install the backup battery ( 104) in order to set the date
and time display ( 41).
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Before you start recording
To record
1. Push the small button on the POWER switch and hold, turn the
POWER switch to MOVIE.
• The camera automatically sets to record pause mode. PAUSE appears in the
display.
• The camera power indicator lights up.
• The confirmation beep sounds.
• The camera will turn itself off if you leave it in record pause mode for more
than about five minutes. To return to record pause mode, set the POWER
switch to OFF and then back to MOVIE.
2. Load a cassette ( 16).
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