Operating Instructions

Basic Operations
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Title Procedure Remarks, etc.
Recording (Filming)
After setting the [OFF/ON] Switch to [ON] to turn the
Movie Camera on and setting the Mode Selector
Switch to [AUTO], you can start recording simply by
pressing the Recording Start/Stop Button. In this case,
the Movie Camera adjusts the focus and white balance
fully automatically.
Before Recording
Check the following settings before recording
especially important scenes:
³Recording Speed (p. 13, 18, 64)
When you intend to perform editing or audio dubbing
afterward: Set to [SP].
³Audio Recording Mode (p. 18, 64)
When you want to perform audio dubbing afterward:
Set to [12bit].
³Cinema Mode (p. 18, 32)
³Depending on the light source and recording
situation, correct automatic focusing and white
balance adjustment may not be possible. In such
cases, adjust them manually.
Focus: p. 28
White Balance: p. 56
1
Set the [OFF/ON] Switch
to [ON].
The [CAMERA] Lamp
lights.
2
Press the Recording
Start/Stop Button.
Recording starts.
The [RECORD] Indication
appears briefly and then
changes to [REC].
3
To pause recording:
Press the Recording
Start/Stop Button
again.
The [PAUSE] Indication
appears.
4
To finish recording:
Set the [OFF/ON]
Switch to [OFF].
³If you leave the Movie Camera in the Recording
Pause Mode for more than 6 minutes, it
automatically switches off to protect the tape and
to conserve battery power. To resume recording
from this condition, set the [OFF/ON] Switch to
[OFF] and then to [ON] again.
³Be sure to remove the Lens Cap before setting the
[OFF/ON] Switch to [ON]. If the Lens Cap is attached
to the Lens when you set the [OFF/ON] Switch to
[ON], the automatic white balance adjustment (p. 95)
may not be precise.
Recording Indicating (Tally) Lamp
The Recording Lamp lights during recording to let the
people in front of the Movie Camera know that
recording is being performed.
If you set [REC LAMP] on the [OTHER FUNCTIONS]
Sub-Menu to [OFF], the Recording Lamp does not
light.
³Even if [REC LAMP] on the [OTHER FUNCTIONS]
Sub-Menu is set to [OFF], the Recording Lamp
flashes briefly to confirm when the Movie Camera has
received a command from the Remote Controller.
Recording
Indicating (Tally)
Lamp
PROGRAMME AE
W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS
MF/VOL/JOG
MENU
FOCUS
MODE
SELECT
MNL
AUTO
PUSH
CAMERA
VCR
MODE
CARD
P. B
ON
OFF
PAUSE
ON
OFF
CAMERA
VCR
MODE
CARD
P. B
RECORD
REC
ON
OFF
PAUSE
PAUSE
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
Mode Selector Switch