Operating Instructions

Basic Operations
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Title Procedure Remarks, etc.
Recording Yourself
(Recording with the LCD Monitor Facing
Forward) (NV-DS15, NV-DS150, NV-DS25 only)
This makes it possible to record yourself while viewing
the picture on the LCD Monitor or to show the persons
in front of the Movie Camera the picture being
recorded.
Focusing on the Subject
Manually
(Manual Focus)
This makes it possible to adjust the focus manually for
subjects and recording situations for which automatic
focusing is not precise.
1
Open the LCD Monitor and turn it so that it faces
forward (lens side).
1
Set the Mode Selector
Switch to [MNL].
The [MNL] Indication
appears.
2
Press the [FOCUS]
Button to make the [MF]
Indication (Manual
Focus Mode)
1 appear.
3
Turn the [PUSH] Dial to
adjust the focus.
Returning to the
Automatic Focusing
Mode
Press the [FOCUS]
Button to make the [MF]
Indication disappear
2.
Or, set the Mode
Selector Switch to
[AUTO].
³In the Mirror Mode, only the following
indications are displayed.
´: Recording
´;: Recording Pause
x: Remaining Battery Power
When the General Warning/Alarm Indication
[¡] appears, turn the LCD Monitor backward
so that you can confirm the actual Warning/
Alarm Indication. (p. 100)
Hint for Manual Focus Adjustment
³If you adjust the focus in the wide-angle setting, the
subject may go out of focus when you enlarge it.
Therefore, enlarge the subject
3 before you adjust
the focus, so that the picture remains focused when
you zoom out
4.
³If you want to adjust the focus manually after having
adjusted the shutter speed (p. 58) or the iris (p. 58),
be sure to press the [FOCUS] Button to make the
[1MF] Indication appear, even if the [MF] Indication
is displayed.
Opening the LCD Monitor automatically turns off
the Viewfinder. However, when you turn the LCD
Monitor forward, the picture also appears in the
Viewfinder.
This lets you aim the Movie Camera and view the
picture in the Viewfinder, while the persons in front
of the Movie camera can check the picture on the
LCD Monitor during recording.
PROGRAMME AE
W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS
MF/VOL/JOG
MENU
FOCUS
MODE
SELECT
MNL
AUTO
PUSH
PROGRAMME AE
MODE
SELECT
MNL
AUTO
1MF
MNL
1
FOCUS
2
FOCUS
PROGRAMME AE
MODE
SELECT
MNL
AUTO
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Mirror Mode for the Picture on the LCD
Monitor
(NV-DS15, NV-DS150, NV-DS25 only)
You are used to looking at yourself in the
mirror. Therefore, when recording yourself
with the LCD Monitor facing forward, the
picture (as it is being recorded) might look
unusual and distracting. If you prefer to see
yourself on the LCD Monitor in the same way
as you see yourself in a mirror, i.e. with the
sides reversed, set [SELFSHOOT] on the
[OTHER FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to
[MIRROR]. However, the picture will still be
recorded in the normal, non-reversed way.
This mirror mode for the picture on the LCD
Monitor works only during recording and in the
Recording Pause Mode with the LCD Monitor
facing forward. Also, it is completely different
from the Mirror Mode of the Digital Effects 1
(p. 48).
W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS
MF/VOL/JOG
PUSH
MF: Manual Focus Mode
MNL: Manual