Handycam® Handbook

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Recording/Playback
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The following states will be indicated if data is still being written onto the recording media after recording
has finished. During this time, do not apply shock or vibration to the camcorder, or remove the battery or
AC Adaptor.
A
ccess lamp (p. 19) is lit or flashing
The media icon in the upper right of the LCD screen is flashing
Tips
See page 90 on the recordable time of movies.
Y
ou can record photos during movie recording by pressing PHOTO fully (Dual Rec, p. 28).
When a face is detected, a white frame appears and the image quality around the face is optimized
a
utomatically ([FACE DETECTION], p. 68).
Y
ou can specify the priority face by touching it (p. 27).
In the default setting, a photo is recorded automatically when the camcorder detects the smile of a person
d
uring movie recording (Smile Shutter, p. 28).
Y
ou can capture photos from recorded movies (p. 43).
You can check the recordable time, estimated remaining capacity, etc., by touching
(MENU)
[Show others] [MEDIA INFO] (under
[MANAGE MEDIA] category).
The LCD screen of your camcorder can display recording images across the entire screen (full pixel
display). However, this may cause slight trimming of the top, bottom, right and left edges of images when
played back on a TV which is not compatible with full pixel display. In this case, set [GUIDEFRAME] to
[O
N] (p. 67), and record images using the outer frame displayed on the screen as a guide.
To adjust the angle of the LCD panel, first open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), and
then adjust the angle ().
[ STEADYSHOT] is set to [ACTIVE] in the default setting.
Data code during recording
The recording date, time and condition are recorded automatically on the recording media.
They are not displayed during recording. However, you can check them as [DATA CODE]
during playback. To display them, touch
(MENU) [Show others] [PLAYBACK
SET] (under
[PLAYBACK] category) [DATA CODE] a desired setting
.
90 degrees (max.)
180 degrees (max.)
90 degrees to the
camcorder