User Manual

Table of Contents

Read this first ...........................................................................................2

Identifying Parts and Controls ..................................................................4

Body ..................................................................................................... 4

Wireless Remote Commander ........................................................... 12

Screen Indicators ...................................................................................13

Step 1: Checking supplied accessories ..................................................18

Step 2: Charging the battery pack ..........................................................19

Step 3: Turning on the camcorder and setting the date and time ..........22

Turning on the camcorder ................................................................. 22

Setting the date and time ................................................................... 22

Step 4: Adjusting the LCD screen and viewfinder ..................................24

Using the LCD screen ........................................................................ 24

Using the viewfinder .......................................................................... 24

Adjusting the viewfinder ..................................................................... 24

Step 5: Preparing the recording media ...................................................26

Recording ...............................................................................................28

Recording movies .............................................................................. 28

Continuous recording on the memory cards (Relay recording) ........ 30

Recording movies using both the memory card A and B (Simultaneous

recording) .......................................................................................... 31

Changing the setting of the START/STOP button and handle record

button ................................................................................................. 31

Adjusting the zoom ............................................................................ 32

Adjusting the focus .................................................................................33

Using the focus magnifier .................................................................. 33

Focusing on a detected face (Face detection) .................................. 34

Changing the recording setting ..............................................................36

Selecting the file format and recording format ................................... 36

Setting DV MODE (DV mode) ............................................................ 37

Adjusting the brightness .........................................................................38

Adjusting the iris ................................................................................ 38

Adjusting the gain .............................................................................. 39

Adjusting the shutter speed ............................................................... 39

Adjusting the volume of light (ND filter) ............................................. 40

Adjusting the color tone ..........................................................................41

Adjusting the white balance ............................................................... 41

Audio setup ............................................................................................42

Recording sound from the internal microphone ................................ 43

Getting Started

Recording

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