Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Before you begin
- Getting started
- Basic operations
- Advanced operations
- Using alternative power sources
- Changing the mode settings
- Photo recording
- Shooting with all the pixels ﾐ PROG. SCAN
- Using the FADER function
- Shooting with backlighting
- Using the wide mode function
- Enjoying picture effect
- Recording with various effects ﾐ digital effect
- Shooting with manual adjustment
- Using the PROGRAM AE function
- Focusing manually
- Interval recording
- Cut recording
- Superimposing a title
- Making a custom title
- Labeling a cassette
- Watching on a TV screen
- Viewing the picture with the picture effect
- Viewing the picture with the digital effect
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with date ﾐ date search
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with title ﾐ title search
- Searching for a photo ﾐ photo search/photo scan
- Returning to a pre-registered position
- Displaying recording data ﾐ data code function
- Editing onto another tape
- Editing partially on a mini DV tape ﾐ DV synchro-editing
- Recording from a VCR or TV
- Replacing recording on a tape ﾐ insert editing
- Audio dubbing
- Memory card slot operations
- Using the memory card slot ﾐ introduction
- Recording an image from a mini DV tape as a still image
- Copying still images from a mini DV tape ﾐ photo save
- Recording still images on PC cards (not supplied) ﾐ memory photo recording
- Viewing a still picture ﾐ memory photo playback
- Preventing accidental erasure ﾐ PROTECT
- Deleting images
- Copying the image recorded with the memory card slot to mini DV tapes
- Playing back images in a continuous loop ﾐ SLIDE SHOW
- Additional information
- Usable cassettes and playback modes
- Charging the vanadium-lithium battery in the camcorder
- Resetting the date and time
- Simple setting of clock by time difference
- Tips for using the battery pack
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Trouble check
- Self-diagnosis function
- Specifications
- Identifying the parts
- Warning indicators
- Index
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Advanced operations
You can record a still picture like a photograph for about seven seconds. This photo
recording is useful when you want to enjoy a picture such as a photograph or when you
print a picture using a video printer (not supplied). You can record about 510 pictures on a
60-minute tape in SP mode.
Besides the operation described here, this camcorder can record a still picture on a PC card
(not supplied), using the memory card slot (see page 102).
You can also record still/moving pictures on a mini DV tape with all the pixels in the
progressive mode. See page 35 for details.
(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to CAMERA.
(2) Keep pressing PHOTO lightly until a still picture and “CAPTURE” appears on the
LCD screen or in the viewfinder.
Recording does not start yet. To change the still picture, release PHOTO, select still
picture again, and keep pressing PHOTO lightly again.
If you press PHOTO on the Remote Commander when a still picture appears on
the LCD screen or in the viewfinder, the camcorder will record that still picture.
However, you cannot select other still pictures by using this button.
(3) Press PHOTO deeper.
The still picture on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder is recorded for about seven
seconds. The sound during those seven seconds is also recorded.
To record a still picture while normal recording, press PHOTO deeper. Then the
still picture is recorded for about seven seconds and the camcorder returns to
Standby mode.
When shooting in the dark
Install the HVL-FDH2 video flash light (not supplied) to the accessory shoe. If the exposure
is in manual exposure mode, set it to automatic exposure mode.
When appears next to the “CAPTURE” indicator on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder,
the video flash is ready to be used.
Note on the still picture
When the still picture recorded on this camcorder is played back on another VCR, the
picture may be blurred. This is not a malfunction.
When you press PHOTO while recording a photo
The picture on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder whenever you press PHOTO will be
recorded. You cannot check the recorded picture by pressing PHOTO lightly.
After the moving picture is recorded as a still picture for about seven seconds, the camcorder
will go back to Standby mode.
Photo recording
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PHOTO
POWER
OFF
CAMERA
MEMORY
VTR
3
PHOTO
CAPTURE
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