Operating Guide
Table Of Contents
- IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
- Read this first
- Table of Contents
- Enjoying pictures with high definition quality
- Getting Started
- Easy Handycam - using your camcorder with automatic settings
- Recording/Playback
- Recording
- Playback
- Functions used for recording/playback, etc.
- Recording
- To use zoom
- To record high quality still images during tape recording (Dual Rec)
- To control the image settings manually with the dial (CAM CTRL dial/MANUAL button)
- To use the flash
- To record in dark places (NightShot)
- To adjust the exposure for backlit subjects
- To record in mirror mode
- To use a tripod
- To use a Shoulder belt
- Playback
- Recording/playback
- Recording
- Indicators displayed during recording/playback
- Searching for the starting point
- Remote Commander
- Playing the picture on a TV
- Using the Menu
- Dubbing/Editing
- Dubbing to VCR/DVD device, etc.
- Recording pictures from a VCR
- Dubbing pictures from a tape to a “Memory Stick Duo”
- Deleting recorded pictures from the “Memory Stick Duo”
- Marking images on the “Memory Stick Duo” with specific information (Print mark/Image protection)
- Printing recorded images (PictBridge compliant printer)
- Jacks to connect external devices
- Using a Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Additional Information
- Quick Reference

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HDR-HC3
2-661-355-11(1)
Image device
5.9 mm (1/3 type) CMOS sensor
Gross: Approx. 2 103 000 pixels
Effective (movie, 4:3):
1 076 000 pixels
Effective (movie, 16:9):
1 434 000 pixels
Effective (still, 4:3):
1 991 000 pixels
Effective (still, 16:9):
1 493 000 pixels
Lens
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T
10 × (Optical), 20 ×, 80 × (Digital)
Focal length
f=5.1 ~ 51 mm (7/32 ~ 2 1/8 in.)
When converted to a 35 mm still
camera
In CAMERA-TAPE *
2
: 41.3 ~ 485 mm
(1 11/16 ~ 19 1/8 in.) (16:9), 50.5 ~ 594
mm (2 ~ 23 1/2 in.) (4:3)
In CAMERA-MEMORY: 37 ~ 370 mm
(1 1/2 ~ 14 5/8 in.) (4:3), 40.4 ~ 404
mm (1 5/8 ~ 16 in.) (16:9)
F1.8 ~ 2.9
Filter diameter: 30 mm (1 3/16 in.)
Color temperature
[AUTO], [ONE PUSH], [INDOOR]
(3 200 K),
[OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)
Minimum illumination
5 1x (lux) (F 1.8)
0 lx (lux) (during NightShot function)
*
1
“Exif” is a file format for still images,
established by the JEITA (Japan
Electronics and Information Technology
Industries Association). Files in this
format can have additional information
such as your camcorder’s setting
information at the time of recording.
*
2
The focal length figures are actual
figures resulting from wide angle pixel
read-out.
Output connectors
Audio/Video output
10-pin connector
Video signal: 1 Vp-p, 75 Ω (ohms),
unbalanced
Luminance signal: 1 Vp-p, 75 Ω
(ohms), unbalanced
Chrominance signal: 0.286 Vp-p, 75 Ω
(ohms), unbalanced
Audio signal: 327 mV (at load
impedance 47 kΩ (kilohms)), Output
impedance with less than 2.2 kΩ
(kilohms)
COMPONENT OUT jack
Y: 1 Vp-p, 75Ω (ohms), unbalanced P
B/
P
R, CB/CR: +/- 350 mVp-p
HDMI OUT jack
TypeA (19-pin)
Input/Output connectors
LANC jack
Stereo mini-minijack (Ø 2.5 mm)
USB jack
mini-B
HDV/DV jack
i.LINK Interface (IEEE 1394, 4-pin
connector S100)
LCD screen
Picture
6.9 cm (2.7 type, aspect ratio 16:9)
Total dot number
211 200 (960 × 220)
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