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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Using the Menu
PICT.APPLI. menu
Special effects on pictures or additional
functions on recording/playback (SLIDE
SHOW/PICT.EFFECT/SMTH SLW REC, etc.)
The default settings are marked with B.
The indicators in parentheses appear when
the items are selected.
See page 48 for details on selecting
menu items.
You can record a transition with the
following effects adding to the interval
between scenes.
1 Select the desired effect in [STBY] (during
fading in) or [REC] (during fading out)
mode, then touch .
2 Press START/STOP.
The fader indicator stops flashing and
disappears when the fade is complete.
To cancel before starting the operation,
touch [OFF] in step 1.
Once you press START/STOP, the setting
is canceled.
WHITE FADER
BLACK FADER
MOSAIC FADER
MONOTONE
When fading in, the picture gradually
changes from black and white to color.
When fading out, it gradually changes from
color to black and white.
FADER
STBY REC
Fading out Fading in
Plays back the images stored on a “Memory
Stick Duo,” or in a folder in sequence (slide
show).
1 Touch t [PB FOLDER].
2 Select [ALL FILES ( )] or [CURRNT
FOLDER ( )], then touch .
If you select [CURRNT FOLDER ( )],
all the images in the current playback
folder selected in [PB FOLDER] (p. 60) are
played back in sequence.
3 Touch [REPEAT].
4 Select [ON] or [OFF], then .
To repeat the slide show, select [ON]
().
To execute the slide show only once, select
[OFF].
5 Touch [END] t [START].
To cancel [SLIDE SHOW], touch [END].
To pause, touch [PAUSE].
• You can select the first picture for the slide
show with / before touching
[START].
You can add digital effects to your
recordings.
1 Touch the desired effect.
When you select [STILL], the image is
saved as a still image.
2 Adjust the effect with / , then
touch .
SLIDE SHOW
D.EFFECT (Digital effect)
Effect Items to adjust
CINEMA
EFECT*
No adjustment necessary.
STILL The degree of
transparency of the still
image you want to
superimpose under a
movie.
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