User manual

Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

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

Identifying parts and controls ...................................................................5

Body ...................................................................................................... 5

Wireless Remote Commander ............................................................ 10

Screen indicators ....................................................................................11

Step 1: Checking supplied accessories ..................................................17

Step 2: Charging the battery pack ..........................................................18

Step 3: Attaching the microphone and the lens hood with lens cover ....20

Step 4: Attaching the accessory shoe ....................................................22

Step 5: Turning on the camcorder and setting the date and time ..........22

Setting the date and time .................................................................... 23

Changing the language setting .......................................................... 23

Step 6: Adjusting the LCD screen and viewfinder ..................................24

Step 7: Preparing the recording media ...................................................25

Recording ...............................................................................................27

Recording movies ............................................................................... 27

Changing the setting of the record button/handle record button....... 29

Adjusting the zoom ............................................................................. 31

Adjusting the focus .................................................................................32

Using automatic focus/fixed focus temporarily (Push auto focus/Focus

hold) .................................................................................................... 32

Using the expanded focus (Expanded focus).................................... 33

Focusing on a distant subject (Focus infinity) .................................... 33

Focusing by touching the LCD screen (Spot focus)........................... 33

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

Changing the recording setting ..............................................................35

Selecting the recording format for high definition image quality

(HD)..................................................................................................... 35

Recording MP4 movies ....................................................................... 36

Setting the DV MODE (DV mode) ....................................................... 36

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

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

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

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

Adjusting the exposure ....................................................................... 40

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

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

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

Getting Started

Recording

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