User manual
Table Of Contents
- Read this first
- Identifying parts and controls
- Screen indicators
- Table of Contents
- Getting Started
- Step 1: Checking supplied accessories
- Step 2: Charging the battery pack
- Step 3: Attaching the microphone and the lens hood with lens cover
- Step 4: Attaching the accessory shoe
- Step 5: Turning on the camcorder and setting the date and time
- Step 6: Adjusting the LCD screen and viewfinder
- Step 7: Preparing the recording media
- Recording
- Recording
- Adjusting the focus
- Changing the recording setting
- Adjusting the brightness
- Adjusting the color tone
- Audio setup
- Useful functions
- Recording in dim places (Video light)
- Selecting the suitable setting automatically for the recording situation (AUTO MODE setting)
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi function of the camcorder
- Downloading “PlayMemories Mobile”
- Connecting the camcorder to an Android smartphone equipped with the NFC function using One-touch
- Using a smartphone as a remote controller
- Transferring images to a smartphone
- Connecting without using the NFC function (Android)
- Connecting without using the NFC function (iPhone/iPad)
- Customizing the picture quality (Picture profile)
- Setting time data
- Recording with the Slow & Quick Motion function
- Reviewing the most recently recorded scene (Last Scene Review)
- Assigning the functions to the ASSIGN buttons
- Playback
- Editing
- Using the Menu
- Connecting with another device
- Troubleshooting
- Additional Information
95
Using the Menu
OFF
Does not display the iris, gain and
shutter speed settings
.
B ON
Constantly displays the iris, gain and
shutter speed settings on the LCD screen.
z Tips
• The settings appear on the LCD screen during
the manual adjustment regardless of the settings
of this function.
• indicates that the settings are automatically
adjusted values.
• appears when exposure is fixed by [SPOT
METER] or [SPOT METER/FOCUS].
• The displayed settings are different from the
settings that will be displayed when you press
the DATA CODE button (p. 69).
• You can assign this function to an ASSIGN
button (p. 62).
B ON
Displays the audio level meters on the
LCD screen
.
OFF
Does not display the audio level meters.
z Tips
• You can assign this function to an ASSIGN
button (p. 62).
B BAR
Displays a bar that indicates the zoom
position.
NUMBER
Displays a number that indicates the zoom
position.
B METER
Displays the focal length in meters.
FEET
Displays the focal length in feet.
B SECOND
Displays the shutter display in seconds.
DEGREE
Displays the shutter display in degrees.
The shutter speed equal to the period that
your camcorder reads image data from the
image sensor is defined as 360 degrees. The
degree is calculated based on this definition
and displayed.
•NTSC model
– With a frame rate of 60 selected in
[ REC FORMAT], when the shutter
speed is 1/60, the shutter angle is 360
degrees.
– With a frame rate of 30 selected in
[ REC FORMAT], when the shutter
speed is 1/30, the shutter angle is 360
degrees.
CAMERA DATA DISPLAY
AUDIO LEVEL DISPLAY
Iris value
Gain value
Shutter speed value
Audio level meters
ZOOM DISPLAY
FOCUS DISPLAY
SHUTTER DISPLAY
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