Camcorder/Digital Camera Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Main Features
- Quick Start Guide
- Recording on “Memory Stick” (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Using this manual
- Checking supplied accessories
- Step 1 Preparing the power source
- Installing the battery pack
- Charging the battery pack
- Checking status of battery pack – Battery Info
- Connecting to a wall outlet
- Step 2 Setting the date and time
- Step 3 Using the touch panel
- Recording a picture
- Shooting backlit subjects – Back light function
- Shooting in the dark – NightShot/Super NightShot/Color Slow Shutter
- Checking recordings – End search/Edit search/Rec Review
- Playing back tape
- To display the screen indicators – Display function
- Viewing a recording on TV
- Recording still images on “Memory Stick” during tape recording standby or tape recording (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Recording a still image on a tape – Tape Photo recording (DCR-TRV19 only)
- Self-timer recording
- Adjusting the white balance manually
- Using the wide mode
- Using the fader function
- Using special effects – Picture effect
- Using special effects – Digital effect (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Using PROGRAM AE
- Adjusting the exposure manually
- Using spot light-metering function – Flexible Spot Meter
- Focusing manually
- Using spot focus function – Spot Focus
- Interval Recording
- Frame by frame recording – Frame recording
- Using the viewfinder
- Playing back tape with picture effect
- Playing back tape with digital effect (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Enlarging images recorded on tape – Tape PB ZOOM (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Quickly locating a scene – Zero set memory
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape by title – Title search
- Searching a recording by date – Date search
- Searching for a photo – Photo search/Photo scan (DCR-TRV19 only)
- Dubbing tape
- Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital program editing (on tape)
- Recording video or TV programs
- Inserting a scene from a VCR – Insert editing
- Audio dubbing
- Superimposing a title on a cassette with Cassette Memory
- Making your own titles
- Labeling a cassette on a cassette with Cassette Memory
- Erasing all the data in Cassette Memory
- Using “Memory Stick”
- Inserting/Ejecting the “Memory Stick”
- Selecting image quality and size
- Recording still images on “Memory Stick” – Memory Photo recording
- Recording an image from tape as a still image
- Superimposing a still image in “Memory Stick” on an image – MEMORY MIX
- Interval Photo Recording
- Recording moving pictures on “Memory Stick” – MPEG MOVIE recording
- Self-timer recording
- Recording a picture from tape as a moving picture
- Recording edited pictures from tape as a moving picture – Digital program editing (on “Memory Stick”)
- Changing the recording folder
- Viewing a still image – Memory Photo playback
- Viewing a moving picture – MPEG MOVIE playback
- Choosing a playback folder
- Enlarging still images recorded on “Memory Stick” – Memory PB ZOOM
- Playing back images continuously – Slide show
- Preventing accidental erasure – Image protection
- Deleting images – DELETE
- Changing image size – Resize (DCR-TRV33 only)
- Writing a print mark – Print mark
- Viewing images with a computer – Introduction
- Connecting your camcorder to a computer using the USB cable (For Windows users)
- Viewing pictures recorded on tape on a computer – USB Streaming (For Windows users)
- Viewing images recorded on “Memory Stick” on a computer (For Windows users) (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Connecting your camcorder to a computer using the USB cable (For Macintosh users) (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Viewing images recorded on “Memory Stick” on a computer (For Macintosh users) (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Capturing images from an analog video unit on a computer – Signal convert function (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
- Changing the menu settings
- Troubleshooting
- Types of trouble and how to correct trouble
- Self-diagnosis display
- Warning indicators
- Warning messages
- Additional Information
- Usable cassettes
- About the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack
- About i.LINK
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Specifications
- Identifying parts and controls
- Index
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“Memory Stick” Operations (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
Superimposing a still image in “Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX
The “Memory Stick” supplied with your camcorder stores 20 images:
–For M. CHROM: 18 images (such as a frame) 101-0001~101-0018
–For C. CHROM: 2 images (such as a background) 101-0019~101-0020
Sample images
Sample images stored in the “Memory Stick” supplied with your camcorder are
protected (p. 142).
Notes
•You cannot use MEMORY MIX for moving pictures recorded on the “Memory Stick.”
•When the overlapping still image has a large amount of white, the thumbnail image of
the picture may not be clear.
•When recording in the mirror mode (p. 29), the image on the LCD screen does not
appear as a mirror-image.
Image data modified on a computer
You may not be able to play back modified images with your camcorder.
Recording a superimposed image to the tape
Before operation
•Insert the “Memory Stick” containing the still images into your camcorder.
•Insert the tape for recording into your camcorder.
The POWER switch should be set to .
Operate by touching the panel.
(1) Press FN and select PAGE2 .
(2) Press MEM MIX. The image recorded on the “Memory Stick” appears in the
lower right corner of the screen.
(3) Press – (to see the previous image)/+ (to see the next image) in the lower right
corner of the screen to select the still image that you want to superimpose.
(4) Press a desired mode. The still image is superimposed on the moving picture
during recording standby.
(5) Press –/+ in the lower left corner of the screen to adjust the effect, then press
OK to return to PAGE2.
M. CHROM – The color (blue) scheme of the area in the still image which is
to be swapped with a moving picture
M. LUMI – The color (bright) scheme of the area in the still image which
is to be swapped with a moving picture
C. CHROM – The color (blue) scheme of the area in the moving picture
which is to be swapped with a still image
M. OVERLAP – No adjustment necessary (You can select M. OVERLAP only
when the POWER switch is set to CAMERA.)
(6) Press EXIT to return to FN.
(7) Press START/STOP to start recording.