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Table of contents
Checking supplied accessories ...................... 3
Main Features ............................................ 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ................................... 12
– Recording on a “Memory Stick” .............. 14
Getting started
Using this manual ......................................... 20
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ............ 22
Installing the battery pack..................... 22
Charging the battery pack..................... 23
Connecting to a wall socket .................. 27
Step 2 Setting the date and time .................. 29
Step 3 Inserting a cassette............................. 31
Step 4 Using the touch panel ....................... 32
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture ....................................... 34
Shooting a backlit subject
– BACK LIGHT ................................ 44
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter........................ 45
Self-timer recording ............................... 48
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH/ EDITSEARCH/
Rec Review .............................................. 50
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape........................................ 52
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ........................... 54
Viewing the recording on TV ...................... 59
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory Stick”
during recording on a tape ................... 61
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ......................... 65
Adjusting the white balance manually ...... 67
Using the wide mode .................................... 69
Using the fader function ............................... 71
Using special effects – Picture effect ........... 74
Using special effects – Digital effect ........... 76
Using the PROGRAM AE ............................ 79
Adjusting the exposure manually ............... 82
Using the spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter.............................. 83
Focusing manually ........................................ 85
Using the spot focus function
– Spot Focus............................................. 87
Interval recording .......................................... 88
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .................................. 91
Using the viewfinder .................................... 93
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effect ...... 95
Playing back a tape with digital effect ....... 97
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ................................... 99
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY ....................... 101
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title – TITLE SEARCH ........... 102
Searching a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH ................................. 104
Searching for a photo
– PHOTO SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN .... 106
Editing
Dubbing a tape............................................. 109
Dubbing only desired scenes
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Digital program editing (on tapes)
... 113
Recording video or TV programmes ........ 128
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing ...................................... 132
Audio dubbing............................................. 134
Superimposing a title .................................. 139
Making your own titles .............................. 143
Labelling a cassette...................................... 145
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”– Introduction ... 148
Recording still images on “Memory Stick”s
– Memory photo recording ................. 161
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ...................................................... 168
Superimposing a still image in the
“Memory Stick” on an image
– MEMORY MIX................................... 172
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s – MPEG movie recording....... 180
Recording a picture from a tape as a
moving picture...................................... 183
Recording edited pictures from a tape as
a moving picture – Digital program
editing (on “Memory Stick”s)............. 187
Copying still images from a tape
– PHOTO SAVE .................................... 192
Viewing a still image
– Memory photo playback .................. 194