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Table of contents
Checking supplied accessories.................. 3
Main Features .............................................. 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ............................... 14
– Recording on a “Memory Stick”
.......................................... 16
Getting Started
Using this manual ..................................... 22
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ....... 28
Installing the battery pack ................ 28
Charging the battery pack................. 29
Connecting to a wall socket .............. 35
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............ 37
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ....................... 40
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture................................... 42
Shooting a backlit subject
– BACK LIGHT ............................ 52
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot
– Super NightShot
– Colour Slow Shutter
........................ 53
Self-timer recording
..... 56
Superimposing the date and time
on pictures
.............. 58
Checking recordings
– END SEARCH
– EDITSEARCH
– Rec Review ................. 59
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ................................... 61
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ....................... 62
Viewing recordings on TV....................... 68
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick” while recording on a tape
.......................................... 71
Recording still images on a tape
– Tape Photo recording
......... 75
Using the wide mode ............................... 77
Using the fader function .......................... 80
Using special effects – Picture effect ...... 83
Using special effects
– Digital effect
.... 85
Using the PROGRAM AE function ........ 88
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... 91
Focusing manually.................................... 92
Interval recording
.................... 94
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording
......... 96
Superimposing a title ............................... 98
Making your own titles .......................... 101
Using the built-in light ........................... 104
Inserting a scene
................ 108
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects
........................................ 110
Playing back a tape with digital effects
............................. 112
Enlarging recorded images
– Tape PB ZOOM
........ 114
Quickly locating a scene
– ZERO SET MEMORY
....... 116
Searching for a recording by date
– DATE SEARCH
....... 118
Searching for a photo
– PHOTO SEARCH/PHOTO SCAN
............................. 120