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Table of Contents Useful Recording Techniques Index

started or stopped actually.

On your camcorder, there may be a slight

time difference between the point where you

press START/STOP and the actual point that

recording movie starts/stops. This is not a

malfunction.

The horizontal to vertical ratio of the

movie (16:9 (wide)/4:3) cannot be

changed.

The horizontal to vertical ratio of high

definition image quality (HD) movies is 16:9

(wide).

The auto focus does not function.

Set [FOCUS] to [AUTO] (p. 74).

The recording conditions are not suitable for

a

uto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 74).

SteadyShot does not function.

Set [ STEADYSHOT] to [ACTIVE] or

[STANDARD], [

STEADYSHOT] to [ON]

(p. 78, 84).

Even if [

STEADYSHOT] is set to

[ACTIVE] or [STANDARD],

[

STEADYSHOT] to [ON], your camcorder

may not be able to compensate for excessive

vibrations.

The subjects passing by the screen very

fast appear crooked.

This is called the focal plane phenomenon.

This is not a malfunction. Because of the way

the image device (CMOS sensor) reads out

image signals, the subjects passing by the lens

rapidly might appear crooked depending on

the recording conditions.

The color of the image is not correctly

displayed.

Press NIGHTSHOT to cancel the NightShot

function (p. 31).

The screen image is bright, and the

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subject does not appear on the screen.

Press NIGHTSHOT to cancel the NightShot

function (p. 31).

Horizontal stripes appear on the images.

This occurs when recording images under a

fluorescent lamp, sodium lamp, or mercury

l

amp. This is not a malfunction.

[LCD BL LEVEL] cannot be adjusted.

You cannot adjust [LCD BL LEVEL] when:

The LCD panel is closed on your camcorder

with the LCD screen facing out.

The power is supplied from the AC Adaptor.

Magnification changes when the

recording mode is switched.

You cannot use digital zoom when your

camcorder is in the photo recording mode.

Playback

Images cannot be played back.

Select the recording media and the image

quality of a movie you want to play back

by touching

(MENU)  

[MEDIA SETTINGS] (under

[MANAGE

MEDIA] category)  [MOVIE MEDIA

SET]/[PHOTO MEDIA SET] (p

. 67).

Select the image quality of a movie you want

to play back by touching

(MENU)



 [PLAYBACK SET] (under

[PLAYBACK] category)  [

/ SET]

(p. 87).

Images recorded on other devices may not be

played back. This is not a malfunction.

Photos cannot be played back.

Photos cannot be played back if you have

modified files or folders, or have edited the

data on a computer. (The file name flashes in

that case.) This is not a malfunction.

is indicated on an image on the

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