Sony DCR-SR300 Handycam® Handbook - Page 98

SR200/SR300., green appear on the screen.

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The recording stops. • The temperature of your camcorder is extremely high. Turn off your camcorder and leave it for a while in a cool place. • The temperature of your camcorder is extremely low. Turn off the camcorder and take it to a warm place. Leave the camcorder there for a while, then turn on the camcorder. • If you keep applying vibration on the camcorder, recording may stop. There is a time difference between the point where you press START/ STOP and the point that the recorded movie starts/stops. • 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 auto focus does not function. • Set [FOCUS] to [AUTO] (p. 67). • The recording conditions are not suitable for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 67). [STEADYSHOT] does not function. • Set [STEADYSHOT] to [ON] (p. 55). • [STEADYSHOT] may not be able to compensate for excessive vibrations. The BACK LIGHT function does not function. • The BACK LIGHT function cannot be used during Easy Handycam operation. The subjects passing by the frame very fast appear crooked (DCRSR200/SR300). • 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 frame rapidly might appear crooked depending on the recording conditions. Tiny spots in white, red, blue, or green appear on the screen. • The spots appear when you are recording with [S. NIGHTSHOT PLS] (DCR-SR42/ SR62/SR82), [SUPER NIGHTSHOT] (DCR-SR200/SR300) or [COLOR SLOW SHTR]. This is not a malfunction. The color of the image is not correctly displayed. • Set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch (DCRSR42/SR62/SR82) or NIGHTSHOT switch (DCR-SR200/SR300) to OFF (p. 27). The screen image is bright, and the subject does not appear on the screen. • Set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch (DCRSR42/SR62/SR82) or NIGHTSHOT switch (DCR-SR200/SR300) to OFF (p. 27). The screen image is dark, and the subject does not appear on the screen. • Press and hold DISP/BATT INFO for a few seconds to turn on the backlight (p. 19). 98

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The recording stops.
•
The temperature of your camcorder is
extremely high. Turn off your camcorder
and leave it for a while in a cool place.
•
The temperature of your camcorder is
extremely low. Turn off the camcorder and
take it to a warm place. Leave the
camcorder there for a while, then turn on
the camcorder.
•
If you keep applying vibration on the
camcorder, recording may stop.
There is a time difference between
the point where you press START/
STOP and the point that the
recorded movie starts/stops.
•
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 auto focus does not function.
•
Set [FOCUS] to [AUTO] (p. 67).
•
The recording conditions are not suitable
for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually
(p. 67).
[STEADYSHOT] does not function.
•
Set [STEADYSHOT] to [ON] (p. 55).
•
[STEADYSHOT] may not be able to
compensate for excessive vibrations.
The BACK LIGHT function does not
function.
•
The BACK LIGHT function cannot be
used during Easy Handycam operation.
The subjects passing by the frame
very fast appear crooked (DCR-
SR200/SR300).
•
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 frame rapidly might appear
crooked depending on the recording
conditions.
Tiny spots in white, red, blue, or
green appear on the screen.
•
The spots appear when you are recording
with [S. NIGHTSHOT PLS] (DCR-SR42/
SR62/SR82), [SUPER NIGHTSHOT]
(DCR-SR200/SR300) or [COLOR SLOW
SHTR]. This is not a malfunction.
The color of the image is not
correctly displayed.
•
Set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch (DCR-
SR42/SR62/SR82) or NIGHTSHOT
switch (DCR-SR200/SR300) to OFF
(p. 27).
The screen image is bright, and the
subject does not appear on the
screen.
•
Set the NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch (DCR-
SR42/SR62/SR82) or NIGHTSHOT
switch (DCR-SR200/SR300) to OFF
(p. 27).
The screen image is dark, and the
subject does not appear on the
screen.
•
Press and hold DISP/BATT INFO for a
few seconds to turn on the backlight
(p. 19).