Canon VIXIA HF G21 Instruction Manual - Page 19

• If you wear glasses, you may find the viewfinder easier to use if you flip back the outer edge of the eye cup toward the camcorder body. Preparing the Camcorder 19 NOTES • You cannot use the LCD screen and viewfinder simultaneously. To use the viewfinder, make sure you close the LCD panel. • Make sure you keep the eye cup attached when using the camcorder. • For details about how to take care of the viewfinder, refer to Handling Precautions (A 133), Cleaning (A 136). Adjusting the LCD Screen Open the LCD panel 90 degrees. • You can rotate the panel 90 degrees downward. • You can rotate the panel 180 degrees toward the lens. Rotating the LCD toward the lens can be useful to allow the subject to monitor the LCD screen while you use the viewfinder. 180° 180° 90° Subject can monitor the LCD screen (you can use the viewfinder at the same time) NOTES • You can adjust the brightness of the LCD screen with the [FUNC.] > [MENU] > q > [LCD Brightness] or [LCD Backlight] setting. Also, you can hold the DISP. button pressed down for more than 2 seconds to change the [LCD Backlight] setting between bright and normal. You can adjust the brightness of the viewfinder with the [FUNC.] > [MENU] > q > [Viewfinder Backlight] setting. • Adjusting the brightness or using the [FUNC.] > [MENU] > q > [ View Assistance] setting does not affect the brightness of recordings. • Using a brighter setting will shorten the effective usage time of the battery pack. • For details about how to take care of the LCD screen and viewfinder, refer to Handling Precautions (A 133), Cleaning (A 136). • About the LCD and viewfinder screens: The screens are produced using extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques, with more than 99.99% of the pixels operating to specification. Very rarely, pixels may misfire or may light up permanently as white dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction.