Sony CCD-FX310 Primary User Manual - Page 8

Chapter

2'

Basic

Camera

Operation

How

to

Record

Before

you

record

one

time

events.

make

a

trial

recording

to

make

sure

that

your

camcorder

s

working

properly.

Keep

the

lens

clean.

or

the

focus

cannot

be

adjusted

ProixtflY/

It

Is

very

easy

to

start

recording

scenes

•

•

0

o

3

5,6

4

1

Hold

the

camcorder

by

putting

your

hand

through

the

grip

belt

so

that

your

thumb

can

easily

press

the

red

START/STOP

button.

[1

9

2

By

pressing

the

release

on

the

lens

cap,

remove

and

attach

it

to

the

grip

belt.

Pre

3

Press

the

small

green

button

on

the

POWER

switch

end

slide

the

POWER

switch

to

CAMERA.

1

his

puts

the

camcorder

In

the

camera

recording

mode.

EOM

0

4

Set

the

PROGRAM

AE

(Auto

Exposure)

switch

to

the

green

position.

5

Set

the

STANDBY

switch up.

'SOOT'

apnea,

in

the

viewfinder.

Now.

you

can

see

through

the

viewfinder.

6

Press

START/STOP

(red

button)

once.

The

camera

is

recording

when

the

word

'REG"

appears

on

the

viewfinder

screen

and

the

red

lamp

lights

in

the

viewfinder.

You

can

also

confirm

the

start

of

recording

with

beep

sound

when

you

have

the

BEEP

Meech

turned

on

red

lamp

n

the

viewfinder

you

can

see

a

black

and

white

picture

of

what

you

are

recording

and

'nformalion

that

indicates

whet

the

camcorder

'

s

now

doing

14

Automatic

recording

With

the

PROGRAM

AE

switCh

set

to

the

(peen

puitiOn.

all

th

e

waftera

functions

are

an

automatic(i.e.auto

Iris.

auto

white

balance,

auto

focus)

and

the

shutter

speed

is

set

at

normal

(1/60

second).

To

stop

recording

momentarily

Press

START/STOP

again

"STEW

appears

in

the

vieyvandef.

The

camcorder

beeps

twice

when

you

have

BEEP

turned

on.

When

you

have

finished

recording

Turn

the

STANDBY

switch

down

and

slide

the

POWER

swIch

to

OFF.

Ejecting

the

tape

Make

sure

that

you

have

attached

the

Papery

peck

or

other

power

source

to

the

acorder.

1

Press

the

small

blue

button

on

the

EJECT

swItch,

and

at

the

same

time

push

EJECT

in

the

direction

of

the

arrow.

2

Take

out

the

tape.

3

Close

the

cassette

holder

by

pressing

the

area

marked

PUSH

on

the

cassette

compartment

Caution

Please

remember

that

you

can

only

use

8

-mm

format

0050

tapes

with

this

camcorder.

You

will.

Mete

lo

record

lapes

In

SP

(standard

Say)

mode

only

and

Oar

beck

tapes

in

hot

SP

and

LP

(lm)

play)

Checking

the

tiers

remaining

on

the

tape

Press

TAPE/BATT

CHECK.

Tape

length

indwator

TAPE/BATT

CHECK

After

pressing

TAPE/BATT

CHECK.

the

time

remaining

may

not

be

indicated

for

about

20

seconds.

When

the

time

remaining

is

less

than

about

5

minutes.

the

indicator

displays

the

minutes

remaining.

SI

IS

w

-----

WE

-

.

Seen

--

I

OmIn

-•

ernin

When

"5

min"

lights.

the

IC

indicator

appears

in

the

viewfinder

and

blinks.

N

ON

on

the

Ism

length

Indlosier

II

The

camcorder

must

be

in

the

recording

or

playback

mode

when

the

TAPE/BATT

CHECK

le

iseesect

lo

Ind

eat

the

time

remaining.

M

the

InTeheoh

Enede.

We...

Ore

Wan..

dawn.

induce

the

minutes

remaining.

•

The

leper

'onus

indieeter

does

ed

&tinge

while

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Camera

Operation

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