Sony CCD-FX311 Primary User Manual - Page 8

Chapter

2

Basle

Camera

Operation

How

to

Record

14

Before

you

record

one-time

events.

make

a

cal

recording

to

make

sure

that

your

camcorder

m

working

properly.

Keep

the

lens

dean.

or

the

focus

cannot

be

adjusted

properly.

It

Ls

very

easy

to

start

recording

scenes.

3

1

Hold

the

camcorder

by

putting

your

hand

through

the

grip

belt

so

that

your

thumb

can

easily

press

the

red

START/STOP

button.

2

By

pressing

the

release

on

the

lens

cap,

remove

and

attach

it

to

the

grip

belt.

Press

.......

3

Press

the

small

green

button

on

the

POWER

switch

and

slide

the

POWER

switch

to

CAMERA.

This

puts

the

camcorder

in

the

camera

recording

mode

=

MEG

4

Set

the

PROGRAM

AE

(Auto

Exposure)

switch

to

the

green

position.

5

Set

the

STANDBY

switch up.

"STBY"

appears

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

=men

and

the

red

lamp

lights

in

the

viewfinder.

You

can

also

confirm

the

start

of

recording

with

beep

sound

when

you

have

the

BEEP

switch

turned

on.

TO

red

lamp

n

the

viewfinder

you

Can

see

a

black

and

while

picture

of

what

you

are

recording

and

information

that

indicates

what

the

camcorder

is

now

doing

Basic

Camera

O

ration

Automatic

recording

With

the

PROGRAM

AE

sweet,

Set

10

the

green

position,

all

the

camera

functions

am

on

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.

f'STBY"

appears

in

the

viewfinder.

The

camcorder

beeps

twice

when

you

have

BEEP

turned

on

When

you

have

finished

recording

Turn

the

STANDBY

switch

down

and

slide

the

POWER

switch

to

OFF.

Electing

the

tape

Make

sure

that

you

have

attached

the

battery

pack

or

other

power

eource

to

the

amcorder.

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.

Gautie

Please

remember

that

you

can

only

use

8

-mm

format

',deo

tapes

with

this

camcorder.

You

will

be

able

to

record

tapes

in

SP

(standard

play)

mode

only

and

play

back

tapes

in

both

SP

and

LP

(long

play/

mades.

Checking

the

time

remaining

on

the

tape

Press

TAPE/BATT

CHECK

r

f

i

.„

7

oo

trA

---

--

-404.-

TAPE/BATT

CHECK

Tape

length

',Idiom&

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.

St

Sf

IE

m5

AE

-+linen

0rnin

‘

ft4l

Imin

When

"5

min"

lights,

the

MT3

indicator

appears

in

the

viewfinder

and

blinks.

note

on

eke

tape

knots

Indicator

The

camcorder

must

he

recording

or

Minima

mode

wen

the

TAPEI3A17

CHECK

Is

pressed

to

trod

out

the

time

reinalnkw.

M

ere

gay0wck

mode.

however.

Me

indicator

does

not

indicate

TO

minutes

remained.

Th

e

imp

length

indicator

does

not

change

while

Wee

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Basic

Camera

Operation

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