Sony CCD-FX520 Primary User Manual - Page 14

Using Alternative Power Sources When you war, to use a car bakery as a power source for your camcorder. use the DCP-77 DC Pack (rot supplied). By attaching the DCP-77 DC Pack to your camcorder and connecting the power cord of the DC pack to the cigarette fighter socket of a car 112 V or 24 V). Ma car battery supplies power to your camcorder. To detach the DC pack from the camcorder Detach it the same way you do the battery Back (P. 7) • Opttwts toeCharging We Bittery AC-SW AC Power Adaptor Completely discharge a battery pack before recharging it to its lull opacity. BC-77, BC-510 Portable Battery Charger Charge a battery Pack on 100 - 200 V AC BC-S10 has a discharging funckon DC-510 Car Battery Charger Chase a battery pack through the cigarette lighter socket. It has a discharging function. Focusing Manually When to Use Lemuel Focus Use manual focus under the following conditions: [a] • In ufficient light (a] • Subjects with little contrast - wall., sky, etc lb] • Too much brightness behind the subject lc] • H rizontal stripes RI] • S bjects through frosted glass • S bjects beyond nets. etc. • Bright subject or subject rellecang light • Shoots, • stationary silent when using a tripod 26 Focusing Manually Focusing Men u&ty When focusing manually. first focus in teleplh0o balers receding to 19). and than Neel the shot length. (1) I Set FOCUS to MANUAL The r3 ,ndicalor givers in Me viewfinder. (2) Keep pressing the T side Iliala0WiMI of 0te power zoom button until the zooming stops. Tum the locus ring to achieve sharp locus (.11 Set the C desired shot length using the power zoom button 1 ITS 2 ft* 3 4 To Shoot with Autotocus Momentarily When you want to switch to autolocus monetarily while recording in manual focus male push FOCUS dorm to PUSH AUTO. Autolocus functions while FOCUS is held down. When n is mimed. manual locus mode will he resumed. To Return to Autotocus Mode Set FOCUS to AUTO the V. indicator rn the viewfinder disappears. To shoot in relatively dark places Shoot at wide angles after focusing in telephoto. Note on the focus ring The focus ring does not have a stop pawned. 27