Sony CCD-V8 Operating Instructions - Page 5

e

Electric

viewfinder

The

lamps

inside

the

viewfinder

light

or

blink

during

camera

recording.

P)1

Icl

O

O

O

[

a]

Low

light

lamp

(yellow):

Lights

when

the

light

is

insufficient.

[b

Tape

runlbattery

lamp

(red):

Functions

when

the

camera

section

is

turned

on.

Lights

steadily

during

recording.

Blinks

when

the

inserted

battery

is

ex-

hausted,

when

the

tape

comes

to

an

end,

or

when

the

tab

on

the

inserted

cassette

is

set

to

prevent

erasure

of

a

recording.

[c]

White

balance

lamp

(orange):

Functions

when

the

low

light

lamp

is

not

lit.

Lights

steadily

when

the

WHITE

BALANCE

switch

is

set

to

*

or

0 .

Blinks

when

the

white

balance

Is

not

ad-

justed.

Goes

out

when

the

WHITE

BALANCE

switch

is

set

to

r

,

and

the

white

balance

has

been

adjusted.

e

Focus

ring

[p.15,

p.181

Turn

the

ring

to

focus

while

looking

through_

the

viewfinder.

e

MACRO

set

button

(green)

For

close-ups,

while

keeping

this

button

pressed,

turn

the

zoom

ring

to

the

MACRO

position.

4)

Viewfinder

slide

button

[p.13]

When

you

use

your

left

eye,

press

this

button

and

pull

the

viewfinder

in

the

direction

of

the

arrow

until

it

locks.

You

can

also

remove

the

viewfinder.

4)

Viewfinder

turn

button

[p.13]

To

replace

the

electric

viewfinder,

press

this

button

to

release

the

lock

and

turn

the

viewfinder.

•

CAMERA

POWER

switch

and

lamp

[p.10]

Slide

to

the

right

to

turn

on

the

camera

sec-

tion.

The

lamp

lights

up.

The

recorder

section

is

turned

on

simultaneously

if

it

has

not

been

powered

yet.

However,

at

this

point

the

func-

tion

buttons

on

the

recorder

section,

except

for

the

EJECT

button,

will

not

work

so

that

the

recording

operation

is

protected.

When

the

CAMERA

POWER

switch

Is

turned

on

after

pressing

the

VTR

POWER

switch,

all

the

function

buttons

will

work.

To

turn

off

the

entire

unit,

slide

again

and

the

lamp

goes

off.

When

a

TT-VtiU

tuner

timer

unit

is

connected,

this

switch

does

not

function.

(

---

IREC

REVIEW

button

[p.161

Press

when

the

unit

is

set

in

the

CAMERA

mode

or

VTR

-CAMERA

mode,

and

then

Is

set

in

the

pause

mode

during

recording,

to

review

the

last

few

seconds

of

the

recorded

picture.

(1)

Aperture

switch

[p.19]

The

amount

of

light

entering

the

camera

is

determined

by

this

switch.

•

(center):

Normally

set

to

this

position.

BACK

LIGHT:

Set

to

this

position

when

the

subject

is

back

lit.

HIGH

LIGHT:

Set

to

this

position

when

the

subject

is

too

brightly

lit

against

the

background.

(9

WHITE

BALANCE

switch

Ip.17]

To

adjust

white

balance

Slide

the

switch

all

the

way

down

and

return

it

to

the

automatic

position

(c),

or

set

it

to

the

proper

position

according

to

the

prevailing

light

conditions.

* :

Sunlignt

(outdoors)

:

Artificial

light

(indoors)

4.

:

Automatically

adjusted

e

Manual

zoom

lever

[p.15,

p.19,

p.20]

-

Turn

the

zoom

lever

for

manual

zooming

be-

tween

the

wide-angle

and

telephoto

positions.

4)

Lens

hood

[p.2,

p.20]

Usually

attached

to

the

lens

ring.

Remove

when

shooting

close-ups

or

using

a

filter.

Push

in

when

the

camera

head

cover

is

at-

tached.

4)

White

lens

cap

[p.14]

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