Sony DCR-SX83 Handycam® Handbook - Page 21

Shooting photos, Press MODE to turn on the, Photo lamp.

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AC Adaptor.  Access lamp (p. 18) is lit or flashing  The media icon in the upper right of the LCD screen is flashing  Tips  You can record photos during movie recording by pressing PHOTO fully (Dual Rec, p. 25).  When a face is detected, a white frame appears and the image quality around the face is optimized automatically ([FACE DETECTION], p. 61).  You can specify the priority face by touching it (p. 25).  In the default setting, a photo is recorded automatically when the camcorder detects the smile of a person during movie recording (Smile Shutter, p. 25).  You can capture photos from recorded movies (p. 39).  See page 80 on the recordable time of movies.  You can check the recordable time, estimated remaining capacity, etc., by touching (MENU)  [Show others]  [MEDIA INFO] (under [MANAGE MEDIA] category).  The LCD screen of your camcorder can display recording images across the entire screen (full pixel display). However, this may cause slight trimming of the top, bottom, right and left edges of images when played back on a TV which is not compatible with full pixel display. In this case, set [GUIDEFRAME] to [ON] (p. 60), and record images using the outer frame displayed on the screen as a guide.  [ STEADYSHOT] is set to [ACTIVE] in the default setting.  To adjust the angle of the LCD panel, first open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (), and then adjust the angle (). Recording/Playback  90 degrees (max.)  180 degrees (max.)  90 degrees to the camcorder Data code during recording The recording date, time and condition are recorded automatically on the recording media. They are not displayed during recording. However, you can check them as [DATA CODE] during playback. To display them, touch (MENU)  [Show others]  [PLAYBACK SET] (under [PLAYBACK] category)  a desired setting    . Shooting photos In the default setting, photos are recorded on the internal memory.  Tips  See page 16 on changing the recording media.  Press MODE to turn on the (Photo) lamp. The LCD screen display switches for photo recording mode, and the screen aspect ratio becomes 4:3. US 21

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Recording/Playback
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AC Adaptor.
Access lamp (p. 18) is lit or flashing
The media icon in the upper right of the LCD screen is flashing
Tips
You can record photos during movie recording by pressing PHOTO fully (Dual Rec, p. 25).
When a face is detected, a white frame appears and the image quality around the face is optimized
automatically ([FACE DETECTION], p. 61).
You can specify the priority face by touching it (p. 25).
In the default setting, a photo is recorded automatically when the camcorder detects the smile of a person
during movie recording (Smile Shutter, p. 25).
You can capture photos from recorded movies (p. 39).
See page 80 on the recordable time of movies.
You can check the recordable time, estimated remaining capacity, etc., by touching
(MENU)
[Show others]
[MEDIA INFO] (under
[MANAGE MEDIA] category).
The LCD screen of your camcorder can display recording images across the entire screen (full pixel
display). However, this may cause slight trimming of the top, bottom, right and left edges of images when
played back on a TV which is not compatible with full pixel display. In this case, set [GUIDEFRAME] to
[ON] (p. 60), and record images using the outer frame displayed on the screen as a guide.
[
STEADYSHOT] is set to [ACTIVE] in the default setting.
To adjust the angle of the LCD panel, first open the LCD panel 90 degrees to the camcorder (
), and
then adjust the angle (
).
Data code during recording
The recording date, time and condition are recorded automatically on the recording media.
They are not displayed during recording. However, you can check them as [DATA CODE]
during playback. To display them, touch
(MENU)
[Show others]
[PLAYBACK
SET] (under
[PLAYBACK] category)
a desired setting
.
Shooting photos
In the default setting, photos are recorded on the internal memory.
Tips
See page 16 on changing the recording media.
Press MODE to turn on the
(Photo) lamp.
The LCD screen display switches for photo recording mode, and the screen aspect ratio
becomes 4:3.
90 degrees (max.)
180 degrees (max.)
90 degrees to
the camcorder