Canon Legria HF R17 manual

PUB. DIE-0343-000Axc HD Camcorder Instruction Manual[...]

2 Introd u ction Important Usage Instructions WARNING! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK , DO NOT REMO VE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEA BLE PAR TS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONN EL. WARNING! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECT[...]

3 European Union (and EEA) only . These symbols indicate that thi s product is not to be disposed of with your household waste, ac cording to the WEEE Directi ve (2002/96/E C ), the Batter y Directiv e (2006/66/E C ) and/or y our national laws implementing t hose Dire ctives. This produ ct should be handed over to a designated co llection po int, e[...]

4 Exciting F eatures and New Functions High-Definition Vi deo Y our ca mcorder ’ s high-definition image s en s or (HD CMO S ) capture s video at a re s olution of 1,9 20 x 1,080 pi xel s 2 . Video s are th en record ed in t he m emory in h igh definition, u s ing A VCHD s pecification s 3 . With your new HD camcorder , capturing the s pecial mom[...]

5 Smart AUTO (2 4 ) S mart AUTO automatically s el ect s the be s t s etting s for the s cene you want to s hoo t. Yo u g e t s pect acular r ecor ding s ever y tim e with out w orry ing abou t s etting s . Video Snap s hot (5 6 ) S hoot or capt ure s hor t s cene s and arrange them into a video clip s et to you r favori te bac k gro und mu s ic. F[...]

6 Enjoying yo u r Recording s on Oth er D evi ce s AVCHD MPEG- 2 S D-Video Eye-Fi SD C onnect the camco rder to an HDTV ( 104) C onnect the camcorde r t o the optional DW-100 DV D Burner ( 107, 109) AV C HD di scs Photo DVD s Play video dir ectly from your rec orded memory card AV C HD-compatible HDTVs and digital recor ders with an S D memory card[...]

Table of conte nt s  7  Introduction 4 Exciting Feature s and New Function s 11 About thi s Manual 13 Getting to Know the Camcorder 13 S upplied A cce ss orie s and CD-ROM s 15 Name s of Part s  Preparations 18 Ge ttin g S tar ted 18 Charging the B attery Pac k 21 Preparing t he Acce ss orie s 22 Adju s ting the Po s ition and Brightne ss [...]

8  Table of cont ent s  V ide o 38 B a s ic Recording 38 S hooting Video 39 S electing the Video Quali ty (Recor ding Mode) 40 Zoomin g 41 Quic k S tart Function 43 B a s ic Playbac k 43 Playing Bac k the V ideo 45 S electing what Recor ding s to Play Bac k 47 S earching for S cene s 50 Pre- s electing Recor ding s fr om the Index S creen 51 [...]

Table of conte nt s  9  Photos 80 Ba s ic Recording 80 T a k ing Ph oto s 81 S electing Ph oto S ize and Quality 83 Ba s ic Pl ayb ac k 83 Viewing Photo s 84 Deleting Photo s 86 Magnifying Photo s during Play bac k 87 Additional Function s 87 S li de s how 88 Rotating Photo s 88 Hi s togram D i s play 89 Cap turing Photo s from a Movie 90 Pro[...]

10  Table of cont ent s  Additional Information 123 Appendix: Men u Option s Li s t s 123 FUNC. Menu 126 S etup Menu s 136 On s creen Icon s and Di s play s 140 T rou ble ? 140 T rouble s hooting 146 Li s t of Me ss age s 156 Do’ s and D on’t s 156 Handling Precaution s 160 Maintenance/Other s 161 U s ing the Camcorder Abroad 162 General [...]

Introdu ction  11 Abo u t thi s Man u al Than k you for purcha s ing the Canon LEGRIA HF R18 / LEGRIA HF R17 / LEGRIA HF R16 / LEGRIA HF R106. Plea s e read thi s manual car efully before y ou u s e the camcor der and r etain it for futur e ref erence . S hould your ca mcor der fail to op erate corr ectly , r efer t o Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n [...]

12  Introduction Selecting the Video Q u ality (Recording M ode) The camcorder offer s 4 recording mode s . Changing the recording mode will change the recording time available on the memory . S elect FXP or XP+ mode for better movie q uality; s elect LP mode for longer record ing t ime s . The following table give s approximate r ecording time [...]

Introdu ction  13 Getting to K now th e C amc or der S u pplied Acce ss orie s and CD-ROM s The following acce ss orie s are s upplied with the camcorder: X C A-590E C ompact Power Adapter (incl. power cord) BP-2L5 Batter y Pack W X IF C -300P C U USB C ab le STV-250N Stereo Video C able W Y ellow • Red • White plugs X C T C -100/S C omponen[...]

14  Introduction The following CD -ROM s and s oftwa re ar e s up plie d wi th th e cam cord er: • PIXELA Applicat ion - Disc 1 CD-ROM* and ‘PIXELA Application s’ In s tall ation Gu ide - ImageMi xer 3 SE T ran s fer Uti litie s - So ftware for s aving and tran s ferring movie s and mu s ic file s you can u s e a s backgr ound mu s ic. •[...]

Introdu ction  15 Name s of Part s 1 (camera /play) b utton ( 26) 2 VI DEO S NAP (vid eo s nap s hot) b utton (5 6 ) 3 // WEB bu tton ( 117) 4 butt on ( 24 )/ // INDEX S EL. (ind ex s election) bu tton ( 45 )/ PLA YL I S T bu tto n ( 45 ) 5 DI S P. ( o n - s creen d i s play) butto n (6 5 ) 6 ACCE SS in dic at or ( 38 , 80 ) 7 S tr ap mo unt ( 2[...]

16  Introduction A s Zoom l ever ( 40 ) A d PHOTO butto n ( 80 ) A f POWER but ton A g ON/OFF (CHG) (charge) ind icator: Green – On Orange – S tandby ( 41 ) Red – Cha rging ( 1 8) A h LCD s cr een ( 22) A j Joy s tic k (2 7 ) A k FUNC. button ( 28 , 123) A l U S B terminal ( 100, 103) S q HDMI OUT terminal ( 100, 101) S a CO MPONE NT OUT t[...]

Introdu ction  17 S g Tri p o d s oc k et ( 156) S h Me mory ca rd s lo t (3 4 ) S j Batte ry compar tment S k Battery relea s e latch S l Battery com partmen t cover/M emory car d s lot cover D q Serial numb er The s eri al number label i s located on the bat tery com partment cover . Botto m vi ew[...]

18  Prepa rati on s Prepar ation s Thi s cha pter de s cribe s ba s ic op er ation s , s uch a s navigating the menu s , and f ir s t time s etting s to help you learn more about your camcord er . Getting Started Charging the Batter y Pack The camco rd er can be power ed with a battery pa c k or directly u s ing the com- pact power ada p ter . C[...]

Prepa ration s  19 4 Sl ide the battery compartment cover away from the lens and open it. 5 Remo ve the battery terminal cover from the battery pack. 6 I nsert the battery pack all the way into the compartment and press gently until it clicks. 7 Clo se the co ver and sli de it toward the lens until you hear a click. 8 Ch arging w ill start when [...]

20  Prepa rati on s To remove the batte ry pac k 1 S lide the batte ry compartme nt cove r a way from th e le n s and open it. 2P r e ss the battery rele a s e l atch and pul l out the batte ry pac k . 3C l o s e the cover and s lide it toward the len s until you hear a clic k . IMPORT AN T • T urn off the camcorder b efore con necting or di s[...]

Prepa ration s  21 • W e recommen d that you pre p ar e battery pa ck s to la s t 2 to 3 time s longer th an you think you might need . Prep arin g the A cce ss orie s Fasten the grip belt. Adju s t the gri p belt s o th at you can reac h the zoom l ever with your in d ex finger , and the button with your thumb. To r emove th e grip belt 1 L i[...]

22  Prepa rati on s To attach an optio nal wri s t s trap Pass the attaching end o f the wrist strap through the rear bracket on the cam- corder , thread the wrist strap through the loop and fasten. Y ou can al s o attach the wri s t s trap to the s trap mount on the grip belt to u s e both for extra conveni ence and pro tectio n. To attach an o[...]

Prepa ration s  23 NOTES • About the LCD s creen: The s cr een i s produced u s ing extr emely high- pre- ci s ion manufacturi ng techniqu e s , with more than 99.99% of the pixel s operating to s pecification. Le ss than 0.01% of the pixel s may occa s ion - ally m i s fire or appear a s bl ack, red, blue or green dot s . Thi s ha s no ef fec[...]

24  Prepa rati on s Ba s ic Operation of the Camco rder Operating Mode s Recording The camcor der of fer s two ba s ic mode s for recording video and photo s : S mar t AU TO ( ) mo de fo r b egin ner s or i f y ou ju s t pre fer not to bother wi th detaile d camcor der s etting s , and flexible r ecor d ing ( ) mode, which let s you c hange the [...]

Prepa ration s  25 •W h e n s hooting in mode, the camcor der will autom atical ly detect ce rtain cha racteri s tic s of the s ubje ct, ba ckg round, lightin g con dition s , e tc. I t will th en ad ju s t variou s s etting s (focu s , expo s ur e, colo r , image s tabilization, image quality , among other s ), s electing the be s t s etting [...]

26  Prepa rati on s NOTES • In mode, menu s cannot b e acce ss ed but the follow ing s etting s can be chan ged in a dvance. - Recording mode of mo vie s - Size /qua lity o f phot o s - // Yo u r s election of r ecording media for movi e s / photo s -V i d e o s nap s hot leng th -A u t o s low s hutte r -A l l s etting s under the s etu p men[...]

Prepa ration s  27 NOTES • // Wh en s witching to a pl ayback mo de, the m emory s elected for play back will be the s ame curr ently u s ed fo r rec ord ing . Joy s tick and Joy s tick G u ide U s e the joy s tic k to op erat e th e cam cord er’ s menu s . If the joy s tic k guide doe s not ap pear on the s cr een, pre ss or pu s h the joy [...]

28  Prepa rati on s U s ing the Men us Many of the camcor der’ s fu n ctio n s can be adj u s ted from the menu s that open after p re ss ing . I n mode , menu s cannot be acce ss ed and, e xcept in a few ca s e s , mo s t menu s etting s will return to their default value s . For detail s ab out the a vai lab le m en u option s and s etting s[...]

Prepa ration s  29 Selecting an Option from t he Setu p Menus 1P r e s s . 2 Se lect ( , ) [ Me nu] and press to open th e setup menus. Y ou ca n al s o hold pre ss ed down for mor e than 1 s ec ond t o open dir ectly the s etup menu s s cre en. 3 Se lect ( ) the tab of the desir ed menu. 4 Se lect ( ) the setting you want to change and press . [...]

30  Prepa rati on s Fir s t Time Setting s Setting the Date an d Time Y ou will need to s et the date and time of the camcor der befor e you can s tart u s ing it. The [ Date/Time] s cre en will appear automatically when t he cam- cord er’ s cl oc k i s not s et. When the [ Date/T ime] s cr een ap pear s , the year will be s elected. 1 Change [...]

Prepa ration s  31 Changing the Lang u age The default language of the c amcorder i s Engli s h. Y ou can s et it to on e of 23 other language s . NOTES •T h e d i s play s and that a ppear in s ome menu s creen s re fe r t o the name of button s on the c amcorder and will not change, regardl e ss of the language s el ected. Changing the Time [...]

32  Prepa rati on s U s ing a Memor y Ca rd Memory Card s Compati ble fo r U s e with th e Camcorder Y ou can u s e commercially available S ec ure D igi tal ( S D) card s with thi s camcor der . Howe ver , dependi ng on the memor y card , you may not be able t o reco rd movie s . Refer to the table below . A s of May 2010, the movie record ing [...]

Prepa ration s  33 IMPORT AN T •I f y o u u s e an S DX C m e mo r y ca rd w it h a co m pu t e r O S t ha t i s not SDXC- compat ible, you may be prompt ed to f ormat the memory car d. In s uch ca s e, cancel the operation to prevent data loss . •T o u s e an SDXC memor y card w ith exte rnal device s , s uc h a s ca rd re ad- er s or di gi[...]

34  Prepa rati on s In s erting and Removing a Memor y Card Ma k e s ure to initialize ( 36) all memory card s bef ore u s ing them with thi s camc order . 1 T ur n off the camcorder . Make s ure the ON/OFF (CHG) indicato r i s off. 2 Slide the memory card slot cover away from the lens and open it. 3 Insert the memory card straight, with the lab[...]

Prepa ration s  35 // Sele cting the Mem ory for the R ecording s Y ou can s elect to recor d your movie s and phot o s in the built-in m em- ory or on a memory card. The built-in memory i s the default memory for r ecording bo th. POINTS TO CHECK •B e s ure you under s tand the inf ormatio n pro vided in Eye- Fi ca rd s ( 33) b efore u s ing [...]

36  Prepa rati on s * The approximat e availab le recording time w ill now reflect t he combi ned s pace in the b uil t-in memo ry an d me mory c ar d. NOTES • Any of the fol lowing action s will de activ ate the relay recordin g fun cti on. - T ur ning off the ca mcord er - Opening the memory car d s lot cov er - Changing th e camcor der ’s[...]

Prepa ration s  37 *P r e ss to ca ncel t he c omp le te init ia liza tio n w hil e it i s in progr e ss . All recor ding s will be era s ed and th e memory ca n be u s ed without any problem. Opt ion s IMPORT AN T • Initial izing the mem ory will pe rman ently er a s e al l recording s . Lo s t o rigi - nal rec ordi ng s ca nn ot be rec o ver[...]

38  Video Vid eo Thi s chapte r cover s function s re lated to s hooting movie s , including recor ding, playbac k , advanced function s and pl ayli s t and s cene op eration s . Ba s ic Recording Shooting Video 1 T ur n on the camcorder . // By defa ult, movie s are re cor ded in th e buil t-in memory . Alter nativ ely , you can s et the me mor[...]

Video  39 •B e s ur e to s ave y our recording s regularly ( 105), e s pe cially afte r mak- ing im portant reco rd ing s . Can on s hall not b e lia ble for an y lo ss or cor- ruption of da ta. NOTES • About the P ower Save mode: If [Power Saving M ode] i s s et to [ On], the cam cor der w ill s h ut off aut omaticall y to s ave p ower when[...]

40  Video Zoomin g The camcor der offer s optical (20x ) and digital ( // : 400x, : 800x) zoom. Y ou can turn o n the digital zoom with the [Digital Zoom] s etting. Move the zoom lever tow ard W (w ide a n g l e ) t o z o o m o u t . M o v e i t t o w a r d T (tel eph oto) t o zoo m in. By default, the zoom lever operate s at a variable s peed ?[...]

Video  41 • I n mode, you can al s o s et [Zoom Speed] to one of three con s tant s peed s (3 i s the fa s te s t, 1 the s lowe s t). • Whe n [Zoom Speed] i s s et to [ V aria ble], the zoom s pee d wi ll be fa s te r in re cord pa u s e mode than whe n actually r ecording , exce pt wh en pre-r ecording ( 57) i s activated . Q u ick Start F [...]

42  Video • The cam corder will s hut off if left in s tandby mode for 10 minute s , rega rdl e ss of the [Pow er Saving Mode] s etting. Pr e ss to turn on the c amcorder . •Y o u c a n s elect the len gth of time until s hut-off or turn off the Quick Start functi on altogethe r with the [Quic k Start] s etting. • When the camcorder exi t [...]

Video  43 Ba s ic Playback Playing Back the Video 1P r e s s . •T h e o r i g i n a l m o v i e s in dex s creen will appear in mo s t ca s e s . • If a photo a ppear s in s ingle photo view , move the zoom lever towar d W to ope n th e ph oto ind ex s creen. Sw itch to t he or igina l mov ie s index s creen ( 45). 2 M ove ( , ) the selectio[...]

44  Video IMPORT AN T •O b s erve the following pr ecaution s while the ACCESS indicator i s on or fla s hing. Failing to do s o may re s ult in per man ent data lo ss . - Do no t ope n the me mory car d s lot cov er . -D o n o t d i s connec t the power s ourc e or turn of f th e camcor der . - Do not change the c amcorder ’s operat ing mod[...]

Video  45 Sk ippin g s cen e s Open ( ) the joy s tic k guide S elect ( ) the middle row Pu s h the joy s tic k () toward * to sk ip to the beginning of the cur rent s cene or to sk ip to the next s cene. *P u s h t he joy s tick/ pre ss the button tw ice to s kip t o the b eginnin g of the previou s s cene. Ending s pecial playbac k mode s Duri[...]

46  Video 1 In the index s creen, move ( ) the oran ge selection fr ame to the tabs on the top of the screen. 2 Select ( ) the tab corr espondin g to the r ecordings you want to play back. 3 Return ( ) to the index screen to select a scene or photo. By default, the index s creen will s how up to 6 item s ( s cene s or phot o s ). Move the zoom l[...]

Video  47 // For s cene s in the b uilt-in memory: pre ss For s cene s on the memory car d: pr e ss and then s elect [Playli s t]. Pre ss . T o open the in dex s cr een f or s cene s co nverted into s tanda rd defini tion ( / / only ) Y ou can al s o open the inde x s creen for s cene s converted into s tanda rd definitio n for We b upload ( 118[...]

48  Video • // Yo u c a n s elect the original movie s in t he built- in memory or on the mem ory card. •Y o u c a n p r e ss to open the inde x s cr een for vid eo s nap s hot s cene s . 2 Open the calendar screen. • The ca lend ar s creen appea r s . •D a t e s that con tain s cene s (that i s , movie s were rec ord ed o n t ha t date)[...]

Video  49 •T h e l i s t of rec o rdin g s di s play s all da te s i n w hi ch re c o rd i n g s wer e made. An orange s election f rame appear s on the day . • The thum bnail s how s a s till imag e from the fir s t s c en e re co rde d on that day . Bel ow it will appear the n umb er of s ce ne s rec ord ed ( ) and the total re cording tim[...]

50  Video NOTES •Y o u c a n p r e ss to return to the normal index s cr een at any time. Pre- s electi ng Rec ording s from the Index Scre en Y ou can s elect in adva nce a number of ori ginal m ovie s or ph oto s from the index s creen i n or der to perfo rm certai n acti on s on them collec- tively , all at once. mod e: De let e, co py* or [...]

Video  51 4 P ress twice to close the menu. To cancel all the s elect ion s NOTES •T h e p r e - s election of s cene s /photo s will be cancel ed if you turn of f t he camcorder or change the operating mode. •S c e n e s in th e playli s t cannot be in cluded in the pre- s elec tion. Delet ing Scen e s Y ou can delete tho s e s cene s that [...]

52  Video Thi s s tep i s not nece ss ary to delete a ll s cene s or previou s ly s el ect ed s cene s . 3 Delete the scene(s). *I f y o u s el ected any op tion oth er than [Thi s Scene], you ca n pre ss to in ter - rupt the o peration while it i s in progr e ss . Some s cene s will be deleted neverthe- le ss . Option s IMPORT AN T • B e car [...]

Video  53 Advanced F u nction s Progr ammed AE and S pecial Scene Reco rding Progra m s The r ecor ding pr ogr am determi ne s how much control you have over the cam cor der’ s rec ord i ng- re lat ed s etting s . S elect th e [ Prog rammed AE] r ecording pr ogram to give y ou full cont rol ov er functi on s li k e the white balance or image e[...]

54  Video [S p o r t s ] T o rec ord s por t s s cene s s uch a s tenni s or golf. [S n o w ] T o re co rd i n b ri gh t s ki re s ort s without the s ubject being unde rexpo s ed. [ Beach] T o recor d on a s unny beac h without the s ubject being unde rexpo s ed. [S u n s e t ] T o re c o rd s un s et s in vib rant colo r s . [ Night Scene] T o[...]

Video  55 NOTES • [ Portrait]/[ Sport s ]/[ Sno w]/ [ Beac h]: Th e pic ture m ay no t appea r s moot h during playback . • [ Portrai t]: T he bl ur ef fect of t he backgr ound in crea s e s the more you zoom in ( T ). • [ Snow]/[ Beach]: The s ubject may be come ove rexpo s ed on cloud y day s or in s haded place s . Chec k the imag e on [...]

56  Video To change the frame rate Video Snap s hot Recor d a s erie s of s hort s cene s . Play your video s nap s hot s cene s s et to your favorite mu s ic ( 70) to create your own fun mu s ic video. Y ou will be s urpri s ed how by changing the bac k ground mu s ic, you can give your s ce ne s an entire ly new feel. 1P r e s s . • A blue b[...]

Video  57 Pre-recording F u nction The camcorder will s tart re co rdi ng 3 s ec ond s bef ore you pre ss , en s uring you d o not mi ss important s hooting opp ortuni- tie s . Thi s i s e s pecially u s eful when it i s diffi cult to pred ict when to s tart reco rd in g. 1 O pen ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Se lect ( ) [ Pre REC] and press . • a[...]

58  Video For mo vies: Pr ess . The ca mcorder s tart s r ecordi ng after a 10- s econd countdown. The coun tdown app ear s on the s creen. For photos: Press , first halfway to activate the autofocus and then fully . The camcorder will record the photo after a 10 - s econd countdown. The coun tdown app ear s on the s creen. NOTES • Once the co[...]

Video  59 •T h e a d j u s tment ran ge and t he le ngth of th e expo s ure ad ju s tment indic ator w ill v ary depen ding on t he in itial b righ tne ss of the pictur e. • If you op erate the zoom , the bright ne ss of the im age may chan ge. 3 A djust the ( ) the brightn ess of th e image as requir ed, then hide ( ) the joystick guide. ?[...]

60  Video • The cente r of th e s creen w ill b e mag nifie d to help y ou f ocu s mor e ea s ily . Y ou can al s o turn off thi s function with the [Focu s A ss i s tance] s et ting. 4 Adjust ( ) the focus as required. •I f y o u w i s h to focu s on faraway s ubject s s uch a s mounta in s or firework s , pu s h the joy s tick ( ) t oward [...]

Video  61 To s e lect the main s ubje ct If ther e i s mor e than one per s on in the pictur e, the camcor der will auto- matical ly s elect one per s on it determine s i s the main s ubject. The main s ubject i s indicate d by a white f ace detecti on frame and the camc o rder will optimize the s etting s for t h at per s on. Other face s will [...]

62  Video * When you s elect [ Cu s tom WB ], do n ot pre ss and co ntinue in s t ead with the follow ing p rocedure. To s et the cu s tom wh ite bala nce 1 Point the camc o rder at a white object s o it fill s the w hole s creen a nd pre ss . When t he adju s tment i s co mple ted, s top s fla s hin g a nd s tay s o n. The cam cord er r etain s[...]

Video  63 Image Effect s Y ou can u s e the image effect s t o change th e color s aturation a nd con- tra s t to record movie s and ph oto s with s pecial color ef fect s . POINTS TO CHECK • Se lect a r ecor ding pr ogram o ther than t he Speci al Scene r ecordi ng pr o- gram s . Opt ion s (  Default value) Digital Effect s The icon of t h[...]

64  Video Option s (  Default value) Apply ing the Sel ected Digit al Effect 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) [ Digital Effects] and press . • The i con of the s elec ted digi tal e ffect tu rn s gr een. •P r e ss again to de activ ate the digi tal effect (it s icon wi ll turn white again). To fa de in/ou t Activate the s elect[...]

Video  65 • F ader s cannot be u s ed when recor ding v ideo s nap s hot s ce ne s or whe n pre- rec ord ing i s ac tiv ate d. On-Screen Di s play s and Data Co de Y ou can turn mo s t on - s creen di s pl ay s on or off. Repeatedly press t o turn the on-screen displays on/off in the following sequence: mode: • All di s play s on •M o s t [...]

66  Video A u dio Recording Level Y ou can adju s t the audio recor ding level of the built-in microphone. Y ou can di s play the audio level ind icator while r ecording. Manual Ad justment of the Audio Reco rding Le vel 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) [ Mic. Level] and press . • The ma nua l adj u s tm ent i con will appear to t h[...]

Video  67 NOTES • Whe n the audio l evel meter re ache s the re d point (0 dB mark ), t he s ound may be di s tort ed . • If the audi o lev el i s too high and the s ound get s di s torted, act ivate the micr ophone attenua tor with the [Micr ophone Attenuator] s ett ing. Selecting the Playback Starti ng Point If you have a very long s cene,[...]

68  Video 3 Select ( ) the playback starting point fr om the timeline ruler . 4 Press to begin the playback. To s elect another s cene Move ( ) the orange s election frame t o the l arge thumbna il and s elect ( ) another s cene. To move between tim eline ruler page s Move ( ) the orange s election frame to the s lidebar below the ruler and di s[...]

Video  69 3 Se lect ( ) the p layback starting point from th e segment r uler . 4 P ress to begin the playback. Y ou c an s elect anot her s cene an d m ove be twe en s e gment ruler pag e s in th e s ame wa y a s in the m ovie timeli ne s cr een ( 67). NOTES •F o r a s ingle s cene, up to 100 s egment s /cha nge s in main s ubjec t will appea[...]

70  Video Scene and Playli s t Operation s Playin g Bac k Record ing s Set to Backgro u nd M us ic Y ou can play b ac k video s nap s hot s cene s , s cene s in the pl ayli s t and photo s lide s how s s et to bac k ground mu s ic (in s tead of the original s ound) u s ing one of the s upplie d trac ks . Using a Supplied Music T rack as Backgr o[...]

Video  71 •Y o u c a n p r e ss to li s ten to the track s elec ted. Pre ss to s top the pl ayba ck. • Sel ect [Of f] to pla y back s cene s with their ori ginal s ound or to play back s lid e s how s without any mu s ic. 4 Back in the in dex screen, select ( , ) t he recor ding from which to s tart playback. 5 P ress to begin the playback s[...]

72  Video • M ac OS u s er s : U s e the Finder to tran s fer mu s ic file s from the [MUSIC] folder on the s u pplied Ca mcorder Supplement al Di s c to the memor y car d connecte d to a comput er after i t i s initia lized . Refe r to About the mu s ic fi le s ( 169) for the folder s tructure of the memory car d. • // The Camcor der Supple[...]

Video  73 4 Se lect ( ) the icon and press to divide the scene. 5 Se lect ( ) [Y es] and press . The video from the divi s ion poin t to the end of the s cene wil l appear a s a new s cen e in the in dex s cre en. NOTES • Whe n advanci ng/re ver s ing fram e s whil e dividing t he s cene s , the i nterval will be 0.5 s econd . •I f t h e s c[...]

74  Video 2 Select ( , ) the scene you want to add to the playlist, or a scene recorded on the date you wa nt to add to the p laylist. 3 Add the s cene(s) to th e playlist. Option s • Whe n the operat ion i s complete d [S cene( s ) added to the pla yli s t] will be di s played. • // Scene s ar e add ed t o the playli s t on the s ame memor [...]

Video  75 Deleting Sce nes from th e Playli st Deleting s cen e s from the playli s t will not af fect your original record ing s . 1 O pen the play list index screen. • // Before opening the playli s t, you can s elect the original movie s in t he b uilt- in me mory or on the memo ry car d to op en the pl ayli s t of th e re s pect ive me mor[...]

76  Video • T o open the pl ayli s t index s creen from th e origin al movie s inde x s creen: - // For s cene s in the buil t-in me mory , pr e ss . For s cene s on the memory car d, pre ss and then s el ect [Pl ayli s t]. - P r e ss . •Y o u c a n p r e ss to open the pl ayli s t i ndex s cr een for vide o s nap s hot s cene s ( 56). 2 Sel[...]

Video  77 • // The cap tur ed video s nap s hot s cene i s s aved to the s ame mem ory that contain s the movie. •V i d e o s nap s hot s cene s cannot be captur ed from a ny of the following type s of movie s . -M o v i e s s horter than 1 s econd -S c e n e s that were edi ted u s ing the s oftw ar e on the s upplied s oftware ImageMixer 3[...]

78  Video 3 Copy the scene(s). *P r e ss to interrupt the operat ion while it i s in pr ogre ss . Option s C opying th e Entire Pl aylist 1 Open the index screen of the built-in memory’ s playlist. •I n t h e o r i g i n a l m o v i e s in dex s creen , s elect the tab under the icon , and t hen op en the p layli s t index s cr een: - // For[...]

Video  79 -D o n o t d i s co nne ct t he p ower s ource or turn of f the ca mcor der . - Do not c han ge th e ca mcorde r ’s operating m ode. NOTES • If the memory card s lot co ver i s open, or th e LOCK s witch on the mem- ory card i s s et to pr event writ ing, y ou will not be a ble to co py movie s to the me mory car d.[...]

80  Phot o s Photo s Refer to thi s chapter for detail s on s hooting photo s – ta k in g photo s an d playi ng them bac k , capturi ng photo s from video and prin ting photo s . Ba s ic Recording T a king Photo s 1 T ur n on the camcorder . • // By d efault , photo s ar e r ecor ded in the built-in memory . Y o u can s et the memo ry card a[...]

Photo s  81 IMPORT AN T •O b s erve th e foll ow ing pr ecaution s while the AC CESS in dica tor i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in permanent data l o ss . - Do not open the me mory card s lot cover . -D o n o t d i s co nne ct t he p ower s ource or turn of f the ca mcor der . - Do not c han ge th e ca mcorde r ’s oper[...]

82  Phot o s NOTES • The actual num ber of photo s that can be re cor ded wi ll va ry depen d ing on the s ubje ct and s hooting condition s . •T h e c a m c o r d e r r e t a i n s the la s t s etting u s ed even i f you s et th e cam- cor d er t o mode. • When p rinting photo s , u s e the follo win g gu idel ine s a s a re fere nc e f o[...]

Photo s  83 Ba s ic Playback Viewing Photo s 1P r e s s . •T h e o r i g i n a l m o v i e s in dex s creen will appear in mo s t ca s e s . • If a photo a ppear s in s ingle photo view , move the zoom lever towar d W to open the photo index s cre en. Proceed t o s tep 3. 2 Open the photo i ndex scr een. • // Y ou can s elect the photo s i[...]

84  Phot o s Photo Jump Funct ion When you have recor ded a large number of photo s , you can jump 10 or 100 photo s at a t ime. 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) the icon and press . 3 Select ( ) [ Jump 10 photos] or [ Jump 100 photos]. 4 Jump ( ) the number of photos selected and p ress . IMPORT AN T •O b s erve the following pr ec[...]

Photo s  85 U s ing the FU NC. M enu 1 I n single ph oto view , open the p hoto selectio n screen. [ D e l e t e ] a p p e a r s on the s creen. 2 Se lect ( ) the photo you want to delete and press . 3 Se lect ( ) [Y es] and press t o delete the p hoto. 4 Rep eat steps 2-3 to delete additio nal photos or press twice to close th e menu. Deleting [...]

86  Phot o s Option s IMPORT AN T • B e car eful when d elet ing pho to s . Dele ted pho to s can not be reco v ered . • Pr otected p hoto s cannot be del eted. Magnifying Photo s d u ring P layback In s ingle photo view , photo s can be magnified up to 5 time s . w ill appear for ph oto s that cannot be enlar ged. 1 Move the zoo m lever to [...]

Photo s  87 Additional F u nction s Slide s how Y ou can play a s lide s how of all the photo s and even s et it to mu s ic ( 70). 1 Open the photo i ndex scr een. 2 Se lect the background mus ic to use when playing back the ph oto slideshow ( 70). 3 Back in the in dex screen, select firs t photo of th e slideshow. 4 St art the slideshow set to [...]

88  Phot o s NOTES • The backgr ound mu s ic may not b e played bac k corr ectly when playin g back a s lide s how from a memory ca rd with s low t ran s fer rate s . • When playi ng back a s lide s how wit h mu s ic fr om an ext ernal audi o player , the s lide s how w ill repea t un til the m u s ic fi ni s he s . Rotating Photo s Y ou can[...]

Photo s  89 The ar ea to the right of the hi s togram rep re s ent s highl i ght s and th e left s ide rep re s ent s s hado w s . A photo who s e hi s togram sk ew s to the right i s re la - tively bright; while one who s e hi s to- gram pea ks to the left, i s rel atively dar k . Capt u ring Photo s from a Mov ie Y ou can captur e a s ingle ph[...]

90  Phot o s IMPORT AN T • When ca pturing photo s on an Ey e-Fi card, phot o s w ill be upl oad ed automa ticall y if you a re within the ran ge of a conf igur ed network. Al way s verify that Ey e-Fi ca rd s have been approv ed in the country/r egion of u s e. See al s o U s ing an Eye-Fi ca rd ( 122). NOTES • T h e d a t a c o d e o f t h[...]

Photo s  91 // Y ou can s elect the photo s in the built- in memory or on the me mory car d. 2 Se lect ( , ) t he photo you want to protect. Opt ion s IMPORT AN T • Initial izing the mem ory will pe rman ently er a s e al l recording s , inclu ding pr otect ed photo s . // Copying Photo s to a Mem ory Card Y ou can copy photo s only fr om the [...]

92  Phot o s 2 Open the photo selection screen. [ Copy ( )] appe ar s on the s creen. 3 Select ( ) the photo you want to copy and pr ess . 4 Select ( ) [Y es] and press to copy the photo. 5 Repeat steps 3-4 to copy additional photos or pres s twice to close the menu. C opying Pho tos from th e Index Sc reen 1 Open the index screen of the photos [...]

Photo s  93 Opt ion s IMPORT AN T •O b s erve th e foll ow ing pr ecaution s while the AC CESS in dica tor i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in permanent data l o ss . - Do not open the me mory card s lot cover . -D o n o t d i s co nne ct t he p ower s ource or turn of f the ca mcor der . - Do not c han ge th e ca mcorde r[...]

94  Phot o s Printing Photo s Print ing Pho to s (Dir ect Print) The camcor der can be connecte d to any PictBridge-c ompatible printer . Y ou can mar k in advance the photo s you wan t to print a nd s et the de s ired number of copie s a s a print orde r ( 97). Canon print ers: S ELPHY printer s of the CP , D S and E S s er ie s and in k jet pr[...]

Photo s  95 - Removing all print or de r s NOTES • will ap pear f or photo s that cannot be printed. • W e recommen d powering the camco rder u s ing the co mpact powe r adapt er . • R efer al s o to the p rinter ’s in s truction manual . • I f you have no intenti on to u s e the optional DW-100 DVD Burner , y ou can s et or [USB Conne[...]

96  Phot o s Option s [P a p e r S i z e ] * Available paper s iz e s vary depend ing on the prin ter model. [P a p e r T y p e ] * Select [Photo], [Fa s t Photo], [Plain] or [Defau lt]. [P a g e L a y o u t ] * Select [Default], [Bordered] or one of the follow- ing page layout s . [Borderle ss ]: The photo i s enlarg ed and m ay be s lightly cr[...]

Photo s  97 NOTES •P r i n t s etting option s and [D efau lt] s etting s vary depending on the printer model. Fo r detail s , refer to the prin ter ’s in s truction manua l. To cancel a print job 1P r e ss ([ S top]) while printing. 2 S elect ( ) [O K ] a nd pre ss . When you hav e fini s hed pri nting Di s conn ect the U S B cable fr om th[...]

98  Phot o s POINTS TO CHECK •O n l y p h o t o s on the memor y car d can be s et for pr int orde r s . Marking Si ngle Photos with Prin t Orders 1 In single photo view , open the photo selection screen. appe ar s on the s creen. 2 Select ( ) the photo you want to mark with a print order . 3 Press to set t he print order . The number of c opi[...]

Photo s  99 Opt ion s NOTES • // To s et print order s s et f or p hot o s recor ded in t he bui lt -in me mory , c opy the pho to s to the memory card in advan ce. [Individ ual Photos] Set print order s for individu al photo s . [Selected Photos (1 copy each)] Set s a p rint order of 1 copy of each of the photo s s elect ed in ad vance ( mark[...]

100  Exter nal Con nection s Extern al Connection s Thi s chapte r explain s how to connect your camcorde r to an external devi ce s uch a s a TV , VCR, or compu ter . Te r m i n a l s on the Camcorder * When co nnecting a cable to the cam corder , make s ure to align the tr iangle mark s on the cab le ’s con nector a nd on t he camc order ’[...]

External Conne ction s  101 Connection D iagram s In the following connection di agram s , th e le ft s ide s how s the term inal s on the camco rde r and the right s id e s ho w s (for refer ence only) an example of te rminal s on a connect ed devic e. C onnectio n T ype: Digital Q u ality: High definition O u tp u t only C onnect to a high-d e[...]

102  Exter nal Con nection s C onnection T ype: Analog Q u ality: High definition O u tp u t onl y C onnect to a high-de finition TV (HDT V) with component vi deo input terminal s. C onnection T ype: Analog Q u ality: Standard definition O u tp u t only C onnect to a standard T V or a V C R with audio/vid eo input te rminals. C hange the followi[...]

External Conne ction s  103 C onnectio n T ype: Digital data connection O u tp u t o nly C onnect to a co mputer to save your reco rdings, to the optional DW-100 DVD B urner to create D VD discs from them, or to a printer to print out ph otos. 4 USB C able (supplied)[...]

104  Exter nal Con nection s Playback on a TV Sc reen Connect the camcor der to a TV to enjoy your r ecording s with family and friend s . Play bac k on an HDTV u s ing one of the high-definition con- nection s wil l en s ure th e be s t playbac k q uality . 1 T ur n off the ca mcorder and the TV . 2 Connect the c amcorder to the TV . Refer to C[...]

External Conne ction s  105 Saving and Sharing Y o u r Rec ording s Saving Recording s on a Comp u ter Movie s and pho to s recor ded with thi s camcorder are s aved in t he built-in memory ( // only) or on the memory card. Becau s e s pace i s li mited, ma k e s ure to s ave your r ecord ing s on a computer o n a r egular ba s i s . Car efully [...]

106  Exter nal Con nection s Refer to Starting Ca meraWindow . U s ing th e s oftwar e 1 Power the camcor der with the compact power adapter . 2 Set t he c am corder to mod e, in si ngle pho to v iew. 3 Connect the camcorder to t he computer using the suppl ied USB cable. • Connec tion . Refer to Conn ect ion Di agr am s ( 103). • I f the de[...]

External Conne ction s  107 • If you c onn ect the camco rder to the compu ter whil e it i s s et to mode, the proce ss of cr ea ti ng s ce ne thumbnai l s will s tart au tom atic ally . In s uch ca s e, s elect [Ski p] to s top th e proc e ss and u s e the compu ter ’s S af e l y R e m o v e H a rd w a re f un c t i o n ( W i nd o w s ) or [...]

108  Exter nal Con nection s C onnecting to t he DW-100 DVD Burner and C re atin g a Di sc 1 T ur n on the DVD bur ner . Refer to Cr eatin g DVD s . 2 Connect the c amcorder to the DVD bu rner us ing the su pplied USB cable. • Connec tion . Refer to Conn ect ion Di agr am s ( 103) and Connection s . • I f the devi ce s elec tion s cr een app[...]

External Conne ction s  109 IMPORT AN T • Whi le the ca mcor der i s connecte d to the DVD burner , do not open the memory card s lot cov er a nd do no t r emove t he me mory car d. •O b s erve th e foll ow ing pr ecaution s while the ACCESS indica tor on the camco rder i s on or fla s hing. Fail ing to do s o may re s ult i n permanent data[...]

110  Exter nal Con nection s Y ou can complete the conve r s ion to s tandard d efinition in the cam- cord er and then u s e the s up pl ied s oftwa re ImageMixer 3 SE to s ave the converte d s cen e s an d bur n the m ont o DVD s in your computer . Y our comp uter mu s t have a prein s talled DVD drive wit h writing capabil- itie s . In s talla[...]

External Conne ction s  111 1 If a me ss ag e appea r s regarding mu s ic file s , follow th e in s truction s on the s creen. 2 Thi s s tep i n not n ece ss ary for s cene s in the pl ayl i s t. 3 The left s ide of the s creen di s play s the total p layback ti me of th e s cene s to be con- verted; the right s ide s ho w s the file s ize of th[...]

112  Exter nal Con nection s -A l l t h e s elected s cene s in th e playl i s t ar e merged into one conver ted s cen e. Ho wev er , if t he c onv erte d s cene i s too larg e, it will b e s plit into 2 GB- s ized s cene s . - When converting only p art of a s cene, t he ma ximum length of the converte d s cene will be 10 minute s fr om th e s [...]

External Conne ction s  113 •O b s erve th e foll ow ing pr ecaution s while the ACCESS indica tor on the camco rder i s on or fla s hing. Fail ing to do s o may re s ult i n permanent data lo ss . - Do not open the me mory card s lot cover . -D o n o t d i s co nne ct th e U SB ca ble. -D o n o t d i s co nne ct t he p ower s ource or turn of[...]

114  Exter nal Con nection s NOTES • When t he camcorder co ntain s a large number of s cene s to be s aved on di s c s , it may take a long ti me for the connec tion to the DVD burner to be comp leted. F or be s t perform ance, we r ecommend limi ting the num- ber of s ce ne s to be s aved to 500 or fewe r s cene s . (With 500 s cene s , i t [...]

External Conne ction s  115 - Do not c han ge th e ca mcorde r ’s operating m ode. NOTES • If you are cre ating a Pho to D VD f rom p hoto s o n the me mory ca rd and the mem ory car d contain s s cene s conv erte d into s tandard defini tion for We b upload , the thumbnai l s for tho s e s cen e s will al s o be added to the Photo DVD a s i[...]

116  Exter nal Con nection s IMPORT AN T •W h i l e t h e c a m c o r d e r i s connected to t he DV D burner , do not open the memory card s lot cove r and do not re move th e memo ry car d. NOTES • Onl y A VCHD di s c s create d with the DW-100 DVD burner can be played back u s ing the DVD burne r . •T h e c a m c o r d e r ’s menu s c[...]

External Conne ction s  117 In S tanda rd Def initio n Y ou can copy your movie s by connecting t he camcor der to a VCR or a digital video recorder with an alog audio/vi deo input s . Video output will be in s tandard definition, although the original s cene s are in hi gh defi- nition. C on nec ting Connect the camcor der to the VCR u s ing Co[...]

118  Exter nal Con nection s If you are u s ing an Eye-Fi car d, after converti ng your video recor ding s into s tandar d definition s cene s you can upload your movie s wirel e ss ly , dir ectly fr om the camcor d er . Refer to Eye-Fi’ s ho mepage for the late s t information on compatible W eb s ite s . // Y ou can complete the conv er s io[...]

External Conne ction s  119 •I f a m e ss age appear s regard in g m u s ic file s , follow the i n s truction s on the s cr een. •T h e l e f t s ide o f th e s creen di s play s the to tal playb ack t i me of the s cene s to be conver ted; the righ t s ide s how s the file s ize of the s cene s after co nver s i on and th e available s pac[...]

120  Exter nal Con nection s NOTES • When conv erting s cene s in th e playli s t or video s nap s hot inde x s creen: -T h e s cene s are conve rte d with the s elected back gr ound mu s ic ( 70) in s tead of the ori ginal s ound. -A l l t h e s elected s cene s in th e playl i s t ar e merged into one conver ted s cen e. Ho wev er , if t he [...]

External Conne ction s  121 IMPORT AN T • Whi le the ca mcor der i s con nect ed t o the co mputer , d o n ot op en t he memory card s lot cov er a nd do no t r emove t he me mory car d. •O b s erve th e foll ow ing pr ecaution s while the AC CESS in dica tor i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in permanent data l o ss . - [...]

122  Exter nal Con nection s IMPORT AN T U s ing an Eye-Fi card : •T h i s product i s not gu aranteed to s upp ort E ye-Fi card functi on s (includ- ing wirele ss tran s fer ). In ca s e of an i ss ue with an Eye -Fi car d, plea s e chec k with t he car d manufactu rer . Al s o note tha t an app roval i s requi red to u s e Ey e-Fi c ard s in[...]

Addition al Informatio n  123 Addition al In for mati on Thi s chapter contain s trouble s hooting advice, s cr een me s - s ag e s , handling and ma intenance tip s , and other information. Appendix: Men u Opt ion s Li s t s Menu item s not available appea r grayed out. For detail s a bout how to s elect an ite m, ref er to Using the Menus ( 28[...]

124  Additional Information Setup Men us FUNC . Menu (Playb ac k Mode s ) (movie p layback), (pl ayback of vid eo s nap s ho t s cene s ): - available only in the original index s creen; - available onl y in the pl ayli s t index s creen ; z - a vail- able in bo th; — - not availab le in eithe r . (photo playback): - available only in s ingle [...]

Addition al Informatio n  125 1 // Ava ilable only for photo s on the memory ca rd. 2 Available o nly for s cene s i n th e bu ilt in me mo ry . [Protect] – – – 90 [In divid ua l Ph otos ], [ Sel ecte d Ph otos ], [Remove A ll] –– [Print Or ders] 1 0-99 copies – – 97 [Individual Pho tos], [Selected Phot os (1 copy each)], [Remove A[...]

126  Additional Information Set u p Men us Came ra S etup 1 ( Mode) [Frame R ate]: Select s the frame rate to be u s ed wh en rec ord in g. [ PF25]: 25 frame s per s ec ond , progre ss ive . U s in g th i s frame r ate w ill give your recor ding s a cinematic look. When c ombined wit h the [ Cine Mode] record ing program ( 55), the cinematic loo[...]

Addition al Informatio n  127 * [ 80 0x] for th e . ** For movi e s only . [Digita l Zoom] : Determi ne s the operation of the digital zoom. The c olor o f the indicator ind i- cate s the zoom. • Whe n activa ted, the c a m- corder w ill s wi tch aut oma tica lly to digital zoom when you zoom in beyond the optical zoom range. • With the digi[...]

128  Additional Information • If the degr ee of camcor d er s hake i s too high, th e image s tabil ize r ma y not be ab le to f ully c ompen s ate. The image s tabili zer may not be able to s ucce ss fully elimi nate a ll blur if th e cam corder o r the s ubject i s moving too much. •T h e i m a g e s tabilizer may not w ork well on s ubjec[...]

Addition al Informatio n  129 [Focus As sistance]: When th e fo cu s a ss i s tanc e i s activated , the image at the center of th e s cr een i s magn ified t o he lp y ou f ocu s manua lly ( 59). •U s ing the focu s a ss i s tance w ill not a ffe ct th e r ecording s . It will be can- celled automatica lly af ter 4 s econd s or when you s ta [...]

130  Additional Information [Data C ode]: Di s play s the date and/o r time w hen the s cene wa s record ed . [ C amera Dat a]: Di s pl ay s the apertur e (f- s top) and s hutter s peed u s ed when r ecord ing t he s ce ne. [USB Connecti on T ype]: Select the conne ction prot oc ol to u s e when co n- nect ing t he ca mco rder to an ext er nal d[...]

Addition al Informatio n  131 [LCD B rightn ess]: Adju s t s the bri ghtne ss of the LCD s cr een. • Chan ging the bri ght ne ss of the LCD s creen d oe s not affe ct the bright- ne ss of your r ecordi ng s or the b rightne ss o f t he pla yback image on a TV . [LCD Screen Dimmer ]: When s et to [ On ], the LCD s creen i s dim med. Doing s o i[...]

132  Additional Information 1 Option no t available when the cam corder i s connect ed to an HDTV u s ing an HDMI cable. 2 Option available only fr o m the original movie s index s creen. [Notif ication Soun ds]: A b eep wil l accom pany s ome operation s like tur n- ing on the camcorde r , the s elf -timer countdown, etc. [Power Savi ng Mod e]:[...]

Addition al Informatio n  133 • D epending on the TV s et, additio nal s etti ng s m ay b e r eq u i red o n th e TV it s elf to acti vate the HDMI-CEC f unction. Ref er to the TV ’s in s truction manual. • Cor r ect opera tion of the HDM I-CEC fun ction canno t be guaran teed even when con necting the camcor der to com patib le TV s et s [...]

134  Additional Information Languag e and Da te/Time S etup [Date Form at]: Se lect th e dat e form at to be u s ed for mo s t on- s creen d i s - play s , a nd (if s elected ) for the date p rinted on photo s . [Calendar Start Day]: Sele ct the day on w hich t he week s tart s fo r the cal- endar di s play ( 47). Information S cr een s Menu ite[...]

Addition al Informatio n  135 [Memor y Info ]/[Mem ory C ard Info ]: Di s pl ay s a s cree n wher e you can ver- if y how much o f th e built -in me mory or the memor y car d i s curr ently in u s e ( total recor ding time and total number of photo s ) and how much s pace r emain s availab le for r ecord ing. •E s timated figur e s ab out ava [...]

136  Additional Information Appendix: On s creen Icon s and Di s play s Recording Movies 1 Ope rating mode ( 2 4) 2 Recordi ng progra m ( 53, 5 5) 3 White balance ( 6 1) 4 Image effect ( 63) 5 Digital effect ( 63) 6 Re cord in g mo de ( 39) 7 Flic k er re duc ti on ( 127) 8 Pre-recording ( 57) 9 Me mory o perati on ( 139) A q In s tant AF ( 127 [...]

Addition al Informatio n  137 Recording Photos S f Zoom ( 40), Expo s ure ( 58) S g Photo q uality/ s ize ( 81) S h S elf timer ( 57) S j Number of available p hoto s On the memo ry ca rd // In the built- in me mory S k Camco rder s ha k e war ning ( 127 ) S l Fa ce detectio n ( 60) D q AF f rame ( 80) D a Fo cu s and ex po s ure loc k ( 80) Pla[...]

138  Additional Information * The lig ht meter ing mod e canno t be changed . Viewing Photos D f Hi s tog ram ( 88) D g Current phot o / T otal nu mber of photo s D h Photo num ber ( 132) D j Prote cted p hoto mar k (9 0 ) D k Date and time o f recording D l File s ize F q Manua l expo s ure ( 58) F a Photo s ize ( 81 ) F s Apertu re value F d E[...]

Addition al Informatio n  139 Memory operation Recor d, Recor d pau se, Pla yback, Pla ybac k paus e, Fast pl aybac k, Fa st re ver se p layb ack , Slow pla yba ck, Slow re verse p layb ack Remaining battery time • The icon shows a rough est imate of the remaini ng charge as a percentage of the full charge of the batt ery p ack. • When is di[...]

140  Additional Information Tro ub le? Tr o u ble s hooting If you have a problem with your camcor der , r efer to thi s s ecti on. S ome- time s what you t hin k i s a mal function o f the camcor der may have the s imple s t of s olution s - ple a s e read the “CHEC K THI S FIR S T” box before going on to the m ore detailed problem s and s [...]

Addition al Informatio n  141 Recording Pre ss ing will not s tart recording. - Y ou cannot record while the camcorder is writi ng previous recordings onto the memory (while the A CC ESS indicator is on or flashing). Wa it until the camcorder has finished . - The memory is full or it already contains the max imum number of scenes (3,999 sc enes)[...]

142  Additional Information Cannot move s cene s in the playli s t. - The memory is full. Delete some recordings ( 51, 84) or initialize the memory ( 36) to free some space. Cannot delete a s cene. - Y ou may not be able to delete scenes recorded or edited using another device and then trans- ferred to a memory card connected to a compu ter . De[...]

Addition al Informatio n  143 Indicators and Onscre en Disp lays light s u p in red. - Battery pack is exhausted. Repl ace or charge the battery pack. light s u p in red. - A memory ca rd error occurred . T urn off the camcorder . Remove and re insert the memor y card. Initialize the memory card if the displ ay does not change back to normal. - [...]

144  Additional Information Screen di s play s t u rn on and off repeatedly . - The battery pack is exhausted. Replace or charge the battery pack. - Remove the battery pack and reattach it correctly. Abnormal character s appear on the s creen and the camcorder doe s not ope rate properly . - Disconnect the power source and reconne ct it a fter a[...]

Addition al Informatio n  145 - The folder and file numbers have reached their maximum value. Set [Photo Number- ing] to [Reset] and insert a new memo ry card. Cannot u pload file s us ing an Eye-Fi card. - Files cannot be u ploaded when [Eye-Fi C ommunication] is set to [Off] (when appears on the screen). C hange this s etting to [Automatic]. -[...]

146  Additional Information - Disconnect the USB cable and turn off the camcorder . After a short while, turn it on again and restore the connection. - C onnect the camcorder to a different USB port on the co mputer . - The camcorder will no t be recognized while all photos ar e being deleted or a ll print orders are being removed. The printer i[...]

Addition al Informatio n  147 Back u p recordin g s reg u larly - This message may appear when you turn on the camcorder . In the event of a malfunction, recordings may be los t so back up your recordings regularly . B u ffer overflow . Recording wa s s topped. - The data transfer rate was too high for the memo ry card in use and the recording w[...]

148  Additional Information Cannot play back - There is a problem wi th the memor y . If this me ssage appears often without apparent reason, contact a C anon Service C enter . // Cannot play back Cannot acce ss the b u ilt-in memory - There is a problem with the built-in memory . Save your recordings ( 105) and initialize the built-in memory us[...]

Addition al Informatio n  149 Cannot reco rd movie s on thi s memor y card - Movies canno t be recorded on a 64 MB or smal ler memory card. Use a recommended mem- ory card ( 32). Cannot reco rd movie s on thi s memor y card Initialize only us ing the camcorder - The memory card in the camcorder wa s initia lized usi ng a computer . Initialize th[...]

150  Additional Information Initialize only us ing the camcorder - There is a problem with the file s ystem that prevents accessing the se lected memor y . Initial- ize the memory with this camcorder ( 36). LCD Screen ha s been dimmed -H o l d pressed for 2 s econds to restore the L C D screen to its pr evious brightness se t- ting. May not be p[...]

Addition al Informatio n  151 - After selecting [Sc ene Search] [Scenes with Face s], no scenes contain people’ s faces or no scenes were recorded using the face detection function. - // This message will appear when ther e are no high-defini tion scenes on the memory card. If you converted sce nes in to standard definition, you can s till ope[...]

152  Additional Information Thi s photo co u ld not be deleted - Protected photos ( ) cannot be deleted. Remove the pr otection ( 90). // T h i s memory card contain s s cene s . Delete all s cene s to us e relay recordi ng. - Save the movies on the memory card ( 116) and initialize the memory card ( 36). Thi s photo cannot be di s played - Y ou[...]

Addition al Informatio n  153 Cannot read the di s c . Check the di s c. - During disc recording mo de, this message can appear when a c ommercially available DVD disc (a DVD disc containing mo vies, software, etc.) or an 8 cm mini DVD disc is inser ted. Replace with a brand new d isc. - During disc playback mode , this messa ge can appear when [...]

154  Additional Information Direct Prin t Related Messa ges Data tran s fer error - C ancel printing, disconnect the USB cable and turn of f the printer . After a while, turn the printer back on and reconnect the USB cable. - Y ou attempted to print from a memory ca rd that contains a large number of photos . Reduce the number of photos. File er[...]

Addition al Informatio n  155 Print head not in s talled - No print head is installed in t he printer or the print head is defec tive. Printer cover open - C lose the printer cover securely . Printer error - A malfunction has occurred that may requir e repairs. ( C anon inkjet printers: the pr inter’ s green power lamp and orange er ror lamp f[...]

156  Additional Information Do’ s and D on’t s Handling Preca u ti on s Camcorder Be s ur e to ob s erve the following pre caution s to en s ur e maximum per- formance. • Save your recordings periodically . Make s ure to tran s fer yo ur re co rd- ing s to an ext er nal devic e s uch a s a computer or d igital video r ecorder ( 105) an d s[...]

Additional Information  157 • When record ing movies, try t o get a calm, stable picture. Exc e ss iv e cam cor der mo ve ment wh ile s hooting and exten s ive u s e of fa s t zoom s and panning can re s ult in jittery s cene s . I n extr eme ca s e s , the playba ck of s uch s cene s may r e s ul t in vi s ually induced mot ion s ickn e ss . [...]

158  Additional Information About the batter y t erminal cover The bat tery ter minal cover ha s a [ ]- s haped hole. Thi s i s u s eful when you wi s h to diff er entiate be tween charge d and uncharge d battery pa ck s . Memory Card • W e recommend backi ng up the re cor ding s on the memory ca rd onto your comp uter . Data may be corrup ted[...]

Additional Information  159 B u ilt- in Rec hargeabl e Lithi u m Batter y The camcor der ha s a built-in recha rgeable lithium battery to k eep the date/time and other s etting s . The built-in lithium battery i s re charged while you u s e the camcord er; however , it will di s char ge completely if you do not u s e the ca mcorder for about 3 m[...]

160  Additional Information Maintenance/Other s Cleaning Cam corder Body •U s e a s oft, dry c l oth to cl ean the camcor d er body . Never u s e c hemic all y tr eated c l oth s or volatile s olvent s s uch a s p aint t hinner . Len s and In s tant AF S en s or •I f t h e l e n s s urf ace or In s ta nt AF s en s or i s dirt y , a utofocu s[...]

Additional Information  161 • R emove the memo ry ca rd and b attery p ack . Then, place the camcorde r in an air tight pla s tic ba g and let it adju s t gr aduall y to temperatu re chang e s befor e r emoving it f ro m the bag. Whe n cond en s atio n i s det ected The c amcor der automa ticall y s hut s off. The preci s e time r equir ed for[...]

162  Additional Information Gener al Informa tion Acce ss or ie s Option al acce ss orie s not li s ted below a r e de s cribed in more detail in the following page s . * Supplied wi th the cam corder; no t available a s a n option al acc e ss ory . ** If nece ss ary , u s e a comm ercially availab le SCART adapter . (Av ailability differs from [...]

Additional Information  163 Optional Ac ce ss ori e s Batter y Pac ks When you need e xtra battery pack s , s elec t the NB- 2LH. The s upplied BP-2L 5 i s not avai lable a s a s eparat e optional acce ss ory . CB-2L W E Bat tery Charger U s e the battery cha rger to charg e the battery pack s . Chargi ng Tim e s The ch argi ng tim e s given in [...]

164  Additional Information decrea s e w hen reco rding in co ld s urro unding s , when u s ing the brig hter s creen s etting s , et c. // Using the built-in memor y Using a memor y card * Approximate ti me s for recording wi th repeated op eration s s uch a s s tart/ s top, zoom ing, and po wer on/o f f. CBC-NB2 Car Bat tery Charger U s e the [...]

Additional Information  165 S C-2000 S oft Carry ing Ca s e A ha ndy camc or der bag wit h padd ed comp artm ent s and plenty of s pace for acce ss orie s . HTC-100 H DMI Cable U s e thi s cab le t o conn ect t he camc order to an ex ter nal devic e u s in g an all-di gital connecti on, a llowing you to enjoy p lay- back at t he hig he s t qua l[...]

166  Additional Information Specification s LEGRIA HF R18 / LEGRIA HF R17 / LEGRIA HF R16 / LEGRIA HF R106 S y s tem • Recording Sy s tem Movies: AV C HD Video compression: MPEG-4 AV C /H.264; Audio compression: D olby Digital 2ch Photos: D C F (Design rule for C amera File system), compatible with Exif* Ver . 2.2 and with DPOF** Image compres[...]

Additional Information  167 Effective pixels (all figures are approximate values) Movies: 1,040,000 pixels (optical zoom, [Image Stabilizer] set to [Dynamic]) 1,560,000 pixels ([Image Stabilizer] set to [Off] or [Standard]) 16:9 photos: 1,560,000 pixels 4:3 photos: 1,730,000 pixels • LCD Screen: 6.7 cm (2.7 in.), wide, TFT color , approx. 112,[...]

168  Additional Information Power/Other s • Power su pply (rated) 7.4 V D C (battery pack), 8.4 V D C (compact power adapter) • Power con su mption: 2.7 W (SP mode, AF on, L C D normal brightness) • Operating temperat u re: 0 – 40 ° C • Dimen s ion s [W x H x D] (excl u ding the grip belt): 60 x 64 x 124 mm • Weight (camcorder body [...]

Additional Information  169 Abou t the mu s ic file s The s pecif ica tion s of the mu s ic file s compatibl e with t he camcor der are a s follow s . Audio e ncoding : Linear PCM Audi o samplin g: 48 k Hz, 16 bit s , 2 channel s Minimum length: 1 s eco nd File extensio n: WA V The mu s ic data i s s aved in the memory under the followi ng folde[...]

170  Additional Information Index 25p Cinem a Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 A Abr oad, u s ing the camcorder . . . . 161 A s pect r atio of a connect ed TV (TV type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Audio recording level . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Auto Bac k light Correction . . . . . . 127 Auto s low s hutter . . . . . . . . . . . . 12[...]

Additional Information  171 I Image effect s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 Image s tabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Index s cre en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3, 45 Initialization (buil t-in memory */mem ory car d) .3 6 J Joy s tic k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Joy s tic k gu ide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 [...]

172  Additional Information T Te l e p h o t o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 Time zo ne/D S T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Tr a n s fe rring reco rding s to a comput er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Tr i p o d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Tr o u b l e s [...]

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