Canon Vixia HF R500 manual

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2 Introduc tion Important Usage Instructions WA RN I N G TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOC K, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR M OISTURE. COPYRIGHT WARNING: Unauthorized recording of copyrighted materials may infringe on the rights of cop yright owners and be contrary to copyright laws. The Mains plug is used as the disconnect device[...]

3 FCC/IC NOTICE HD Camcorder , ID0019 / ID 0022 systems This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Note: This equipme[...]

4 In these safety instructions the word “appa ratus” refers to th e Canon HD Camcorder VIXIA HF R52 / VIXIA HF R50 / VIXIA HF R500 and all its acces sories. 1 Read these instructions . 2 Keep these instructions . 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all instru ctions. 5 Do not use this apparatus near water . 6 Clean only with dry cloth. 7 Do not insta[...]

5 REGIONS OF USE VIXIA HF R52 and VIXIA HF R 50 are in compliance (a s of November 2013) with the radio signal r egulations of the r egions liste d below . Fo r details on o ther regions wher e they can be used, make inquiries wit h the contacts listed at the end o f this instru ction manual. REGIONS Canada, Hong K ong S.A.R., South Kor ea, T aiwan[...]

6 Exciting F eatures and New Functions B Wi-Fi Functions ( A 117) Baby Mode ( A 60) Using Baby mode, you will not miss out on baby’ s pr ecious mom ents. T he cam corder’ s settings are optimized to captur e the beauty of baby’ s skin. Y ou can also add stamps to the video to keep track of baby’ s growth. Baby mode is for AVCHD movies only [...]

7 Smart AU T O ( A 42) Smart AUTO automat ical ly sel ects th e best scene m ode for the scen e you w ant to shoot . Y o u get s pecta cula r recordin gs every time w ithout worrying about setting s. Video S naps hot ( A 71) Cinem a-Look F ilters ( A 61) Shoot or capt ure short scenes and arrange them into a video clip set to your favorite backgr o[...]

8 Enjoying Y our Recordings on Other Devices Connect the camcorder to an HDTV ( A 101). T ransfer re cordings to your computer ( A 105). Upload your MP4 movies and photos to t he We b ( A 116). B Cop y the c amco rde r’ s entire memo ry onto an externa l hard drive ( A 110). Copy your recordings to an e xternal video recor der ( A 114). C OP Y[...]

9 B Enjoying Y our Recordings Using the Camcorder’ s Wi-Fi Functions Connect th e camcorder t o an access point on y our home network and t hen sha re your recordi ngs on CANON iMAG E GA TEWA Y ( A 128). From there, you can ma ke online albums to enjoy your recordings . Save your recordings o n an iPhone or iP ad an d play them back ( A 126). Aft[...]

10  Table of cont ents  Introduction 6 Excit ing Features and New Functions 14 About this Manual 16 Getting to Know the Ca mcorder 16 Supplied Access ories 17 Names of P arts  Preparations 20 Getting Started 20 Char ging the Batter y Pack 23 Usi ng a Me mory C ard 23 Memory Car ds Compatible for Use with the Camcorder 24 Inserting and Remo[...]

Table of conte nts  11  Basic Shooting and Playback 37 Basic Recor ding 37 Shooting Video 40 T aking Photos 41 AUTO Mode 43 Zooming 46 Basic Playback 46 Play ing Back Video 50 Viewing Photos 53 Deleting Record ings  Adva nced Shooting 56 Selecti ng the Movie Format (A VCHD/MP4) 56 Selecti ng the V ideo Quality 58 B Selecti ng the Memory (B[...]

12  Table of cont ents  Adv anced Playback and Editing 85 Capturing V ideo Snapsho t Scenes and Photos from a Movie 87 Playback w ith Backgr ound Music 89 Selecting the Playback Starting Point 91 Dividing Scen es 92 T rimming Scenes 93 C hang ing t he T hum bnail Im age o f a Scene 94 Photo Slideshow 95 B Copying Recordings to a Memory Card ?[...]

Table of conte nts  13  Additional Information 141 Appendix: Menu Options Lists 141 0 (Ho me) M enu 142 [ 3 Record ing Setup] Menu 142 [ 2 Main Functions] and [ Edit] Panels 146 [ 1 Other Settings] Menus 155 Appendix: Onscreen Icons and Displays 159 T rouble? 159 T roubleshooting 165 List of Messages 175 Do’ s a nd D on’ts 175 Handli ng P[...]

14  Introduction About this Manual Thank you for pur chasing the Cano n VIXIA HF R52 / VIXIA HF R50 / VIXIA HF R500. Please read this ma nual careful ly before you use the camcorder and r etain it for futur e reference. Should your camcorder fail to operate co rre ctly , refer to T ro ubleshooting ( A 159). Conventions Used in this Manual • IM[...]

Introdu ction  15 Faders The camcorder of fers two professional looki ng transition effects to fade-in or fade-out scenes. Operating modes: * You can pr eview the transition ef fect on the scr een. • The icon of the selected fader appears. • Repeat, selecting [ j Off], to turn off faders. • Y ou ca n also change the fader settings while re[...]

16  Introduction Getti ng to Know the Ca mcorde r Supplied Accessories The following acces sories ar e supplied with the camcor d er: * CA-110 E, including power cor d, in Asia. T rans fer Utility LE Startup Guid e: This g uide ex plai ns how to downl oad PIXELA ’ s T ransfer Utilit y LE soft ware, which al lows you t o save your A VCHD movies[...]

Introdu ction  17 Names of Parts 1 (pla ybac k mode) butto n ( A 46 ) 2 ON/OFF bu tton 3 M emory ca rd slot cover ( A 24) 4 M IC (microphone) terminal ( A 83) 5 AV O U T t e rm i n al ( A 98, 10 0)/ × (head phones) t erminal ( A 82) 6 HDM I OUT terminal ( A 98 , 99) 7 US B terminal ( A 98 , 100) 8 M emory card slot ( A 24 ) 9 ST ART/STO P butto[...]

18  Introduction A f Speaker ( A 49) A g Zoom lever ( A 43) A h ACCESS indicator ( A 37, 40) A j B Wi-Fi an tenna ( A 11 9) A k POWER/CHG (charge) indicator: Green - On Red - Ch arging ( A 20) A l Battery a ttachmen t unit ( A 20) S q Ser ial nu mber S a T ripod socket ( A 176) S s BA TTERY RE LEASE swit ch ( A 21) To p v i e w A f A g A h A j A[...]

Introdu ction  19 NOTES • About the LCD screen: The scr een is pr oduced using extr emely high-pr e- cision manuf acturing techni ques, with more than 99.99% of th e pixels operating to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may occasion- ally misfire or appe ar as black, red, blue or green do ts. This has no ef fect on the reco rd ed im[...]

20  Prepa ratio ns Prepar ations This chapte r desc ribes bas ic operat ions, s uch as using the touch panel, navigating the me nus, and first time s ettings to help you learn more about your camcor der . Getting Started Charging the Batter y Pack The camco rd er can be powered wit h a b attery p ack or dir ectly using the compa ct power adapt e[...]

Prepa rat ions  21 4 Ch arging will start wh en the camcorder is turned off. • If the camcor der w as on, the gree n POWER/C HG indi cator will go out when you turn off t he camcor der . After a mo ment, the POWER/CHG i ndica tor will turn on in red (battery pack charging). The red POWER/ CHG indicat or will go ou t when the battery p ack is f[...]

22  Prepa ratio ns • T o preve nt equip ment bre akdowns an d excessi ve heati ng, do not con- nect the supp lied com pact powe r adapter to voltage co nverte rs for overs eas tr avel s or sp ecial power sour ces such as those on air craft an d ships, DC-AC inverters, etc. NOTES • We r ecomm end charg ing the bat tery pac k in tempe ratur es[...]

Prepa rat ions  23 Using a Memor y Card Memor y Cards Compa tible for Use with the Ca mcorder Y ou can use the following types of commer cially availab le Secure Digi - tal (S D) car d s wi th thi s camcor der . W e reco mmend using m emory cards rated CLASS 4, 6 or 10*. As of November 2013, the movie r ecording function has been tested using SD[...]

24  Prepa ratio ns IMPORT AN T • If you us e an SDXC mem ory car d with a compute r OS that is not SD XC- compatible, you may be prompted to format the memory card. In such case, cancel the operation to prevent data loss . Inserting and Removing a Memory Ca rd T o use a memory car d for r ecording, turn off the camc order and insert the memory[...]

Prepa rat ions  25 To remove the memory card Push the memory car d o nce to re lease it. When the memory card springs out, pull it all the way out. IMPORT AN T • Me mory ca rds hav e front and ba ck sid es that are not inte rchang eable. Inser ting a me mory car d facing the wr ong di re ction ca n cause a mal- function of the c amcord er . Be[...]

26  Prepa ratio ns First Time Set tings Basic Setup Y ou can turn the camc order on and of f by opening and cl osing the LCD panel. The first time you t urn on the camcord er , you will b e guided b y the camcor der’ s eas y-to-follow setup screens to configur e the cam- corder’ s initial settings. For details on how to us e the touch screen[...]

Prepa rat ions  27 8T o u c h [ · ] or [ ¸ ] t o select the movie form at and then t ouch [ æ ]. • B After yo u select the movie form at, t he [ v Rec Med ia f or Movies] scre en will ap pear , where you can sel ect the memor y to which you want to reco rd m ovies. • @ Skip to step 11. 9T o u c h [ & ] (built-in memory) or [ 8 ] (memo[...]

28  Prepa ratio ns • When you do not use the camcorder f or about 3 months, the built -in recharg eable lithi um bat tery may di scha rge com plet ely a nd th e date and time setting may be lost . In such ca se, r echar ge the buil t-in lithi um battery ( A 178). The next time you turn on the camcorder , you will have to confi gure the init ia[...]

Prepa rat ions  29 Initia lizing th e Memo ry Initi alize memory car ds when y ou use them with th is camcor der for the first time. Y ou can also initialize a memory car d or the built -in memory ( B only) to permanently dele te all the r ecord ings it contains. B At the time of p urchase, the built-in memory comes pre-ini- tialized and contain[...]

30  Prepa ratio ns IMPORT AN T • Ini tializ ing the memor y will perm anent ly eras e all recordin gs. Los t origi- nal reco rding s ca nn ot be recov ered . Ma ke s ure yo u sa ve i mpo rta nt re cord ings in advance usi ng an exte rnal devic e ( A 103). • Ini tializ ing a memo ry card wil l perman ently era se an y music fil es and image s[...]

Prepa rat ions  31 Basic Operation o f the Camcorder Using the T ouch Screen The contr ol buttons and menu it ems that appear on the touc h screen change d ynamically depending on the operatin g mode and the t ask you ar e perfor ming. With the intui tive touch scr een interface you have all the controls at your fingertips. To u c h T ouch on an[...]

32  Prepa ratio ns Using the Menus Many of the camcor der’ s functions can be adjuste d from the menus in the 0 ( Home) menu. In addi tion, you will find it useful to learn how to navigate the other menus as well so that you can a ccess al l that y our camcorder has to offer . 0 (Home) Menu The 0 (H ome) menu is the gateway to m ost of the cam[...]

Prepa rat ions  33 Available Menus Menu item A Descrip tion [ 1 Other Settings] 35, 146 Opens th e [ 1 Other Settin gs] menus, which give you access to variou s camcorder setting s. [ 3 Recording Setup] (rec ording mode only) 56 - 59 In this menu you c an select the mov ie format, video qua lity , memory used for recording*, an d whether to use [...]

34  Prepa ratio ns * B only . ** The icon show n in the 0 (Home) menu indicates t he shooting m ode currently selected. Using the Menus Changing the camcor der’ s vari ous settings us ing the menus is ver y easy . Y ou make your selection simp ly by touching the button of the desir ed opti on. When th ey appear on the scr een, you can touc h [[...]

Prepa rat ions  35 Using t he [ 1 Other S ett ings ] Men us Refer t o [ 1 O ther Settings] Menus ( A 146) for available functions. Operat ing modes: * In mode, access to functions is limited. 1T o u c h [ 0 ] on the upper left of the screen to open the 0 (Home) menu. 2 Dr ag your finger left/right to b ring [ 1 Ot her Settings ] to the cen ter .[...]

36  Prepa ratio ns NOTES • Y ou can touch [ X ] to cl ose the menu at an y time. • Menu i tems not avai lable appe ar gra yed o ut. • For brevity’ s sake, references to settings in the 0 (Home) menu will includ e only the ic on of the menu, the tab of the desi re d submenu (fo r sett ings in the [ 1 Other Settings] m enu) and the setti n[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  37 Basic Shooting and Playback This chapt er covers how to r ecord video and photos, ho w to use the convenient mode and other basic functions. T o enjoy ful l access to menus and more adv anced fu nctions, r efer to Advanced Sho oting ( A 56) and Advanced Playback and Editing ( A 85). Basic Recording Shooting Vi[...]

38  Basic Sh ooting and Play back 2 Slide the lens cover switch d own. 3P r e s s Y to begin recor ding. • Press Y again to stop r ecordi ng. • The AC CESS in dicator wil l flas h fr om time t o time whil e the scene is bei ng reco rde d. Recording standby: While recording: When yo u have finished reco rding 1 Make sur e that the ACCESS i nd[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  39 - Do not open the mem ory card slot cover . - Do not disc onnect the p ower sour ce or turn off the ca mcor d er . - Do not change the camc order’ s operating mode. • B e su re to sav e yo ur rec ord ing s reg ula rly ( A 103), espe cially after making importan t recordings. Canon shall no t be liable for [...]

40  Basic Sh ooting and Play back T a king P hotos Y ou can easil y take pho tos with the camcor d er . Y ou can even tak e pho- tos simultaneously while recor ding a movie. Operating modes: 1 Open the LCD panel to turn on the camcorder . • Y ou can also press [ . • B By def ault, photos ar e r ecorded in the buil t-in memory . Y ou can s el[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  41 3 Slide the lens cover switch up. IMPORT AN T • The inform atio n in th e IMPO RT AN T sect ion ( A 38) and NOTES section ( A 39) on the previous pages a lso apply to photos. NOTES • Photos ar e r ecor ded as J PG files. For detai ls about the appr oximate number of phot os that can be rec orded on a memo [...]

42  Basic Sh ooting and Play back Smart A UTO In mode, the camc ord er will automati cally dete ct certa in char ac- teristic s of the subject , backgro und, lighting co nditions, etc . It will then adjust various s ettings (focus, exposur e , c olor , image s tabilization, image qualit y , among others), selecting t he best settings for the sce[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  43 Intellig ent IS Intel ligent IS a llows the camcor der to select t he best image stabiliza- tion option based on your shooting metho d. During and mode, the Intelligent IS icon will change to one of the following icons. In other shooting modes, you can set the image stab ilization manually ( A 148). * Y ou can[...]

44  Basic Sh ooting and Play back Usin g the Zo om Lev er Move th e zoom leve r toward T (wide angle ) to zoom out. Mov e it toward S (t eleph oto) t o zoom in . Usin g the Tou ch Scre en’s Zoo m Cont rols 1 Display the zoom c ontrols o n the touch s cr een. • The zoom controls appear on the left side of the scree n. 2 T ouch the zoom contr [...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  45 • When 1 > p > [ Z o o m S pe e d ] i s s e t t o [ Y V ariable], the zoom speed will be faster in reco rding st andby mode than when actu ally r ecor d ing , except wh en pr e-r e cor ding ( A 144) is a ctivated. •W i t h t h e 1 > p > [Zoom Position at Startup] se tting, you can tell the camc[...]

46  Basic Sh ooting and Play back Basic Play back Playing Back Video Operating modes: 1P r e s s ] . • Y ou can pres s ] re peatedly to switch back and forth be tween reco rd ing mode a nd playb ack mode . • Y ou can press ] when the camcorder is off to turn it on dir ectly in playback mode. •T h e [ y ] index screen , which contains all t[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  47 @ 3 T o uch the desired scene to p lay it back. • The camcor der will play b ack the sce ne selec ted and conti nue unti l the end of th e las t scene in the index scr een. • T ouch the sc reen to dis play the play bac k cont r ols . During play back, the playb ack c ontrol s will disap pear autom ati call[...]

48  Basic Sh ooting and Play back During p layback: ! Jump to the beg innin g of th e scene . Doub le- tap to jump to the pr evious s cene. " Pause th e playback. # Jump to the be ginning of th e next scene. $ Fast playback* backward/forward. % Disp la y the vo lum e ( A 49) a nd background music mix bal anc e ( A 87) controls. & Stop t[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  49 During playback p ause: Adjus ting the volume 1 During playback, touch the scr een to display the playbac k controls . 2T o u c h [ Ý ], touch [ Ø ] or [ Ù ] to adjust the vo lume, and touch [ K ]. Displaying scene infor mation for MP4 mo vies On the scene i nformation scr een you can check v arious details[...]

50  Basic Sh ooting and Play back - Do not discon nect the pow er sour ce or turn of f the camcor der . - Do not change the c amcorder’ s operating mode. • Y ou may not be ab le to play b ack wi th this camc ord er movi es r ecor de d on a memory card using another device. NOTES • Y ou ca n play ba ck vid eo snapsh ot sce nes recorded in A[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  51 2 O pen the [ ] index screen. 3 B If necessary , change the memory from which to play back. 4 L ook for the photo you want to play back. 5 T ouch the photo you wish to view . • The photo is displayed in sin gle photo view . • Drag your finger left/right to browse through the photos one by one. 0 > [ Pho[...]

52  Basic Sh ooting and Play back During single p hoto view: IMPORT AN T • Observe the following precautions while the ACCESS indicator is on or flashing. Fa iling to do so may r esult in permanent data loss. - Do no t ope n the me mory car d slot cov er . - Do not discon nect the pow er sour ce or turn of f the camcor der . - Do not change th[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  53 Delet ing Record ings Y ou can delete those scen es and photos that you are not inter ested in keeping. Deleti ng unnecessary reco rd ings allows you also to free up space on the memo ry . Deleting Recor dings from the Index Screen Operat ing modes: 1 Open the desir ed in dex sc reen ( A 46, 50). T o dele te a[...]

54  Basic Sh ooting and Play back Option s * Th e last four di gits of the fo lder name i ndicate the d ate the folde r was created. Deletin g a Single Scene Operating modes: 1 Play back the desired scene ( A 46). 2 T ouch the screen and then touch [ Ý ] to pause the playback. 3 Delete the scene. Deletin g a Single Photo Operating modes: 1 In s[...]

Basi c Shooti ng and P layb ack  55 IMPORT AN T • B e ca refu l wh en d elet in g rec ordin gs . Onc e de le ted , reco rdi ngs can not be rec ov ere d. • Save copies of impor tant r ecordi ngs be for e de leti ng th em ( A 10 5). • Obse rve the fo llowing precaution s while the ACCESS in dicator is on or flashi ng (whil e rec or dings ar [...]

56  Advanced Shootin g Advanced Shooting This chapter covers adv anced shooting functions , such as Spe- cial Scene modes an d Bab y mode. For detail s about basic video shoo ting, refer to B asic Shooting and Playba ck ( A 37). Selecting the Movie For mat (AVCHD/MP4) Y ou can choos e to r ecord movies in AVCHD or MP4 f o rmat. A VCHD movies a r[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  57 * Y ou can view inform ation on the vi deo quality with the following procedure. To v iew in form ation on the vide o qual ity 1T o u c h [ I ]. A scr een with the r esolut ion, bit rate a nd frame rate wi ll ap pear . 2T o u c h [ K ]. NOTES • For detai ls about ap pr oximat e video r ecor ding times, r efer to the Refe[...]

58  Advanced Shootin g B Sele cting the Memory ( Built-in Memory /Memory Card) for Recordings Y ou can select to r ecord your movie s and photos in the built-in mem- ory or on a memory car d. The default memo ry for rec ord ing both is the built -in memor y . Operating modes: B Dual Recording and Relay Recording When you r ecord , you can use du[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  59 NOTES • When you use r elay r ecor ding, ther e wi ll be a momentary stop i n the scene at t he p oint w her e the camc ord er swi tches fr om on e memo ry t o anoth er . • Dua l recordin g is n ot av ailable in t he fo llowing cases . - When the video quality is set to 60P or 35 Mbps. - Wh en th e shoo ting mo de is s[...]

60  Advanced Shootin g Option s (  Default value) Baby Mode With the op timi zed se ttin gs in mode, bab y’ s s kin w ill ap pear w ith vibr ant c larit y . I n ad dition , yo u can add a s tamp to t he v ideo t o s how how much time has passed since baby was born. Operating modes: * E ven if the vide o format was set t o MP4, when yo u cha[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  61 • D uri ng m od e, du al re cord ing a nd re cord ing in 6 0P a re n ot ava il- able. • In mode, most a dvanced settings wi ll not be avai lable but you can use the followi ng functions. - Zoom ( A 43). - Dec oration ( A 65), incl uding cut e stamps, animat ed stamps and imag e mix fr ames esp ecia lly de sign ed for r[...]

62  Advanced Shootin g Option s (  Default value) The camcorder of f ers 7 cinema- look filters. Sele ct the desi red filter whil e preview ing t he effec t on the screen. NOTES • When the shooting mode is set to , the foll owing functions ar e not avai lable . - T aking photos. -D e c o r a t i o n . - D ual rec ordi ng. - Recording in 60P[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  63 Opt ions (  Default value) [ H Po rt ra i t]  The c amcor der uses a large apertur e, to achie ve a sharp focu s on th e sub- ject wh ile blu rrin g the backg ro und. [ I Sports] T o record spor ts scen es such as tennis or golf. [ J Night Scene] T o rec ord ni ght sc ape s wi th lower noi se. [ K Snow] T o record in[...]

64  Advanced Shootin g NOTES •[ H Portrait]/[ I Sports]/[ K Snow]/[ L Beach]: The pi ctur e may not appear smoot h during playba ck. •[ H Port rait]: The blur ef fect of th e back gro und inc rea ses the mor e you zoom in ( S ). •[ K Snow ]/[ L Beach ]: Th e su bject may b ecome over exposed on cloudy days or in sha ded plac es. Check th e[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  65 Decoration: Adding a Personal T ouch Add a new level of enjoyment to your scenes by d ecorating them. Y ou can add animated grap hics, stamps and even your o wn fr eehand drawing eas ily just by simply using your fingertip. Y ou can also add decorati o ns when you convert m ovies to MP4 ( A 103). Decorati ng Scenes whil e [...]

66  Advanced Shootin g ! Canvas - T he ar ea wher e you wi ll draw and see yo ur decora tions in act ion. " T oolbar . # [ Ó Pens and Stamps] Se lect the type of pen or stamp and it s colo r . $ [ × Animated Stamps] Sel ect animate d stamps to add to your decoration. % [ & Date/ Time] or [ 9 ] (in mode ) Add the date a nd/or time as a[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  67 4T o u c h [ O K ] . The main decor ation screen will a ppear again . 5 Draw freely on the canv as with y our fingertip . • T o clear your fr eehand drawi ngs and stam ps: T ouch [ Ó ] > [Clear] > [Y es] > [OK] . • T o save your fr eehand drawings and stamps: T ouch [ Ó ] > [ & Save] 1 or [ 8 Save] 1 [...]

68  Advanced Shootin g To use [Date/T ime] 1T o u c h [ & ]. The [Dat e/Time] scr een will appe ar . 2 T ouch [ Date] or [Time ]. T o remo ve a selec ted st amp, to uch it ag ain. 3T o u c h [ O K ] . The se lect ed stamp (s) wi ll app ear . 4 Y ou can touch any s tamp a nd drag it to the de sir ed locat ion. To use stamps fro m the [ 9 ] m [...]

Advanced Sh ooting  69 5T o u c h [ O K ] . • Th e sele cted s tamp (s) will appear . 6 Y ou can touch any stamp and d rag it to the desi red location. NOTES • For the age stamp, days will be displayed for 6 days after birth, weeks will b e displayed fr om 1 week up to, but not incl uding, 1 month; months will be di splayed f ro m 1 month up[...]

70  Advanced Shootin g • Y ou can sele ct fr om 26 im age mix f rames ( or 20 esp eciall y desi gned imag e frame s, in mode ). • B Only when r ecording on or playing back sc enes from a memory card: Y ou can touch one of the memory icons at the bottom of the sc ree n to r ead imag e mix fram es saved on a d if f er ent memory . 3 T ouch [OK[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  71 Decorati ng Scenes during Pla yback Y ou can decor ate sce nes while p laying them b ack. Deco rations added during p layback a re no t r ecor ded with the scene . Y ou can also load and appl y a canvas with pr eviousl y saved decor ations. Operat ing modes: 1 F rom th e in de x s c ree n ( A 46) , play back the scene you [...]

72  Advanced Shootin g 2P r e s s Y . The cam cord er r ecor ds for a few seco nds (the bl ue frame serves as a visual progr ess bar) and then automati cally r etur ns to rec ordin g standby mode. NOTES • Y ou can ch ange the l ength of the video snapshot sc ene with the 1 > p > [Vid eo Snap shot Le ngt h] sett ing. • Any of the follow[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  73 2 P oint the camcorder at a perso n. If there is mo re than one person in the pict ure, the camc order will automat i cal ly s elect one perso n it deter mines is t he ma in s ubject . The main subject is indi cated b y a white face detecti on fr ame a nd th e camcorder will optimize the settings for that p erson. Other fa[...]

74  Advanced Shootin g - Su bjects lack ing s ufficient c ontr ast. - Fast m oving subjec ts. - When shooting indoors with insufficient lighti ng. Faders The camco rd er of fers t wo pr ofess ional l ooking trans ition ef fects to fade-in or fa de-out scenes. Operating modes: * Y ou can preview th e transition effect on the screen. • The i con[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  75 Adjusting the Exposure The camc ord er deter mines t he opti mal ex posur e of a scen e based on the aver age br ightness o f the w hole pictur e. When you want to r ecor d a sub ject t hat is mu ch br igh ter or darke r than its sur roundi ngs, the automa tic expo sure obt ained by the camcor der may not be best for that [...]

76  Advanced Shootin g • Du ring exp osure lo ck, y and the expos ure compens ation valu e will appe ar on the scr een. T ouc h AE 2 T ouch a su bject that appears inside the y frame. • The T ouch AE mar k ( I ) wil l flash and the exposure will be optim ized automatic ally for the subject you sel ected. •T o u c h [ n ] to re turn the cam[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  77 POINTS TO CH ECK • Adjust the zoom befor e you start t he procedur e. Manu al Foc us 1 O pen the manual focus screen. 2T o u c h [ D ]. T ouch [ D ] again to r eturn the ca mcord er to autof ocus. 3 T ouch and hold [ F ] or [ E ] to adjust the focus. • Th e foc using d istan ce disp layed will c hange as y ou adju st t[...]

78  Advanced Shootin g 3T o u c h [ X ] to lock the focus at the selected distance. During m anual focus, [ D ] wil l appe ar o n the scre en. NOTES • When you use [ E ] and [ F ] to adjust the fo cus m anually , yo u can to uch inside t he frame to automati cally f ocus on tha t spot. White Ba lan ce The white balance functi on helps you to a[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  79 NOTES • When you select the custo m white balance: -S e t [ 2 ] > [Zoom T ype] to [ Optical]. - Reset the white balance when you change l ocatio ns or the li ghting or other condit ions change . - Dependi ng on the l ight source, Å may keep fl ashing . The result wi ll still be better than with [ Ã Automatic]. • C[...]

80  Advanced Shootin g NOTES • When the video quali ty is set to [60P Recordi ng] (60P or 35 Mbps), the frame rate is automatical ly set to 60P and cannot be changed. Te l e M a c r o Using tele ma cro, t he camcor der can focus at a short er distanc e (up to 50 cm (1.6 ft.) fr om the subject at full telephoto) , allowing you to get closer sho[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  81 NOTES • Any of t he foll owing action s will deactivate the tele macr o function. - T ur ning of f the camcorder . - Pressing ] . - Setting the shooting mode to mode, mod e or the [ P Fir eworks] Special Scene mode in mode. - Zooming out toward T (wide angl e). • T ele ma cro cannot be turned on/of f while r ecor ding.[...]

82  Advanced Shootin g Using Headphones Use headphones for playback or to check the audi o level while r ecord- ing. The he adphones are connected t o the A V OUT/ × terminal, which is used for bo th the headphones and the audio/ video out put. Before connecting the headp hones, follo w the proced ure below to chan ge the function of the termin[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  83 To adjust t he volume d uring playb ack In mode, and in mode during slides how playback , adjust the head phones volume the same way you ad just the speaker’ s vol- ume ( A 49, 94). IMPORT AN T • When using headphones, ma ke sur e to lower the vol ume to an a ppro- priate le vel. NOTES • Use commer cially av ailable [...]

84  Advanced Shootin g Using Commer cially Av ailable Micropho nes Y ou can also use commerciall y available co ndenser micr ophones with their own power sup ply . Y ou can connect al most any ster eo micr o- phone with a ∅ 3.5 mm plug but aud io reco rd ing levels may vary . Connect the external microphone to the MI C termina l. NOTES • Whe[...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  85 Advanced Playback and Editing In th is ch apte r , y ou can lear n how to use functions related to playback and editing , such as capt uring vide o snapshot scenes and phot os fr om your movies an d playi ng back yo ur movi es with backgr ound music. Capturing Video Snapshot Scenes and P hotos from a Movie [...]

86  Advanced Playback and Editing • A vi deo sn apsho t scene ca n be ca ptured on ly duri ng play back ; it can- not be ca ptured during playbac k pause mo de. • Video sn apshot scenes canno t be c aptur ed f rom scenes shorter than 1s e c o n d . • When the sour c e scene is itself a video snapshot scene, you may n ot be able to capture [...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  87 Playback with Background Music Canon of fers for downl oad 3 music tracks that can be used as back- gro und music w hen playing back y our movies or a s lideshow of y our photos. Y ou can also mix th e origin al audi o and the backgr ound music and adjust the mix balance to your pr eference. Operat ing mode[...]

88  Advanced Playback and Editing 4T o u c h [ X ] and then touch a scene to start the playback with the selected background music. To adjust the bac kground music b alance during playba ck 1 Duri ng playback , touch the scr een to di splay the playba ck controls. 2T o u c h [ Ý ], touch [ y ] or [ Û ] to adjust the background music balance a [...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  89 Selecting the Playback Starti ng Point If you have a ver y long scene, you ma y want to s tart play ing back th e scene fr om a certain po int. Y ou can us e the mo vie ti meline (A VCHD scenes only) to break the scene to segments at fixe d time intervals ranging fr om 6 seconds to 6 minutes. Operat ing mod[...]

90  Advanced Playback and Editing To change the int erval between frame s ! T ouch t wice to r eturn to th e inde x scr een. " Previ ous/ne xt scene . # Drag your finger left alo ng the ruler to displa y the next 5 fra mes. $ Scene’ s vide o quality and length. % Reco rd ing d ate and t ime. & Drag your fi nger right along the ruler t[...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  91 Dividing Scenes Y ou can divide A VCHD scenes in o rde r to lea v e ou t the best par ts a nd later cut out the r est. Operat ing modes: 1 P lay back the desired scene ( A 46) . 2 T ouch the screen and then touch [ Ý ] to pause the playback. 3 O pen the sc r een for divid ing scenes. 4 Br ing the scene to [...]

92  Advanced Playback and Editing T r immin g Scenes Y ou can trim MP4 scenes by r emoving everything up to a certain point or everything after a certai n point. By doing so, you leave onl y memo- rable moments to k eep for posteri ty . Operating modes: 1 Play back the desired scene ( A 46). 2 T ouch the screen and then touch [ Ý ] to pause the[...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  93 Changing the Thumbnail Image of a Scene For scenes r ecor ded in mode, you can change the thumbnail image that w ill appear in the baby al bum ([ 9 ] index screen). Operat ing modes: 1O p e n t h e [ 9 ] ind ex scr een ( A 46). 2 P lay back the desired scene. 3 W hen the image y ou want to u se as the thumb[...]

94  Advanced Playback and Editing Phot o Slid esho w Y ou can play a slideshow of all the photos and even set it to musi c. Operating modes: 1 Open the [ ] index scr een ( A 50). 2 Select the music track. 3 T ouch the p hoto that will op en the slideshow to display it in single photo view. 4 T ouch the screen to display the playback controls, th[...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  95 B Copying Recordings to a Memor y Card Y ou can copy your reco rd ings from the built-in memory to a memory card. POINTS TO CH ECK • Insert the memory car d to w hich you want to copy the r ecor dings into the memor y ca rd slo t and make sur e i t h as su ffi cien t a vail able space. Copying Record ings[...]

96  Advanced Playback and Editing Option s * Th e last four di gits of the fo lder name i ndicate the d ate the folde r was created. Copying a Si ngle Photo Operating modes: 1 In single photo view , select the photo you wan t to copy . 2 T ouch the s creen to display the playback controls. 3 Copy the p hoto. 4 Drag your finger left/right to sele[...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  97 NOTES • In the fol lowing cases, you wi ll not be abl e to copy r ecor d ings to the memory card: - If the me mory ca rd slot cover is open. - If the LOCK swit ch on t he me mory car d is set t o pr event writ ing. - If the fil e numberi ng is at maximum ( A 153). - If the r e is no memory card in the mem[...]

98  Exter nal Con nections Extern al Connections This chapter expla ins how to connect your camcor der to an external devi ce such as a TV , VCR, or comp uter . B Y ou can also use the camcorder’ s convenient Wi-Fi functions ( A 117). T er minals on the Camcorde r Open th e LCD panel t o access the t erminals on the camcord er . 1 AV O U T / ?[...]

External Conne ctions  99 Connection D iagrams In the following connect ion diagra ms, the left side sho ws the termin als on the camcor der and the right side sh ows (for refe rence only) an example of te rminals on a connected device. Connection ! HDMI T ype: Digital Quality: High definition Output only Connect to a hi gh-definition TV (HDTV) [...]

100  Exter nal Con nections Connection " Composite Video T ype: Analog Quality: Standard definition Output only Connect to a standar d TV or a VCR with audi o/video input termi nals. Change t he following settings on the camcorde r: - 1 > t > [TV T ype] ac cordin g to the TV set ( widescr een or 4:3), if t he TV cannot aut omatically [...]

External Conne ctions  101 NOTES • Po wer th e camc order u sing the c ompac t pow er ad apter and o nly t hen conn ect it to th e compu ter usin g the sup plied US B cable in the follo w- ing cas es. - T o writ e back scen es recorde d with this camco rder th at were previo usly sa ved o n a compu ter . Fo r detai ls, re fer to t he ‘T ra n[...]

102  Exter nal Con nections NOTES • We r ecomm end power ing the camcor der using the comp act power adapt er . • Connect ion " : When you play back your 16:9 movies on st andard TV sets with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the TV set will switch automatically to wide- scr een mode if it is co mpati ble w ith t he Vid eo ID -1 syst em. Otherw ise, [...]

External Conne ctions  103 Saving and Sharing Y our Recordings B C o nverting Movies to MP4 Form at Y ou can convert A VCHD mo vies into MP4 movies or even convert MP4 movies into smal ler MP4 movies. Th is is convenient, for example, when you want to upload the MP4 movies to the W eb. The movi e you want t o conver t must be in the b uilt-in me[...]

104  Exter nal Con nections 6T o u c h [ O K ] . NOTES • When you conver t movies, the vide o quality yo u can choos e for the resul ting MP4 movie will depend on the video quality of the original movie. Based on the fol lowing options, movies i n the built-in memory will be converte d and then co pied to the me mory car d. AVCHD m ovies MP4 m[...]

External Conne ctions  105 Saving Recordings on a Computer Recor dings made with thi s camcord er ar e saved in the bui lt-in memor y ( B only) or on a memory card. Bec ause space is limited, make sur e to save your recor dings on a computer on a regular basis. This section ex plains how to save yo ur rec ordings on a computer using a USB connec[...]

106  Exter nal Con nections Connecting the Camcorder to a Com puter Operating modes: 1 Power the camcorder using th e compact power ad apter . If the ca mcorder is con nect ed to the com puter while it is p owered on ly by the battery pack, previously saved video files cannot be transferred back to the camcord er and musi c files ca nnot be tran[...]

External Conne ctions  107 Installation Make sur e to install the softwar e even if you have a di fferent ve rsion of ImageBro wser EX on your computer . The auto-update function of the softwar e may make availab le to you featur es optim ized for this cam- corde r . The ‘ImageBr o wser EX Us er Guide’ will also be installed with the soft- w[...]

108  Exter nal Con nections First-tim e connection to a computer running Win dows The first time you connect the camcor der to the computer , you also need to select the CameraWindow auto-launch setting. Connecting the Camcorder to a Com puter Operating modes: 1 Power the camcorder using th e compact power ad apter . 2O p e n t h e [ y ] index s[...]

External Conne ctions  109 IMPORT AN T • When the camcorder is connected to a comp uter: - Do not open the memor y car d slot co ver an d do no t r emove the memory ca rd. - Do not access, change or delete any of the camcorder’ s folders or files di rectly from the compu ter as t his may resu lt in perma nent data loss. When sav ing recordin[...]

110  Exter nal Con nections B Memor y Save: Saving an Entire Memory onto an Exte rnal Har d Dri ve Y ou can eas ily save a ll the mov ies and p hotos you r ecorded ont o a commer cially available external ha rd drive c onnected di rectly to t he camcor der . Y ou can also use the camcorder to play back your r ecord - ings directly fr om the hard[...]

External Conne ctions  111 Before discon necting the extern al hard drive Befor e turning off or physi cally disconnecti ng the external hard driv e, be sure t o safely end the connectio n to the camcor der to avoid da m- age to your files. Fr om the [External Hard Drive ] screen: IMPORT AN T • Make sur e you powe r the camcor der with the com[...]

112  Exter nal Con nections Playing Back Previously Saved Record ings from th e External Hard D rive 1 Power the camcorder using th e compact power ad apter . 2P r e s s ] to set t he camcorder to playback mode. 3 Connect the c amcor der to t he external hard drive. • If t he US B ca ble su pplie d wit h the exte rn al ha r d dr ive has a stan[...]

External Conne ctions  113 IMPORT AN T • B e ca refu l wh en d elet in g rec ordin gs . Onc e de le ted , reco rdi ngs can not be rec ov ere d. • Observe the fo llowi ng pr ecau tions w hile th e externa l har d d rive’ s access indicator is on or flashing. - Do not disconnect the USB cable. - Do not disconnect the ca mcord er or the exter[...]

114  Exter nal Con nections IMPORT AN T • Initializing the exter nal hard drive will permanently erase all the data on the hard drive (including your record ings, previous data not saved with the camcorder , and partitioned drives). Make sur e to copy in advance important data to a computer or other device. Copying Recordings to an External Vi[...]

External Conne ctions  115 In Stand ard Defini tion Y ou can cop y your movi es by connec ting the ca mcor der to a VCR or a digital video recor d er with analog audio/video inputs. Video output will be in standard definition, although th e original sce nes are in high de fi- nition. Operat ing modes: Connecting Connect the camcorder to the VCR [...]

116  Exter nal Con nections NOTES • U se an exte rnal Bl u-Ray Disc recorder compl iant with A VC HD ver . 2.0 specifications to copy onto Blu-Ray discs movies record ed in 60P or MXP m ode. Uploading MP4 Movies and Photos to the Web Wit h ImageBr owser EX , you can also upload your MP4 movies to Y ou- T ube and photos to Fa cebook fr om your [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  117 Wi-Fi Functions This chapter contains information about how to operate the Wi-Fi functions of your camcorder , including the Wi-Fi network setup neede d to add your camcor der to an existing Wi-Fi networ k. The C amcor der’ s Wi- Fi Fu ncti ons Y ou can use the camcord er’ s Wi-Fi functions to connect wir elessly to Wi-[...]

118  Wi-Fi Fu nctions • Use a W eb brow ser to a ccess the c amcor der a nd play bac k re cord ings on your Android device. Y ou can also save a local copy on your Android device ( A 125). Computers and Oth er Wi-Fi Devices • On comput ers with a Wi-Fi r ecei ver , use a Web brow ser to acce ss the cam corder an d play b ack recordi ngs on t[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  119 IMPORT AN T • Using an unprot ected Wi-Fi net work can expo se your fil es and data to monitori ng by una uthorized thir d parti es. Be awa re of the risks involve d. NOTES • When using the camcor der’ s Wi-Fi f unc- tion s, do not cover the back po rtion of the camcor der with your ha nd or ot her obje ct. The Wi-Fi [...]

120  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Using an iOS or Android Device as a Rem ote Control Using the CameraAcc ess plus app*, you can v iew the image str eamed from the camco rd er on yo ur iOS/Andr oid d evice ev en when the cam- cord er is so mewher e else. Y ou can use your iOS/Andr oid device as a rem ote contr ol to start r ecording on the camcor d er and, [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  121 2 iO S/Android devic e: In the Wi-Fi settings screen, turn on Wi-Fi and select t he network name that appears on t he camcorder’ s screen (step 1). If n ecessary , enter the password that app ears on the camcorder’ s screen. • The camcorder’ s network name (SSID ) should appear in the list of network s/acces s point[...]

122  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Preparing the Camcorder 1 Activate the [Monitor while Out] functio n. • The first time you activate the function, you will need to set a password and the port to be used by this function (steps 2-4). If you have al re ady co mplet ed the setting s f or the M onitor w hile Out function, skip to step 5. 2 T ouch [OK] to ope[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  123 Connecting the iOS /Android Device If t he iOS/Andr oid device i s connect ed to the same Wi-Fi network as the cam corder , Camer aAccess plus will r ecogni ze the cam cor der's ID and r egister it automat ically . Otherwise, you c an enter the camcord er's ID manually . As long as you do not r eset the camcor d e[...]

124  Wi-Fi Fu nctions NOTES • For details about the CameraAccess plus app, visit P IXELA ’ s Web site. http:/ /pixel a.jp/ cecap • This function is not avail able in the fol lowing cases. - When the video quality is 60P . - When dual recor ding or re lay r ecor d ing is activ ated. • Depending on the conne ction and the stre ngth o f the[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  125 Remote Browse: Viewing Recordings Using a Web Browser on an iOS or Android Device With the Remote Browse function, you can use the W eb browser on any dev ice equip ped wit h a Wi -Fi r eceiver (iOS/Andr oid devices, com- puters , etc.) to access t he camcor der . Y ou can then play back your recordin gs usin g the W eb bro[...]

126  Wi-Fi Fu nctions • The URL is alway s the sam e so yo u ma y find it c onve nient to bookmark the URL. 5 iOS/Android device: Select the desired r eco rding fr o m the index screen and play it back. • T ouch th e but ton on t he top left of the scr e en t o chang e the index screen displayed. T ouch · (A VCHD movies), ¸ (MP4 movies) or[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  127 Operat ing modes: POINTS TO CH ECK • Befor e you perfo rm thi s pr oced ure for t he first ti me, instal l th e Movi e Upload er app on your iOS device . The a p p can b e downl oaded f or fr ee from the fol lowing Web site. http:// appstore .com/movie uploader 1 Camco r der: From any i ndex screen, set the camcor der to [...]

128  Wi-Fi Fu nctions NOTES • D ependin g on fact ors su ch as the wireless n etwork cond itions, it can take some time to upload video file s. • The procedur e above may differ depending on the ve rsion of iO S you ar e using . • For details about the Movie Uploader app, vi sit PIXELA ’ s Web site. http:// www .pixela.co.j p/oem/canon/ [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  129 General requir ements •C o m p u t e r w i t h ImageBrowser EX and CameraWindow correctl y installed. For details on instal ling the software, refer to Saving MP 4 Mov- ies and Ph otos (W indows/Mac OS) ( A 106). • Completed free r egistration on line for CANON iMAGE GA TEWA Y . • Account settings for the services you[...]

130  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 6 Computer: Exit Ca meraWindow and then end th e connection between the camco r der and comp uter . NOTES • Avai lable Web s ervi ces d iff er dep ending o n the c ount ry/r egion o f use and may b e updated from time t o time. For the lat est detai ls about avail- able services an d terms of use, visit your local C ANON [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  131 • When the wirel ess connectio n is successful ly establishe d, the [T o We b Service ] scr een will appe ar on the ca mcor d er ’ s scr een. 2 S elect the des ir ed Web service. When you se lect (e-mai l), the list o f r egist er ed e-mai l ad dr esses will appe ar . Select the e- mail add resses to w hich yo u want to[...]

132  Wi-Fi Fu nctions • E-m ail address es must co nsist of s ingle-b yte char acter s. Only e-ma il addr esses with 16 or few er charac ters befor e the @ mark can be set in the camcor der . Wire less Playb ack on a Co mputer Using the Media Serv er functi on, you can wir elessly v iew your movies and photos on your co mputer o r simi lar dev[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  133 2 Camco rder: When the wireless connection is successfully established , [Connected] will appear on the camcorder’ s screen. Y ou can touch [View In formation] to view the acce ss point’ s SSID, connection protoc ol, and the camcor der’ s IP addr ess and MAC addr ess. Fr om the informat ion screen, you can also to uch[...]

134  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 2 T ouc h the desir ed setup method. Depending on the setup m ethod chosen, the procedur e will be different. Read the descriptions below and continue w ith the procedure described in the relevant page. Option s * W PS, which stand s for W i-Fi Protected S etup, is a stand ard that makes c onnect- ing to a wireless r outer [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  135 Wi- Fi Pro tected Set up ( WP S) If y our access p oint i s WPS-compat ible (b ears the logo shown on the right) , connecting the cam- cord er to it c an be very easy . If you ca nnot s uc- cessfully connect t he camcor der using WPS, try using the [Sear ch for Acce ss Points] method. Refer als o to t he access point’ s ([...]

136  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Searching for Access Po ints After you touch [Sear ch for Access Points], the camcor der will take a few second s to det ect acc ess points availabl e in the vicinity and will display the first one. Make a no te in advance of the network name (SSID) and passwor d (encryption key) of the access point you want to use. (This w[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  137 2 I n the [Authen tication/Encryption Method] field, touch [OP EN NONE] and then touch the desired metho d. If you selected [OPEN WEP], the WEP index is 1. 3 I n the [Encryption Key ] field, enter the encryption key (password). T ouch [OK] and then touch [ Next]. If you selecte d [OPEN NONE] in step 2, this step is not nece[...]

138  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Viewing and Changing Wi-Fi Sett ings Y ou can r eview and change, if necessar y , the s ettings used for the var- ious Wi-Fi connections and for the Monitor while Out functi on. Operating modes: 1 Open the [Check Current Configuration] screen. To view the co nnect ion sett ings for i OS/Andr oid devic es 2 T ouch [Smartphon[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  139 •T o u c h [ Í ] an d [ Î ] to view m ore info rmat ion. • T o delete the access p oint conne ction displayed, touch [Edit] > [Delet e] > [Y es]. • T o manual ly chang e t he sett ings o f the a c cess point conn ection displayed, touch [Edit] > [Manua l Setup] and then perfor m the pr ocedur e in Manual Se[...]

140  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Gloss ary This is a glossary of s ome of the basic terms used frequently in this chapter . The documentat ion for y our access point may als o contain a glossary you can refer to. Access Point A wireless access po int (WAP) is a device that allows wireless devices , like your camc ord er , to connect to a wired net work (in[...]

Addition al Informatio n  141 Addition al In forma tion This chapter contai ns troubles hooting advice, s creen mes- sages, handling and maintenance tips, and other information. Appendix: Menu Optio ns Lists The functions that are av ailable depend on the camcor der’ s operating mode. On the camcorde r’ s screen, me nu items no t avail able [...]

142  Additional Information [ 3 Recording Setup] Menu * Th e icon shown ( or ) depend s on the cu rrent selection for [Recording Medi a]. [ 2 Main Funct ions] and [Edit] Panels [ 2 Ma in Functio ns] Panel - Rec ording Mod es Menu item Setting options A [Movie Format] [ · AVCHD], [ ¸ MP4] 56 [Video Quality ] When [Movie Format] is set to [ · A[...]

Addition al Informatio n  143 [Zoom T ype]: The camcorder of fers thr ee types of zoom. [ Optical]: For optical zoom, the camcorder uses the optical magnifi- cation ratio of the lens. [ Advanced ]: With a dvanced z o om t he ma ximum magnif ica tion r atio is 57x. At full wide angl e, the angl e of view with advanced zoom is wider than the ang l[...]

144  Additional Information [ z Pre REC]: When this fu nction is activat e d, the camcor der automatically starts r ecording 3 se conds before you pr ess Y so you do not miss important shooting opp ortuni ties. • When the shooting mode is set to , [ z Pre REC] will aut omati call y be set to [ ON] and pre -recording cannot be de activated. •[...]

Addition al Informatio n  145 [Edit ] Pane l - Mode [Edit ] Pane l - Mode Contr ol butto n Ind ex scree n Playback pause A B Fr om the built -in memory: [Copy ( & ` 8 )] <da te/folder nam e> , [Selec t], [All Scenes ] –9 5 B From the b uilt-in memory: [Convert to MP4 ( & ` 8 )] [Select] – 103 [Delet e] <da te/folder nam e>[...]

146  Additional Information [ 1 Other Settings] Menus p Camera Setup (recor ding mode only) [Self Timer] : Y ou can have the cam corder start r ecording af ter a 10-sec - ond countdown. After setting [Self T imer] to [ i On < ], press Y to sta rt th e count down and record vid eo or touch [ PHOT O] to start the count down and take a p hoto. ?[...]

Addition al Informatio n  147 [Zoom Speed]: Determines th e zoom speed of the zoom lever . [ Y V ariable]: The zo om leve r oper ates at a vari able sp eed. Pres s gent ly for a slow zoom; pr e ss harder for faster zooms. [ ] Speed 1] to [ Z Speed 3] : The zoom l ever op erates at a con stant speed. Speed 1 is the slowest and spee d 3 the fa ste[...]

148  Additional Information [Flicker Re duction]: If the scre en sta rts to flick er wh en r ecor ding movies under f luor escent lights, ch ange th e setti ng to r educe the effect. • This function is available onl y when the shooti ng mode is set to or . [Image Stab ilizer]: The image stab ilizer reduces camcorder blur (blur due to the c amc[...]

Addition al Informatio n  149 t Display Setu p [Ons cre en Mark ers] : Wh ile recordin g, you can display a grid or a hor izon- tal li ne at the cent er of the scr een. Use the marker s as a r efer ence to make sur e your sub ject is framed corr ectly (vertica lly and/ or horizon tall y). • Usi ng th e onscreen marker s will n ot affect th e r[...]

150  Additional Information • When the compac t power ad apter is co nnected , [LCD Back light] will automa ticall y change to [ H Brig ht]. [LCD Mirror Im age]: When this sett ing is set to [ i On], this function re verses the im age on the scr een horizontal ly when you r otate the LCD panel 180 degrees towar d the subj ect. In othe r words,[...]

Addition al Informatio n  151 q System Setup Menu item Settin g optio ns A [Language H ] [ ], [Dansk], [Deuts ch], [ ], [E nglish] , [Espa ñol], [Français], [Itali ano], [Magy ar], [Mela yu], [Nederlands], [ Norsk], [P olski], [Português] , [ ], [Suomi], [Svenska], [Türkçe], [ ], [ ], [ ] , [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] 26 [Time Zone/DST] [ [...]

152  Additional Information * Op tion availabl e only afte r connecting an exter nal hard drive t o the camco rder . [Available Space in Mem ory]/[Us ed Space in M emory] : In rec ord ing mod e, [Ava ila ble Space in Me mory] displ ays an info rmati on scr een wher e you can check the avail able spa ce on the memor y , approxi mate r emaini ng r[...]

Addition al Informatio n  153 [Notification Sound s]: A bee p will acco mpa ny some o peratio ns like tu rn- ing on t he camcor der , the self-timer countd own, etc. •S e t t o [ j Off] to turn off notific ation sounds. • W hil e pre -rec ordi ng ( A 144) is activated, the c amcorder will not emit some notification sounds. [Custom Control B [...]

154  Additional Information • The fi le nu mber and fo lder name also indic ate t he lo cat ion of the f ile o n the memory card. A recor ding with the fil e number “101-0107”, made on 3 November will be found in the fo lder DCIM101_1103. If it is a n MP4 movie, its file name will be MVI_0107.MP4; if it is a photo, its file name will be I[...]

Addition al Informatio n  155 Appendix: Onscr een Ico ns and Displa ys Recording Movies and modes (with the zoom control displayed) 1 Control butto n [PHOTO]: T ake a ph oto ( A 40, 86 ) 2 Smar t AUTO * ( A 42) 3 Zoom c ontrols ( A 44) 4 T ota l number of scene s / T otal recording time 5 Memo ry ope ration ( A 15 8) 6 Intelligent IS ( A 43) 7 R[...]

156  Additional Information Recording Movies and modes mode SCN A a Co ntrol button [ 0 ]: Open the 0 (Ho me) menu ( A 32 ) A s Shooting m ode ( A 59 ) A d E xposure ( A 75) A f F ocus ( A 76) A g F ace detect ion ( A 72 ) A h W hite balance ( A 78 ) A j A udio level indicator ( A 1 44) A k While r ecordin g/during playback: Scene c ounter (h ou[...]

Addition al Informatio n  157 Playing Mo vies (during playback) D s Playback co ntrol buttons ( A 48) D d Scene playbac k time D f Scene numb er D g Date/Time ( A 149 ) D h V olu me and back ground music balance controls ( A 4 9, 88) D j Dec oration ( A 65) D k Co ntrol button [ ¦ ]: Capture a video snap shot scen e ( A 85) Viewing Photos D l C[...]

158  Additional Information 5 Memor y op er atio n Ü Record, Ñ Recordin g standb y , Ð Playba ck, Ý Playba ck pause, × Fast playb ack, Ø Fast reverse playback, Õ Slow pl aybac k, Ö Slow rever se p layb ack , Ó Frame advance, Ô Fr ame reve rse. 7 Remaining battery charge • The icon shows a rough estimate of the remai ning charge as a [...]

Addition al Informatio n  159 Tro ub le? T roubleshooti ng If you have a problem with your camcor der , refer to this section. Some- times what you think is a malfunction of the camcor der may have the simples t of solutions - please r ead the “CHECK THIS FIR ST” box before going on to the more detailed problems and solutions. Consult your d[...]

160  Additional Information A noise can be heard from the compact power adapter . - A faint sound can be heard while the compact power adapter is connected to a power outlet. This is not a malfunction. The battery pack is exhausted extremely quic kly even at normal temperatures. - The batter y may have reached the end of its battery life. Buy a [...]

Addition al Informatio n  161 Playbac k Deleting scenes takes longer than usual. - When the memory contains a large number of scenes, some operations may tak e longer than usual. Save your recordings ( A 105) and initializ e the memory ( A 29). Cannot capture a video snapshot scene from a movie . - Y ou c annot capture vide o snapsh ot scenes fr[...]

162  Additional Information Even after stopping recording, the ACCESS indicator does not go off. - The scene is being recorded in the memory . This is not a malfunction. The red ON/OFF (CHG) indicator flashes rapidly ( one flash at 0.5-second intervals). - The temperature of the batter y pack is ou tside its operating range (approximately 0 – [...]

Addition al Informatio n  163 - If the supplied HTC-100/S High Speed HDMI Cable or optional STV- 250N Stereo Video Cable is connected to the camcorder , disconnect it. - The AV OUT/ × terminal is set to headphone output. Set 1 > q > [AV/Headphones] to [AV] . There is no sound from the headphones. - B Audio wil l not be output from the A V[...]

164  Additional Information There is no image on the TV screen and ther e is no sound. - B Video and audio will not be o utput from the camcorder while Wi -Fi functions are in use. The computer does not recognize the camcor der even though the camcorder is connected correctly . - Disconnect the USB cable and turn off the camcorder . After a shor[...]

Addition al Informatio n  165 The wireless connec tion was interrupted while transferring files. - Incomplete files may remain at the transfer de stination. If incompl ete files remain at the transfer destination, check the c ontent and make sure they are safe to delete before del eting them. - Select [New Files] and perform the file tr ansfer a[...]

166  Additional Information Cannot communicate with the battery pack. Continue using this batter y pack? - Y ou a ttached a battery pack that is not recommended by Canon for use with this camcorder . - If you are using a battery pack recommended by Canon for use with this camco rder , there may be a problem with the camcor der or ba ttery pack. [...]

Addition al Informatio n  167 Cannot play the movies on this memory card - Movies cannot be pla yed back from a 64 MB or smaller memory card. Use a recommended memory card ( A 23). Cannot play the movies on this memory card Initialize only using the camcorder - The memory card in the camcorder was initia lized using a c omputer . Initialize the [...]

168  Additional Information Check the memory card - Cannot access the memory card. Check the memory card and make sur e it is inserted cor- rectly. - A memory card error occurred. The camcor der cannot record or display the image. T ry remov- ing and reinserting the memory card, or use a different memory card. - Y ou inserted a MultiMedia Card ([...]

Addition al Informatio n  169 May not be possible to recor d movies on this memory card - Y ou may not be able to record movies on a memory card without a Speed Class rating or rated CLASS 2. Replace the memory card with one rated CLASS 4, 6 or 10. Mem. Card Number of scenes already at maximum - The memory card already contains the max imum numb[...]

170  Additional Information Recording was stopped due to insufficient write speed of the memory card - The data transfer rate was too high for the memory card in use and the record ing was stopped. Replace the memory card with one rated CLASS 4, 6 or 10 (CLASS 6 or 10 when recording movies with a vide o quality of 60P or 35 Mbps). - After repeat[...]

Addition al Informatio n  171 B List of Messages for Connecting to an External Hard Drive B List of Messages for Wi-Fi Functions Refer also to the instruction manual of your wireless ro uter and other devices you will use. T oo many photos and MP4 movies. Disconnect the USB cable . - Disconnect the USB cabl e. T ry using a memor y card reader or[...]

172  Additional Information Mem ory ca rd cover is op en - The memory card cover was opened while the memo ry card was being accessed. Stop the Wi-Fi function in use and end the Wi-Fi c onnection. Multiple access points detected. T ry the operation again. - There are multiple access points sending out a WPS signal at the same time. T r y the ope[...]

Addition al Informatio n  173 Un able to obt ain an IP ad dres s - If you are not using a DHCP server , connect usi ng the [Manual Setup] option and enter the IP address usin g the [Manual] option ( A 136). - T urn on the DHCP server . If it is already on, make sure it is functioning properly . - Make sure the address range for the D HCP server [...]

174  Additional Information List of Messages for Web Services Wireless communication is not working correctly - Cordless phones, mic rowave ovens, refriger ator s and other appliances may interfere with the wireless si gnal. T ry using the camcorder in a location farther away from such applianc es. - T urn off the camc order and ac cess point. A[...]

Additional Information  175 Do’s an d Don ’ts Hand lin g Prec au tions Cam cord er Be sur e to observe the follow ing pr ecautions to ensur e maximum per- forma nce. • Save y our recordings period ically . Make sur e to tra nsfer your r ecord- ings to an e xternal device such as a c omput er or digita l vi deo r ecor der ( A 103) and save [...]

176  Additional Information • Do not poin t the camco rder towar d an intens e light s ource , such as the sun on a sunny day or an intense arti fic ial ligh t sour ce. Doi ng so may damage the i mage sensor or t he camco r der’ s internal c omponen ts. • Do not use or st or e the camco rder in dusty or sandy place s. The ca m- cor der i s[...]

Additional Information  177 Batter y Pack • Dirty termin als may cause a poor contact betwee n the batte ry pack and the camcor der . W ipe the ter minal s with a so ft cl oth. Long-ter m storage • Stor e batte ry pac ks in a d ry pl ace at t emperat ures no hig her tha n 30 ° C (86 ° F). • T o extend the batt ery lif e of the battery pa[...]

178  Additional Information • Do not leave memory cards in places subject to hi gh humidity and high temper atur e. • Do not disassemble, be nd, drop, or subject memory c ards to shocks and do not expose them to water . • Check th e dire ctio n befo re in serti ng the memo ry car d. Forcing a mem- ory card i nto the slot if it is not corre[...]

Additional Information  179 Maintenance/Other s Cleaning Camcor der Body • Use a soft , dry cloth t o clea n the c amcorde r bod y . N ever use ch emical ly treate d cloth s or v olatile so lvents such as paint thinne r . Lens • If the lens surfac e is dirty , autof ocus may not work prop erly . • Remove any dust or di rt partic les us ing[...]

180  Additional Information • Re move the mem ory ca rd and batt ery pa ck. Th en, plac e the ca mcorder in an air tight pl astic bag and let it ad just g raduall y to temp eratur e change s befo re re moving it from the ba g. When cond ensation is detect ed The precise t ime requ ired for water droplet s to ev aporat e w ill vary depe ndin g [...]

Additional Information  181 Genera l Inform ation Optional Ac cessorie s The followi ng optional acces sories ar e compatibl e w ith this camcor der but the ir avail ability may dif fer fro m ar ea to ar ea. Select acces sories are described in mor e detail in the following pages. * Th is accessory is u sed in a functi on available only on the B[...]

182  Additional Information Call or v isit your local r etailer /dealer for genuine Canon video acce sso- ries. Y ou can also obtain genuine accessories for your Canon ca m- corder b y calling: 1-800-828-4040, Ca non U.S.A. Information Center . Battery Packs When you need e xtra battery packs , select one of the following models: BP-718 or BP-72[...]

Additional Information  183 UA-100 USB Ad apter B Allows you to c onnect to the camco rder an exte rnal hard dr ive or simi- lar st orage devi ce wit h a s tanda rd-A cabl e. After doin g so, you can save an entire mem ory on to the dev ice. C heck in advan ce the US B cable sup plied w ith your exte rn al ha rd dri ve. SC-2000 Soft C arrying Ca[...]

184  Additional Information Specifications VIXIA HF R52 / VIXIA HF R50 / VIX IA HF R500  — V alues given are app r oximate figures. System • Recording System Movies: A VCHD* Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: Dolby Digital 2ch MP4 Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (2ch) Photos: DCF (Design rule for Camera File system), compatible [...]

Additional Information  185 MP4 movies: 35 Mbps : 1 hr . 24 Mbps : 1 hr . 25 min. 17 Mbps : 2 hr . 5 min. 4 Mbps : 8 hr . 40 min. • Image Sensor 1/4.85-in. CMOS, 3,280,000 pixels  Effective pixels: 2,070,000 pixels  (1920 x 1080) When advanced zoom is on: 1920 x 1080 (wide angle), 1280 x 720 (full telephoto) • LCD T ouch Screen: 3 in.,[...]

186  Additional Information • USB T erminal: mini-AB, Hi-Speed USB • HDMI OUT T erminal: HDMI Mini Connector; output onl y • MIC T erminal ∅ 3.5 mm stereo minijack –64 dBV (with 600 Ω microphone) / 5 k Ω or more Wi-Fi ( B only) • Standard Complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g/n protocol; Wi-Fi Protected Setup (connection methods: WPS bu[...]

Additional Information  187 BP-718 Battery Pack • Battery type Rechargeable lithium ion battery • Rated voltage: 3.6 V DC • Operating temperature  : 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F) • Battery capacity: 1,840 mAh (typical); 6.5 Wh / 1,790 mAh (minimum) • Dimensions  : 30.3 x 24.9 x 40.1 mm (1.2 x 0.98 x 1.6 in.) • Weight  : 42 g[...]

188  Additional Information Reference T ables Approximate recording times  Default value For A VCHD movies: For MP4 movies: * B The buil t-in memory co ntains music files and i mage files (image mix frames ), so the actua l recording time may be shorter tha n the listed values. ** A si ngle scene can be recorded continu ously for 12 h ours; a[...]

Additional Information  189 Approximate numb er of photos that can be recorded on a 1 GB memory card The actual number of photos that ca n be recor ded will vary depending on the sub ject and sho oting conditio ns. * P hotos recorded when the video format is set to MP4 and the video qu ality is set to 4 Mbps. Appr oximate chargi ng ti mes The ch[...]

190  Additional Information B Recording AVCHD mo vies using the built-in mem ory Recording AVCHD movies using a memory card * A pproximate times f or recording with repeated operations such as start/st op, zoom ing, and powe r on/ of f. Battery pac k Video quality Recording (maximum) Recor ding (typical)* Playback BP-718 60P 100 min. 55 min. 160[...]

Additional Information  191 B Recording MP4 mo vies using the built-in memor y Rec ord ing MP4 movies using a me mory card * A pproximate times fo r recording with repe ated operat ions such as star t/stop, zoom ing, and p ower on/o ff . Battery pack Video quality Recording (maximum) Recording (typical)* Playback BP-718 35 Mbps 100 min. 55 min. [...]

192  Additional Information Dow nloadin g Mus ic Fil es and Image File s (Ima ge Mix F rames) Canon of fers for download music fil es for us e as ba ckgr ound music and image f iles (image mix f rames) for the image mix functio n. Access the following W eb site, click on your country/region and follow the onscr een instructions t o download the [...]

Additional Information  193 • T o use the image mix funct ion while r ecording on a memory card, copy the i mage fil es fr om your co mpute r to the fol lowi ng folder s on t he mem- ory card, depending on the shooting mode you wi sh to use. Image mix fram es that can be used only in mode: CANONPRIV A TEMY_PICTBABY Image mix f rames that c[...]

194  Additional Information Index 60P recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 A Abroad, using the camco rder . . . . 180 Aspect r atio of a c onnected TV (TV type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Audio recording level . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 Audio scene select . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 AUTO m ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Au[...]

Additional Information  195 L LCD screen brigh tness . . . . . . . . 1 49 LCD touc h screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Low light (S pecial Scene m ode) . . . 63 M Main F unctions p anel . . . . . . . . . 14 2 Mainte nance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 9 Marke rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9 Memo ry card . . . . . . . . . . [...]

196  Additional Information T urning of f no tif ication sound s . . . 15 3 U Uploading recordings to the Web . . . . . . . . . . 1 16, 126 , 128 USB terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 100 V Video quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Video snapsh ot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 Vo l u m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

197 CANON CONSUMER DIGIT AL VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIMITED WA RRANTY FOR THE UNITED ST A T ES The limited warranty set forth below is given by Canon U .S.A., Inc. (“Canon USA”) with respect to Canon Consumer Digital Video Equi pment (the “Equipment”) pu rchased in the United States. This limited warranty is onl y effective upon presentation of yo [...]

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199 CANON CONSUMER DIGIT AL VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIMITED WA RRANTY The limited warranty set forth below is given by C anon Canada Inc. (“Ca non Canada”) with respec t to Canon Consum er Digital Video Equipme nt (the “Equipment”) purchased in C anada. This limited warranty is only effective upon presenta tion of a bill of sal e or other proof o f[...]

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