Canon Legia HF R17 manual

PUB. DIE-0343-000A 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 5 ) 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 ( 103) C onnect the camcorde r t o the optional DW-100 DV D Burner ( 106, 108) 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 37 B a s ic Recording 37 S hooting Video 38 S electing the Video Quali ty (Recor ding Mode) 39 Zoomin g 40 Quic k S tart Function 42 B a s ic Playbac k 42 Playing Bac k the V ideo 44 S electing what Recor ding s to Play Bac k 46 S earching for S cene s 49 Pre- s electing Recor ding s fr om the Index S creen 50 [...]

Table of conte nt s  9  Photos 79 Ba s ic Recording 79 T a k ing Ph oto s 80 S electing Ph oto S ize and Quality 82 Ba s ic Pl ayb ac k 82 Viewing Photo s 83 Deleting Photo s 85 Magnifying Photo s during Play bac k 86 Additional Function s 86 S li de s how 87 Rotating Photo s 87 Hi s togram D i s play 88 Cap turing Photo s from a Movie 89 Pro[...]

10  Table of cont ents  Additional Inform ation 122 Appendix : Menu Option s Lists 122 FUNC. Menu 125 Setup Menus 135 Onscreen I cons and Di splays 139 T rou ble ? 139 T roubleshooting 145 List of Messages 155 Do’ s and Don’ts 155 Handling Precautions 159 Maintenance/Others 160 Using the Camcorder Abroad 161 General Information 161 Access[...]

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 Utilit ie s - Soft ware 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 VIDEO S NAP (video s nap s hot) b utton (5 5 ) 3 // WEB bu tton ( 116) 4 butt on ( 24 )/ // INDEX S EL. (ind ex s election) bu tton ( 44 )/ PLA YL I S T bu tto n ( 44 ) 5 DI S P. ( o n - s creen d i s play) butto n (6 4 ) 6 ACCE SS in dic at or ( 37 , 79 ) 7 S trap mo unt ( 21) [...]

16  Introduction A s Zoom l ever ( 39 ) A d PHO TO button ( 79) A f PO WER but ton A g ON/OFF (CHG) (charge) indi cator: Green – On Orange – S tandby ( 40 ) Red – Cha rging ( 1 8) A h LCD s creen ( 22) A j Joy s tic k (2 7 ) A k FUNC. butto n ( 28, 1 22) A l U S B ter minal ( 99, 102) S q HDMI OUT terminal ( 99, 100) S a COMPON ENT O UT te[...]

Introdu ction  17 S g Tr i p o d s oc k et ( 155 ) S h Memo ry card s lot (3 3 ) S j Battery com partmen t S k Battery relea s e lat ch S l Batt ery compartm ent cover/M emory card s lot cover D q Se rial num ber The s erial nu mber label i s lo cated on the ba ttery com partmen t 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 movie 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 menu[...]

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 DHC ( S D high capacity) memory c ard s and S D m emo ry ca rd s with thi s camcorder . How- ever , depending on th e memory c ard, you ma y not be able t o r ecord movie s . Refer to the table below . A s [...]

Prepa ration s  33 In s erting and Removing a Memor y Card Ma k e s ure to initial ize ( 35) all memory card s be fore u s ing them with thi s camcord er . 1 T ur n off the camcorder . Make s ur e the ON/OFF (CHG) indi cator i s of f . 2 Sl ide the memory car d slot cover away from the lens and open it. 3 Ins ert the memory card s traight, with [...]

34  Prepa rati on s // Sele cting the M emory for the Recor ding s Y ou can s elect to recor d your movie s and pho to s in the built-in mem- ory or on a mem ory card. The built-in memory i s the default memory fo r rec o rdi ng bo th . POINTS TO CHECK •B e s ure you under s tand the inf orma tion prov ided in Eye- Fi car d s ( 32) before u s [...]

Prepa ration s  35 * The appr oximate availab le recor ding time will now r eflect the combined s pace i n the b uilt-in me mory and memor y card. NOTES • An y of t he following actio n s will deactiva te the r elay rec ording function. - T ur ning off the camcor der - Opening the memory car d s lo t cov er - C hanging t he ca mcorder ’s ope[...]

36  Prepa rati on s *P r e ss to cancel the complete initializatio n while it i s in pro gre ss . All r e cordin g s will be era s ed an d the memo ry can be u s ed with ou t any pr oble m. Option s IMPORT AN T • Initial izin g th e m emor y w ill per man ently era s e all reco rding s . L o s t o rigi- nal re co rdi ng s ca nn ot be recove re[...]

Video  37 Video Thi s chapter cover s function s r elated to s hooting movie s , including rec ording, pla ybac k , advanced function s an d playli s t and s cene operatio n s . Ba s ic Recording Shooting Video 1 T ur n on the camcorder . // By def ault, movi e s are reco r ded in the bu ilt- in memor y . Alt ernat iv ely , you c an s et the mem[...]

38  Video •B e s ure to s ave your r ecording s regul ar ly ( 10 4) , e s peci ally a fter m ak - ing imp ortan t recording s . Canon s hall not b e lia ble f or a ny lo ss or cor - ruption of da ta. NOTES • About the Power Save m ode: If [Power Saving Mode] i s s et to [ On], the camco rder wi ll s hut off automatically to s ave power when [...]

Video  39 Zoomin g The camcor der of fer s optical (20x) and digital ( // : 400x, : 800x) zoom. Y ou can turn on the digital zoom with the [Digital Zoom] s etting. Move t he zoo m lever towa rd W (wid e 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 (telephoto) to zoom in. By default, the zoom lever operate s at a vari ab le s peed ?[...]

40  Video • In mode , you can al s o s et [Zo om Sp eed ] to on e of th ree con s tan t s peed s (3 i s the fa s te s t, 1 the s lowe s t). • When [Z oom Speed] i s s et to [ V ariabl e], th e zoo m s peed will be fa s ter in r ecord pau s e mo de than w hen actual ly recor ding, exce pt when pre-r ecording ( 56) i s activate d . Q u ick S t[...]

Video  41 • The camc order will s hu t off if left in s tandby mode for 10 minut e s , re g a rd l e ss of the [Power Savi ng Mode] s ettin g. Pre ss to tur n on th e camc order . •Y o u c a n s elect the le ngth of time until s hut-of f or turn off the Quick Sta rt function al together with the [Quick Start] s ett ing. • Whe n the camcor [...]

42  Video Ba s ic Playback Playing Back the Video 1P r e s s . • The or igina l movi e s index s creen will appear in m o s t ca s e s . • If a photo appear s in s ingle photo view , move the zoom lever toward W to open the photo index s creen. Switch to the ori ginal movie s index s creen ( 4 4). 2 Move ( , ) the selection frame to the scen[...]

Video  43 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 c over . -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 hang e th e ca mcorde r ’s opera[...]

44  Video Sk ipping s cen e s Open ( ) the joy s tic k guide S elect ( ) the middle row P u s h the joy s tic k () toward * to sk ip to the beginning o f the current s cen e o r to sk ip to the next s cene . *P u s h the joy s tick/pre ss the button twice to s kip to t he begi nning o f the previou s s cene. Ending s pecial play bac k mode s Dur[...]

Video  45 1 I n the index screen, move ( ) the orange selecti on frame to the tabs on the top of the screen. 2 Se lect ( ) the t ab corresponding t o the recordings you want to play back. 3 Retu rn ( ) 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 photo s ). Move the zoom le[...]

46  Video // For s cene s in the built-in memory: pr e ss For s cene s on th e memory car d: pr e ss and then s elect [Playli s t]. Pre ss . T o open the index s creen for s ce ne s convert ed into s tandar d defi nitio n ( / / only) Y ou can al s o ope n th e inde x s creen for s cene s converted into s tandar d definit ion f or W eb upload ( 1[...]

Video  47 • // Y ou can s elect the origin al mov ie s in the built- in memor y or on the memory card . •Y o u c a n p r e ss to open the index s creen for vi de o s nap s hot s cene s . 2 O pen the c alendar screen. • The ca lendar s creen appe ar s . •D a t e s t hat cont ain s cene s (that i s , movie s we re rec ord ed on th at date [...]

48  Video •T h e l i s t o f re co rdi ng s di s pla y s all date s in which rec ording s were made. An orange s elect ion frame appear s on the day . • Th e thumbnail s how s a s till im age from th e fir s t s cene r ecorde d on that day . Belo w it wil l app ear the numb er of s cene s reco rde d ( ) and t he total recordin g time for the[...]

Video  49 NOTES •Y o u c a n p r e ss t o retur n to the nor mal ind ex s cree n at any tim e. Pre- s electing Recor ding s from the Index Screen Y ou can s elect in advance a number of original movie s or photo s from the index s cr een in order t o perfor m certain a ction s on them colle c- tively , a ll at once. mode: Delete, co py* or add[...]

50  Video 4 Press twice to close the menu. To cancel all the s electio n s NOTES •T h e p r e - s electi on of s cene s /p hoto s will be canceled if you turn off the camcorder or change the op erating mode. •S c e n e s in th e playl i s t cannot be inc luded i n the pr e- s elect ion. Deletin g Scene s Y ou can delete tho s e s cene s that[...]

Video  51 Thi s s tep i s not nece ss ary to dele te all s cene s or pr evio u s ly s elect ed s cene s . 3 Dele te the scene( s). *I f y o u s elected an y option o ther th an [Thi s Scene], you can pre ss to inter- rupt the operation while it i s in pr ogre ss . S ome s cene s will be deleted neverthe- le ss . Opt ion s IMPORT AN T • B e car[...]

52  Video Advanced F u nction s Progra mmed AE and S peci al Sce ne Recor ding Pro gram s The recording program determ ine s how much control you ha ve over the camcor der’ s rec o rdi n g- rel at ed s etting s . S ele ct the [ Programmed AE] recor ding program to give you full contr ol over function s li k e t he white bal ance or image ef fe[...]

Video  53 [S p o r t s ] T o re c o rd s port s s ce ne s s uch a s tenni s or golf. [S n o w ] T o rec ord in br igh t s ki r e s ort s without the s ubject being undere xpo s ed . [ Bea ch ] T o rec ord on a s unny beach without the s ubject being undere xpo s ed . [S u n s e t ] T o re cord s un s et s in vibrant col or s . [ N i g h t S c e [...]

54  Video NOTES • [ Po rtrait]/[ Sport s ]/[ Snow ]/[ Beach ]: Th e pi cture may n ot appear s mooth during pl ayback. • [ Portrai t]: T he bl ur ef fect of th e back gro und inc rea s e s the more you zoom in ( T ). • [ Snow]/[ Beach]: The s ubj ect may becom e over expo s ed on cloud y day s or i n s haded place s . Check the imag e on t[...]

Video  55 To change the frame rate Video Snap s hot Recor d a s er ie s of s hort s cene s . Play your vi deo s nap s hot s cene s s et to your favorite mu s ic ( 69) to create your own fun mu s ic video. Y ou will be s urpri s ed how by changing the bac k gr ound mu s ic, you can give your s cene s an entir ely new feel. 1P r e s s . • A blue[...]

56  Video Pre-recording F u nction The camcorder will s tart r ecor ding 3 s econd s before you pre ss , en s uring you do not mi ss imp ort an t s hooting oppor tuni- tie s . Thi s i s e s pecially u s eful when it i s difficult to predict when to s tart reco rd in g. 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) [ Pre REC] and pr es s . • a pp[...]

Video  57 For movies: Press . The camcorder s tart s r ecording afte r a 1 0- s econ d coun tdow n. Th e countdo wn appear s on the s creen. For photos: Press , first halfway to activate the autofocus and then fu lly . The camcorder will record the photo after a 10- s econd count down. The countdo wn appear s on the s creen. NOTES • Onc e the [...]

58  Video •T h e a d j u s tm ent ra nge an d th e lengt h of th e exp o s ure ad ju s tment indicat or will var y depen ding o n the init ial brigh tne ss o f the pictu re. • I f you operate the zoom, th e brightne ss of the image may change . 3 Adjust the ( ) the brightness of the image as requir ed , then hide ( ) the joystick guide. •T[...]

Video  59 • The ce nter of the s creen will be ma gnifie d to help you focu s more ea s ily . Y ou can al s o turn off th i s fun cti on wi th th e [ Foc u s A ss i s tance] s etting. 4 A djust ( ) the fo cus as required. •I f y o u w i s h to focu s on faraway s ubjec t s s uch a s mountai n s or fir ework s , p u s h the joy s ti c k ( ) t[...]

60  Video To s elect the main s ub ject If there i s more than one p er s on in the pictur e, the camcorder will auto- maticall y s elect one per s on it determine s i s the main s ubject. The main s ubject i s indicated by a white fa ce detection frame and th e camcor der will optimize the s etting s for that per s on. Other face s will have gr[...]

Video  61 * When you s elect [ Cu s tom WB ], do not pre ss and continue in s te ad with th e fol low ing pr oc edur e. To s et the cu s tom white balance 1 Point the camcor der at a white object s o it fill s the whole s cre en and pre ss . Wh en th e ad ju s tment i s comple ted, s to p s fla s hing and s ta y s on. The camc or der r etain s t[...]

62  Video Imag e Eff ect s Y ou can u s e the image e ffe ct s to cha nge the color s aturat ion and con- tra s t to record movie s and photo s with s pecial colo r ef fect s . POINTS TO CHECK • Se lect a rec ord ing p rogr am oth er than the Spe cial Sc ene r ecor ding pro- gram s . Option s (  Default value) Digital Effect s The icon of t[...]

Video  63 Opt ion s (  Default value) Applying the Sel ected Digi tal Eff ect 1 O pen ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Se lect ( ) [ Digital Effects] and pre ss . • The icon of the s elect ed digi tal ef fect turn s green. •P r e ss again to deactivate the digita l eff ect ( it s ico n will turn whit e agai n). To fad e in/o ut Activate the s el[...]

64  Video • Fader s cannot be u s ed when r ecording vi deo s nap s ho t s cene s or when pre -rec ord ing i s activated. On-Screen Di s pl ay s and Data Code Y ou can turn mo s t on- s cr een di s play s on or off. Repeatedly press to turn the on-screen displays on/off in the following seq uence: mode: •A l l d i s pla y s on •M o s t di [...]

Video  65 A u dio Recording Level Y ou can adju s t the audio reco rdi ng level of the built-in microp hone. Y ou can di s play the a udio l evel in dicat or wh ile r ecor ding. Manual Adju stment of t he Audio Recor ding Level 1 O pen ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Se lect ( ) [ Mic. Level] and press . • The ma nual adju s tment icon will appear t[...]

66  Video NOTES • When the audi o lev el m eter reach e s the red point (0 dB mark), th e s ound may be di s torted. • If the audio level i s too high and the s ound get s di s torte d, activa te the microp hone attenuat or with the [Microphone Attenua tor] s etting. Selecting the Playback Starting P oint If you have a very long s cene, you [...]

Video  67 3 Se lect ( ) the play back starting point from the time line ruler . 4 P ress to begin the playback. To s e lect another s cene Move ( ) the orange s election frame to the lar ge thumbnail and s elect ( ) another s cene. To move bet ween timel ine rule r page s Move ( ) the orange s election frame to the s lidebar bel ow the ruler and[...]

68  Video 3 Select ( ) the playback starting point fr om the segment ruler . 4 Press to begin the playback. Y ou can s elec t an othe r s cene and move b etween s egment ruler page s in th e s am e wa y a s in the mov ie ti meline s creen ( 66). NOTES •F o r a s ingle s cene , up to 10 0 s egment s /ch ang e s in main s ubject wi ll appe ar in[...]

Video  69 Scene and Playli st Operations Playing Back Recor dings Set to Background Music Y ou can play back video snap shot scenes, sce nes in the playlist and photo slide shows set to background music (instead of the ori ginal sound) using one of the supplied tra cks. Using a S upplied M usic T rack as Ba ckground M usic The supplied Camcorder[...]

70  Video •Y o u c a n p r e ss to li s te n to th e t ra ck s electe d. Pr e ss to s top the p layback . • Se lect [Of f] to play back s cene s with their original s ound or to play back s lide s how s without any mu s ic. 4 Back in the index screen, select ( , ) the recor ding from which to start playback. 5 Press to begin the playback set[...]

Video  71 • Mac OS u sers: Use the Fin der to transf er mus ic file s from the [MUSI C] fol der on th e su ppl ied Camc or der Su pplemen tal Disc to th e m emory car d connect ed to a compu ter afte r it is init ialized. Ref er to Ab ou t the music f iles ( 168) for the folder st ructure of the memory card. • // T he Cam corder Su pple ment[...]

72  Video 4 Select ( ) the icon and pres s to divide the scene. 5 Select ( ) [Y es] and press . The video fr om the divi s io n point to th e end of the s ce ne will appear a s a new s cene in t he in dex s creen. NOTES • When ad vancing/r ever s ing fr ame s while dividing the s cene s , the in terval will be 0.5 s econ d. •I f t h e s cene[...]

Video  73 2 Se lect ( , ) the scene you want to add to the playlist, or a scene recorded on the date you want to add to the playlist. 3 A dd the scene(s) to the playlist. Opt ion s • When th e operati on i s comp let ed [Sce ne( s ) ad ded to th e p layli s t] will be d i s pl ay ed. • // Scene s are added t o the pl ayli s t on the s ame me[...]

74  Video Deleting S cenes from t he Playl ist Deleting s cene s from the pl ayli s t will not af fect your original recor ding s . 1 Open the playlist index sc reen. • // Before opening the playli s t, you can s elect the origina l movi e s in the buil t-in memory or on the memory c a rd to op en the play li s t of the r e s pective m emory .[...]

Video  75 • T o open the playli s t index s cr een from the origin al mo vie s inde x s cre en: - // Fo r s cene s in the bu ilt- in memo ry , pr e ss . For s ce ne s o n t h e m e m o r y c a r d , p re ss and the n s elect [Playl i s t]. - P r e ss . •Y o u c a n p r e ss to o pen the p layli s t index s creen for video s nap s hot s ce ne[...]

76  Video • // The ca ptu red vide o s nap s hot s cene i s s aved to the s ame mem ory that con tain s the movie. •V i d e o s na p s hot s cene s cann ot be ca ptu red from any o f the follow ing 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 ed ited u s in g the s oftware on the s upplied s oftware ImageMi[...]

Video  77 3 Co py the scene(s). *P r e ss to inter rupt the op eration w hile i t i s in progr e ss . Opt ion s C op ying the E ntire Pl aylist 1 O pen 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, an d then open th e playli s t index s cr een: - //[...]

78  Video -D o n o t d i s connect t he power s ourc e or turn of f th e camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder ’s operating mode. NOTES • If the m emory car d s lot cov er i s ope n, or the LOCK s witch on the mem- ory card i s s et t o prevent writ ing, yo u will n ot be able to copy mov ie s to the memory ca rd.[...]

Photo s  79 Photo s Refer to thi s chapter for d etail s on s hooting photo s – ta k ing photo s and play ing them bac k , captur ing pho to s from video and prin tin g photo s . Ba s ic Recording T a king Photo s 1 T ur n on the camcorder . • // By defa ult , pho to s are r ecorde d in the b uilt- in memor y . Y ou c an s et th e memory car[...]

80  Phot o s 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 not ope n the me mory car d s lot cov er . -D o n o t d i s connect t he power s ourc e or turn of f th e camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder ’s operating mod[...]

Photo s  81 NOTES • The ac tua l num be r of ph oto s that ca n be reco rded will v ary dep endi ng on the s ubject and s hoo ting cond itio n 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 ev en i f you s et the cam- cor der to mode. • Whe n printing p hoto s , u s e the following guideline s a s a refere nc e fo r [...]

82  Phot o s Ba s ic Playback Viewing Photo s 1P r e s s . • The or igina l mo vie s index s cree n will appear in mo s t ca s e s . • If a photo appear s in s ingle photo view , move the zoom lever toward W to open the photo index s creen. Pr oceed to s tep 3. 2 Open the photo index screen. • // Yo u c a n s elect the pho to s in the buil[...]

Photo s  83 Photo Jump Functi on When you hav e recor ded a lar ge number of p hoto s , you can jump 10 or 100 photo s at a time. 1 O pen ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) the icon and pres s . 3 Se lect ( ) [ Jump 10 photos] or [ Jump 100 photos]. 4 Jump ( ) the number of photos selected and press . IMPORT AN T •O b s erve th e foll ow ing[...]

84  Phot o s U s ing th e FUNC. Men u 1 In single photo view , open the photo selection screen. [ De lete] ap pear s on the s creen. 2 Select ( ) the photo you want to delete and press . 3 Select ( ) [Y es] and press to delete the photo . 4 Repeat steps 2-3 to delete additio nal photos or press tw ice to close the menu. Deleting Phot os from t h[...]

Photo s  85 Opt ion s IMPORT AN T • Be careful w hen del eting photo s . Deleted phot o s cannot be reco ver ed. •P r o t e c t e d p h o t o s can not be delet ed. Magnifying Photo s d u rin g Play back In s ingle photo view , photo s can be magnifie d up to 5 time s . will appear f o r pho to s that c annot be enl arged. 1 M ove the z oom [...]

86  Phot o s Additional F u nction s Slide s how Y ou can play a s lide s how of all the p hoto s and even s et it to mu s ic ( 69). 1 Open the photo index screen. 2 Select the background music to use when p laying back the photo slideshow ( 69) . 3 Back in the index screen, select first photo of the slideshow . 4 Start the slid eshow set to the[...]

Photo s  87 NOTES • The backgr ound mu s ic may no t be played back corr ectly when p laying back a s lide s how from a me mory ca rd with s low tra n s fer rate s . • Whe n playi ng back a s lide s how wit h mu s ic from an ex ter nal a udio play er , the s lide s how will r epeat until the mu s ic fi ni s he s . Rotating Photo s Y ou can r[...]

88  Phot o s The ar ea to the right of the hi s togram rep re s ent s highlight s and the left s ide rep re s ent s s had ow 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 pe a ks to the left, i s r elatively dar k . Capt u ring Photo s fr om a M ovie Y ou can captur e a s ing le p[...]

Photo s  89 IMPORT AN T • Whe n capturing photo s on an Eye-F i card, phot o s will be uplo aded automati cally if you are wi thin the ra nge of a confi gured network. Alw ay s verif y th at E ye-F i card s have be en app roved in the cou ntry /region o f u s e. S ee al s o U s ing an Eye -Fi card ( 121). NOTES • The data code of the photo s[...]

90  Phot o s // Y ou can s elect the phot o s in the built -in memory or on the memory card. 2 Select ( , ) the photo you want to protect. Option s IMPORT AN T • Initial izin g th e m emor y w ill per man ently era s e all reco rding s , in clud ing protected photo s . // Copying Photo s to a Memor y Card Y ou can copy ph oto s only fro m th e[...]

Photo s  91 2 O pen the pho to selectio n screen. [ Copy ( )] appear s on the s cre en. 3 Se lect ( ) the photo you want to copy and press . 4 Se lect ( ) [Y es] and press to copy the photo. 5 Rep eat steps 3-4 to copy additional photos or press twice to close th e menu. C opying Photos from the Inde x Screen 1 O pen the index screen of the phot[...]

92  Phot o s Option s 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 not ope n the me mory car d s lot cov er . -D o n o t d i s connect t he power s ourc e or turn of f th e camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder ’s oper[...]

Photo s  93 Printing Photo s Printi ng Ph oto s (Dir ect Print) The camc order can be c onnected t o any Pi ctBridge-co mpatible printer . Y ou can mar k in advance t he photo s you want to print and s et the de s ir ed number of copie s a s a print or der ( 96). Canon print ers: S ELPHY printer s of the CP , D S and E S s erie s and in k jet pr[...]

94  Phot o s - Removing all print order s NOTES • w i l l a p p e a r f o r p h o t o s th at c ann ot be prin ted . • W e recommend poweri ng the camc or der u s ing the com pac t powe r adapt er . • R efer al s o to the pri nter ’s in s truction manu al. • If you have no intent ion to u s e the optional DW-100 DVD Bur ner , you can s[...]

Photo s  95 Opt ion s [P a p e r S i z e ] * Available paper s ize s vary depending on the printer model . [P a p e r T y p e ] * Select [Photo], [Fa s t Photo], [Plain] or [Default]. [ Page Layout]* Se lect [Default], [Bordere d] or one of the follow- ing page layout s . [Borderle ss ]: The photo i s enlarge d and ma y be s ligh tly croppe d at[...]

96  Phot o s NOTES •P r i n t s etting option s and [De faul t] s etting s vary depending on the printer model. For det ail s , refe r to th e printer ’s in s truction manual . To cancel a print job 1P r e ss ([ S top ]) while printing. 2 S elect ( ) [O K ] and pre ss . Whe n you ha ve fini s hed pr inting Di s connect the U S B cab le fr om[...]

Photo s  97 POINTS TO CHECK •O n l y p h o t o s on th e memo ry card can be s et for prin t order s . Marking Sing le Photos w ith Print Order s 1 I n single ph oto view , open the p hoto selectio n screen. appea r s on th e s cre en. 2 Se lect ( ) the photo yo u want to ma rk wit h a pr int orde r . 3 P ress to set th e print o rder . The nu[...]

98  Phot o s Option s NOTES • // To s et prin t or d er s s et for ph oto s recor ded in th e built-in me mory , copy the photo s to the memory car d in advanc e. [Individual Photos ] Set print or der s for individua l photo s . [Selected Photos (1 copy each)] Set s a print order of 1 c opy of each of the photo s s el ect ed in a dvanc e (m ar[...]

External Conne ction s  99 External Connect ion s Thi s chapter explain s ho w to connect yo ur camcor der to an external d evice s uch a s a TV , VCR, or co mputer . Te r m i n a l s on the Camc order * When con necting a cable to t he camc order , make s ure to align the trian gle mark s on the cab le ’s conn ector an d on the ca mcorder ’[...]

100  Exter nal Con nection s Conne ction D iagr am s In the following connection diagram s , the l eft s ide s how s the terminal s on the camcor der and the right s ide s how s ( fo r re f ere nc e o n l y) an example of terminal s o n a connected device. C onnection T ype: Digital Q u ality: High definition O u tp u t onl y C onnect to a high-[...]

External Conne ction s  101 C onnectio n T ype: Analog Q u ality: High definition O u tp u t only C onnect to a high-d efinition TV (HDTV) with compo nent video input termina ls. C onnectio n T ype: Analog Q u ality: Standard definiti on O u tp u t only C onnect to a s tandard TV or a V C R with au dio/video i nput terminals . C hange the follow[...]

102  Exter nal Con nection s C onnection T ype: Digital data connection O u tp u t only C onnect to a compute r to save your recor dings, to the opt ional DW-100 DVD Burner to create D VD discs from them, or to a printer to print out photos . 4 USB C able (supplied)[...]

External Conne ction s  103 Playback on a TV Sc reen Connect the camcor der to a TV to enjoy your r ecordi ng s with f amil y and f rie nd s . Playbac k on a n H D T V u s ing one of the high-definition con- nection s will en s ure the be s t playbac k q uality . 1 T ur n off the camcorder and t he TV . 2 Co nnect the camco rder to the T V . Ref[...]

104  Exter nal Con nection s Saving and Sharing Y o u r Record ing s Saving Recording s on a Comp u ter Movie s a nd pho to s rec ord e d wi t h t hi s camcord er ar e s aved in the built -in memor y ( // onl y) or on the me mor y car d. Becau s e s p ace i s limi ted, ma k e s ure to s ave your reco rdi ng s on a computer on a r egular ba s i s[...]

External Conne ction s  105 U s ing th e s oftwa re 1 P ower the camcorder with the compact power adapter . 2 Se t the camcorder to mode, in single p hoto view . 3 Co nnect the camcorder to the computer using the supplied USB cable. • Connecti on . Refer to Connection Di agram s ( 102). •I f t h e d e v i c e s election s creen ap pear s , s[...]

106  Exter nal Con nection s In s uch ca s e, s elect [ Skip ] to s top the proce ss and u s e the c omput er ’s Saf el y R em o ve H ard wa re f un cti on (W in dow s ) or E ject funct ion (Mac O S) to end the connec tion t o the c amcorde r . Di s connect the U SB ca ble, s et the camc order to mode a nd re s tor e the connec tion. Saving Mo[...]

External Conne ction s  107 C onnecting to the DW-100 DVD Burn er and C reati ng a Dis c 1 T ur n on the DVD burner . Refer to Crea ting DVD s . 2 Co nnect the camco rder to the DVD bur ner using the supplied USB cable. • Connecti on . Refer to Connection Di agram s ( 102) and Connecti on s . •I f t h e d e v i c e s electi on s cre en app e[...]

108  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. •O b s erve the following pr ecaution s while the ACCESS indicator on the camc or der i s on or fla s hing. Fai ling to do s o may re s ult i n permane[...]

External Conne ction s  109 Y ou can complete the conver s ion t o s tandard definition in the cam - corde r and then u s e the s upplied s oftw are I mageMixer 3 SE to s ave the co nverted s cene s and bur n them on to DVD s in your computer . Y our computer mu s t hav e a prein s talled DVD d rive with writing capabil- itie s . In s ta llati o[...]

110  Exter nal Con nection s 1 If a me ss age a ppear s rega rding mu s ic file s , follow the in s tru ction s on the s creen. 2 Thi s s tep in not nec e ss ary for s cene s in th e playli s t. 3 The left s ide of the s creen di s pl ay s the t otal playb ack time of the s cene s to be con- verted ; the righ t s ide s how s the file s ize of th[...]

External Conne ction s  111 -A l l t h e s el ect ed s cene s in the play li s t are merged into one conv erte d s cene. Howe ver , if the conv erted s cene i s too large, it will be s plit into 2 GB- s ize d s ce ne s . - Wh en co nve rtin g only p art o f a s cen e, the m axim um le ngth of the conv erte d s cene will be 10 minute s from the s[...]

112  Exter nal Con nection s •O b s erve the following pr ecaution s while the ACCESS indicator on the camc or der i s on or fla s hing. Fai ling to do s o may re s ult i n permanent data lo ss . - Do not ope n the me mory car d s lot cov er . -D o n o t d i s connect t he USB c able. -D o n o t d i s connect t he power s ourc e or turn of f t[...]

External Conne ction s  113 NOTES • When the ca mcorder co ntai n s a large nu mber of s cene s to be s aved on di s c s , it ma y tak e a long time for the con nec tion to the DVD bu rn er to be completed. For be s t performan ce, we r ecomm end lim iting the num- ber of s cene s to be s aved to 500 or fewer s cene s . (W ith 500 s cene s , i[...]

114  Exter nal Con nection s - Do not change the camcorder ’s operating mode. NOTES • If you ar e creating a Photo DVD from photo s on th e memor y car d and the me mory c ard cont ain s s cene s conve rte d i nto s tandard definiti on for Web upload, the thumbna il s for t ho s e s cen e s will al s o be added to the Phot o DVD a s imag e f[...]

External Conne ction s  115 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. NOTES •O n l y A V C H D d i s c s created with the DW-100 DVD burner can be played back u s ing the DVD bu r ner . •T h e c a m c o r d e r ’s menu s canno [...]

116  Exter nal Con nection s In S tandar d D efinition Y ou can copy your movie s by connecting the camcor der to a VCR or a digital v ideo r ecord er with anal og audio/vid eo input s . Vi deo output w ill be in s tandard definition, although the origina l s cene s are in high defi - nition. C onnecting Connect the camcor der to the VCR u s ing[...]

External Conne ction s  117 If you are u s i ng an Eye-Fi car d, after convert ing your video r ecor ding s into s tandard definition s cene s you can upload your movie s wir ele ss ly , dir ectly fr om the camcor der . Refer to Eye-Fi’ s homepage for the late s t information on compatible W eb s ite s . // Y o u can comp le te the co nv er s [...]

118  Exter nal Con nection s •I f a m e ss ag e a ppear s reg ardi n g m u s ic file s , follo w t he in s truction s on the s creen. •T h e l e f t s ide of the s creen di s play s the total playbac k time of the s cene s to be c onverted; t he right s ide s how s the file s ize of t he s cene s afte r con ver s i on and the av ailab le s p[...]

External Conne ction s  119 NOTES • Wh en conver ting s cene s in the playl i s t or video s nap s hot i ndex s cr een: -T h e s cen e s are conve rted with the s elec ted ba ckg round mu s ic ( 69) in s tead of the orig inal s ou nd. -A l l t h e s el ect ed s cene s in the play li s t are merged into one conv erte d s cene. Howe ver , if the[...]

120  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 the co mputer , do not open th e memory card s lot cove r and do not re move th e memo ry car d. •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 [...]

External Conne ction s  121 IMPORT AN T U s ing an Eye-F i card: •T h i s pr oduc t i s not guaranteed to s upport Eye-Fi card function s (inclu d- ing w irele ss tran s fer). I n ca s e of an i ss ue wi th an Eye-F i car d, plea s e check wi th the car d manufact ure r . Al s o note that an app roval i s requi red to u s e Eye-Fi c ard s in m[...]

122  Additional Information Additional Information Thi s chapte r contain s trouble s hooting advice, s creen me s - s age s , handling and maintenance tip s , and other information. Appendix: Men u Option s Li s t s Menu item s not available appear grayed out. For detail s about how to s elect an item, refe r to Using the Menus ( 28). For de ta[...]

Addition al Informatio n  123 Setup Menus FUNC. M enu (Playba c k Mode s ) (movie playback ), (playback of video s na p s hot s cene s ): - available only in t he orig in al i nde x s creen; - available on ly in the playli s t ind ex s creen; z - avail- able in bo th; — - not availabl e in either . (photo playb ack): - available only in s ingl[...]

124  Additional Information 1 // Ava i l ab l e on l y fo r p ho t o s on the memo ry car d. 2 Available o nly for s cen e s in the built in memory . [Protect] – – – 89 [Individual Phot os], [S elected Photos] , [Rem ov e All ] –– [Pri nt Ord ers] 1 0-99 copies – – 96 [Individual Phot os], [Selecte d Photos (1 co py each)], [Rem ov[...]

Addition al Informatio n  125 Set u p Men us Camera S etup 1 ( Mode) [Frame Rate]: Select s the frame rate to be u s ed whe n recordi ng. [ PF25]: 25 frame s per s econd, p ro gre ss ive. U s ing thi s frame rate w ill give your r ecord ing s a ci nemat ic lo ok. When combined wi th the [ Cine Mode] recor d ing program ( 54), the c inematic look[...]

126  Additional Information * [ 80 0x] for t he . ** For movi e s only . [Digita l Zoom]: De term ine s the operation of the digital zoom. The col or of the indic ator indi - cate s the zoom. • When ac tivat ed, the cam- corder wi ll s witch autom atically to digital zoom when you zoom in beyond the optical zoom range. • With the digital zoo[...]

Addition al Informatio n  127 • If the degree of camcorder s hake i s too high, t he image s tabiliz er m ay not be abl e to fully c ompen s ate. T he ima ge s tabi lizer ma y n ot be a ble t o s ucce ss fu lly elimi nate all bl ur if the camcor der or the s ubje ct i s movi ng too much. • Th e image s tabil izer may not work well on s ubjec[...]

128  Additional Information [Focus Assist ance]: When t he focu s a ss i s tance i s acti vated , the ima ge at the center of the s creen i s magnif ied t o help you f ocu s manually ( 58). •U s ing the focu s a ss i s tance will not af fect the re cord ing s . It w ill be c an- celle d automa ticall y after 4 s ec ond s or when you s ta r t r[...]

Addition al Informatio n  129 [D ata Co de] : Di s pl ay s the d ate an d/or tim e when the s cene wa s r ecorde d. [ C amer a D ata ]: D i s play s the aper tur e (f- s top) and s hutter s peed u s ed when rec ording th e s cene. [USB Connection T ype]: Sel ect th e conne ction p rot ocol t o u s e when co n- nect ing th e camcor der to an exte[...]

130  Additional Information [LCD Brightness ] : Adju s t s the brightne ss of t he LCD s cr een. • Changi ng the brightne ss of the LCD s cre en doe s not affec t the bright- ne ss of y our rec ordi ng s or the bri ghtne ss of the playba ck ima ge on a TV . [LCD Screen Dimmer]: When s et to [ On], the LC D s creen i s dim med. Doing s o i s id[...]

Addition al Informatio n  131 1 Option not available when the camcorder i s connecte d to an HDTV u s ing an HDMI cable. 2 Option available only fr om th e original movie s index s creen. [Notif icati on Sounds]: A beep wil l acco mpa ny s ome operation s like turn- ing on the camcorder , the s elf-timer countd own, etc. [Pow e r Savi ng Mode ]:[...]

132  Additional Information • Depen ding on th e TV s et, ad diti ona l s etting s may be r equire d on the TV it s elf to activat e the HDMI-CEC functi on. Refer to the TV ’s in s truct ion manual. • Cor re ct oper ation of the HDMI -CEC func tion c annot b e gua ranteed even when co nnect ing the cam cord er to compa tible TV s et s . If[...]

Addition al Informatio n  133 Lang uage and Da te/T ime S etup [Date Format]: Select the date format to be u s ed for mo s t on - s creen d i s - play s , an d (if s elected ) for the date printed on photo s . [Calenda r Start D ay]: Select th e day o n whi ch the w eek s tart s for th e cal- enda r di s pl ay ( 46). Information S cr een s Menu [...]

134  Additional Information [Memor y Info]/ [Memor y Ca rd Info]: Di s play s a s creen w here you can ver- i f y h o w m u c h o f t h e b u i l t - i n m e m o r y o r t h e m e m o r y c a rd i s cur rently in u s e ( total r ecording time and total number of photo s ) and how much s pace rema in s ava ilable for recording . •E s timated f [...]

Addition al Informatio n  135 Appendix: On s creen Icon s and Di s play s Recording Movies 1 Operatin g mode ( 24) 2 Recordi ng program ( 52, 54 ) 3 White balan ce ( 60) 4 Image effect ( 62) 5 Digit al eff ect ( 62) 6 Recordin g mode ( 38) 7 Flic k er reduc tion ( 126) 8 Pre-recording ( 56) 9 Memory o peration ( 13 8) A q In s tant A F ( 1 26), [...]

136  Additional Information Recording Photos S f Zoom ( 39), Expo s ure ( 57) S g Ph oto q uality/ s ize ( 80) S h S elf t imer ( 56) S j Number of ava ilable ph oto s On the m emory card // In the built- in memo ry S k Camcorder s ha k e war ning ( 126) S l Face detect ion ( 5 9) D q AF frame ( 79) D a Focu s and expo s ure loc k (7 9 ) Playing[...]

Addition al Informatio n  137 * The ligh t meterin g mode can not be chan ged. Viewing Photos D f Hi s togra m ( 87) D g Current ph oto / T otal number of photo s D h Photo numb er ( 131) D j Prot ecte d photo mar k (8 9 ) D k Date a nd tim e of recordin g D l File s ize F q Manu al expo s ure ( 57) F a Phot o s ize ( 80) F s Apertur e value F d[...]

138  Additional Information 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 yback, Slow rev erse p layback 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 displa[...]

Addition al Informatio n  139 Trou b le? Tr o u ble s hooting If you have a pro blem with your camcor der , refer to thi s s ection. S om e- time s what you thin k i s a malfunction of the camc order may have the s imple s t of s olut ion s - plea s e read the “CHEC K THI S FIR S T” box before going on to the more detailed problem s and s ol[...]

140  Additional Information Recording Pre ss ing will not s tart record ing. - 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). Wait until the camcorder has finished. - The memory is full or it already contains the maximum nu mber of scenes (3,999 scene s). D[...]

Addition al Informatio n  141 Cannot move scenes in the playlist. - The memory is full. Delete some recordings ( 50, 83) or initialize the memory ( 35) to free some space. Cannot delete a scene . - Y ou may not b e able to delete scenes recorded or edited using another device and then trans- ferred to a memory card connected to a computer . Dele[...]

142  Additional Information Indi cat ors a nd On scree n Display s light s u p in red. - Battery pack is exhausted. Repl ace or charge the battery pack. light s u p in red. - A memor y card error occurre d. T urn off the camcorder . Remov e and reinsert the memor y card. Initialize the memory card if the display does not change back to norm al. [...]

Addition al Informatio n  143 Screen di s play s t u rn on and off repeatedly . - The battery pack is exhausted. Re place or charge the battery pack. - Remove the battery pack and reattach it correctl y . Abnormal character s appear on the s creen and the camcorder doe s not oper ate properly . - Disconnect the power sour ce and reconnect it a f[...]

144  Additional Information - The folder and file numbers have reached their maximum value. Set [Photo Number- ing] to [Reset] and insert a new memory card. Cannot u pload file s us ing an Eye-Fi card. - Files cannot be uplo aded when [Ey e-Fi C ommunication] is set to [Off] (when appears on the screen). C hange this se t ting to [Automatic]. - [...]

Addition al Informatio n  145 - 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 differ ent USB port on the computer . - The camcorder will not be recognized while all pho tos are being deleted or all print orders are being removed. The printer i[...]

146  Additional Information Back up recordings r egularly - This message may appear when you tur n on the camcorder . In the event o f a malfunction, recordings may be lost s o back up your recordings regula r ly . Buffer overflow . Recording was stopped. - The data transfer rate was too high for the memory card in use and the recording was stop[...]

Addition al Informatio n  147 Cannot play back - There is a problem w ith the memory . If this message 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 ( 104) and initialize the built-in memory us[...]

148  Additional Information Cannot reco rd movie s on thi s memor y card - Movies cannot be reco rded on a 64 MB or smaller memo ry 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 was initia lized using a computer . Initialize the me[...]

Addition al Informatio n  149 Initialize only us ing the ca mcorder - There is a problem with the file system that prevents accessing the s elected memory . Initial- ize the memory with this camcorder ( 35). LCD Screen ha s been dimmed -H o l d pressed for 2 seconds to r estore the L C D screen to i ts previous brightness set- ting. May not be p[...]

150  Additional Information - After selecting [Scene Search] [Scenes with F aces], no scenes contain people’ s faces or no scenes were reco rded using the face detection functio n. - // This message will appear when ther e are no high-definition scenes on the memory card. If you converted scene s into standard definition, you can stil l open t[...]

Addition al Informatio n  151 Thi s photo co u ld not be deleted - Protected photos ( ) cannot be deleted. Remove the protecti on ( 89). // T h i s memory card contain s s cene s . Delete all s cene s to us e re la y recording. - Save the movies on the memo ry card ( 115) and initialize the memory card ( 35). Thi s photo cannot be di s played - [...]

152  Additional Information Cannot read the di s c. Chec k the di s c. - During disc recording mode, thi s message can appear when a commercially available DVD disc (a DVD disc containing mov ies, software, et c.) or an 8 cm mini DVD disc is ins erted. Replace with a brand new dis c. - During disc playback mode, this message can appear when a co[...]

Addition al Informatio n  153 Direct Print Rela ted Messag es Data tran s fer erro r - C ancel printing, disconnec t the USB cable and turn off the printer . After a while, turn the printer back on and reconnect the USB cable. - Y ou attempted to print from a memory card that contains a large number of pho t os. Reduce the number of photos. File[...]

154  Additional Information Print head not in s talled - No print head is installed in the printer or the print head is defectiv e. Printer cover open - C lose the pri nter cover sec urely. Printer e rror - A malfunction has occurred that may require r epairs. ( C anon inkjet printers: the printer’ s green power lamp and orange error lamp flas[...]

Additional Information  155 Do’ s and Don ’ t s Handling Pre ca u tion s Camcorder Be s ure to ob s erve the following p recauti on s to en s ur e max imum pe r- forma nce. • Save your recordings p eriodically . Make s ure to tran s fer your r ecor d - ing s to an exte rna l dev ice s uc h a s a computer or digital video recor der ( 104) a[...]

156  Additional Information • When recor ding movies, try to get a calm, stable pictur e . Exce ss iv e camc or der move ment whil e s hooting and exten s iv e u s e of fa s t zoom s and pann ing can r e s ult in jittery s cene s . In extr eme ca s e s , the play back of s uch s cene s may re s ult in vi s u ally in duced mo tion s ickne ss . [...]

Additional Information  157 About the b att ery te rminal co ver The battery terminal cover ha s a [ ]- s hape d hole. Thi s i s u s eful when you wi s h to differ entiate between charged and uncharged ba ttery pack s . Memory Card • W e reco mmend backi ng u p the r ecordi ng s on the memory car d onto your com put er . Dat a m ay be c orrup [...]

158  Additional Information B u ilt-in Rec harg eable Lithi u m Batte ry The camcor der ha s a built-in rechar geable lithium batter y to k ee p t he date/time and other s etting s . The built-in lithium battery i s re cha rge d while you u s e the camcord er; however , it will di s char ge completely if you do no t u s e the camcord er for abou[...]

Additional Information  159 Maintenance/Other s Cleaning Camcor der Body •U s e a s oft, dry cl oth to clean th e camcor der body . Never u s e chem ically tr eated cl oth s or vo latile s olvent s s uch a s paint thinne r . Len s an d In s tant AF S en s or •I f t h e l e n s s urface or In s ta nt A F s en s or i s dirty , autof ocu s ma y[...]

160  Additional Information • Remo ve the mem ory ca rd and b attery pack . Then , plac e th e camc order in an airt ight pla s tic ba g and let it a dju s t gradual ly t o temp eratur e change s be fore rem ov in g it f rom th e ba g . When cond en s atio n i s detect ed The ca mcorde r autom ati cally s hut s of f. The prec i s e time r equi[...]

Additional Information  161 Genera l Inform ation Acce ss orie s Optional acce ss orie s not li s ted below ar e de s cribed in more detail in the following page s . * Supplied wi th the camcorder; no t available a s an opti onal acce ss ory . ** If nece ss ary , u s e a commercially avai lable SCA RT ada pter . (Av ailability differs from area [...]

162  Additional Information Option al Acce ss orie s Batte ry Pac ks When you need extra battery p ack s , s elec t the N B-2L H. The s upplied BP-2L 5 i s not available a s a s eparat e optio nal acce ss ory . CB-2 L WE Ba tter y Charg er U s e the ba ttery charger to c harge th e battery pack s . Charging Tim e s The cha rgin g time s given in[...]

Additional Information  163 decrea s e when r ecor ding in cold s urr ounding s , whe n u s ing the bright er s creen s etting s , etc. // Using the bu ilt-in memor y Usi ng a m emory card * Approxima te time s fo r recording wi th repeated op eration s s uch a s s tart/ s top, zoom ing, and p ower on/o ff . CBC-NB2 Car Battery Charger U s e the[...]

164  Additional Information S C-2000 S oft Ca rryin g Ca s e A handy camcorder bag with padded compar tmen t s and plenty of s pace f or acce ss orie s . HTC-100 HDMI Cable U s e thi s cable to connect the camcor der to an external device u s ing an all-digital connecti on, all owing you to enjoy play- back at the highe s t qual ity . Thi s cabl[...]

Additional Information  165 Specification s LEGRIA HF R 18 / LEGRIA HF R17 / LEGRIA HF R16 / LEGR IA H F R10 6 S y s tem • Recording Sy s tem Movies: AV C HD Video compression: MPEG-4 AV C /H.264; Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch Photos: D C F (Design rule for C amera File system), compatible with Exif* Ver . 2.2 and with DPOF** Image comp[...]

166  Additional Information 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,[...]

Additional Information  167 Power/Others • Power supply (rated) 7.4 V DC (battery pack), 8.4 V DC (compact po wer adapter) • Power consumption: 2.7 W (SP mode, AF on, LCD normal brightness) • Operating temperature: 0 – 40 °C • Dimensions [W x H x D] (excluding the grip belt): 60 x 64 x 124 mm • Weight (camcorder body only): 270 g CA[...]

168  Additional Information 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: WAV The mu s ic data i s s aved in the memory under the followi ng folder[...]

Additional Information  169 Index 25p Cin ema Mo de . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 A Abroa d, u s i ng t he camc order . . . . 1 60 A s pect ra tio of a co nnecte d TV (TV type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 29 Au di o rec o rd in g le ve l . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Auto B ac k light Correction . . . . . . 1 26 Auto s low s hut ter . . . . [...]

170  Additional Information I Image effect s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Image s tabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Index s creen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 4 4 Initialization (buil t-in me mory*/ memor y car d) . . 35 J Joy s tic k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Joy s tic k guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27[...]

Additional Information  171 T Te l e p h o t o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Time zon e/D S T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tr a n s ferring recording s to a compute r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Tr i p o d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 Tr o u b l e s [...]

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