Canon HF M50 manual

PUB. DIE-0416-000 B HD Camcorder Instruction Manual - , C OP Y[...]

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 , VIXIA HF M52 / VIXIA H F M50 / VIXIA HF M500 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 o[...]

4 In these safety instructions the word “appa ratus” refers to th e Canon HD Camcorder VIXIA HF M52 / VIXIA HF M50 / VIXIA HF M500 and all its a ccessories. 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 T rademark Acknowledg ements • SD, SDHC and SDXC Logos are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC. • Micros oft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporat ion in the United States and/or other countries . • App Store, iPhone, iT unes, Mac OS and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countr[...]

6 Exciting F eatures and New Functions - / , Wi-Fi Functi ons ( A 163) Audio S cene S elect ( A 114) Enjo y the fr eedom of Wi-F i func tions by mak ing yo ur camc order an active part of your Wi-Fi home networ k or by conve niently ac cessing Wi -Fi hotspots to upload your videos wherever yo u may be. • Y ou can save your re cor dings wirelessly[...]

7 Smart AU T O ( A 47) Smart AUTO automat ical ly se lects the bes t scene m ode for the scen e you w ant to shoot . Y o u get spec tacula r recordi ngs every time w ithout worrying about setting s . Video S naps hot ( A 71) Face Detection ( A 100) Shoot or capt ure short scenes and arrange them into a video clip set to your favorite backgr ound mu[...]

8 Enjoying Y our Recordings on Other Devices MPEG-2 AVCHD MP4 Eye-Fi Connect the camcorder to an HDTV ( A 142) Use an Eye-F i card ( A 160) to wirelessly upload reco rdings to your computer or a video sharing W eb site . Upload MP4 movies to your computer ( A 148). Save yo ur r ecord ing s. Y ou can also c r eate di scs from your recordings.* Stand[...]

9 - / , Enjoying Y our Recordings Using the Camcorder's Wi-Fi Functions LAN cable Play video wir elessly dir ectly from the memory on AV CHD- and DLNA-compatible H DTVs and other devices c onnected t o the n etwork ( A 178). Join a Wi-F i network b y first connecting to an access point ( A 165). T ransfer your recor dings wirele ssly from the [...]

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 and CD-ROMs 18 Names of P arts  Preparations 21 Getting Started 21 Char ging the Batter y Pack 24 Prep aring the Accessories 26 Adjusting the LCD Screen 27 Ba sic Operation of the Camco[...]

Table of conte nts  11  AUTO Mode 45 Basic Recor ding 45 Shooting Video and T aking Photos in AUTO Mode 47 About the Smart AUTO function 49 Intelligent IS 50 Zooming 52 Quick Start  V ideo 54 Basic Playback 54 Play ing Back Video 58 3D Flip View 59 The [I ndex Selection] Scr een: Selecting the Co ntent to Play Ba ck 60 Deleti ng Scenes an [...]

12  Table of cont ents 102 T ouch & T rack 103 Faders 104 Manually Setting the Shutter Speed or Aperture 106 Manual Exposure Adjustment 107 Automatic Gain Control (AGC) Limit 108 Manual Focus Adjustment 109 T ele Macro 110 White Balance 112 Image Effect s 113 Self Timer 114 Audio Scenes and Other Audio Settings 118 Audio Recording Level 120 [...]

Table of conte nts  13 156 - / , Uploading A VCHD Movies to the W eb 162 Uploading MP4 Movi es and Photos to the W eb  - / , Wi-Fi Functions 163 Introduction to Wi-Fi 165 Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network 170 T ran sfer ring F ile s to a Co mpu ter o r F TP serv er 174 Uploading Recordings to Y ouT ube and Facebook 175 Uploading Videos Using a n [...]

14  Introduction About this Manual Thank you for pur chasing the Cano n VIXIA HF M52 / V IXIA HF M50 / VIXIA HF M500. Ple ase rea d this manual ca refully b efore you use the camcorder and r etain it for futur e reference . Should your camcorder fail to operate co rre ctly , r efer to T ro ubleshooting ( A 203). Conventions Used in this Manual ?[...]

Introdu ction  15 Self Timer Operating modes: * For movi es only . 1P r e s s . 2 Activate the self timer . • < will appe ar on the screen. • Repeat, s electing [ j Off], to turn off the self timer . Movies: In recor d pause mode, press Y . The camcorder starts r ecording after a 10-second countdown. The countdow n appears o n the screen.[...]

16  Introduction Getti ng to Know the Ca mcorde r Supplied Accessories and CD-ROMs The following acces sories ar e supplied with the camcor d er: * CA-110E including power cord, in Asia. ** - / , only . X CA-110 Compact Power Adapter* BP-718 Battery Pack W X IFC-300PCU/S USB Cable HTC-100/S HDMI Cable W X Qui ck Gu ide X Wi-Fi Basic Setup G uide[...]

Introdu ction  17 The following C D-ROMs and software are supplied with the camcorder: • PIXELA CD-ROM - - / , Y ou can use VideoBr owser for managi ng, editing, and playi ng ba ck A VCHD movie s, and Network Utility when tra nsferri ng reco rdin gs wire les sly to a c om put er . - . Use T ransfer Utility for saving and transferring A VCHD mo[...]

18  Introduction Names of Parts 1 VIDEO SNAP (video snapshot) b utton ( A 71) 2 HOME (hom e) button ( A 28) 3 U (camera/p lay) butto n ( A 33) 4 BA TTERY RE LEASE switc h ( A 22) 5 USB terminal ( A 138, 140, 151, 155 ) 6 HDMI OUT terminal ( A 138, 139) 7 AV O U T t e rm i n a l ( A 13 8, 140)/ × (headpho nes) terminal ( A 1 20) 8 MIC terminal ([...]

Introdu ction  19 A j Speake r ( A 56) A k Zoom lever ( A 50) A l Mini adva nced shoe ( A 12 2) S q ACCESS (a ccess) indicator ( A 45) S a POWE R butto n S s ON/OF F (CHG) (charge) indicato r: Green – On Orange – Standb y ( A 52) Red – Charging ( A 21) S d LCD t ouch s cr ee n ( A 26, 27) S d To p v i e w A k A j S q S a S s A l LCD panel [...]

20  Introduction S f DC IN terminal ( A 21) S g Battery a ttachmen t unit ( A 21) S h Ser ial nu mber S j T ripod socket ( A 22 3) S f S g S hS j Botto m vie w Back view C OP Y[...]

Prepa rations  21 Prepar ations This chapt er descr ibes bas ic opera tions, s uch as usi ng the touch panel, navigating the me nus, and firs t time settings to help you learn more a bout your camcorder . Getting Started Charging the Batter y Pack The camc ord er can b e power ed wit h a bat tery p ack or d irect ly usi ng the comp act power ad [...]

22  Prepa rati ons 4 Charg ing will start when the camcorder is turned off. • If the camco rder was o n, the green ON/OFF (CHG) indic ator will go out when you turn of f the camcorder . After a moment, the ON/ OFF (CHG) indicator will turn on i n r ed (battery pack charging). The r ed ON/OFF (CHG) indic ator will go out when th e batter y pack[...]

Prepa rations  23 • T o pr event equipme nt br eakdowns a nd exc essive heatin g, do no t c on- nect the suppli ed comp act pow er adap ter to volt age c onverter s for overs eas trav els or sp ecial p ower s ources such as tho se on aircr aft and ships, DC-AC inve rters, etc. NOTES • We r ecommend cha rging the battery p ack i n temperatur [...]

24  Prepa rati ons Prep arin g the A ccesso ries Grip Belt a nd S trap s Fast en the grip b elt. A d j u s t t h e g r i p b e l t s o t h a t y o u c a n reach t he zo om leve r with your index f inger , a nd the Y button wit h your th umb. Y ou ca n attach th e supplied stylus pen to the grip b elt. To remove th e grip be lt 1 Lift the pad ded[...]

Prepa rations  25 To attach an optional wris t strap Attach th e wrist s trap to the rear bracket on the camcord er , adjust the length and fasten. Y ou can als o attach t he wrist strap to the strap mount on the grip belt to use both for extra convenience and pr otection. To attach an optional s houlder strap Pass the ends of the shoulder strap[...]

26  Prepa rati ons Adjusting the LCD Scre en Rotati ng th e LCD Panel Open the LCD panel 90 d egrees. • Y ou can r otate the panel 90 degr ees downward. • Y ou can r otate the panel 180 degr e es toward the l ens. Rotating the LCD panel 180 degrees can be useful to allow the camcorder t o include yourse lf in the pictur e when r ecor ding wi[...]

Prepa rations  27 Basic Operation o f the Camcorder Using the T ouch Screen The contr o l buttons and menu i tems that appear on the t ouch screen change d ynamically depending on the operatin g mode and the t ask you ar e perfor ming. With th e intui tive touch s cre en interface you have all the contro ls at your fingertips. Y ou can also use [...]

28  Prepa rati ons Using the Menus Many of the camcor der's funct ions can be adjusted fr om the [ Main Functions] panel and [ Other Settings] menus in the HOME menu. For details about the available menu options and settings, refer to the appendix Menu Options Lists ( A 182). HOME Menu Operating modes: The HOME menu is the gateway to most o[...]

Prepa rations  29 • [ C a m e r a M o d e ] - From the [ C amera Mode] menu, you will be able to change wheth er you r ecor d movies in mod e (cam corder automatica lly ta kes care of many settings), mod e (you c an manu- ally change settings), or mode (using the cinema -look filters, you can ma ke movies w ith a cinematic f eel). Availa ble o[...]

30  Prepa rati ons Y ou may need t o drag your fi ng er up and down along th e scr oll bar or touch [ ] and [ ] to find the contr ol button of the desired functi on. [Edit] P anel Operating modes: T ouch [Edit] to disp lay a panel showing availa ble operati ons (copying, deleting, etc.), and then touch the operation you want to perfor m. [Other [...]

Prepa rations  31 1 Press to ope n the HOME menu. 2 T ouch [ Other Settings ] to open the [Other Settings] men us. 3 T ouch the tab of t he desired menu. 4 Drag your finger up and down to bring the set ting you want to change into the orange selection bar . • Y ou can als o use the [ ] and [ ] ico ns for scr olling. • Menu items not avail a [...]

32  Prepa rati ons Next, set the r ecording standar d. The record ing standar d deter mines the type o f d ata the mov ie is r ecorded as — namely , A VCHD or MP4. 1 Press to open the HOME menu. 2 T ouch [ Recording Standard] and then to uch the d esired recor ding standard. 3T o u c h [ O K ] . Camera mode Operation (AUTO mode) Let the camcor[...]

Prepa rations  33 NOTES • Y ou can a djust t he v ideo q uality using the r > [Recording Mode] setting. • Some port able devices ma y not be able to play b ack MP4 mo vies r ecor ded with this ca mcor d er . Playback Press the camera/pla y button T to switch the camcorder between c amera ( reco rding) m o de and pl aybac k mode . Y ou ca [...]

34  Prepa rati ons First Time Set tings Setting the D ate and Time Y ou will need to set the da te and time of the camcor der befor e y ou can start using it. T he [Dat e/Time] scr een (date and tim e setup s cree n ) wil l appear auto- maticall y when the camco rd er’ s cl ock i s not set. When the [Date/Time] scree n appe ars, the year will [...]

Prepa rations  35 Changing the Language The default language of the c amcorder is English. Y ou can set i t to one of 27 lan gua ges . Operat ing modes: 1P r e s s . 2 Select the des ired language. * After c hanging the ca mcoder’ s language to English , select q > [Language ! ] t o change the language . NOTES • Some c ontrol buttons, suc[...]

36  Prepa rati ons Changing the Time Zone Change the time zone to match your location. The default setting is New Y ork. Operating modes: 1P r e s s . 2 Open the [Time Zone/DST] screen. 3T o u c h [ " ] to set th e home t ime zone, o r [ # ] to set the time zon e of your destin ation when you are traveling. 4T o u c h [ Í ] o r [ Î ] to s[...]

Prepa rations  37 Using a Memor y Card Memor y Cards Compa tible for Use with the Ca mcorder Y ou can use the following types of commerc ially availabl e Secure Digi- tal (S D) car ds with this camcor der . As of December 2011, the movie recor d ing function has been tested using SD/S DHC/SD XC memo ry car ds made b y Pan asoni c, T oshi b a and[...]

38  Prepa rati ons Compatib le operating systems for SDXC mem ory cards IMPORT AN T • If you use a n SDXC memory 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 . • After repeat edly recor ding, deleti ng and edit ing scen es (frag[...]

Prepa rations  39 Inserting and Removing a Memory Card Make sure to initialize ( A 41) all memory cards before using them with this camc ord er . 1 T urn off the camco r der . Make sur e the ON/OFF (CHG) indi cator is of f. 2 Open the memory card slot cover . 3 Insert the memory card str aight , wi th the labe l fa cing away from the camcor der [...]

40  Prepa rati ons - / , Selecting the Memor y (Built-in Memo ry/Memor y Card) for the Recordings Y ou can select to reco rd 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: POINTS TO CH ECK • Be sur e you understa nd the in formati on pr[...]

Prepa rations  41 3 Activate the relay r ecording. * The approximate availab le recor ding time will now r eflect the combined space in th e m em or ie s u sed fo r rela y rec ord in g. NOTES • Ther e will be a momentary s top in the sce ne at the poi nt where the camcorder switches from one memory to another . • Any of the following action [...]

42  Prepa rati ons 3 Initialize the memory . - / , . 1 T ou ch this op tion if you w ant to physicall y erase all th e data rathe r than just clear the file al location table of the m emory . 2 If you selected the [Complete Initial ization] option, you can touch [Cancel] to canc el the initializatio n while it is in progr ess. All rec ordin gs w[...]

Prepa rations  43 Usi ng the Optional Wire less Cont roll er When you use the optional WL-D89 Wir e less Controller , you can con- venient ly operat e the camc o rd er f rom a distanc e when, fo r examp le, you ar e using a tripod to achieve a stable shot. T o use the wir eless contro ller , first perform the followi ng proce dure to turn on the[...]

44  Prepa rati ons Wireless Con troller’ s Buttons NOTES • The wir eless contr oller ma y not w ork p rop erly w hen t he r e mote sens or is situated under strong light sources or direc t sunlight. 1 ST ART/ STOP butt on ( A 45 ) 2 G (index selec tion) button • In any in dex screen (during playback mode), p ress to open the [ G In dex Sel[...]

AUT O Mode  45 AUT O Mode This chapter cover s how to easily reco rd vi deo and photos in mode, and how to use basic shoo ting functions like zoom and Quick Start. T o enjoy full access to menus and mor e advanced functions, refer to Recording in Manual Mode ( A 89). Basic Recording Shooting Video and T aking Photos in AUT O Mode With mode, you [...]

46  AUTO Mo de 2P r e s s . T o c ha nge the re cordi ng s tan dard , ref er to Recording ( A 31). 3 Set the c amcor der to mode. To rec ord vi deo Press Y to begin recording. • Press Y again to pause the r ecor d ing. • Y ou ca n also pres s Y on the optional WL-D89 W ir eless Con- tr oller . • The ACCESS ind icator wi ll fl ash fr om tim[...]

AUT O Mode  47 About AU TO mode • On ly the fo llowin g functio ns are availa ble in mode. - Zoom ( A 50). - Qu ick Start ( A 52). - V ideo sn apshot ( A 71). - Face detecti on ( A 100) to ge t beautiful shots of people every time, trac king the subject e ven i f the pe rson moves. - T ouch & T rac k ( A 102) to track oth er moving subject[...]

48  AUTO Mo de Smart AUTO ico ns * T he icon i n parentheses appear s under bac klight conditio ns. Background → (co lor of the i con) Bright* (gray) Blu e ski es* (light blue) Vivid colors* (green/red) Sunsets (orange) Subject ↓ Peopl e (stationary) ( ) ( ) ( ) — Peopl e (moving) ( ) ( ) ( ) — Subj ects othe r than peopl e, such as l an[...]

AUT O Mode  49 IMPORT AN T • Obse rve the followin g precaution s while the ACCESS in dicato r is on or flashin g. Failin g to do so m ay result in perm anent data loss or damage to the memory . - Do not open the memory card slot cover . - Do not disco nnect the po wer sour ce or turn off the ca mcor d er . - Do not change the camcorder’ s o[...]

50  AUTO Mo de • When recor ding in bright places , it may be dif ficult to use the LCD scr een. In such cases, y ou can adjust t he LCD backli ght wi th the q > [LCD B ackligh t] setting o r adj ust the brightne ss of the LCD scr een with the q > [ LCD Bri ghtness] setti ng. • U nder ce rtain co ndi tions , the Sm art AUT O icon that [...]

AUT O Mode  51 Using the T ouch Screen’ s Zo om Controls 1 Display the zoom con tr ols on the touch screen. • The zoom c ontr ols appear on the left side of the scre en. 2 T ouch the zoom con trols to o perate the zoo m. T ouch anywher e within the T are a to zoom out or anywher e within t h e S area to zoom in. T ouch clo ser to the ce nter[...]

52  AUTO Mo de Quic k Star t When you close the LCD panel with th e camcor der on, the camcord er enters the standby mode. In st andby mode the camcor der consumes only abou t 1/3 the po wer used when r ecord ing, saving ener gy when you are using a batte ry pack. Addit ionally , w hen you open the LCD panel, th e camcor der is r eady to start r[...]

AUT O Mode  53 • About stan dby mode and auto p ower off: - The camcorder will pow er off automatically if l eft in standby m ode for 10 minutes. Pr e ss P to turn on the camcor der . - Y o u c an select the le ngth of ti me unti l shut-of f or turn off the Q uick Start functi on altogether wi th the q > [Power Saving Mode] > [Quick Star[...]

54  Video Vid eo This chapte r covers functions r elated to movies, including p lay- back, advanced shoo ting, using Story Crea to r and other advanced functions. For de tails about basic video shooting, ref er to AUT O Mode ( A 45). Basic Play back Playing Back Video Y ou can use the s > [Data Code] setting to choose whether to display the r[...]

Video  55 3 Look for the scene you want to play back. Mo ve the zo om le ver to ward T to show 15 scenes per page; move it toward S to show 6 scenes pe r page. 4 T ouch the desired scene to play it back. • For A VCHD mov ies, t he ca mcor der will p lay ba ck th e scene sele cted and conti nue u ntil the end of t he la st scen e in the ind ex [...]

56  Video During p layback: Adjust ing the volume for AVCHD movies 1 During playback , to uch the scr een to displ ay the playback controls . 2T o u c h [ Ý ], drag your finge r along th e [Speak er V olume]* b ar to adjust the volume and touch [ K ]. * W hen q > [A V/ Headphones] is se t to [ Ó Headpho nes], adjust the [Head- phone Volume][...]

Video  57 During playback p ause: IMPORT AN T • Obse rve the followin g precaution s while the ACCESS in dicato r is on or flash ing. Fai ling to do s o may result in perman ent data loss. - Do not open the memory card slot cover . - Do not disco nnect the po wer sour ce or turn off the ca mcor d er . - Do not change the camcorder’ s operati[...]

58  Video 3D Flip View Operating modes: T ouch [ ] in the [ Movies] index scre en to switch to 3D Flip V iew . This fun way of displaying scenes grouped by recor ding date in a 3D layout can be useful to f lip through a lar ge number of recor dings. ! Recor ding dat e. " Drag your finger left to go to the ne xt date with re cord- ings. # Dr[...]

Video  59 The [ Inde x Se lect ion] Scr een : Sele ctin g the C onte nt to Play Back From the [ G Index Selec tion] screen y ou can select the content you want to p lay back (origina l scenes by date o r by story , or photos, for example) . - / , Y ou can also select the mem ory fr om which you want to p lay back your recor dings. Operat ing mod[...]

60  Video NOTES • - / , Fast/slow playback modes are not available for scenes conver ted to standard d efi nition. Scenes in th e [ SD Movies ] ind ex scr een can onl y be p layed back at n ormal speed. • Y ou cannot jump to the previ ous or next scene with MP4 movies. Deletin g Scenes and Stori es Y ou can dele te those scene s and s tories[...]

Video  61 3 Delete the s cene. Deleting Sce nes from the [ Movies] or [ Movies] Inde x Screen Operat ing modes: 1 Open the [ Movies] or [ Movies] index screen. For A VCHD movies, to dele te all the scenes r ecorded on a spe cific date, dra g your finge r left/r ight unti l the d esir ed date appears in the title bar . 2 Delete the s cenes. * Whe[...]

62  Video Deletin g a Single Scene from a Stor y Operating modes: 1 Open the list of scenes of the sto ry that contains the scene you wa nt to dele te. 2 In the [Scene List] screen, drag your finger up/down to select the scene you want to delete. 3 T ouch the orange [ ] icon on the le ft to open the [Edit Scene] screen. 4 Delete the scene. Delet[...]

Video  63 3 T ouch one or more of the r ating buttons t o select all the applicable scenes . • A grayed out ra ting butt on indica tes that n o scenes in th e story have been given that pa rticular r ating. • The number of selected scenes a ppears on the scr een. • T ouch the rating button again to remove those scenes from the selection. 4[...]

64  Video IMPORT AN T • Be car eful when d elet ing r ecor dings. Once deleted, sc enes c annot be reco vere d. • Deleting a st ory perm anentl y del etes a ll the scenes it con tains. • When delet ing scenes , scene s will be r emoved fr om the [ Movies ] or [ Movies] index screen and from any stories in the gallery they may have belonged[...]

Video  65 3 T ouch the desired frame in the timeline ruler to start playing back the scene from that point. To chang e the inte rval between f rames ! T ouch twice t o return to the index sc reen. " Pre vious /next s cene. # Drag your fing er lef t along the rule r to displ ay the next 5 fram es. $ Scen e’ s recordi ng mod e and len gth. [...]

66  Video Onscreen Dis plays and Da ta Code With ev ery s cene or photo r ecorded, the camcorde r keeps a d ata code. For A VCHD movies, the data code incl u des date/ time of r ecor d- ing, infor mation abou t the c amera setup, etc. For MP4 m ovies, t he data code is the date of recor ding. Y ou can choose the information to be displ ayed. Ope[...]

Video  67 Video Stories a nd Cinema Style Using Stor y Crea tor to Create Co mpelli ng Stories Story Cr eator is a helpf ul functio n that of fers suggestions f or typica l scenes in a number of situations. With Story Creato r , creating intere st- ing video stories is as easy as select ing one of the sto ry themes, such as [T ravel], [Party] or[...]

68  Video 5 T ouch [T o Recording Scr een]. A conf irmat ion scree n will appear that s hows the se lected t heme, story scene (category), shooting a dvice and the r ecommended shooting length . 6T o u c h [ O K ] . • A new story wi ll be cr eated and the camc or der will enter r ecord pause mo de. The selecte d story sce ne categor y will ap [...]

Video  69 To select a diffe rent story s cene (cate gory) 1T o u c h [ ë ] (including the story scene title) at the bottom of the screen. 2 Drag your finger up/down to sele ct another catego ry and touch the orange [ ] icon on the left. To ex it Story Creator mode 1P r e s s . 2 T ouch [ Record ing Standard] and then select a dif ferent recor d[...]

70  Video Cinema Mode and Cinema-Look Filt ers In (cinema) mode, the ca mcorde r wi ll adjust t he fram e rate and several o ther picture-related settings to give your recordings a ci ne- matic look . In this mode you can also use a variety of prof essional cin- ema-look f ilters to cr eate uniq ue movies w ith a d istinctiv e appear ance. Opera[...]

Video  71 Opt ions (  Default value) The camcorder of fe rs 7 cine ma- look fil ters. Select the de sired filte r while previewi ng the effec t on the screen. NOTES • Photos c a nnot be r ecorded w hile t he camcor der is set to mode. Video S naps hot Recor d a series o f short scenes. Then, play back your video snapsho t sce nes set to you[...]

72  Video 1P r e s s V . • A blue border appears on the screen. • Press V again to r eturn to normal video r ecor ding mode. 2P r e s s Y . • T he c amc ord er rec ord s fo r a few seconds (the blue frame serv es as a visua l pr ogr ess bar*) and t hen automati call y r eturns to recor d pause mode. • When the ca mcor der stops r ecor di[...]

Video  73 Decorati ng Scenes whil e Recording Operat ing modes: 1 Open the d ecoration screen. • Th e dec oration screen wil l open au tomat ically also when you st ow the LCD pan el wit h the touc h scr een fa cing out. 2 Use a to ol from the toolbar as explained in t he following procedures. 3P r e s s Y to r ecord movies with your decoratio[...]

74  Video & [ Ü ]** (Image Mi x) Choose one of 27 dif ferent frames to add onto the c anvas . Im age mi x can be us ed in combi nati on wit h the pens , stamps an d animate d stamps. ' [ Ý ]** In reco rdi ng mo de: pau se the liv e vid eo. T ou ch [ Ý ] again to re stor e the li ve video. Y ou can add decora tions to and re cord the [...]

Video  75 To us e [Ani m ate d Stamps] 1T o u c h [ × ]. The [Ani mated Stam ps] scr een wil l appea r . 2 T ouch one of the contr ol buttons. 3 T ouch anywher e on the canvas to pl ace the s elected ani mated stamp. Y ou can also drag some animated st amps to a dif ferent location. To use [Capt ions] 1T o u c h [ Ø ]. The [Capti ons] scree n [...]

76  Video To use the Chrom a Key function 1 Open the [Sel ect Image] scr een o f the image mix funct ion ( A 75). 2 T ouch [+] or [-] to sele ct the image y ou crea ted. 3T o u c h [ Ð ] to open the [Chroma Key] scre en. 4 T ouch [Gree n] or [Blue] depending on the char acteristic s of the image you want to use and touch [ Ï ] or [ Ð ] or dra[...]

Video  77 Decorati ng Scenes during Pla yback Operat ing modes: 1 From the [ Movies] index screen or g allery , play back the scene you want to decorate. 2 T ouch the screen to display the playback controls. 3T o u c h [ Ò ] to o pen the decoratio n screen. 4 Decorate the scene using the tools from the toolbar as explained in the p revious sect[...]

78  Video Playin g Bac k Stories fr om th e Gall ery Y ou can play back recor dings made using Story Creator t o play them back as a single compelling video story follow ing the or der of the story’ s scri pt. Regul ar scenes and video s napshot scenes rec o r ded without using Story Creator , will appear in the gallery under the [Unsorted] or[...]

Video  79 3 Select the ra ting of the scenes you want to play back. 4 T ouch the story’ s thu mbnail to start the playback. • The complet e story will be playe d back fr o m the f irst sce ne to the last. Wh en playback ends, the camcor der wil l re turn to the galle ry . • During the playback of a story other than [Unsorted] or [Video Sna[...]

80  Video Rating Scenes Y ou can rate story scenes immedia tely af ter r ecord ing them o r during playbac k. Y ou can then select multiple scenes with the same rating , for example, in order to pla y back or copy only your favor ite scenes. Rating Scen es Immediat ely After Recor ding Operating modes: 1P r e s s . 2 Activate the scene rating fu[...]

Video  81 2 Open the list of scenes of the story that contains the scenes you want to rate. 3 In the [Scene List] screen, drag your finger up/down to select the scene you want to rate. 4 T ouch the orange [ ] icon on the left to open th e [Edit Scene] screen. 5 T ouch the co ntr ol button of the desired rating and touch [ K ] twice to return to [...]

82  Video Playback with Background Music Play back movies (or a p hoto sli deshow) with b ackgr o und music. Y ou can use one of the supplied music track s or connec t an external audio player t o use your favorit e songs a s ba ckgro und music. Operating modes: Using One of th e Supplied Music T r acks as Background Mus ic The supplied VI XIA C[...]

Video  83 5 Adjust the mix balance betw een the origin al sound and the background music. T ouch [ y ] (more of th e original sound) or [ Û ] (more of t he back ground mus ic) or drag your fin ger alo ng the [Mu sic Ba lance] ba r to adju st the backgr ound music bal ance as de sir ed. 6T o u c h [ X ] and then touch a story or scene to start t[...]

84  Video Using an Exter nal Audio Pla yer for Background Mus ic Use your fa vorite songs as back ground mus ic by c onnecting an exter- nal pl ayer . POINTS TO CH ECK • Y ou will need a comm erc ial ly avai lable audio cabl e with at least on e mini- stereo pl ug (to con nect to the M IC term inal on th e camco rder); t he other e nd will de [...]

Video  85 Playback with the video not linked to the exte rnal audio 7 T ouch a story or scene to start the video playback. 8 Start the music playback on the external player . IMPORT AN T • If you use copyrighted songs and music tracks in your video creations, remem ber th at m usic unde r co pyrig ht ma y no t be u sed witho ut pe rmis- sion f[...]

86  Video Copying and Moving Scenes Within/Between Stories Y ou can copy and move sce nes in the gall ery withi n the same stor y scene ( category), between story sce nes in the same story , and between s tories r ecorded in the s ame memory . Operating modes: 1 Open the list of scenes of the sto ry that contains the scene you wan t to copy or m[...]

Video  87 Sele cting a Story’ s Thu mbnail Image Initi ally , the imag e used as the story’ s thumbnail is the first frame of th e first scene in the st ory . Y ou can set your favor ite scene as the thumb- nail that will represent the story in the gallery . Operat ing modes: 1 Open the g allery . 2 Select the s tory whose thu mbnail you w a[...]

88  Video 1 Open the gallery . 2 Select the story whose tit le you want to change. Drag yo ur finge r right/ left to brin g the d esired story t o the front. 3 Open the [Edit Title] screen. 4 Use the virtual k eyboard to ch ange the titl e. 5T o u c h [ O K ] > [ K ] > [ K ] to return to the gallery . NOTES • We r ecommend us ing th e su[...]

Video  89 Advanced Functions Recording in Manual Mode When the camcord er is set t o mode, you can enjoy f ull access to the menus and manually adjust the expos ure, focus, whit e balance and many mor e of the ca mcorder’ s setti n gs to y our pr efere nce. Ev en in this mode, though, the camcor der can help you with the setti ngs. For example[...]

90  Video 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 or damage to the memory . - Do not ope n the me mory car d slot co ver . - Do not discon nect the power s ourc e or turn off the camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder’ s operating m[...]

Video  91 NOTES • For MP4 movies, you cannot r eview the la st movi e r ecorded i f, aft e r you r ecor ded the movie , you per forme d anoth er operatio n such as openin g a menu. Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode) The camcor der offers 5 re cor ding modes for r ecor ding AVCHD movie s and 2 for MP4 movie s. Changing the r ecording [...]

92  Video NOTES • Movies recorde d in MXP mode cannot be saved on A VCHD discs. Use an ex ter nal B lu-ra y Dis c recorde r to cop y MXP mov ies o nto B lu-r ay discs. - / , Alter na tively , you can use the suppli ed softw are VideoBr owser to cr eate A VCHD dis cs*. • The camcor der uses a variab le bit rate (VBR) to encod e video so the a[...]

Video  93 Approximat e recording time s  Default value A VCHD movies in MXP mode are recorded in 1,920 x 1 ,080 resolution. AVCHD movies recorded using other recording modes are recorded in 1,44 0 x 1,080 resolution . MP4 mov ies are recorded in 1,2 80 x 720 resol ution. For A VCHD movies: For MP4 movies: 1 - / , At the time of purchase, the [...]

94  Video Selec ting th e Frame Ra te Y ou can change t he frame rate (the number o f frames recorded p er second) to change th e look of your movies. Operating modes: 1P r e s s . 2 Select the frame rate. Opti ons fo r A VCHD movies (  Default value) Option s for MP4 m ovies (  Default value) NOTES • The fram e rate can be set independe[...]

Video  95 Spe cial Sc ene Rec ord ing Pr ograms Recor ding in a very bright ski resor t or capturing the ful l colors of a sunset or a fi reworks displ ay becomes as eas y as selec ting a Special Scene r ecor d ing pr og ram. Operat ing modes: Opt ions (  Default value) [ ú SCN: Portrait]  The camco r der us es a lar ge apertur e, to achi[...]

96  Video NOTES •[ ú SCN: Portrait]/[ û SCN: Sports]/[ ý SCN: Snow]/[ þ SCN: Beach]: The pic tur e may not appear smooth dur ing playb ack. •[ ú SCN: Portrai t]: The blu r ef fect of th e back ground incr eases the more you zoom in ( S ). •[ ý SCN: Snow]/[ þ SCN : Beach ]: The su bject ma y becom e ove r ex- posed on cloudy days or [...]

Video  97 - White point s may appear on the scr een. - Autofocus may not w ork as well as i n other m odes. In suc h case, adju st the foc us manu ally . •[ Š SCN: Fireworks]: - T o avoid ca mera blur (bl ur due to th e camco rder mov ing) we re commen d usin g a t ripod . - When the opti onal Wide-converte r or T ele-conv erter is a ttached [...]

98  Video Adva nced Image S tabil izatio n The image stabili zer red uces camcor der blur (blur due to the cam- cord er moving) so you can get nice, stable shots . Select the image sta - bilization mode according to the shooting conditions. Operating modes: 1P r e s s . 2 Select the IS mode. Option s (  Default value) [D y n a m i c ]  Com[...]

Video  99 NOTES • If the degr ee of camco rd er shak e is too high , the i mage st abili zer ma y not be able to full y compen sate. • For surveying and following shots, when you pa n the camc order from side to side or tilt it up and down, we recommen d setting the IS mode t o [D y n a m i c ] o r [S t a n d a r d ] . Pre-Rec ording The cam[...]

100  Video • Any of the following act ions will deactivat e the pre- rec ordin g function. - Leaving t he camcor d er w ithout any op erati on for 5 minutes. - Changing the operating mode. - Pressing V . - Opening the d ecora tion scr een. - Closing the LC D panel to s et th e camcor der to s tandby mode. - T ouching any of the f ollowing cont[...]

Video  101 To select the main s ubject If th ere i s mor e than one perso n in the pic tur e, the ca mcor der will auto- matical ly select one pe rson it det ermines is the main s ubject. The main subject is indicate d by a white face d etecti on frame and the camc order will optimize the settings for that person. Other faces will have gray fram[...]

102  Video T ouch & T rack When re cor ding a group of people using face detec tion, the camc order will automatically detect one person as the main s ubjec t. Y ou can us e T ouch & T rack to tell the cam cor der to track and optimize se ttings for a diff erent p erson. Y ou can also use T ouch & T rack to alw ays keep in focus othe[...]

Video  103 Fader s The camcor der of fers two professio nal looking transit ion effe cts to fade-in or fade-out scenes. Y ou have the option to activate the fader only one time or every time yo u start o r stop reco rdi ng. Operat ing modes: * Y ou can preview the transi tion effect on the screen. • Th e ico n of t he se lected fade r appe ars[...]

104  Video Manually Set ting the Shu tter Speed or Ape rture [ ’ Pr ogrammed AE] is th e default automatic exposu re (A E) r ecording program; using it, you c an change f unctions like the white balance or image ef fects. Select o ne of the other AE r ecording pro grams to contr ol the shutte r speed or apertu re. Operating modes: * Y o u can [...]

Video  105 •[ “ Apertur e-Pri. AE]: The actua l range of values av ailab le for sele ction will vary depending on the init ial zoom po sition. • When setting a numeric value (apertu re or shutter speed), the num ber displ ayed wi ll flash if the a pertu re value or shut ter s peed is not a pprop ri- ate fo r the rec o r ding cond itio ns. [...]

106  Video Manual Exposure Adjustment At times, bac klit subjec ts may appear too dark (under exposed) or sub- jects under ve ry strong lights ma y appear too bright or gla ring (overex- posed). T o correct this, you can adjust t he expo sure manually or use the T ouch A E function to automatica lly set the optimal exp osure for the subject you [...]

Video  107 NOTES • If the r ecor ding prog ram is cha nged dur ing expos ure lock, the cam- cor der will ret ur n to automa tic exposur e. • When shooting subject s with a str ong light s our ce beh ind them, the camcord er automatic ally corr ects for t he backli ght*. Y ou can turn off the automatic bac klight corr ection with the p > [[...]

108  Video Manual Focus Adjustment Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case, focus manually . Operating modes: POINTS TO CH ECK • Adjust the zoom bef ore yo u start the pr oced ure . • S elect a recordi ng progr am o ther t han [ š SCN: Underwate r] or [ Ÿ SCN: Surface] . 1 Open the manual focus screen. 2 T ouch [...]

Video  109 3 T ouch and hold [ F ] or [ E ] to adjust the focus. • The center of the scr een wil l be magnifi ed to help you focus more easil y . Y ou c an al so turn of f this f unction with the p > [Foc us Assistance] setting. • Th e foc using d istan ce dis playe d will c hang e as y ou ad just the focu s. The foc using distan ce will [...]

110  Video POINTS TO CH ECK • S elect a recordi ng progr am o ther t han [ Š SCN: Fir eworks]. * T ouch ag ain to tur n off the tele macro function. • The camcorde r will automatica lly adjust the zoom to the te lephoto end. NOTES • Any of the following actions wil l deactivat e the tele macr o function. - T urning of f the camcor der . -[...]

Video  111 To set the custom white balance Point the camcorder at a white object, so it fills the whole scr een, and touch [Set WB]. When t he adjus tment i s comple ted, Å stops flashing a nd disappears . The camc order will retain the custo m white b alance ev en if you tu rn it off. Opt ions (  Default value) NOTES • When you select the[...]

112  Video Imag e Effec ts Y ou can adjust t he color dept h, brightnes s, contras t, and sharpness of the image. Operating modes: POINTS TO CH ECK • Select a record ing p rogr am oth er than the Spe c ial Scene r ecordi ng pr o- grams. 1 Open the image effects screen. 2 T ouch [ON] and then touch [Color Depth], [Sharpness ], [Contrast] or [Br[...]

Video  113 Self Timer Operat ing modes: *F o r m o v i e s o n l y . 1P r e s s . 2 Activate the s elf timer . • < will ap pear on the s cre en. • R epea t, selec ting [ j Off], to turn off the self timer . Movies: In r eco rd pause mode, pres s Y . The c amcor der starts r ecor d ing after a 10-s econd c ountdow n*. Th e countdo wn appea[...]

114  Video Audio Scenes and Othe r Audio Settings Y ou can have the camcorder optimize the audio setti ngs of the built-in microphone by selecting the audio scene that ma tches your surround- ings. Thi s will gr eatly enhance the sense of "being ther e." Alternatively , you can select [ Custom Setting] in order to adjust the camcor der[...]

Video  115 NOTES • Aud io sce nes can not be sele cted in the follo wing ca ses: - When an externa l micr ophone is att ached t o the mini advance d shoe. - When an externa l micr ophone is connect ed to the MIC term inal with p > [Audio Mix] se t to [ j Of f]. • [ Custom Setting] is not availabl e in mode. • After setting [ Audio Scene[...]

116  Video Auto Wind S creen The camcor der automati cally reduces the backg round sound of wind when recording outdoors. Y ou can select from two levels or turn off the auto wind screen. POINTS TO CH ECK • Set [ Audio Scene] to [ Custom Setting] ( A 114). 1P r e s s . 2 Adjust th e auto w ind screen. • Repeat, sele cting [ j Of f à ], to t[...]

Video  117 2 Adjust the audio equalizer . Opt ions (  Default value) Built-in Micro phone Directional ity Y ou can change the directional ity of the built-in micr ophone to have more contr ol over how sound is r ecorded. POINTS TO CH ECK • Set [ Audio Scene] to [ Custom Setting] ( A 114). 1P r e s s . 2 Adjust the built-in microphon e direc[...]

118  Video Option s (  Default value) NOTES • Except when us ing the audi o mix funct ion, an external micr ophone overrides the built-in microphone . In the following cases, the built-in micr ophone’ s dir ectiona lity cannot be changed. - When an ex ternal mi cro phone i s atta ched to the mini advan ced s hoe. - When an ex ternal mi cr[...]

Video  119 Manual Adju stment of th e Audio Recording Lev el 1 Open the manual audio recording level adjustment screen. • Th e aud io leve l ind icator and cu rrent audi o recordin g level will ap pear on the screen. W hen p > [ Audio Mix] is set to [ i On], two audio level indicat ors will a ppear , the top on e for the built-in micr ophon[...]

120  Video NOTES • When you are using a mi crophon e connecte d to the MIC terminal , includ ing th e WM-V1 Wir e le ss Micr ophone, the audio level i ndicat or will be d isplayed auto mati cally . • Whe n the audio level mete r r eaches the red poin t (0 dB ), the sound may be distorted. • If the au d io lev el is t oo hi gh and the sound[...]

Video  121 4 Adjust the volume as necessary . * Y ou can al so drag your fi nger along t he [Headphon es] bar . • Ó will app ear on the scr een. 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 56, 136) . IMPORT AN T ?[...]

122  Video Using the Mini Advanced Shoe Using the mini advanc ed shoe, you can att ach to th e camco rder a range of optional accessories to exp and its f unctionality . For det ails about opti onal access ories ava ilable for use with y our camcor der , ref er to Accessories ( A 229). For details about how to attach and use the accessories , re[...]

Video  123 Using an External Micropho ne When re cording in very qui et surroundings, the built-in microphone may pick up t he sound of the camcor der’ s internal machinery . In s uc h case, we r ecommend using an external micr ophone. Operat ing modes: Using the SM-V1 Surround Microphone or DM-100 Directional Stereo Mic ropho ne Using the SM-[...]

124  Video Using the WM-V1 Wirele ss Microphone Using the WM-V1 you can reliabl y recor d sound even when re cording subjects at a distance exceeding the prac tical range of the built-in micr ophone. Y ou can also mix and r ecor d audio fr om the WM-V1 wit h audio from the built-in microphone. For details about using the WM-V1, refer to the inst[...]

Video  125 4 If necessary , activate and adjust the audio mix balance with the p > [Audio Mix] setting. NOTES • When you ar e usin g a micr ophone connect ed to the MI C termi nal, the audio le vel i ndicator will b e disp layed au tomatic ally . • When an e xternal micr ophone is co nnec ted to th e camcord er , p > [Auto Wind Scr een[...]

126  Video Using an External Video Light Y ou can use the optional V L-5 Video Light or V FL-2 Video Flash Light when you need to r ecord movi es in dark locati ons. Attach the optional video light to the mini advanced shoe . • Refer to Using the Mini Advanced Shoe ( A 122). • º will app ear on the scr een when you turn on the optional vide[...]

Video  127 3 Select the t ype of audi o input. • This step is not necessary after conne cting an opti onal WM-V1 Wireless Micr ophone. 4 Activate the au dio mix. 5 Adjust the aud io mix balance as necessary . T ouch [INT ] (mor e of the sound from t he buil t-in micr ophone) or [EXT] (more of the sound fr om the external micr ophone) or drag y[...]

128  Video 2P r e s s Y to capture the video snapshot scene. The ca mcorder ca ptures the video sn apsho t scene fo r about 4 seconds (the blue fra me serves as a visual progr ess bar), and then enter s playb ack paus e mode . Y ou can chan ge the length of t he vide o snaps hot s cenes you captur e to 2 or 8 se conds with the r > [Video Snap[...]

Video  129 2 Select the phot o capture sett ing. To capt ure the ph otos 1 Play back the scene or story fr om w hich you want to captur e the photo. 2 Pause the playback at the point you want to captur e. 3 T ouch [PHO TO]. T o captu re a phot o sequ ence, keep touchin g [PHOT O]. The scene will be pl ayed bac k frame-b y-fra me an d each frame [...]

130  Video Dividing Scenes Y ou can divi de scenes i n order t o leave o ut the best part s and la ter cut out the rest. Operating modes: 1 Play back the scene you want to divide. 2 Pause the playback at the point where you want to divide the scene. 3 Open the scene division screen. 4 Bring the scene to a precise point, if necessary . Playba ck [...]

Video  131 • The foll owing scenes cannot be divide d: - V ideo sn apsho t scen es and other scenes that are too sho rt (les s than 3 seconds). - - / , Scene s that we re edited u sing the s uppl ied softw are VideoBr owser and w ere then trans ferr ed b ack to t he camcor d er . • Scenes cannot be divided withi n 1 second fr om the beginnin[...]

132  Photos Photos Refer to this chapter for details o n viewing photos a nd other photo-related operations. Viewin g Ph otos Operating modes: 1P r e s s T . 2 Open the [Pho tos] index screen, if it is not displayed. 3 Look for the photo you want to play back. Move the zoom lever toward T to show 15 photos per page; move it tow ard S to show 6 p[...]

Photos  133 4 T ouch the phot o you wish to view . • The photo is displayed in sin gle photo view . • Drag your f inger left/right to br owse through the photos one by one. To re turn to the inde x sc reen from singl e ph oto v iew 1 T ouch the screen to di s play t he pl ayback c ontro ls. 2T o u c h [ f ]. Photo Jump Functi on When you hav[...]

134  Photos 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 not ope n the me mory car d slot co ver . - Do not discon nect the power s ourc e or turn off the camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder’ s operating mode. • Th e followi n[...]

Photos  135 2 Delete the p hotos. * When you sel ect [Select], pe rform the fo llowing procedu re to select the ind ivid- ual photo s you want to delete be fore touching [Y es]. ** T ouch [Stop] to inter rupt the operation while it is in pr ogre ss. Some photos will be de let ed never thel ess . To s elect individ u al ph otos 1 T ouch on the in[...]

136  Photos Slideshow Y ou can play a slideshow of all the photos and even set it to music. Operating modes: 1 Open the [ Photos] index screen. 2 Select the background music to use during the photo slideshow. Musi c tracks: Steps 3 and 4 ( A 82). External audio: Steps 4 - 5 ( A 84). 3 T ouch the photo th at will open the slides how to display it[...]

Photos  137 To change th e slideshow’s tran sition effects 1P r e s s . 2 Select the tra nsition ef fect. [ O t h e r S e t t i n g s ] > > [Sl ideshow T ransi tion] > [Off], [Diss olve] or [ Slide Ima ge] > [ X ] C OP Y[...]

138  Exter nal Co nnecti ons 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 . - / , Y ou can also use the ca mcor der's co nvenient Wi-Fi functions ( A 163). T er minals on the Camcorde r Open th e LCD panel t o access the t erminals on the camcord er . 1 A[...]

External Conne ctions  139 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 s hows (for r efer ence only) an example of te rminals on a connected device. Connection ! HDMI T ype: Digital Quality: High definition O utput only Connect to a high-defi nition TV (HDT[...]

140  Exter nal Co nnecti ons 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: - s / > [TV T ype] accordin g to the TV set (widescr een or 4:3), if the TV cannot aut omatically dete ct[...]

External Conne ctions  141 NOTES • P ower t he ca mcorder u sing the c ompac t pow er ad apte r and o nly then 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 wri te bac k scen es reco rded wit h th is camc order t hat w ere prev iously saved on a comput er . For detail s, r efer to the Soft ware[...]

142  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Playb ack on a TV Sc reen Connect th e camcor der to a TV to enjoy your reco rdings with f amily and friends. Playbac k on an HDTV using the HDMI OUT terminal will ensur e the b est pl ayback quality . Operating modes: 1 T urn off the ca mcorder and the TV . 2 Connect t he camcorder to the TV . Refer to Connection Di[...]

External Conne ctions  143 Saving and Sharing Y our Recordings - / , Copying Movies and Photos to a Memory Card Y ou can copy your recor dings from the built -in memory to a memory card. Scenes and p hotos will be copied from the index screen or from a story in the g allery in the built-in memory to the same index scr e en or stor y on the memor[...]

144  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Option s Copying Scenes from a Stor y by Rating Operating modes: 1 Open the galler y and bring the desired story to the fr ont. • C heck t hat you have select ed t he & (b uil t-in me mory ) tab . 2 Select the rating of the stories you want to copy . 3 Copy all the applicable scenes. * T ouch [Stop] to interru [...]

External Conne ctions  145 3 Copy the p hoto. 4 Drag your finger left/right to select another photo to copy or touch [ X ]. Copying Phot os from the Inde x Screen Operat ing modes: 1 Open the [ Photos ] index screen. Check th at you h ave se lected the & (built -in memo ry) ta b. 2 Copy the p hotos. * When you sel ect [Select], pe rform the [...]

146  Exter nal Co nnecti ons 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 not ope n the me mory car d slot co ver . - Do not discon nect the power s ourc e or turn off the camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder’ s operating mode. ?[...]

External Conne ctions  147 Saving AVCHD Mov ies (Windows only) With the supplied softw are Video Bro wser ( - / , only) or T ran sfer Utility ( . only), you can save to your computer the scenes yo u have recorded. Installation Install the soft ware bef o re y ou connect the camcor der to the computer for the first time. Refer to the Startup Guid[...]

148  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Saving MP4 Mov ies and Phot os (Windows/Mac O S) With the s upplied software ImageB rowser EX you can save MP 4 movies and phot os to your computer and easily or ganize them. The main system req uireme nts are as follows. Installation Install the s oftwar e before you connect the camcor der to the computer for the fi[...]

External Conne ctions  149 6 Follow th e onscreen instruction s. For W indows users, the User Account Contr ol window appea rs, follow the in stru ctions to cont inue . To check that the soft ware was installed corre ctly Y ou can check that the softwar e w as insta lled corr ectly by look ing for the I mageBr o wser EX icon in the following loc[...]

150  Exter nal Co nnecti ons IMPORT AN T • When the camcorder is connected to a computer: - D o not open the memo ry card slot cover and do not remove the memory card. - Do not access, change or delete any of the camc ord er’ s fo lders or files directly from the comput er as this m ay result in p ermane nt data loss . Always use only the s [...]

External Conne ctions  151 - / , Memory Save: Saving an Enti re Memory onto an Externa l Hard Drive Y ou can easily save all the movies and phot os you recor d ed onto a commer cially avail able external har d drive co nnected dir ectly to the camc order *. Y o u ca n als o use the camc order t o pl ay bac k you r reco rd- ings di rect ly fro m [...]

152  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Before discon necting the exte rnal hard drive Before turning of f or physically d isconnecting the external hard drive, be sure t o safely end the connectio n to the camcor der to avoid dam - age to y our files. Fro m the [Ex ternal Hard Driv e] scr een: IMPORT AN T • Ma ke su re you p owe r the camcorde r wit h t[...]

External Conne ctions  153 4 T ouch [Play Back from Har d Drive] and select the memory save folder you wish to play back. • If you p erfo rme d mult ipl e memor y save o pera tions on the same d ay (for exam ple, if you save d the built- in me mory and th en a memo ry car d), t he fold er name of me mory s ave fol ders fo llowi ng th e first o[...]

154  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Initiali zing the Exter nal Hard Drive 1 Power the camco rder using the compact power adapter . Do not disc onnect t he power sour ce or turn off the ca mcord er until the initia lization is co mpleted. 2P r e s s T to set the camcor d er to playback mode. 3 Connect t he camcorder to the exter nal hard drive using th[...]

External Conne ctions  155 Copying Recordings to an External Video Recorder Operat ing modes: In High Definition Connect the camcor der to Blu-ray Disc recor d ers and ot her A VCHD- compatible digital video r ecorders using the supplied USB cabl e to make perf ect copies of your movi es in high definiti on. If the external digital vide o reco r[...]

156  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Connecting Connect the camcor der to the VCR using Connection " . Ref er to Connection Diagrams ( A 140). Recording 1 External recor der: Load a b lank cassette or dis c and set the recor der to r ecord pause mode. 2 T urn on the camcorder and set it to mode. • We r ecommend p owerin g the c amcor der using t [...]

External Conne ctions  157 Ins tallati on Install the soft ware bef o re y ou connect the camcor der to the computer for the first time. Refer to the Startup Guide (supplied leaflet) and follow the instructions in the Software Guid e (PDF file) to install the s upplied PIXELA ’ s s oftware. Convert ing Scenes int o Standard Defin ition from th[...]

158  Exter nal Co nnecti ons 7T o u c h [ O K ] . Connec t the camc ord er to the comp uter at thi s point ( A 159) to continue uploading t he conv erted videos t o the W eb. To select indiv idual scenes (step 4) 1 T ouch on the indivi dual scenes y ou want to convert. • A checkm ark ! will ap pear on the s cenes you to uch. The tota l number [...]

External Conne ctions  159 2 Select the r ating of the s tories you wa nt to convert. 3T o u c h [ E d i t S t o r y ] > [Convert HD ' SD ( % )] and continue the conversion to standard definition from step 5 in the previous procedure ( A 157). NOTES • When converting scen es from a story: - All the scene s ar e merged into one conv ert[...]

160  Exter nal Co nnecti ons IMPORT AN T • While th e camcorde r is connec ted to t he computer , do not ope n the memory car d slot co ver a nd do no t r emove the memory car ds. • 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 not ope n the me mory [...]

External Conne ctions  161 2 Con vert the d esired movi es ( A 157). • If you ar e within the ran ge of a conf igur ed network, Web upload will start automa tically . • The status of the wire less communi cation is shown by the E ye-Fi icon as follows: - • (grayed out) Communica tion not establ ished - • (whi te, flash ing) Con necti ng;[...]

162  Exter nal Co nnecti ons • While using an Eye-Fi Car d, the ACCESS ind icator m ay fla sh fr om time to time. • Wireless co mmunic ation vi a the Eye-Fi car d is avail able on ly in pla yback mode. Any wireless transfer in progress will be stopped if you set the camc ord er to r ecordin g mode. • Wireless co mmunic ation vi a the Eye-F[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  163 Wi-Fi Functions This chapter contains information about how to operate the Wi-Fi functions of your camcorder , starting with the Wi-Fi ne t- work setup neede d to add your camco rder to an existing Wi-Fi networ k. Introduction t o Wi-Fi The camc order 's Wi-Fi functions all o w you t o send f iles wir elessly , which m[...]

164  Wi-Fi Fu nctions NOTES • While using Wi-Fi function s, the camcor der's automatic power of f func- tion will be disable d. Wi-Fi connection Ad hoc mode Connect t he camcorder to an iO S device ( A 175). Use this conn ection type if you plan to upload vide os to Y ouT ube and F acebook on the go ( A 174). Wi-Fi connection Infrastructu[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  165 Connecting to a Wi-Fi Networ k Wirele ssly connecting to a W i-Fi netw ork via an a ccess point ( wireles s rout er) is commonly r eferred to as infras tructur e mode. If your wir eless rout er suppor ts Wi- Fi Pr otected Setu p (WPS), setup will be ea sy and requir e minimal configuring. Refer to Wi-Fi Protected Setup be l[...]

166  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Operating modes: Wi-F i Protected Setup ( WPS) T o use WPS to make a connection using infra- structure mo de, make sure your w ireless router has the WPS logo. If your wir eless router has a WPS button, se tup will be easy and all automatic. Some wireless routers that support WPS do not have a dedicated but- ton but us e a [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  167 4 Within 2 minutes, touch [OK] o n the camcorder's screen. Y ou can t ouch [Stop] and then [ OK] to interrupt the Wi-Fi Pr otected Setup while it is in progress. 5 T ouch [Aut omatic] to automatically obtain an IP address. • T o assign the I P addr ess manual ly , touch [Manua l] and perfor m the pr ocedur e in T o m[...]

168  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Manua l Setup Perform thi s proced ure t o wireles sly connect the camco rde r to the wireless ro uter (using infrastructure mode) if your r outer does not sup- port WPS, you wish to manuall y configure settings, or if your w ireless rout er's networ k name (SSID) cannot be de tected due to the steal th function being [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  169 4 T ouch the [Encryption Key] control button to enter the encryption key or password of the wireless access point and then tou ch [OK]. • If the enc ryption method of the w irel ess access point is set to WEP , the WEP in dex k ey wil l appe ar o n the screen. Selec t the same index key of the acce ss point. 5 T ouch [Aut[...]

170  Wi-Fi Fu nctions NOTES • The functi ons avail able and the setup method wi ll v ary dependi ng on the sp ecifica tions and char acteris tics of the W i-Fi net work yo u want to use. • W i-Fi f unctions, including conne cting to a Wi-Fi network , ar e not avail- able when the optional WM-V1 Wirel ess Micr ophone is attach ed to the camc [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  171 For F TP servers: • Corr ectly confi gur ed F TP serve r , such as a Macinto sh com puter or n et- work-at tached storage (NAS) drive. Y ou will need to enter the IP addr ess , port , user name, p ass word and f ile tr ansf er de stinati on as part of the manual setu p. Operat ing modes: File T r ansfer De stination Setup[...]

172  Wi-Fi Fu nctions File T ransfer Dest ination S etup for FT P Server s 1 Set the c amcor der to p layback mode and th en press . 2 Connect t he camcorder to the Wi-F i network. 3 Enter the details of th e F TP server . * An interface s imilar to th e virtual keyb oard for tex t fields ( A 88 ) will appear except it will contain only t he key[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  173 4 Select t he memory that cont ains the recordings you wish to transfer wirelessly and touch [OK]. • Y ou can se lect mor e than one memory . • T ouch [All fi les] to trans fer all the r ecor dings, or [New files ] to tra nsfer only those rec ordings that hav e not be en previo usly tran sfer red. • Once connect ed, t[...]

174  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Uploading Recordings to Y ouT ube and Facebook Y ou can upload movies t o Y ouT ube and movie s and phot os to Face - book using the supp lied software Network U tility running on a W in- dows comp uter . POINTS TO CH ECK • If you h ave not do ne so alr eady , compl ete the Wi-Fi network se tup ( A 165) and f ile transfer[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  175 3 If you are uplo ading to Y ouT ube, read the Y ouT ube agreement carefully and tou ch [I Agree] if you agree. 4 T ouch the desired connection point to connect the camcorder to the netw ork and then touch [OK]. Once conn ected, or if only one conn ection point has been set up, the wire less uploa d will begi n automati cal[...]

176  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 2 Set up a new connection point. * T o repl ace the cur rent settings, touc h [Edit] instead and then ma nually ch ange the setting s. T o delete the sett ings, touch [Del ete] and th en [Y es]. 3 Enter the details of th e connection. * If you select [Ope n], you can select [No E ncryption] or [WEP]. If you select [Shared K[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  177 Uploadin g Videos 1 Camcorder: Set the ca mcorder to playback mode and th en press . 2 Camcorder: Select the ad hoc Wi-Fi connection. * If the mem ory card slot cover is open, the opti on will not b e available. M ake sure the cover is closed properly . 3 Camcorder: T ouch [OK]. The camc or der wi ll conne ct as a medi a se[...]

178  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Wire less Playba ck on a DLN A-Compatib le Dev ice If you have a DLNA-c ompatible player , such as an HDTV , on your home network, you can watch your r ecor dings* wir elessly . In such case, the camcor der acts as a digital media server (DMS) and the HDTV acts as a digit al media player (DMP) . Fro m the HDTV , you can eas[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  179 3 Camcorder: T ouch the desired connection point and then touch [OK]. 4 DLNA Digit al Media Player: Se lect your camcorder model from the list and th en play back your recordings. • The ACCESS indi cator blinks during the c onnection. • R efer to t he DLN A devic e's ins tructio n manu al for d etails o n the pr oc[...]

180  Wi-Fi Fu nctions NOTES • Playback may not appear smoot h dependi ng on the wir eless rou ter's sett ings an d capab ility . In su ch cas e, try the fo llowi ng. - R emove an y obje cts betwe en the camcorder a nd wireles s acces s point th at may i nterfer e wi th the w irele ss signal. - M ove the camc order clo ser to the wirele ss[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  181 Gloss ary This is a glossary of s ome of the basic terms used frequently in this chapter . The documentation for your wire less rout er may also con- tain 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 networ k[...]

182  Additional Information Additional Information This chapter contains tr oubles hooting advice, sc reen mes- sages, handling and maintenanc e tips, and othe r information. Appendix: Menu Options Lists Menu items not available app ear grayed out. For details about how to select an item, re fer to Using the Menus ( A 28). For details about each[...]

Addition al Informatio n  183 1 The de fault setting is on in mode and off in other ca mera mod es. 2 Some op tions are available o nly when recording a sto ry using Stor y Creator . [ È Pow ere d IS] 1 [ON], [OFF ] zzz 98 [ZOOM Zoom] Zoom controls , [ST ART]/[STOP] cont rol zzz 51 [ W ] (tele macro): T oggle on or of f – zz 109 [ Audio Scene[...]

184  Additional Information [Ed it] Panel - Mode * Option available only for A VCHD movies. Contr ol Bu tton [ Movies] Index Scre en [ Movi es ] Index Screen [ z SD Movies] Index Screen Playback Pause A - / , From the bui lt-in memory: [Copy ( % )] < date >, [Select ], [All S cenes] [Select] , [All Scenes] – – 143 - / , From the bui lt[...]

Addition al Informatio n  185 In the galler y: * Ope ration not available for the two preexisting stories, [Unso rted] and [Vide o Snap- shot]. [Edit ] Pane l - Mode Control Button [Edit Story] from the [St or y Details] scr een [Edit Scene] from the [Scene List] screen Playback Pause A - / , Fr om the built -in memory: [Copy ( % )] < by scen[...]

186  Additional Information [ Other Se ttings] Menus When the camc order is in mode, you w ill not be a ble to access the p menu. p Camera Se tup Menu item Set ting options n A [Self Timer] [ i On < ], [ j Off] zz 113 [Digital Zo om] [ j Off] , [ n 40x], [ o 200x] z –– [Zoom Speed] [ Y Variable] , [ Z Speed 3], [ [ Speed 2], [ ] Speed 1] [...]

Addition al Informatio n  187 1 Option a vailable only for recording movies. 2 Option a vailable on ly when the optional SM -V1 Surround M icrophone is a ttached to the cam corder after having updated the camc order’ s firm ware using the me m- ory card supplied with the SM- V1. 3 For A VCHD movies only . [Digital Zoom]: De term ines the opera[...]

188  Additional Information [Focus Assistanc e]: When f ocus as sista nce i s activa ted, the image at the center of the screen i s magnified to hel p you focus manuall y ( A 108). • Using foc us assist ance wil l not af fect th e rec ordi ngs. It will be cance lled automa ticall y after 4 seconds or when you s tart r ecor ding . [Auto Slow Sh[...]

Addition al Informatio n  189 [Surround Mic Direction ality]: Sets the directi onality mod e of the optional SM-V1 Surr ound Microphone . [ ò Surround] : Recor d s 5.1c h surr ound sound. [ ó Zoom]: Rec or ds 5.1 audio channels. Additionally , the audio is linked to the zo om positio n. The larger the subjec t appears on the scr een, t he loud[...]

190  Additional Information [TV T ype]: When you connect the camcor de r to a TV using the optional STV -250N Ster eo Video Cable, select the setti ng accor ding to the type of TV in o r der t o displ ay the pictu re in f ull and in the correct aspect ratio . [ + 4:3 TV]: TV sets wi th 4:3 aspect ratio. [ , Wi de TV]: TV sets wi th 16:9 aspect r[...]

Addition al Informatio n  191 1 Option n ot available i n mode. 2 Opti on avai labl e onl y fo r A VCHD mo vies. 3 This is t he only opti on available w hen an ex ternal hard d rive is conne cted to the camcorder . [Rate Scenes (R ecording)]: When se t to [ i On], th e scene r ating scene will appear af ter every s cene you r ecord. [Av ailable [...]

192  Additional Information [x.v .Color]: Uses a color s pace wi th an ex tended gamut to a chieve deeper colo rs, c loser t o real li fe. • Use this function to recor d video only when you intend to play b ack your re cord ings on an HDTV c ompat ible with x.v .Color , connect ed to the camco rd er usin g the suppl ied HDMI ca b le. If r ecor[...]

Addition al Informatio n  193 q System Setup Menu item Set ting options y A [Output Onscree n Displ ays] 1 [ i On] , [ j Off] zzzz – [Language ! ] [ ], [Dansk], [Deuts ch], [ ], [English] , [Español], [Français], [Itali ano], [Magy ar], [Melayu], [ Nederlands ], [Norsk], [Polski] , [Port uguês], [ ] , [Suomi], [Svenska], [Tür kçe], [ ], [[...]

194  Additional Information [Autosta rt Decoratio n] [ i On] , [ j Off] zz ––– [Power Sa ving Mode] [Auto Power Off]: [ j Off], [ i On] zzzz – [Quick Start (Standby)]: [Off], [10 min] , [20 min], [30 min] - / , [Initialize & / * ] . [Initialize * ] [ & Built-in Mem.]* , [ * Mem. Card]* * - / , only . zzzz 41 [Complet e Initializa[...]

Addition al Informatio n  195 1 Option n ot available i n mode. 2 Option a vailable onl y after connec ting an exter nal hard d rive to the cam corder . 3 Option available only after having inserted an Eye-Fi car d into the memory card slot. [Outpu t Onscree n Displays ]: When set to [ i On], the camcorder’ s onscr een displays will ap pear al[...]

196  Additional Information [Custom Control Button]: On the lower right of the r ecording screen, a contro l button t hat is a short c ut to one of the f unctions i n the [ Main Functions] panel is consta ntly displa yed. By changin g this set ting, you can change th e shortcut , which wil l allow you to acce ss one of your f re quently used fun[...]

Addition al Informatio n  197 • Depending on th e TV set, additiona l settings may be r equired on the TV itself to activate the HD MI-CEC funct ion. Refe r to the TV ’ s instructi on manual. • Corr ect operation of the HDM I-CEC fun ction ca nnot be guaran teed even when con necting the camcor der to compa tible TV sets. I f you cannot us[...]

198  Additional Information Appendix: Onscr een Ico ns and Displa ys Recording Movies (using Story Creator) 1 Control button [FUNC.]: Open the [ Main Funct ions] pa nel ( A 29) 2 Smar t AUT O ( A 47 ) 3 Face detecti on f rame ( A 100) 4 T ouc h & T rack f rame ( A 102) 5 Control butto n [PHOTO]: T ake a ph oto ( A 45 , 89 , 128) 6 Control bu[...]

Addition al Informatio n  199 Recording Movies Manual mode Cinema mode A h Recordi ng program ( A 95) A j Manual e xposure ( A 106) A k AGC (automatic gain control) limit ( A 107) A l = Instant A F/ @ Normal AF ( A 187), MF Manua l focus ( A 108) S q Face de tection ( A 100) S a White balan ce ( A 110) S s Audio level indica tor ( A 118) S d x.v[...]

200  Additional Information Playing Mo vies (during playback) AVCHD movies : MP4 movies: F g Extern al audio input ( A 84) F h Eye-Fi wireless commu nication ( A 160) F j Scene numb er F k Playback co ntrol buttons ( A 56) F l Data code ( A 66, 189) G q V olume and b ackgr ound musi c balance c ontrols ( A 56, 8 3) G a Fil e numbe r ( A 19 2) G [...]

Addition al Informatio n  201 Viewing Photos G d Control button [Edit]: Op en the Edit panel ( A 185) G f Current ph oto / T ota l number of photo s G g Control button [ h ]: Photo j ump ( A 133) G h Control button [ Ð ]: Slideshow ( A 136) G j Control button [ f ]: Return to the [ Photos] in dex screen ( A 132) C OP Y[...]

202  Additional Information 7 Memor y op er atio n Ü Rec ord, Û Rec ord pa use, Ð Play back, Ý Playb ack paus e, × Fast playback, Ø Fast reverse playback, Õ Slo w playbac k, Ö Slow rever se playb ack , Ó Frame advance, Ô Fr ame reve rse . 9 Remaining battery time • The icon shows a rough estimate of the remai ning charge as a percent[...]

Addition al Informatio n  203 Trou b le ? T roubles hooting If you have a proble m with your camcorder , refe r to this section. Some- times w hat you t hink is a malfunctio n of the camcorder may have the simples t of s olutio ns - pleas e r ead the “CHECK THI S FIRST ” box before going on to the more detailed problems and solutions. Consul[...]

204  Additional Information Cannot charge the battery pack. - Make sure the camcorder is off so charging can s tart. - The tempera ture of the battery pack is outsi de its operating range (approximately 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F)). Remove the battery pack, warm it or let it cool down, as necessary , and try charging it again. - C harge th e b[...]

Addition al Informatio n  205 Changing the operating mode between recording ( Ü )/record paus e ( Û )/playback ( Ð ) takes longer than usual. - When the memor y contains a large number of scenes, some operations may take longer than usual. Save your recordings ( A 146 ) and initialize the memory ( A 41). Movies or photos cannot be recor ded p[...]

206  Additional Information When playing back scenes/slideshow with bac kground music , the music track is not play ed back correct ly . - This can occur when you trans fer the music files to a memory card after repeatedly recording and deleting scenes (fragmented memory). Save your recordings ( A 146) and initialize the memory card ( A 41). The[...]

Addition al Informatio n  207 ? appears on the screen. - The camcorder has become hot while in the [Underw ater] or [Surface] recording program. T urn off the camcorder and let it cool down. The red ON/OFF (CHG) indicator flashes rapidly ( one flash at 0.5-second intervals). - The temperature of the batter y pack is outside its o per ating range[...]

208  Additional Information Sound is distorted or is recorded at lowe r levels. - When recording near loud so unds (such as fire works, shows or concerts), so und may become distorted or it may not be recor ded at the ac tual levels. Activate th e microphone attenuator ( A 188) or adjust the audio recording lev el manually ( A 118). There are br[...]

Addition al Informatio n  209 Cannot upload files wirelessly us ing an Eye-Fi card. - q > [Eye-Fi Communication] is set to [Off] ( … appears onscreen). Set it to [Auto- matic]. - Wireless communication is not available with an Eye-F i card in record ing mode or while the optional WM-V1 Wireless Microphone is attached to the camcorder . Set [...]

210  Additional Information Cannot save photos on my computer - When the memory contains too many photos (Windows – 2,500 pho tos or more, Macintosh – 1,000 photos or more), you may not be able to transfer photos to a computer . T r y using a card reader to transfer the photos on the memory card. - / , only: T o transfer the pho- tos in the [...]

Addition al Informatio n  211 Cannot connect with the wireless router . - Check that the wireless router is working corr ectly . - The effective communication range between the camcorder and wireles s router may vary depending on the strength of the wi reless signal. T ry using the camcorder closer to the wir e- less router . - Cordless phones, [...]

212  Additional Information - / , Cannot convert - Cannot access the memory card. Check the memory card and make sur e it is inserted cor- rectly. - Y ou inserted a MultiMedia Card (MMC) into the camcorder . Use a recommended memory card ( A 37). - There was an error creating the file name. Set > [File Numbering] to [Reset] and initialize the[...]

Addition al Informatio n  213 - / , Cannot play the movies in the built-in memory Initialize only using the camcorder - The camcorder' s built-in memory was initialized using a computer . Initialize the built-in mem- ory with this camcorder ( A 41). Cannot play the movies on this memory card - Movies cannot be played back from a 64 MB or sm[...]

214  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 camcorder 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 (M[...]

Addition al Informatio n  215 LCD screen has been dimmed Use the [LCD Backlight] setting to change the brightness - Change the q > [LCD Backlight] setting to [Normal] or [Bright]. 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. Replace the memory [...]

216  Additional Information Number of scenes already at maximum - The maximum number of AVCHD scenes (3,999 scenes ) has been reached. Delete so me scenes ( A 60) to free some spac e. Number of stories already at maximum - The gallery already contains the maximum number of stories (98 stories in any one given memory). Delete some stories ( A 63)[...]

Addition al Informatio n  217 Some scenes were recor ded using another device and cannot be copied. - Scenes that were not recorded with this ca mcorder cannot be copied to the memory card. T ask in progress. Do not disconnect the power source . - The camcorder is u pdating the memory. W ait unt il the operation ends and do not disconnect the co[...]

218  Additional Information List of Messages for t he Optional Video Lig ht - / , List of Messages for Connecting to an External Hard Drive - / , List of Messages for Wi-Fi Functions Battery charge is low . C annot use the accessory attached to the mini advanced shoe . - The batter y charge is too low to supply power to the access ory attached t[...]

Addition al Informatio n  219 Cannot connect to FTP server - Make sure that the camcorder and FTP server have the same IP address c onfigured. - This message will appear if the encryption key is incorrect when the encryption method is set to [Open]. The encryption key is case sensitive s o make sure to enter it cor rectly . - The port number is [...]

220  Additional Information No access points found - Cordless phones, microwave 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. - Make sure that you use the wireless router’ s SSID for the camcorder’ s Wi-Fi settings . - A connecti[...]

Addition al Informatio n  221 Un able to obt ain an IP ad dres s - If you are not using a DHCP server , configure the camcorder’ s Wi-Fi settings manually or obtain an IP address using the [Man ual] setting. - T urn on the DHCP server . If it is already on, make sure it is functioning properly . - Make sure the address range for the DHCP serve[...]

222  Additional Information Do’ s and Don’ts Handling Precauti ons Camcorder Be sure to obse rve the following p recautions to ensure maxim um per- formance. • Save your r ecordings periodically . Mak e su re to tran sf er y our reco rd- ings to an exte rn al devic e such as a comp uter o r digita l vide o recorder ( A 143) and save them o[...]

Additional Information  223 • Do not poin t the lens at strong li g ht so urc es. Do not leave t he cam- corder p ointed at a bright subjec t. • Do not use or stor e the camcorder in dusty or sandy places. The cam- corder is not waterproof – avoid also water , mud or salt. If any of the abov e shoul d get into th e camco rd er it may da ma[...]

224  Additional Information Batter y Pack • Dirty termina ls may cause a poor contac t between the ba ttery pack and the ca mcorder . W ipe th e termi nals wi th a soft clo th. Long-te rm storage • Stor e batt ery p acks in a dry place a t tempe ratur es no higher than 30 ° C (86 ° F). • T o extend the batte ry lif e of the batter y pack[...]

Additional Information  225 Memory Card • We recomm end back ing up the reco rdi ngs on the memory car d onto your co mputer . Data ma y be corrupt ed or los t due to mem ory car d defe cts or exposur e to stati c elect ricity . Canon shal l not be lia ble f or lost or corrupted da ta. • Do not touch or expose the term inals to dust or d irt[...]

226  Additional Information Disposal When you delete movies or initialize the me mory , only the file allocation table is alt ere d and stor ed data is not physicall y erased. When yo u dis- pose of the camcor der or memory card or giv e either to another per- son, initiali ze the camcorder's buil t-in memory ( - / , only) or memory card us[...]

Additional Information  227 Maintenance/Other s Cleaning Camcor der Body • Use a so ft, dry cloth to clea n the c amcorde r bod y . Neve r use ch emic ally treate d cloth s or v olatile so lvents such as paint thinne r . Lens an d Instant A F Senso r • If the len s surf ace o r Inst ant AF sensor is dirty , autof ocus may not work properly .[...]

228  Additional Information To avoid cond ensation • D o not e xpose the camco rder to sudde n or e xtreme chang es in t em- perature. • Re move the mem ory ca rd and bat tery 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[...]

Additional Information  229 Genera l Inform ation Accessories * S upplied with the camcorder ; not available as an optiona l accessory . ** - / , only . (Av ailability differs from area to area) 1 2 7 A q A a A f A g A h A j A s A d A k A l S q S aS s 89 4 56 3 TV/HDTV Digital video recorder Computer External hard drive** Card reader/writer Opti[...]

230  Additional Information NOTES • Accessor ies tha t are com patib le with the Advanc ed Accessory Shoe cannot be att ached to th is ca mcor d er . Look for t he Mini ADV ANCE D SHOE logo to ensur e compatibi lity with th e mini a dvanced shoe. Option al Accesso ries Call or v isit your local r e tailer /dealer for genuine Canon video access[...]

Additional Information  231 5 CG-700 Battery Charger Use the battery charg er to charge the battery packs. Charging , Recording and Playback T imes The charg ing tim es g iven in the follo wing table are ap proximat e and var y accordi ng to c hargi ng co ndition s an d initia l cha rge of t he ba ttery p ack. Recor ding and play back ti mes giv[...]

232  Additional Information - / , Recording AVCHD movies us ing the built-in me mory 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. Batter y pack Recording mode Recording (maximum ) Recording (typical)* Playback BP-718 MXP 115 min. 75 min[...]

Additional Information  233 7 TL-H4 3 Tele -convert er This T ele- conve rter lens in creases the focal le ngth o f the cam corder lens by a factor of 1.5. • The image stabili zer is not as effect ive when the T e le-co nvert er is att ached . • The min imum focu sing distanc e at full telephoto with the TL-H43 is 3. 3 m (10.8 ft.). 8 WD-43 [...]

234  Additional Information A g DM-100 Directio nal Stereo Micr opho ne This hi ghly se nsitive , super-directional microph one at tache s to th e cam corder’ s mini advanc ed shoe . It can be used as dir ectional micr ophone ( monaural) or ster eo micr opho ne. A h VL-5 Vide o Ligh t This video light enables you to re cord bright ly in color [...]

Additional Information  235 S a WP-V4 Wa terpr oof Case This c ase allows you to record movi es and take photos underw ater without get- ting t he camc order wet . S s SC-20 00 Soft Carrying C ase A ha ndy camc or der bag wit h padd ed comp artm ents an d plen ty of sp ace for acces sorie s. This mark identifies genuine Canon video accessories .[...]

236  Additional Information Specifications VIXIA HF M52 / VIXIA HF M50 / VIXIA HF M500  — V alues given are approximate figures. System • Recording System Movies: AVCHD Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch; Dolby Digital 5.1ch* MP4 Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Audio compression: M PEG-2 AAC-LC ([...]

Additional Information  237 • Image Sensor 1/3-inch CMOS, 2,370,000 pixels  Effective pixels: 2,070,000 pixels  (1920 x 1080) • LCD T ouch Screen: 3 inch, wide, TFT color , 230,000 dots  , touch operation • Microphone: Stereo electret condenser microphone with multiple directionality settings • Lens f=6.1-61 mm, F/1.8-3.0, 10x o[...]

238  Additional Information - / , Wi-Fi • Standard: Complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g/n protocol • Frequency: 2.4 GHz • Supported channels: 1 - 11 • Encryption methods: WEP-64/WEP-128, TKIP/AES Power/Other s • Power supply (rated) 3.6 V DC (battery pack), 5.3 V DC (compact po wer adapter) • Power consumption  2.7 W (SP mode, AF on,[...]

Additional Information  239 • Rated voltage: 3.6 V DC • Operating temperature  : 0 – 4 0 °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 0.9 8 x 1.6 in.) • Weight  : 42 g (1.5 oz) About the m usic fi les The specif ications of the musi c[...]

240  Additional Information Index 3D Flip View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 A Abroad, using the camco rder . . . . 228 AGC (automatic g ain control) limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7 Apertu re (f number) . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Aspect r atio of a c onnected TV (TV type ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Audi o mix [...]

Additional Information  241 Image stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Index screen selectio n . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Initializing the memory . . . . . . . . . . 41 Intelligent IS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 L Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 LCD screen d immer . . . . . . . . . . . 195 LCD touc h screen . . . .[...]

242  Additional Information Te l e p h o t o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Time zo ne/DST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 T ou ch & T rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 To u c h A E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 To u c h A F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

243 CANON CONSUMER DIGIT AL VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIMITED WA RRANTY FOR THE UNITED ST A TES 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 u[...]

244 LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DA T A, INCLUDING WITHOUT L IMIT ATION, LOSS OR CORRUPTION O F DA TA STORED O N THE EQUIPMENT’S HARD DRIV E, OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAM AGES CAUSED BY THE USE, MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE THE EQUIPMENT , REGARDLESS OF TH E LEGAL THEORY ON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED, AND EVEN IF CANON USA H AS BEE[...]

245 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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