Sony CCD-FX410 - Manual (Page 3)

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Before You Begin
About this manual ...............................................................................................................4
Checking supplied accessories...........................................................................................5
Before you start...................................................................................................................5
Getting Started
Charging and installing the battery pack............................................................................. 6
Inserting a tape................................................................................................................... 9
Preventing accidental erasure .......................................................................................9
Adjusting the viewfinder lens............................................................................................ 10
Using the viewfinder as a sports finder......................................................................... 10
Sefting the BEEP switch ................................................................................................. 12
Installing the lithium battery............................................................................................. 13
Setting the date and time ................................................................................................ 14
Storing a birth date in your camcorder
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Basic Camera Operation
How to record ................................................................................................................... 17
How to play back a tape....................................................................................................20
Using the remote commander...........................................................................................22
How to get the most out of your battery pack ................................................................... 24
Advanced Camera Operation
Connecting alternative power sources .........................................................................27
Using house current..................................................................................................... 27
Using car battery ......................................................................................................... 28
Camera recording ............................................................................................................ 29
F^ecording the date or time..........................................................................................29
Putting an AGE on your tape ...................................................................................... 30
For low-position recording .......................................................................................... 31
Checking the last portion of a scene you just recorded (EDITSEARCH) .....................32
Hints for recording ....................................................................................................... 32
fte-recording on a previously recorded portion (EDITSEARCH) .................................33
Inserting scene in the middle of a recorded tape ........................................................34
Checking recording in the viewfinder (EDITSEARCH) ................................................ 35
Recording with an external microphone ......................................................................36
Connecting a wired remote control unit .......................................................................36
Making manual adjustments ............................................................................................ 37
Eocusing manually....................................................................................................... 37
Compensating backlighting ......................................................................................... 39
Using program AE.............................................................................................................40
Portrait mode ...............................................................................................................40
Sports mode................................................................................................................ 41
High-speed shutter mode.............................................................................................42
Using the special effects................................................................................................... 43
Zooming ...................................................................................................................... 43
Close-up (macro) .........................................................................................................44
Fade-in and fade-out ...................................................................................................45
Playing back .....................................................................................................................47
Recording ........................................................................................................................ 51
Editing............................................................................................................................... 53
Additional Information
Maintenance information...................................................................................................57
Tips for better camera recording...................................................................................... 61
Identifying the parts...........................................................................................................65
Indicators inside the viewfinder.........................................................................................70
Troubleshoofing ............................................................................................................... 71
Specifications ................................................................................................................... 73
Index................................................................................................................................. 74