Canon E 600 User Manual

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Canon

E400/E600

8mm VIDEO CAMCORDER

Instruction Manual

INSTRUCTIONS

2/3 P. ENG

This manual is related to the following products:

E 400

Table of contents

Document Outline

8mm VIDEO CAMCORDER
Table of Contents
WL-50 Wireless Controller
- Operation Bin
- TALLY/SENSOR ON/OFF Switch [OB
Viewfinder Displays
Power Sources
- Attaching Battery Pack IEQ
- 1. Slide battery pack into power source compartment.
- 2. Press battery pack until it clicks and locks in place.
- Removing Battery Pack
- 1. Slide and hoid ВАТТ EJECT switch up.
- 2. Puii battery pack out, as shown.
- Charging Battery Pack
- Using AC Power
- CA-100 Compact Power Adapter
- Using Car Battery
- CB-110 Car Battery Adapter (option)
- Attaching DC Coupler |Q3
- 1. Insert DC-100 DC Coupler into power source compartment.
- 2. Connect DC-100 cable to compact power adapter (or car battery adapter).
Setting Date and Time
- 1. Turn camera on by pressing OPERATE button.
- 2. Press and hold DATE button for more than 3 seconds. iEgl
- 3. Press + and - buttons to scan year display.
- 4. Press SHIFT button when correct year is shown.
- 5. Press + and - buttons to scan month display.
- 6. Press SHIFT button when correct month is shown.
- 7. Press + and - buttons to scan day display.
- 8. Press SHIFT button when correct day is shown.
- 9. Press + and - buttons to scan hour display.
- 10. Press SHIFT button when correct hour is shown.
- 11. Press + and - buttons to scan minute
- display.
- 12. Press DATE button when correct minute is shown.
Camera Preparations
- Attaching Strap
- SS-300 Shoulder Strap BQ
- WS-20 Wrist Strap (option) BIO
- Attaching Lens Cap Cord 24-a
- Removing and Attaching Lens Cap and Lens Hood 24-b
- Adjusting Grip Belt 24-c
- Adjusting Diopter 25-A
- Adjusting 180 FlexiGrip with Integral Electronic Viewfinder 25-B
- Sports Finder 25-c
Camera Recording
- 1. Attach power source.
- 2. Turn camera on.
- 3. Press A (EJECT) button.
- 4. Load video cassette and close video cassette compartment.
- 5. Press SP/LP button to select tape mode.
- 6. Turn grip to desired position.
- 7. Press start/stop button.
- 8. Press start/stop button again to temporarily pause recording. ^0
- 9. When recording has ended, press A (EJECT) button.
- 10. Remove video cassette and close video cassette compartment again.
- 11. Turn camera off.
- Video cassette erasure prevention switch
- Tape Counter
- Recording Reminder
- Battery Pack Warning зо-в
- Recording Using Tripod зо-с
Record Search
- 1. Place camera in record pause mode, iclgl
- 2. Press REC SEARCH + or - button to scroll forward or backward to locate recording start position.
- 3. Press start/stop button.
Record Review
- 1. Place camera in record pause mode. Ic^
- 2. Press O button.
- 3. Press start/stop button to resume recording.
- Record search (to resume recording) BQ
- Record review Basi
Edit-erase
- 1. Make sure that 3k (asterisk) is displayed, then place camera in record pause mode. BE]
- 2. Press E. ERASE button.
- 3. Press start/stop button to resume recording.
Recording Date and Time
- 1. While recording or in record pause mode, press DATE button,
- 2. Press DATE button again to end date and time recording.
Age Insert
- Registering the Birthday
- 1. Turn camera on.
- 2. Press and hold AGE button for more than 3 seconds. E3il
- 3. Press + and - buttons to scan year display.
- 4. Press SHIFT button when correct year is shown.
- 5. Press -I- and - buttons to scan month display.
- 6. Press SHIFT button when correct month is shown.
- Autofocus 40-A
- 'N Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus
- Manual Focus
- 1. Press FOCUS [^M button to select manual focus.
- 2. Rotate zooming lever to telephoto end.
- 3. Look through viewfinder and rotate focusing ring to focus on subject.
- 4. Use zooming iever to frame subject properly.
- Focus Lock
- 1. Press FOCUS [^/M button to select manual
- focus.
- 2. Rotate zooming lever to wide-angle end.
- 3. Press and hold macro button on zooming iever and move iever into macro range.
- 4. Approach subject to desired size in viewfinder.
- 5. Use zooming iever within macro range for fine focusing.
- 6. When macro recording is completed, reverse steps 2 and 3.
- Power Zoom 44-a
- Manual Zoom 44-b
- Wireless Zoom 44-c
White Balance
- What is White Balance?
- Auto White Balance
- Subjects Not Suitable for Auto White Balance 4s a
- White Balance Lock
Shooting with Video Light
- Attaching Video Light 47-a
- 1. Insert video light plug into accessory shoe on the camera.
- 2. Slide video light into accessory shoe until it stops.
- Removing Video Light 47-e
- 1. Press and hold lock release button.
- 2. Slide video light out of accessory shoe.
- Replacing Bulb 49-a
- 1. Rotate the protector in the indicated direction.
- 2. Puil out the oid buib.
- 3. insert a new buib positioning the notch at the bottom.
- 4. Rotate the protector in the indicated direction.
Gain-up/Backlight Compensation
- Gain-up Function 5i-a
- Backlight Compensation Function
High-Speed Shutter
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Fade
- 1. Press and hold FADE button during recording.
- 2. Press start/stop button when scene has disappeared completeiy.
- 3. Release FADE button.
- Wireless Fade
- 1. Place camera in record pause mode.
- 2. Press F. START/STOP button.
- 3. When scene is recorded, press F. START/STOP button again.
Adding Titles to Recordings
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Using External Microphone and
- Using External Microphone 63-a
- Using Headphones 63^b
Playback Connection
- Using TV with AudioA/ideo Input Terminals
- Connection Procedure
- Connection Procedure STil^i© (E600 only) ^
- Using TV with SCART Terminal
- Connection Procedure
- Connection Procedure STil^E©
- (E600 oniy) ^3
- Selecting Video Channel (European model)
- 1. Turn TV on.
- 2. Turn camera on.
- 3. Press ■ (STOP) button to select playback mode.
- 4. Press < (PLAY) button to start playback.
- 5. Set RF unit’s G/l selector using flat-edge screwdriver.
- 6. Set TV and video channel selector to video channel (video channel selector is factory-set to CH 32).
- Selecting Video Channel (Australian model)
- 1. Turn TV on.
- 2. Turn camera on.
- 3. Press ■ (STOP) button to select playback mode.
- 4. Press < (PLAY) button to start playback.
- 5. Set TV and video channel selector to video channel (video channel selector is factory-set to 1CH) using a flat-edge screwdriver.
Playback Procedure
- 1. Turn camera on.
- 2. Press A (EJECT) button.
- 3. Load video cassette in camera and cióse video cassette compartment.
- 4. Press ■ (STOP) button to select playback mode.
- 5. Locate playback start point.
- 6. Press PLAY button to start playback.
- 8. Turn camera off.
- High-Frequency Feedback
Special Playback Methods
- A. Fast Forward Playback
- B. Rewind Playback
- C. Still Playback
Tape Return
- 1. When you locate a scene during playback that you want to watch again later, press COUNTER RESET button.
- 2. Press ■ (STOP) button when playback finishes.
- 3. Press TAPE RETURN button.
- 4. Press ► (PLAY) button.
Editing to Another VTR
- Connection Procedure
- Connection Procedure STEI^i®
- (E600 oniy) 1^
Canon E400/E600 Video System Chart
Carrying Cases
- SC-300 Soft Carrying Case
- HC-300 System Case
Optional Accessories
- CB-110 Car Battery Adapter
- BP-E718 Battery Pack
- BP-E722 Battery Pack
- BP-E722D Battery Pack
- MC-100 Multi-battery Charger
- RS-300 Rain Shield
- VL-20 Battery Video Light
- TL-37 Teie-converter
- WD-37 Wide-converter
- FS-37 Fitter Set
- FS-37U Fiiter Set
- ZM-100 Stereo/Zoom Microphone (E600 oniy)
- MB-100 Microphone Boom (E600 oniy)
- SA-1 Adapter Bracket (E600 only)
Problems and Troubleshooting
- The following warnings may appear in viewfinder:
- Smear 15^
- Poor playback picture on TV monitor
Condensation (DEW)
- What is condensation?
- Condensation is iikeiy to occur when:
- Preventing condensation
- When condensation is detected
- To start using camera again
Cautions
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Specifications
- RF Unit RU-100
- VL-7 Battery Video Light
- European model
- Australian model
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