User manual SANYO VPC-C4

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL Digital Movie VPC-C4EX VPC-C4EXS VPC-C4E VPC-C4 VPC-C4S VPC-C4GX Important note This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-C4EX, VPC-C4EXS, VPC-C4E, VPC-C4, VPC-C4S and VPC-C4GX. Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such. Please read these instructions carefully before using the camera. Make sure to read and understand the section "USING YOUR CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY" on pages 7 to 20. [. . . ] EXIT: Returns to the Playback Setting Screen. ERASE ONE ERASE ERASE ALL EXIT 3 Toggle the SET button up or down the select the erase mode, and press the SET button. h The Erase Confirmation Screen appears. <ONE ERASE> h Toggle the SET button to the left or right to select the data you wish to erase. <ERASE ALL> h Toggle the SET button to the left or right confirm the data to erase. English 92 ERASING DATA 4 Toggle the SET button up or down to select "YES", and press the SET button. <ONE ERASE> h The currently displayed image is deleted. h To erase other data, select the data, and press the SET button. h To return to the Playback Setting Screen, press the MENU button. <ERASE ALL> h The Erase Confirmation Screen again appears. To erase the data, select "YES", and press the SET button. When data erase is completed, "NO IMAGE" is shown. CAUTION i Data which is protected from accidental erase cannot be erased. To erase protected data, set the protect setting for the data to off (page 90), and then follow the data erase procedure. 93 English PAGE 2 (ADVANCED SETTINGS) ROTATE IMAGE Captured still images can be rotated to the correct orientation for viewing. 1 2 Display the PAGE 2 Playback Setting Screen (page 84). Select the rotate icon L, and press the SET button. !: Rotates image counterclockwise 90 degrees. ROTATE RIGHT LEFT EXIT 3 Select the rotate right icon K or rotate left icon !, and press the SET button. h Each time the SET button is pressed, the image is rotated another 90 degrees. h To return to the Playback Setting Screen, press the MENU button. English 94 EDITING VIDEO CLIPS You can delete ("cut") the first part or the last part of a video clip. You can choose anywhere in the video clip as the cutting point. You can also join two video clips together and save them as one separate clip ("joining"). NOTE Warning concerning the battery pack remaining charge i During the editing of lengthy video clips, the time to process the large amount of data can become quite long. To avoid problems caused by the battery pack becoming depleted in the middle of video clip editing, before starting to edit be sure that a sufficiently charged battery pack is installed in the camera, or connect the AC adaptor/charger. i It is recommended that a computer be used to edit long video clips. Procedure to save part of a video clip as a separate clip Play the video clip, and pause playback at the point you want to cut. J Select whether to delete the portion before the cut point or after the cut point. i The specified portion is deleted. i The original video clip is not affected. (You can also choose to erase the original video clip when the new clip is saved. ) 95 English Procedure to join two video clips Display the video clip that will come first. J Select the video clip that you wish to append (join). J Join the video clips. [. . . ] Move in closer to your subject or zoom in so that the background does not compete with the subject. i In portrait photography your subject is clearly the central figure, so try techniques that allow the subject to stand out. i If light is coming from behind your subject (backlit), his face will appear dark. You can get a better picture by using the flash, for example, or changing the exposure setting. Photographing moving subjects (sports mode a) Points: i Match the camera's movement with that of the subject. [. . . ]