User manual SANYO VPC-CG9GX

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL Digital Movie Camera VPC-CG9EX VPC-CG9 VPC-CG9GX Important note This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-CG9EX, VPC-CG9 and VPC-CG9GX. 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 separate booklet "SAFETY MANUAL". [. . . ] This will be the first frame of the extract. h If the start point of the video clip is also the start point of the extract, proceed to step 5. <Procedure> Play: After pausing playback, press and hold the SET button to the right for about 2 seconds for forward playback, or to the left for reverse playback. Pause: During playback, press the SET button. Accelerated playback: During playback, toggle the SET button to the left or right to change the playback speed. Single frame: After pausing playback, toggle the SET button to the right to move forward one frame, or to the left to move back one frame. h The start point of the video clip extract is set, and the screen to specify the end point appears. h Specify the end point of the extract by following the same procedure as in step 5. <When joining the first and latter portions> 1 Toggle the SET button down. h Each time the SET button is toggled down, the sections to delete and the sections to save are reversed. The frame following the end point of the extract will be the start point of the latter portion to be joined. Approximate playback time 5 CUT 00:00:06 SAVE End point Portion to be deleted 115 English 6 Press the [R] button. h A screen appears for you to select either to save the edited video clip as a new (separate) file, or to delete the original video clip and replace it with the edited video clip. SAVE AS NEW: The edited video clip will be saved as a new file. The original video clip remains unchanged. OVERWRITE: The original video clip will be deleted. Only the edited video clip will be saved. REVIEW CLIP: Play back the edited video clip before saving it. CUT SAVE AS NEW OVERWRITE REVIEW CLIP OK NORMAL/PLAYBACK 7 Select the desired option, and press the SET button. h When editing ends, you are returned to the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu. HINT i If the original video clip is protected, even if you select "OVERWRITE" in step 7 and press the SET button, the original video clip will not be erased. If you want it to be erased, you will need to first remove the protection (page 107). i If the "Card full" message appears, you will need to free some of the memory by deleting files that you do not need to keep. CAUTION 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. [. . . ] NOTE i If the background is distracting, it will not show your subject to his best advantage. 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. [. . . ]