User manual SANYO VPC-HD700

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL Digital Movie Camera VPC-HD700EX VPC-HD700 VPC-HD700GX Important note This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-HD700EX, VPC-HD700 and VPC-HD700GX. 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". [. . . ] i When video clips are played back in a slideshow, the recorded audio track is played back; the BGM is not played. NORMAL/PLAYBACK English 120 FILE PROTECT Prevent accidental erasure of image and audio files. 1 2 Display the file that you want to protect from accidental erasure, and display the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu (page 48). Select "PROTECT" and press the SET button. h If the protect mode has already been enabled for the file, then "UNLOCK" appears. Toggle the SET button up or down to select "LOCK", and press the SET button. h The protect mark B indicates that the file is locked. PROTECT LOCK EXIT OK 3 CAUTION i Even if the protect mode is set for certain files, they will be deleted if the card is reformatted (page 165). HINT To select a different image in steps 2 and 3. . . i Toggle the SET button to the left or right. To cancel the protect mode for a file. . . i Display the desired file and repeat steps 1 to 3. The protect mark B will disappear and the protect mode is canceled. 121 English PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS In addition to using your printer to print out still images captured with your camera, as with conventional film, you can have prints made at shops offering digital print services. Moreover, this camera is DPOF-compatible, so you can use the camera to specify the number of prints, whether or not the date is displayed on the print, and also to request an index print. Display the Printing Instructions Screen 1 Display the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu (page 48), select "PRINT INSTRUCTIONS", and press the SET button. ALL IMAGES: The specified printing instructions apply to all the images. EACH IMAGE: The printing instructions are specified for each individual image. INDEX: All the still images are printed as miniature images (thumbnail images), several images on one print. ALL CLEAR: Clear all the printing instructions. This cannot be selected if no printing instructions have been specified for the image. PRINT INSTRUCTIONS ALL IMAGES EACH IMAGE INDEX ALL CLEAR OK NORMAL/PLAYBACK English 122 PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS HINT Printing a single frame from a video clip i To print with a printer or have the digital print service shop print out a still image from a video clip, you must first save it (extract still) as a still image (page 132). About the DPOF format i DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) is a print order format. You can connect your camera to a DPOF-compatible printer to produce your prints. You can also set the printing instructions for the desired images, and then have the requested images printed automatically (page 183). About the finished prints i Rotated images (page 128) will be printed in their original orientation. i The quality of the print output will differ depending on the print service and printer used. 123 English Specifying date imprinting and print quantities You can specify printing instructions for each individual image (EACH IMAGE), or apply the printing instructions to all the images (ALL IMAGES). 1 2 Display the Printing Instructions Screen (page 122). Select "ALL IMAGES" or "EACH IMAGE". [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]