User manual SONY DCR-SX83

[. . . ] 4-171-510-12(1) Table of contents 8 11 19 35 44 51 71 91 Getting started Recording/Playback Making good use of your camcorder Saving images with an external device DCR-SX73E/SX83E Digital Video Camera Recorder Customizing your camcorder Additional information "Handycam" Handbook Quick reference 2010 Sony Corporation Read this first Supplied items The numbers in ( ) are the supplied quantity. AC Adaptor (1) Power cord (Mains lead) (1) A/V connecting cable (1) USB cable (1) Rechargeable battery pack NP-FV30 (1) CD-ROM "Handycam" Application Software (1) "PMB" "Handycam" Menu items, LCD panel, and lens (software, including "PMB Help") Handbook (PDF) A menu item that is grayed out is not available under the current recording or playback conditions. The LCD screen is manufactured using extremely high-precision technology, so over 99. 99% of the pixels are operational for effective use. However, there may be some tiny black points and/or bright points (white, red, blue, or green in color) that appear constantly on the LCD screen. [. . . ] (White balance) You can adjust the color balance to the brightness of the recording environment. Customizing your camcorder AUTO The white balance is adjusted automatically. OUTDOOR ( ) The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording conditions: Outdoors Night views, neon signs and fireworks Sunrise or sunset Under daylight fluorescent lamps INDOOR () The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording conditions: Indoors At party scenes or studios where the lighting conditions change quickly Under video lamps in a studio, or under sodium lamps or incandescent-like color lamps Tips If you have changed the battery pack while [AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for better color balance adjustment. When the white balance has been set with [ONE PUSH], if the lighting conditions changed by bringing your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure to readjust the white balance. 57 GB SPOT MTR/FCS (Spot meter/ focus) You can adjust the brightness and focus for the selected subject simultaneously. This function enables you to use [SPOT METER] (p. 58) at the same time. SPOT FOCUS You can select and adjust the focal point to aim it at a subject not located at the center of the screen. Touch the subject in the frame of which you want to adjust the brightness and focus. To adjust the brightness and focus automatically, touch [AUTO]. Touch the subject in the frame of which you want to adjust the focus. To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO]. Notes [FOCUS] is automatically set to [MANUAL]. Notes [EXPOSURE] and [FOCUS] are automatically set to [MANUAL]. EXPOSURE You can fix the brightness of a picture manually. Adjust the brightness when the subject is too bright or too dark. SPOT METER (Flexible spot meter) You can adjust and fix the exposure to the subject, so that it is recorded in suitable brightness even when there is strong contrast between the subject and the background, such as subjects in the spotlight on stage. Touch / to adjust the brightness. To adjust the exposure automatically, touch [AUTO]. FOCUS Touch the subject in the frame of which you want to adjust the exposure. To return the setting to automatic exposure, touch [AUTO]. GB You can adjust the focus manually. You can select this function also when you want to focus on a certain subject intentionally. Notes [EXPOSURE] is automatically set to [MANUAL]. 58 Touch (nearby subject)/ (distant subject) to adjust the focus. To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO]. Notes When you set [FOCUS] to [MANUAL], appears. The minimum possible distance between camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in. ) for wide angle and about 80 cm (about 31 1/2 in. ) for telephoto. ON ( ) The zoom (p. 23) moves to the top of the T (telephoto) side automatically and allows recording subjects at a close distance down to about 38 cm (15 in. ). Tips appears when the focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and appears when the focus cannot be adjusted farther away. It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle) to adjust the zoom for recording. When you want to record a subject at close range, move the power zoom lever to W (wide angle), then adjust the focus. The focal distance information (distance at which the subject is focused on; used as a guide if it is dark and focus adjustment is difficult) appears for a few seconds in the following cases. (This information will not display correctly if a conversion lens (sold separately) is being used. ) When the focus mode is switched from automatic to manual When you set focus manually Notes When recording a distant subject, focusing may be difficult and can take some time. 58) when it is hard to focus automatically. SMTH SLW REC (Smooth slow rec) Fast moving subjects and actions, which cannot be captured under the ordinary shooting conditions, can be shot in smooth moving slow-motion for about 3 seconds. Press START/STOP on the [SMTH SLW REC] screen. An about-3-second movie is recorded as a 12-second-slow-motion movie. [Recording. . . ] disappears, when recording is finished. to cancel the smooth slow Customizing your camcorder TELE MACRO This is useful to shoot small subjects, such as flowers or insects. [. . . ] Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and DirectX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Intel, Intel Core, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. [. . . ]