User manual SONY HDR-TG5VE

[. . . ] Click "Handycam" Handbook Table of Contents HDR-TG5E/TG5VE/TG7VE 2009 Sony Corporation 4-133-713-11(1) GB Useful Recording Techniques Index Using the "Handycam" Handbook You will find information on using your camcorder to its fullest in this "Handycam" Handbook. Read the "Handycam" Handbook in addition to the Operating Guide (a separate volume). Information on using your camcorder connected to a computer will be found in the Operating Guide and the PMB Guide that is the Help of the supplied "PMB (Picture Motion Browser)" software. Table of Contents Searching for information quickly Click an item on the right edge of each page, and you will jump to the page for that item. Useful Recording Techniques Click here. You can search for an item by keyword using Adobe Reader. Refer to the Help of Adobe Reader for tips on how to use Adobe Reader. [. . . ] Frame a white object such as a piece of paper, to fill the screen under the Touch [ OUTDOOR ( ) INDOOR () The white balance will be adjusted according to the ambient light. Useful Recording Techniques ONE PUSH ( ) same lighting conditions as you will shoot the subject. When the white balance has been adjusted and stored in the memory, the indicator stops flashing. Notes Set [WHITE BAL. ] to [AUTO] or adjust the color in [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps. When you select [ONE PUSH], keep framing white objects while flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not be set. When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if keeps flashing after touching , set [WHITE BAL. ] to [AUTO]. If you set [WHITE BAL. ], [SCENE SELECTION] is set to [AUTO]. Tips If you have changed the battery pack while [AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), select [AUTO] and 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. Index 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. 68) at the same time. 7 Steps (MENU) [SPOT MTR/FCS] (under [MANUAL SETTINGS] category) touch the subject you want to adjust the brightness and focus on [END] Table of Contents To adjust the brightness and focus automatically, touch [AUTO]. Notes [EXPOSURE] and [FOCUS] are automatically set to [MANUAL]. 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. Useful Recording Techniques Steps (MENU) [SPOT METER] (under [MANUAL SETTINGS] category) touch the point where you want to fix and adjust the exposure on the screen [END] To return the setting to automatic exposure, touch [AUTO]. Notes [EXPOSURE] is automatically set to [MANUAL]. SPOT FOCUS You can select and adjust the focal point to aim it at a subject not located at the center of the screen. Index Steps (MENU) [SPOT FOCUS] (under [MANUAL SETTINGS] category) touch the point to be focused within the frame on the screen [END] 8 Table of Contents To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO]. Notes [FOCUS] is 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. Steps (MENU) [EXPOSURE] (under (darker)/ (brighter) [MANUAL SETTINGS] category) [MANUAL] Useful Recording Techniques To adjust the exposure automatically, touch [AUTO]. FOCUS You can adjust the focus manually. You can select this function also when you want to focus on a certain subject intentionally. Steps (MENU) [FOCUS] (under [MANUAL SETTINGS] category) [MANUAL] (focusing on close subjects)/ (focusing on distant subjects) Index To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO]. Notes When you set [FOCUS] to [MANUAL], appears. 9 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. 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 Table of Contents TELE MACRO This is useful to shoot small subjects, such as flowers or insects. You can blur out backgrounds and the subject stands out clearer. Steps (MENU) [TELE MACRO] (under setting OFF [MANUAL SETTINGS] category) a desired Useful Recording Techniques Cancels TELE MACRO. (TELE MACRO is also canceled when you move the zoom lever to the W side. ) The zoom (p. 29) moves to the top of the T (telephoto) side automatically and allows recording subjects at a close distance down to about 36 cm (14 1/4 in. ). ON ( ) Notes When recording a distant subject, focusing may be difficult and can take some time. 69) when it is hard to focus automatically. SMTH SLW REC (Smooth slow rec) See page 30. Index 70 SHOOTING SET (Items for customized shooting) The default settings are marked with . DIGITAL ZOOM You can select the maximum zoom level up to 10 × in case you want to zoom to a level greater than following optical zoom during recording. Note that the image quality decreases when you use the digital zoom. Table of Contents Steps (MENU) [ DIGITAL ZOOM] (under desired setting [SHOOTING SET] category) a The right side of the bar shows the digital zooming factor. The zooming zone appears when you select the zooming level. Useful Recording Techniques OFF 20 × 120 × Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically. Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically, and after that, up to 20 × zoom is performed digitally. [. . . ] Adobe, the Adobe logo, and Adobe Acrobat are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. NAVTEQ and the NAVTEQ Maps logo are trademarks of NAVTEQ in the US and other countries. Table of Contents Useful Recording Techniques Index All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Furthermore, and are not mentioned in each case in this Handbook. On GNU GPL/LGPL applied software The software that is eligible for the following GNU General Public License (hereinafter referred to as "GPL") or GNU Lesser General Public License (hereinafter referred to as "LGPL") are included in the camcorder. 119 This informs you that you have a right to have access to, modify, and redistribute source code for these software programs under the conditions of the supplied GPL/LGPL. When downloading the source code, select DCR-SR87 as the model for your camcorder. [. . . ]