Sony MVC-FD81 User Manual

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Zoom lever
“T” side: for telephoto (subject appears closer)
“W” side: for wide-angle (subject appears farther away)
Move the zoom lever to the “W” side until the focus is sharp.
You can shoot a subject that is at least about 5/6 feet (about 25 cm) away
from the lens surface in the telephoto position, or  about 1/2 inch (about
1 cm) away in the wide-angle position.
FLASH button
AUTO is set at the factory.
Each time you press the
button, the flash mode changes
as follows:
AUTO (no indication) n
forced-flash 
 n
no flash 
 n AUTO
In AUTO mode, the flash goes
off automatically according to
the brightness of the surround-
ings.
The subject must be 1 5/8 feet
to 8 1/3  feet (0.5 m to 2.5 m)
away.
When you record using the
flash and conversion lens (not
supplied), an eclipse may
occur.
FLASH/CHARGE lamp
Photocell window
for LCD screen
The LCD screen becomes
brighter when exposed to
sunlight.
Floppy
disk slot
VOLUME +/– button
Press to adjust the volume
of the speaker.
Speaker
POWER
lamp
(16, 19)
Self-timer
Select “
” with the control button,
then press it.
About 10 seconds after you press the
shutter button, the subject is recorded.
Exposure
Select “
” or “
” on the LCD
screen with the control button, then
press it to select the desired value.
+EV: To raise the exposure value
(brighten the picture)
–EV: To lower the exposure value
(darken the picture)
Adjustable in a range of –1.5 EV to
+1.5 EV in steps of 0.5 EV.