Sony HDR-HC1E User Manual

HDR-HC1E 2-631-478-11(1)

Functions used for recording/playback, etc.

To use zoom ................ 

Move the power zoom lever 

  slightly for 

a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster 
zoom.

Wider range of view:  

(Wide angle)

Close view: (Telephoto)

•  When using the zoom ring 



, set the FOCUS/

ZOOM switch 



 to ZOOM and rotate it at the 

desired speed (

 appears).

•  You cannot change the zoom speed with the 

zoom buttons 



 on the LCD frame.

•  The minimum distance required between your 

camcorder and the subject to get a sharp focus 
is about 1 cm (about 1/2 in.) for wide angle and 
about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 ft.) for telephoto.

•  You can set [DIGITAL ZOOM] if you want to 

zoom to a level greater than 10 ×. (p. 46)

•  Zooming may not be able to catch up the 

rotating speed of the ring if it is rotated too fast.

manually (exposure) ............. 

EXPOSURE/VOL lever

EXPOSURE button

You can fix the brightness of a picture 
manually. When recording indoors on 
a clear day, for instance, you can avoid 
backlight shadows on people next to the 
window by fixing the exposure to that of 
the wall side of the room. Set the AUTO 
LOCK switch to OFF beforehand (p. 25).



  Press EXPOSURE 

.



  Adjust the brightness by moving the 

EXPOSURE/VOL lever 

 up or 

down.

 appears. Move the lever up to 

make the image brighter and move it down 
to make the image darker.

•  To return to the automatic mode, press 

EXPOSURE again.

•  The setting you have made will return to the 

default setting if you set the POWER switch to 
OFF (CHG) for more than 12 hours.

...........................................

Set the NIGHTSHOT switch 



 

to ON. 

(

 and [”NIGHTSHOT”] appear.)

•  To record an image brighter, use Super 

NightShot function (p. 45).To record an image 
more faithful to the original colors, use Color 
Slow Shutter function (p. 45).