Sony HDR-CX11E User Manual

To cancel, touch [OFF], or zoom to wide-

angle (W side).

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 When recording a distant subject, focusing may 

be difficult and can take some time.

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 Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 79) 

when it is hard to focus automatically.

You can fix the brightness of a picture 

manually. Adjust the brightness when the 

subject is too bright or too dark relative to 

the back ground.

  Touch [MANUAL].  

 appears.

  Adjust the exposure by touching 

/

.

  Touch 

.

To return the setting to automatic 

exposure, touch [AUTO]  

 in step .

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 You can also adjust the setting manually using 

the CAMERA CONTROL dial (p. 30).

You can adjust the focus manually. You can 

select this function also when you want to 

focus on a certain subject intentionally.

  Touch [MANUAL].  

 appears.

  Touch 

 (focusing on close subjects)/

 

(focusing on distant subjects) to sharpen the 

focus.   appears when the focus cannot be 

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adjusted any closer, and   appears when the 

focus cannot be adjusted farther away.

  Touch 

.

To adjust the focus automatically, touch 

[AUTO]  

 in step .

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 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 2 5/8 feet) for 

telephoto.

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 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.

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 The focal distance information (distance at 

which the subject is focused on, 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 an 

optional conversion lens is being used).

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 When the focus mode is switched from 

automatic to manual

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 When you set focus manually

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 You can also adjust the focus manually using 

the CAMERA CONTROL dial (p. 30).

You can record images effectively in 

various situations.

 AUTO

Select to automatically record images 

effectively without the [SCENE 

SELECTION] function.

 TWILIGHT* (   )

Select to maintain the darkening 

atmosphere of the distant surroundings in 

twilight scenes.

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