Sony DCR-PC1000 Manual

DCR-PC1000 2-591-678-11(1)

The zebra pattern appears at a screen 
brightness level of about 100 IRE or 
higher.

•  Portions of the screen where brightness is about 

100 IRE or above may appear overexposed.

•  The zebra pattern is diagonal stripes that appear 

in portions of the screen where brightness is at a 
preset level.

When you set [HISTOGRAM] to [ON], 
the [HISTOGRAM] (a graph to display 
a distribution of tones in your picture) 
window appears on the screen.
This item is useful when you adjust 
exposure.  You can adjust the 
[EXPOSURE] or [AE SHIFT] checking 
the [HISTOGRAM] window. The 
[HISTOGRAM] will not be recorded on a 
tape or “Memory Stick Duo.” 

Pix

els

Darker

Brightness

Brighter

•  The left area on the graph shows the darker 

areas of the picture while the right area shows 
the brighter areas.

The self-timer starts recording after about 
10 seconds.



  Touch 



[SELF-TIMER]



[ON]



.

 

 appears.



  Press REC START/STOP to record 

movies, or PHOTO to record still images. 
To cancel the count down, touch [RESET].

To cancel the self-timer, select [OFF] in 
step 



.

•  You can also use the self-timer with the Remote 

Commander (p. 32).

You can select the maximum zoom level 
in case you want to zoom to a level greater 
than 10 × (the default setting) while 
recording on a tape. Note that the image 
quality decreases when you are using the 
digital zoom.

The right side of the bar shows the digital 
zooming factor. The zooming zone 
appears when you select the zooming 
level.

   OFF

Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically.

Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically, 
and after that, up to 20 × zoom is 
performed digitally.

Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically, 
and after that, up to 120 × zoom is 
performed digitally.

You can compensate for camera shake 
(the default setting is [ON]). Set 
[STEADYSHOT] to [OFF] ( ) when 
using a tripod (optional) or the conversion 
lens (optional).

You can reduce image blur when recording 
moving pictures on tapes, intended for 
import to your computer as still images, by 
setting [PROGRES.REC] to [ON] (

).

This is especially useful for analyzing high-
speed action, such as sports scenes. Touch 
[OFF] to cancel this mode.

 CAMERA SET menu (Continued)