Sony DCR-IP5E User Manual

* STILL SET

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* DCR-IP7E only

Notes on the SteadyShot function
The SteadyShot function may not work properly in the following cases:
•When the camera shake is excessive.
•When shooting in dark conditions.
•When the contrast of the subject and its background is low.
•When the subject is in vertical stripes.
•When shooting a moving subject.
•When attaching a conversion lens (optional).

If you cancel the SteadyShot function
The SteadyShot off indicator 

 appears. Your camcorder prevents excessive compensation for camera-

shake.

Notes on VF B.L.
When you select “BRIGHT”, the battery life is reduced by about 10 percent during recording.

When you use a power source other than the battery pack
VF B.L. is automatically set to BRIGHT.

CAMERA

VCR

VCR

CAMERA
MEMORY
VCR

CAMERA
MEMORY

VCR

MEMORY

MEMORY
VCR

To compensate for camera-shake.

To cancel the SteadyShot function. Natural pictures
are produced when shooting a stationary object with
a tripod.

To use the video plug of the A/V connecting cable
when recording from a player.

To use the S video plug of the A/V connecting cable
when recording from a player.

To play back a tape recorded in the NTSC colour
system on a PAL system TV.

To play back a tape recorder in the NTSC colour
system on a TV with the NTSC 4.43 mode.

To adjust the colour on the LCD screen with b/B.

To set the brightness on the viewfinder screen to
normal.

To brighten the viewfinder screen.

To not record continuously.

To record nine images continuously (p. 151).

To record still images in the fine image quality
mode.

To record still images in the standard image quality
mode.

z

ON

OFF

z

VIDEO

S VIDEO

z

ON PAL TV

NTSC 4.43

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z

BRT NORMAL

BRIGHT

z

SINGLE

MULTI SCRN

z

FINE

STANDARD

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