Sony HDR-TG3E User Manual

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About care and storage of the lens
• Wipe the surface of the lens clean with a soft 
cloth in the following instances:
– When there are fingerprints on the lens 
surface.
– In hot or humid locations
– When the lens is exposed to salty air such as 
at the seaside.
• Store in a well-ventilated location subject to 
little dirt or dust.
• To prevent mold, periodically clean the lens as 
described above. It is recommended that you 
operate your camcorder about once a month to 
keep it in optimum state for a long time.
On charging the pre-installed 
rechargeable battery
Your camcorder has a pre-installed rechargeable 
battery to retain the date, time, and other settings 
even when your camcorder turned off. The pre-
installed rechargeable battery is always charged 
while your camcorder is connected to the wall 
outlet (wall socket) via the AC Adaptor or while 
the battery pack is attached. The rechargeable 
battery will be fully discharged in about 3 
months
 if you do not use your camcorder at all. 
Use your camcorder after charging the pre-
installed rechargeable battery.
However, even if the pre-installed rechargeable 
battery is not charged, the camcorder operation 
will not be affected as long as you are not 
recording the date.
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Procedures
Connect your camcorder to a wall outlet (wall 
socket) using the supplied AC Adaptor, and leave 
it with the power turned off for more than 24 
hours.
Specifications
System
Video compression format: AVCHD (HD)/
MPEG2 (SD)/JPEG (Still images)
Audio compression format: Dolby Digital 2/5.1ch
Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator
Video signal: PAL color, CCIR standards
1080/50i specification
Recording format: Movie (HD): AVCHD 1080/
50i
Movie (SD): MPEG2-PS
Still image: Exif Ver.2.2*
1
Image device: 3.6 mm (1/5 type) CMOS sensor
Recording pixels (still image, 4:3):
Max. 4.0 mega (2 304 × 1 728) pixels*
2
Gross: Approx. 2 360 000 pixels
Effective (movie, 16:9): Approx. 1 430 000 
pixels
Effective (still image, 16:9): Approx. 
1 490 000 pixels
Effective (still image, 4:3): Approx. 1 990 000 
pixels
Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
10 × (Optical), 20 ×, 120 × (Digital)
Focal length: F1.8 ~ 2.3
f=3.2 ~ 32.0 mm (5/32 ~ 1 5/16 in.)
When converted to a 35 mm still camera
For movies*
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: 43 ~ 507 mm (1 3/4 ~ 20 in.) 
(16:9)
For still images: 38 ~ 380 mm (1 1/2 ~ 15 in.) 
(4:3)
Color temperature: [AUTO], [ONE PUSH], 
[INDOOR] (3 200 K), 
[OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)
Minimum illumination: 5 lx (lux) ([AUTO SLW 
SHUTTR] [ON], Shutter speed 1/25 sec)
*
1
“Exif” is a file format for still images, 
established by the JEITA (Japan 
Electronics and Information Technology 
Industries Association). Files in this 
format can have additional information 
such as your camcorder’s setting 
information at the time of recording.
*
2
The unique pixel array of Sony’s ClearVid 
CMOS sensor and image processing 
system (BIONZ) allows still image 
resolution equivalent to the sizes 
described.
*
3
The focal length figures are actual figures 
resulting from wide angle pixel readout.