Sony HDR-TD30 User Manual

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Advanced operations

Adjusting the depth 

of 3D movies

In the default setting, the camcorder detects 

the relative position between a subject 

and its background during recording, 

and automatically adjusts the parallax 

effect accordingly, so that you will feel 

comfortable when watching 3-dimensional 

movies.

Since the parallax is adjusted automatically, the 

3D movies may seem to be shaking from side to 

side when played in 2D. To prevent the shaking, 

adjust the depth manually before recording.

Adjusting the depth during 
recording

1 

Select 

  [Camera/Mic] 

 [

Camera Settings]  [3D 

Depth Adjustment]  [Manual].



2 

Adjust the depth using 

 

to move the image into the 
foreground, and 

 to move it 

further into the background.

To retain the optimum sense of 
depth

Adjust the sense of depth with [Auto] (the 

default setting) until the sense of depth 

becomes appropriate, then select [Manual].

Adjusting the depth during 
playback

1 

Select    [3D Depth 
Adjustment] on the 3D movie 
playback screen.

The movie pauses, and the screen used to 

adjust the vertical direction appears in 2D 

(the doubled image display).

2 

Select 

/

 to adjust the 

vertical direction  [Next].



Comfortable sense of depth

The camcorder detects 

the relative position.

Comfortable sense of depth

The camcorder adjusts 

the parallax effect.

Monitor