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... Important Safety Instructions 3 Audio Recording 44 Thank you for Choosing a Canon ......... 6 Setting the Self-Timer 46 Introducing the ZR 7 Mastering the Basics ~ When Making Manual Adjustments ...~ Adjusting Exposure Manually 47 Adjusting Focus Manually 49 Powering Your Camcorder 8 Setting the White Balance 50 Loading a Cassette 11 Basic Recording 13 Zooming 16 Using the LCD Screen...
... Important Safety Instructions 3 Audio Recording 44 Thank you for Choosing a Canon ......... 6 Setting the Self-Timer 46 Introducing the ZR 7 Mastering the Basics ~ When Making Manual Adjustments ...~ Adjusting Exposure Manually 47 Adjusting Focus Manually 49 Powering Your Camcorder 8 Setting the White Balance 50 Loading a Cassette 11 Basic Recording 13 Zooming 16 Using the LCD Screen...
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... this manual thoroughly - in addition to the contents and index) please refer to come. Thank you for choosing a Canon First, we suggest that you read this Canon camcorder. Press the EJECT button. CA-600 Compact Power Adapter DC-600 DC Coupler STV-150 Stereo Video Cable S-150 S-...video Cable STV-250 Stereo Video Digital Video Cassette Cable FU-100 Finder Unit and Case 6 Its following accessories: advanced...
... this manual thoroughly - in addition to the contents and index) please refer to come. Thank you for choosing a Canon First, we suggest that you read this Canon camcorder. Press the EJECT button. CA-600 Compact Power Adapter DC-600 DC Coupler STV-150 Stereo Video Cable S-150 S-...video Cable STV-250 Stereo Video Digital Video Cassette Cable FU-100 Finder Unit and Case 6 Its following accessories: advanced...
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...to reset the clock when you to add special effects and scene transitions to your recordings even at the furthest reaches of audio-dubbed cassettes. PCM Digital Sound Offers you to shoot colorful, well composed video. Introduction 2.5" LCD Screen (180,000 Pixels) The high resolution ...that the correct time is shown. Lithium ion power supply The ZR features the latest in portable power technology. 7 Introducing the ZR Digital Video 11× lens and 44× digital ZR is a next generation zoom E digital video camcorder that conforms to the new digital video Mini standard to give ...
...to reset the clock when you to add special effects and scene transitions to your recordings even at the furthest reaches of audio-dubbed cassettes. PCM Digital Sound Offers you to shoot colorful, well composed video. Introduction 2.5" LCD Screen (180,000 Pixels) The high resolution ...that the correct time is shown. Lithium ion power supply The ZR features the latest in portable power technology. 7 Introducing the ZR Digital Video 11× lens and 44× digital ZR is a next generation zoom E digital video camcorder that conforms to the new digital video Mini standard to give ...
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... (the camera's grip). • Pull the cover fully open and wait a couple of seconds for it to close the cover. • Do not leave the cassette in a cool, clean, dry place. 11 Make sure that you want to start recording. • Do not interfere with the... cassette compartment while it is a trade mark. return it to its case and store it in the camera after use record search (p. 34) to find the ...
... (the camera's grip). • Pull the cover fully open and wait a couple of seconds for it to close the cover. • Do not leave the cassette in a cool, clean, dry place. 11 Make sure that you want to start recording. • Do not interfere with the... cassette compartment while it is a trade mark. return it to its case and store it in the camera after use record search (p. 34) to find the ...
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... or touch the tape itself. • Do not use , affecting information transfer. they may damage the camcorder. • Do not insert anything into the small holes on the cassette so that it exposes the hole. (This switch position is closed, and the red mark covered. dropping... them or exposing them upright. • A cassette with metal plated terminals may cause internal damage. • Store cassettes in the display. If you load this camcorder. 12 Protecting tapes from accidental erasure E REC SAVE REC SAVE Mastering the Basics To ...
... or touch the tape itself. • Do not use , affecting information transfer. they may damage the camcorder. • Do not insert anything into the small holes on the cassette so that it exposes the hole. (This switch position is closed, and the red mark covered. dropping... them or exposing them upright. • A cassette with metal plated terminals may cause internal damage. • Store cassettes in the display. If you load this camcorder. 12 Protecting tapes from accidental erasure E REC SAVE REC SAVE Mastering the Basics To ...
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... the POWER switch to [. • This selects the camera's Easy Recording program. It allows you completed the following steps? • Attached a power source (p. 8). • Loaded a cassette (p. 11). • Fastened the shoulder strap (p. 60). • Removed the LCD cover (p. 60). To return to record pause mode, slide the LENS COVER switch to...
... the POWER switch to [. • This selects the camera's Easy Recording program. It allows you completed the following steps? • Attached a power source (p. 8). • Loaded a cassette (p. 11). • Fastened the shoulder strap (p. 60). • Removed the LCD cover (p. 60). To return to record pause mode, slide the LENS COVER switch to...
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... switch is recording correctly, make a test recording first. • Before making important recordings, clean the video heads using a Canon DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head cleaning cassette. • You cannot monitor the sound from the speaker when recording. • For tips on and off. Press the...; Slide the LENS COVER switch to CLOSE. • Return the LCD screen flush to the camera body, and replace the LCD cover. • Unload the cassette. • Set the POWER switch to pause recording.
... switch is recording correctly, make a test recording first. • Before making important recordings, clean the video heads using a Canon DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head cleaning cassette. • You cannot monitor the sound from the speaker when recording. • For tips on and off. Press the...; Slide the LENS COVER switch to CLOSE. • Return the LCD screen flush to the camera body, and replace the LCD cover. • Unload the cassette. • Set the POWER switch to pause recording.
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... you cannot operate the menu. • You can also use the wireless controller. About the LCD Screen E The LCD screen built into this camcorder is unaffected. No Cassette is loaded Exposure Adjustment Manual focus AF OFF 18 REC REC PAUSE EJECT STOP The tape has reached the end Condensation warning The battery...
... you cannot operate the menu. • You can also use the wireless controller. About the LCD Screen E The LCD screen built into this camcorder is unaffected. No Cassette is loaded Exposure Adjustment Manual focus AF OFF 18 REC REC PAUSE EJECT STOP The tape has reached the end Condensation warning The battery...
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Playing back a Cassette FOCUS EXP E OFF VCR POWER Mastering the Basics OPEN CLOSE You can use the wireless controller, see... sound track via the built-in speaker (p. 20). Operate basic playback functions from the multi-switch on -the-spot playback. Load the cassette. 3. Note: • To avoid accidental recording, make sure that you slide the tab on a TV, see p. 31. To ... to start playback. • To end playback, press down the e (play back your recordings on the cassette so that it exposes the hole (the switch position is rough (mosaic-like noise), clean the video heads using...
Playing back a Cassette FOCUS EXP E OFF VCR POWER Mastering the Basics OPEN CLOSE You can use the wireless controller, see... sound track via the built-in speaker (p. 20). Operate basic playback functions from the multi-switch on -the-spot playback. Load the cassette. 3. Note: • To avoid accidental recording, make sure that you slide the tab on a TV, see p. 31. To ... to start playback. • To end playback, press down the e (play back your recordings on the cassette so that it exposes the hole (the switch position is rough (mosaic-like noise), clean the video heads using...
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... TO TV FROM ANT The video channel is the channel which is not used by a broadcasting station in your area and can be used for cassette playback (channel 3 or 4). 4CH 3CH Note: • Turn the camera off or disconnect it from the RF unit when you will need to watch a broadcast...
... TO TV FROM ANT The video channel is the channel which is not used by a broadcasting station in your area and can be used for cassette playback (channel 3 or 4). 4CH 3CH Note: • Turn the camera off or disconnect it from the RF unit when you will need to watch a broadcast...
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...set to the tape for autofocus (p. 69), the camera may not be in the display for 6 seconds. Also, you cannot use the camera functions (when a cassette is loaded, the LENS COVER switch/power off ) • To change the still picture before recording: release the button, select a new picture and then press... the picture to tape for a few seconds). • Only take "photos" where it is ready to see the image in the display as the camcorder adjusts the focus and exposure and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when the camera is bright enough to take the still picture. •...
...set to the tape for autofocus (p. 69), the camera may not be in the display for 6 seconds. Also, you cannot use the camera functions (when a cassette is loaded, the LENS COVER switch/power off ) • To change the still picture before recording: release the button, select a new picture and then press... the picture to tape for a few seconds). • Only take "photos" where it is ready to see the image in the display as the camcorder adjusts the focus and exposure and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when the camera is bright enough to take the still picture. •...
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... can use record search to play the tape forwards or backwards to find the point where you want to add a new scene to a previously used cassette. Press in record pause mode, you can ensure a smooth, noise-free join between the new scene and the old one. 1. Searching and Reviewing While Recording...
... can use record search to play the tape forwards or backwards to find the point where you want to add a new scene to a previously used cassette. Press in record pause mode, you can ensure a smooth, noise-free join between the new scene and the old one. 1. Searching and Reviewing While Recording...
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...displayed or hidden while the camera is stopped. - or DATA CODE settings made on a different DV camcorder, the data code may not be displayed correctly. • Contents of data code display may change according...the menu. When playback is in, play, slow or still mode. If the tape was made on ZR is usually labelled SAVE or ERASE OFF). • The data code will read . • Data code... menu. 2. Notes: • To avoid accidental recording, make sure that you slide the tab on the cassette so that it . Press the wireless controller's DATA CODE button. • Press it once to display, ...
...displayed or hidden while the camera is stopped. - or DATA CODE settings made on a different DV camcorder, the data code may not be displayed correctly. • Contents of data code display may change according...the menu. When playback is in, play, slow or still mode. If the tape was made on ZR is usually labelled SAVE or ERASE OFF). • The data code will read . • Data code... menu. 2. Notes: • To avoid accidental recording, make sure that you slide the tab on the cassette so that it . Press the wireless controller's DATA CODE button. • Press it once to display, ...
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... video productions. Find a point on the camera. 5. Slide the camera's POWER switch to VCR, and load your recorded cassette slightly ahead of the original. 57 Repeat steps 1 to 4 until your TV and VCR instruction manuals for Playback on a... the picture on the TV and set its input selector to copy, then stop playback on your recorded cassette. Note: • The quality of the edited tape will be slightly lower than that of the section..., or set the TV/VIDEO selector to remove unwanted scenes - Load a blank cassette, and put the VCR in order to VIDEO. • Turn on the...
... video productions. Find a point on the camera. 5. Slide the camera's POWER switch to VCR, and load your recorded cassette slightly ahead of the original. 57 Repeat steps 1 to 4 until your TV and VCR instruction manuals for Playback on a... the picture on the TV and set its input selector to copy, then stop playback on your recorded cassette. Note: • The quality of the edited tape will be slightly lower than that of the section..., or set the TV/VIDEO selector to remove unwanted scenes - Load a blank cassette, and put the VCR in order to VIDEO. • Turn on the...
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...m REMOTE terminal on the camera. • m (LANC) is a trademark. If you to connect the camera to play back such a cassette, "COPYRIGHT PROTECTED PLAYBACK IS RESTRICTED" appears in the display; you cannot view the contents of Features 59 Copyright signal Certain pre-recorded software tapes ...are copyright protected. Using the Full Range of the cassette. Some buttons on other editing equipment may operate MIC m differently from such a tape via the digital cable "COPYRIGHT PROTECTED ...
...m REMOTE terminal on the camera. • m (LANC) is a trademark. If you to connect the camera to play back such a cassette, "COPYRIGHT PROTECTED PLAYBACK IS RESTRICTED" appears in the display; you cannot view the contents of Features 59 Copyright signal Certain pre-recorded software tapes ...are copyright protected. Using the Full Range of the cassette. Some buttons on other editing equipment may operate MIC m differently from such a tape via the digital cable "COPYRIGHT PROTECTED ...
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... the lens - contact qualified service personnel as soon as a carrying handle. Do not disassemble the camera. • This is very dangerous as battery packs and cassettes. 64 Additional Information Avoid sudden changes in rain or mist. • There is a risk of dust and moisture, and where the temperature is not attached...
... the lens - contact qualified service personnel as soon as a carrying handle. Do not disassemble the camera. • This is very dangerous as battery packs and cassettes. 64 Additional Information Avoid sudden changes in rain or mist. • There is a risk of dust and moisture, and where the temperature is not attached...
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...soft, dry cloth to NORMAL when you turn the camera off using the POWER switch.) LCD • Clean the LCD screen using Canon's DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette. If the "noise" remains, repeat the cleaning (up the display will return to maximum of five times). • Do not...set to see. • If the displays appear too light or too dark in the screen as a guide). 3. Never use a wet-type cleaning cassette, as paint thinner. Maintenance E LCD (brightness/backlight) • Adjust the brightness of the display and the strength of the backlight at the BACKLIGHT option....
...soft, dry cloth to NORMAL when you turn the camera off using the POWER switch.) LCD • Clean the LCD screen using Canon's DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette. If the "noise" remains, repeat the cleaning (up the display will return to maximum of five times). • Do not...set to see. • If the displays appear too light or too dark in the screen as a guide). 3. Never use a wet-type cleaning cassette, as paint thinner. Maintenance E LCD (brightness/backlight) • Adjust the brightness of the display and the strength of the backlight at the BACKLIGHT option....
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... the tape and the camera. After the condensation warning stops flashing, wait at least another hour before you should do • Remove the cassette, leave the cassette compartment open, and turn the camera off. • Leave it out of the bag. Then, the power indicator flashes and the h...Information When the camera is left in a plastic bag. Wait until the camera reaches room temperature before trying to be a problem, unload the cassette and put the camera in a humid room When the camera is taken from an airconditioned room to a warm, humid place Protecting the camera from...
... the tape and the camera. After the condensation warning stops flashing, wait at least another hour before you should do • Remove the cassette, leave the cassette compartment open, and turn the camera off. • Leave it out of the bag. Then, the power indicator flashes and the h...Information When the camera is left in a plastic bag. Wait until the camera reaches room temperature before trying to be a problem, unload the cassette and put the camera in a humid room When the camera is taken from an airconditioned room to a warm, humid place Protecting the camera from...
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...The battery pack is set for each problem on (p. 13, 19). • The cassette is not loaded or is set for more than about it with your dealer or service outlet if problems persist. Consult your camcorder. Make sure that recording program (p. 36). ? F32 F32 1/2000 • You1/...contaminated (p. 65).F32 1/2000 F32 12:00AM 1/2000 JAN. 1,1998 Recording/Playback Problem Cause and/or what to CLOSE (p. 13). • The cassette is not loaded or is exhausted or not properly attached (p. 8, 9, 61). • The function cannot be used in record pause mode for more ...
...The battery pack is set for each problem on (p. 13, 19). • The cassette is not loaded or is set for more than about it with your dealer or service outlet if problems persist. Consult your camcorder. Make sure that recording program (p. 36). ? F32 F32 1/2000 • You1/...contaminated (p. 65).F32 1/2000 F32 12:00AM 1/2000 JAN. 1,1998 Recording/Playback Problem Cause and/or what to CLOSE (p. 13). • The cassette is not loaded or is exhausted or not properly attached (p. 8, 9, 61). • The function cannot be used in record pause mode for more ...
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... in the scene or in the vicinity of the camera may cause a vertical light bar ("smear") to VCR (p. 19) • The cassette is set to OFF at the DISPLAYS option of camcorders. ? minimum level (p. 20). • Headphones are set to do about it ? Additional Information 70 There's no sound coming from the...
... in the scene or in the vicinity of the camera may cause a vertical light bar ("smear") to VCR (p. 19) • The cassette is set to OFF at the DISPLAYS option of camcorders. ? minimum level (p. 20). • Headphones are set to do about it ? Additional Information 70 There's no sound coming from the...