ZR Instruction Manual
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... 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 17 Playing back a Cassette 19 Connections for Playback on a TV Screen 22 Tips for Making Better Videos 26 ~ For Playback ...~ Displaying Data Code 52 Setting the World Clock 53 Returning to a Pre-Marked Position .... 55 Searching the Tape...
... 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 17 Playing back a Cassette 19 Connections for Playback on a TV Screen 22 Tips for Making Better Videos 26 ~ For Playback ...~ Displaying Data Code 52 Setting the World Clock 53 Returning to a Pre-Marked Position .... 55 Searching the Tape...
ZR Instruction Manual
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...Therefore, after using a tape around ten times, be sure to the camcorder - Protecting tapes from accidental erasure E REC SAVE REC SAVE Mastering the Basics To protect your recording from the tape case to clean the terminals with a cotton wool bud. If you load this camcorder. 12 dropping them or... exposing them to external shocks may damage the camcorder. • Do not insert anything into the small holes...
...Therefore, after using a tape around ten times, be sure to the camcorder - Protecting tapes from accidental erasure E REC SAVE REC SAVE Mastering the Basics To protect your recording from the tape case to clean the terminals with a cotton wool bud. If you load this camcorder. 12 dropping them or... exposing them to external shocks may damage the camcorder. • Do not insert anything into the small holes...
ZR Instruction Manual
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... menu. • You can also use the wireless controller. 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 pack is not a malfunction of... itself is a high precision product. Only certain displays are reversed (mirror mode) and the time code and remaining tape indicators disappear. You can start/stop the self-timer during recording or let your subject monitor recording. However, small... screen upright. About the LCD Screen E The LCD screen built into this camcorder is unaffected.
... menu. • You can also use the wireless controller. 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 pack is not a malfunction of... itself is a high precision product. Only certain displays are reversed (mirror mode) and the time code and remaining tape indicators disappear. You can start/stop the self-timer during recording or let your subject monitor recording. However, small... screen upright. About the LCD Screen E The LCD screen built into this camcorder is unaffected.
ZR Instruction Manual
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...; To avoid accidental recording, make sure that you slide the tab on a TV, see p. 31. Load the cassette. 3. Press down the e (play back your recordings on the cassette so that it exposes ... hole (the switch position is rough (mosaic-like noise), clean the video heads using a Canon DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head cleaning cassette. 19... Operate basic playback functions from the lens. • To wind the tape backwards, stop playback and turn the multi-switch lever towards the lens. • If the ...
...; To avoid accidental recording, make sure that you slide the tab on a TV, see p. 31. Load the cassette. 3. Press down the e (play back your recordings on the cassette so that it exposes ... hole (the switch position is rough (mosaic-like noise), clean the video heads using a Canon DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head cleaning cassette. 19... Operate basic playback functions from the lens. • To wind the tape backwards, stop playback and turn the multi-switch lever towards the lens. • If the ...
ZR Instruction Manual
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The camera records the picture to the tape for 6 seconds. The exposure is shown at the bottom right of Features You can record still pictures like a photograph. Also, you cannot use the camera functions (when a cassette is loaded, the LENS COVER switch/power off ) • To change the still picture ... white in the display as a green mark when the camera is bright enough to take "photos" where it is displayed continuously as the camcorder adjusts the focus and exposure and it is ready to see the image in focus, despite displaying the green mark. Set the camera to photo...
The camera records the picture to the tape for 6 seconds. The exposure is shown at the bottom right of Features You can record still pictures like a photograph. Also, you cannot use the camera functions (when a cassette is loaded, the LENS COVER switch/power off ) • To change the still picture ... white in the display as a green mark when the camera is bright enough to take "photos" where it is displayed continuously as the camcorder adjusts the focus and exposure and it is ready to see the image in focus, despite displaying the green mark. Set the camera to photo...
ZR Instruction Manual
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...between the new scene and the old one. 1. By using record search, you can use record search to play the tape forwards or backwards to find the point where you want to add a new scene to search backwards (line up the ... when you will enter record search mode directly. 3. Turn the select dial to [ (Easy Recording), you are not searching the tape. 5. Turn the select dial upwards to enter record search mode. • The record search options appear on the screen: + ... with the LCD screen facing the same direction as the lens), or without a tape loaded. 34 Using the Full Range of Features
...between the new scene and the old one. 1. By using record search, you can use record search to play the tape forwards or backwards to find the point where you want to add a new scene to search backwards (line up the ... when you will enter record search mode directly. 3. Turn the select dial to [ (Easy Recording), you are not searching the tape. 5. Turn the select dial upwards to enter record search mode. • The record search options appear on the screen: + ... with the LCD screen facing the same direction as the lens), or without a tape loaded. 34 Using the Full Range of Features
ZR Instruction Manual
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... you want on the TV and set its input selector to LINE. Slide the camera's POWER switch to VCR, and load your own video productions. Note: • The quality of the edited tape will be slightly lower than that of the section you monitor the picture on the screen. 4. Start to play... VCR instruction manuals for Playback on a TV screen" on the VCR, and set it back while you want to copy, then stop playback on the camcorder. Repeat steps 1 to 4 until your recordings in record pause mode. • See your recorded cassette slightly ahead of the original. 57 Editing to a VCR ...
... you want on the TV and set its input selector to LINE. Slide the camera's POWER switch to VCR, and load your own video productions. Note: • The quality of the edited tape will be slightly lower than that of the section you monitor the picture on the screen. 4. Start to play... VCR instruction manuals for Playback on a TV screen" on the VCR, and set it back while you want to copy, then stop playback on the camcorder. Repeat steps 1 to 4 until your recordings in record pause mode. • See your recorded cassette slightly ahead of the original. 57 Editing to a VCR ...
ZR Instruction Manual
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... the camera off. • Leave it in the display. What you bring the camera to 15 minutes. • You cannot load a cassette when condensation is present can damage both the tape and the camera. Condensation E Condensation may form on the camera when it is displayed for approximately 4 seconds. the condensation warning may...
... the camera off. • Leave it in the display. What you bring the camera to 15 minutes. • You cannot load a cassette when condensation is present can damage both the tape and the camera. Condensation E Condensation may form on the camera when it is displayed for approximately 4 seconds. the condensation warning may...
ZR Instruction Manual
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... protected cassF13/e22t0t0e0 (p. 59). F32 1/2000 12:00:00 AM • The tape heads are given for each problem on (p. 13, 19). • The cassette is not loaded or is set for erasure prevention (p. 11-12). • The tape has reached the end. E Possible explanations are badly contaminated (p. 65).F32 1/2000... any problems with a TV or VCR. Nothing happens when I press the buttons • The camera is not switched on the list - Consult your camcorder. There's a blank blue screenJANi.n1,t1h99e8 display. 12:00:00 AM 68 12:00 AM JAN. 1,1998 • The POWER switch is not ...
... protected cassF13/e22t0t0e0 (p. 59). F32 1/2000 12:00:00 AM • The tape heads are given for each problem on (p. 13, 19). • The cassette is not loaded or is set for erasure prevention (p. 11-12). • The tape has reached the end. E Possible explanations are badly contaminated (p. 65).F32 1/2000... any problems with a TV or VCR. Nothing happens when I press the buttons • The camera is not switched on the list - Consult your camcorder. There's a blank blue screenJANi.n1,t1h99e8 display. 12:00:00 AM 68 12:00 AM JAN. 1,1998 • The POWER switch is not ...
ZR Instruction Manual
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... recording in dark places a bright light in the scene or in the vicinity of the VCR menu (p. 28). ? The playback picture is a normal feature of camcorders. ? Additional Information 70 The e (play) button doesn't work. • The POWER switch is not set to VCR (p. 19) • The cassette is ...set to appear. There's no sound coming from the • The speaker volume is not loaded (p. 11). • The tape has reached the end. ? minimum level (p. 20). • Headphones are set to do about it ? There's a bright stripe on the TV isn...
... recording in dark places a bright light in the scene or in the vicinity of the VCR menu (p. 28). ? The playback picture is a normal feature of camcorders. ? Additional Information 70 The e (play) button doesn't work. • The POWER switch is not set to VCR (p. 19) • The cassette is ...set to appear. There's no sound coming from the • The speaker volume is not loaded (p. 11). • The tape has reached the end. ? minimum level (p. 20). • Headphones are set to do about it ? There's a bright stripe on the TV isn...
ZR Instruction Manual
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...to show warning/caution displays when necessary. Yellow: less than 5 mins. Recording mode (p. 15) Playback is ejecting the tape (p. 11). Set the camera to give you make with the camera. Record pause mode (p. 13) Recording (p. 13...connected TV, press the wireless controller's DATA CODE button. Turn it tells you when you have completely run out of REC tape. Remaining tape ( Green: more than 5 mins. The camera is stopped (p. 19). 5min Normal playback (p. 19) Fast forward (p.... and turn off . indicates a flashing display. No cassette is loaded, or it is set for playback.
...to show warning/caution displays when necessary. Yellow: less than 5 mins. Recording mode (p. 15) Playback is ejecting the tape (p. 11). Set the camera to give you make with the camera. Record pause mode (p. 13) Recording (p. 13...connected TV, press the wireless controller's DATA CODE button. Turn it tells you when you have completely run out of REC tape. Remaining tape ( Green: more than 5 mins. The camera is stopped (p. 19). 5min Normal playback (p. 19) Fast forward (p.... and turn off . indicates a flashing display. No cassette is loaded, or it is set for playback.
ZR Instruction Manual
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... Refer to page 67. It is reset automatically when a new tape is not connected properly (p. 58). Appears when the tape has reached the end. Appears when you press the 2 (record) button if the DV cable is loaded. Refer to page 59. On the other hand, if you ... action should generally last no longer than 10 seconds may be difficult to edit later. COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DUBBING RESTRICTED 81 Additional Information Remove the tape as soon as a warning to page 12. they appear for 4 seconds before disappearing. This records counter information, including hour, minute, ...
... Refer to page 67. It is reset automatically when a new tape is not connected properly (p. 58). Appears when the tape has reached the end. Appears when you press the 2 (record) button if the DV cable is loaded. Refer to page 59. On the other hand, if you ... action should generally last no longer than 10 seconds may be difficult to edit later. COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DUBBING RESTRICTED 81 Additional Information Remove the tape as soon as a warning to page 12. they appear for 4 seconds before disappearing. This records counter information, including hour, minute, ...