Document Outline

• 8mm VIDEO CAMCORDER
• Table of Contents
• WL-50 Wireless Controller
  • Operation Bin
  • TALLY/SENSOR ON/OFF Switch [OB
• Viewfinder Displays
• Power Sources
  • Attaching Battery Pack IEQ
  • 1. Slide battery pack into power source compartment.
  • 2. Press battery pack until it clicks and locks in place.
  • Removing Battery Pack
  • 1. Slide and hoid ВАТТ EJECT switch up.
  • 2. Puii battery pack out, as shown.
  • Charging Battery Pack
  • Using AC Power
  • CA-100 Compact Power Adapter
  • Using Car Battery
  • CB-110 Car Battery Adapter (option)
  • Attaching DC Coupler |Q3
  • 1. Insert DC-100 DC Coupler into power source compartment.
  • 2. Connect DC-100 cable to compact power adapter (or car battery adapter).
• Setting Date and Time
  • 1. Turn camera on by pressing OPERATE button.
  • 2. Press and hold DATE button for more than 3 seconds. iEgl
  • 3. Press + and - buttons to scan year display.
  • 4. Press SHIFT button when correct year is shown.
  • 5. Press + and - buttons to scan month display.
  • 6. Press SHIFT button when correct month is shown.
  • 7. Press + and - buttons to scan day display.
  • 8. Press SHIFT button when correct day is shown.
  • 9. Press + and - buttons to scan hour display.
  • 10. Press SHIFT button when correct hour is shown.
  • 11. Press + and - buttons to scan minute
  • display.
  • 12. Press DATE button when correct minute is shown.
• Camera Preparations
  • Attaching Strap
  • SS-300 Shoulder Strap BQ
  • WS-20 Wrist Strap (option) BIO
  • Attaching Lens Cap Cord 24-a
  • Removing and Attaching Lens Cap and Lens Hood 24-b
  • Adjusting Grip Belt 24-c
  • Adjusting Diopter 25-A
  • Adjusting 180 FlexiGrip with Integral Electronic Viewfinder 25-B
  • Sports Finder 25-c
• Camera Recording
  • 1. Attach power source.
  • 2. Turn camera on.
  • 3. Press A (EJECT) button.
  • 4. Load video cassette and close video cassette compartment.
  • 5. Press SP/LP button to select tape mode.
  • 6. Turn grip to desired position.
  • 7. Press start/stop button.
  • 8. Press start/stop button again to temporarily pause recording. ^0
  • 9. When recording has ended, press A (EJECT) button.
  • 10. Remove video cassette and close video cassette compartment again.
  • 11. Turn camera off.
  • Video cassette erasure prevention switch
  • Tape Counter
  • Recording Reminder
  • Battery Pack Warning зо-в
  • Recording Using Tripod зо-с
• Record Search
  • 1. Place camera in record pause mode, iclgl
  • 2. Press REC SEARCH + or - button to scroll forward or backward to locate recording start position.
  • 3. Press start/stop button.
• Record Review
  • 1. Place camera in record pause mode. Ic^
  • 2. Press O button.
  • 3. Press start/stop button to resume recording.
  • Record search (to resume recording) BQ
  • Record review Basi
• Edit-erase
  • 1. Make sure that 3k (asterisk) is displayed, then place camera in record pause mode. BE]
  • 2. Press E. ERASE button.
  • 3. Press start/stop button to resume recording.
• Recording Date and Time
  • 1. While recording or in record pause mode, press DATE button,
  • 2. Press DATE button again to end date and time recording.
• Age Insert
  • Registering the Birthday
  • 1. Turn camera on.
  • 2. Press and hold AGE button for more than 3 seconds. E3il
  • 3. Press + and - buttons to scan year display.
  • 4. Press SHIFT button when correct year is shown.
  • 5. Press -I- and - buttons to scan month display.
  • 6. Press SHIFT button when correct month is shown.
  • Autofocus 40-A
  • 'N Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus
  • Manual Focus
  • 1. Press FOCUS [^M button to select manual focus.
  • 2. Rotate zooming lever to telephoto end.
  • 3. Look through viewfinder and rotate focusing ring to focus on subject.
  • 4. Use zooming iever to frame subject properly.
  • Focus Lock
  • 1. Press FOCUS [^/M button to select manual
  • focus.
  • 2. Rotate zooming lever to wide-angle end.
  • 3. Press and hold macro button on zooming iever and move iever into macro range.
  • 4. Approach subject to desired size in viewfinder.
  • 5. Use zooming iever within macro range for fine focusing.
  • 6. When macro recording is completed, reverse steps 2 and 3.
  • Power Zoom 44-a
  • Manual Zoom 44-b
  • Wireless Zoom 44-c
• White Balance
  • What is White Balance?
  • Auto White Balance
  • Subjects Not Suitable for Auto White Balance 4s a
  • White Balance Lock
• Shooting with Video Light
  • Attaching Video Light 47-a
  • 1. Insert video light plug into accessory shoe on the camera.
  • 2. Slide video light into accessory shoe until it stops.
  • Removing Video Light 47-e
  • 1. Press and hold lock release button.
  • 2. Slide video light out of accessory shoe.
  • Replacing Bulb 49-a
  • 1. Rotate the protector in the indicated direction.
  • 2. Puil out the oid buib.
  • 3. insert a new buib positioning the notch at the bottom.
  • 4. Rotate the protector in the indicated direction.
• Gain-up/Backlight Compensation
  • Gain-up Function 5i-a
  • Backlight Compensation Function
• High-Speed Shutter
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    • 1. Point camera at subject viewfinder.
    • and compose scene in
    • 2. Press SHUTTER button.
    • 3. Make your recording.
    • 4. Press SHUTTER button to return to normal shutter speed.
• Fade
  • 1. Press and hold FADE button during recording.
  • 2. Press start/stop button when scene has disappeared completeiy.
  • 3. Release FADE button.
  • Wireless Fade
  • 1. Place camera in record pause mode.
  • 2. Press F. START/STOP button.
  • 3. When scene is recorded, press F. START/STOP button again.
• Adding Titles to Recordings
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    • Creating Character Titles
    • 1. Place camera in record pause.
    • 2. Press CHARACTER TITLE button for more than 3 seconds to display title lines in viewfinder.
    • 3. Press SHIFT button to move the cursor to position where you want to start the title. Ban
    • 4. Use + and - buttons to scan list of title characters.
    • 5. When the character you want is displayed, press SHIFT button again to move to next cursor position. EiSI
    • 6. Follow steps 4 and 5 until your title Is complete.
    • 7. When the title Is finished, press CHARACTER TITLE button. Ii5gl
    • Creating Digital Titles
    • 1. Place camera in record pause mode.
    • 2. Frame your image and press MEMO button.
    • 3. Press COLOUR button to select desired colour.
    • Recording Titles
    • 1. While recording or in record pause mode, press CHARACTER TITLE or DISPLAY button. RKl
    • 2. Press CHARACTER TITLE or DISPLAY button again to end title recording.
    • Adjusting Image Density (Digital Title)
• Using External Microphone and
  • Using External Microphone 63-a
  • Using Headphones 63^b
• Playback Connection
  • Using TV with AudioA/ideo Input Terminals
  • Connection Procedure
  • Connection Procedure STil^i© (E600 only) ^
  • Using TV with SCART Terminal
  • Connection Procedure
  • Connection Procedure STil^E©
  • (E600 oniy) ^3
  • Selecting Video Channel (European model)
  • 1. Turn TV on.
  • 2. Turn camera on.
  • 3. Press ■ (STOP) button to select playback mode.
  • 4. Press < (PLAY) button to start playback.
  • 5. Set RF unit’s G/l selector using flat-edge screwdriver.
  • 6. Set TV and video channel selector to video channel (video channel selector is factory-set to CH 32).
  • Selecting Video Channel (Australian model)
  • 1. Turn TV on.
  • 2. Turn camera on.
  • 3. Press ■ (STOP) button to select playback mode.
  • 4. Press < (PLAY) button to start playback.
  • 5. Set TV and video channel selector to video channel (video channel selector is factory-set to 1CH) using a flat-edge screwdriver.
• Playback Procedure
  • 1. Turn camera on.
  • 2. Press A (EJECT) button.
  • 3. Load video cassette in camera and cióse video cassette compartment.
  • 4. Press ■ (STOP) button to select playback mode.
  • 5. Locate playback start point.
  • 6. Press PLAY button to start playback.
  • 8. Turn camera off.
  • High-Frequency Feedback
• Special Playback Methods
  • A. Fast Forward Playback
  • B. Rewind Playback
  • C. Still Playback
• Tape Return
  • 1. When you locate a scene during playback that you want to watch again later, press COUNTER RESET button.
  • 2. Press ■ (STOP) button when playback finishes.
  • 3. Press TAPE RETURN button.
  • 4. Press ► (PLAY) button.
• Editing to Another VTR
  • Connection Procedure
  • Connection Procedure STEI^i®
  • (E600 oniy) 1^
• Canon E400/E600 Video System Chart
• Carrying Cases
  • SC-300 Soft Carrying Case
  • HC-300 System Case
• Optional Accessories
  • CB-110 Car Battery Adapter
  • BP-E718 Battery Pack
  • BP-E722 Battery Pack
  • BP-E722D Battery Pack
  • MC-100 Multi-battery Charger
  • RS-300 Rain Shield
  • VL-20 Battery Video Light
  • TL-37 Teie-converter
  • WD-37 Wide-converter
  • FS-37 Fitter Set
  • FS-37U Fiiter Set
  • ZM-100 Stereo/Zoom Microphone (E600 oniy)
  • MB-100 Microphone Boom (E600 oniy)
  • SA-1 Adapter Bracket (E600 only)
• Problems and Troubleshooting
  • The following warnings may appear in viewfinder:
  • Smear 15^
  • Poor playback picture on TV monitor
• Condensation (DEW)
  • What is condensation?
  • Condensation is iikeiy to occur when:
  • Preventing condensation
  • When condensation is detected
  • To start using camera again
• Cautions
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    • F. Always Replace the Lens Cap.
    • G. Do Not Expose the Camera to Shock or Vibrations.
    • H. Avoid Sudden Changes in Temperature.
    • I. Do Not Disassemble the Camera.
    • J. Using the Battery Pack and Recommended Accessories.
    • Using Your BaHery Packs Effectively
    • Immediately After Purchase
    • General Use
    • storage
    • Terminology
    • Maintenance
    • Keep the Heads Clean.
    • Clean the Camera with a Soft, Dry Cloth.
    • Store the Camera Properly.
    • Store Cassette Tape Properly.
    • Check the Operation of Each Component.
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• Specifications
  • RF Unit RU-100
  • VL-7 Battery Video Light
  • European model
  • Australian model
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