Canon E850 - Manual (Page 21)

Use video cassettes marked with the hliEl (E5/P5 type) or Q (P5 type).
EJECT
When recording has ended, press EJECT button.
• Video cassette compartment opens.
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Push Remove video cassette and ciose video cassette
compartment again.
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[OPERATE ¡ L - J □
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Turn camera off.
• OPERATE/CAUTION indicator goes off.
- Battery Pack
GRIP UNLOCK
Switch
The camera automatically detects whether the cassette loaded is a
hliQ video cassette (for Hi8 recording/playback) or a standard □ video
cassette (for standard recording/playback) and automatically sets the mode.
• A standard 8mm video cassette cannot be recorded in Hi8 mode.
• It is impossible to record in standard mode with a hli^ video cassette.
Hint:
REC
Press REC button during stop mode to place camera in record pause mode.
I I • The camera enters record pause mode.
• Use the normal recording procedure for recording.
(Wireless
Controller)
Notes: ' '
• The tape counter will be reset to “0:00:00" when a video cassette is loaded.
• The camera automatically turns off if record pause mode lasts more than approximately seven minutes. To
resume recording turn camera on and press START/STOP button
• For security, check the viewfinder display for correct mode during shooting. (For details, see p.12 and 13)
• Avoid pressing START/STOP button repeatedly. Put a sufficiently long interval in between, otherwise trouble may
result,
• Avoid recording near sources of electric or magnetic fields, such as a TV tower, which can cause noise in the
picture or a camera malfunction.
• If tape speed is changed during recording, the tape will contain noise at that point.
• When recording in dark places; if a bright objet, such as a candle flame enters the picture, a luminous bar may
appear vertically on the screen.
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