If you move the unit when recording, do so slowly, maintaining a constant speed. The zoom operation is useful for recording subjects you cannot get close to, but overuse of zoom in and zoom out can make the resulting motion picture less enjoyable to watch. Recording Yourself Rotate the LCD monitor towards the lens side. The image is horizontally flipped as if you see a mirror image. (However the image recorded is the same as a normal recording.) Only some indications will appear on the screen. When appears, return the direction of the LCD monitor to normal position and check the warning/alarm indication. (l 126) - 19 - Basic Selecting a media to record [HDC-TM99] The card and built-in memory can be selected separately to record motion pictures or still pictures. 1 2 3 Change the mode to Select the menu. (l 30) MENU or . : [MEDIA SELECT] Touch the media to record motion pictures or still pictures. A B C D [VIDEO/SD CARD] [VIDEO/Built-inMemory] [PICTURE/SD CARD] [PICTURE/Built-inMemory] The media is selected separately to motion pictures or still pictures is highlighted in yellow. 4 Touch [ENTER]. - 20 - Basic Recording motion pictures 1 2 3 Change the mode to Open the LCD monitor. Press the recording start/stop button to start recording. . T W A When you begin recording, ; changes to ¥. B Recording button icon Recording can also be started/stopped by touching the recording button icon. This icon functions in the same manner as the recording start/stop button. 4 Press the recording start/stop button again to pause recording. Screen indications in the motion picture recording mode R 1h20m 0h00m00s Screen display will disappear when no function is performed for a specific period of time. To display it again, touch the screen. (It is not displayed when the AF/AE tracking is set.) A Recording mode B Recording time elapsed Each time the unit is put into recording pause, the counter display will be reset to 0h00m00s. ("h" is an abbreviation for hour, "m" for minute and "s" for second.) C Approximate remaining recordable time (When the remaining time is less than 1 minute, R 0h00m flashes red.) There are 3 recording formats that can be used with this unit: AVCHD that records high-definition motion pictures, 1080/50p that records motion pictures in maximum quality for this unit and iFrame that records motion pictures suitable for playback and editing on Mac (iMovie'11). To change the recording format, change the recording mode (l 52) or press and hold the 1080/50p button. (l 41) Still pictures can be recorded while recording the motion picture. (l 24) The images recorded between pressing the recording start/stop button to start recording and pressing it again to pause recording become one scene. When you record with the [REC MODE] set to [iFrame], the scenes longer than approximately 20 minutes will be automatically divided. (Recording will continue.) - 21 - (Maximum recordable scenes of a single SD card or built-in memory) Recording formats Recordable scenes Different dates (l 76) [HA]/[HG]/[HX]/[HE] Approx. 3900 Approx. 200 [1080/50p] Approx. 3900 Approx. 200 [iFrame] Approx. 89100 Approx. 900 Maximum number of recordable scenes and maximum number of different dates will be less than above table when there are both AVCHD scenes and 1080/50p scenes recorded on an SD card or the built-in memory. Maximum number of recordable scenes and maximum number of different dates will be less than above table when there are both iFrame scenes and still pictures recorded on an SD card or the built-in memory. While recording is in progress, the recording will not stop even if the LCD monitor is closed. Put the unit in pause mode when connecting or disconnecting an external microphone with the MIC terminal. Please refer to page 141 about approximate recordable time. About the compatibility of the recorded motion pictures Please refer to page 41 about 1080/50p When motion picture is recorded in AVCHD format Only motion pictures recorded with the recording format set to AVCHD are supported by AVCHD compatible equipment. Images cannot be played with equipment that does not support AVCHD (ordinary DVD recorders). Confirm that your equipment supports AVCHD by referring to the operating instructions. It is not always possible to play back motion pictures recorded with the recording format set to AVCHD on AVCHD compatible equipment. In such a case, play back on this unit instead. When motion picture is recorded in iFrame format You can play back on a Mac (iMovie'11). It is not compatible with motion pictures recorded in AVCHD format. - 22 - Basic Recording still pictures 1 2 3 Change the mode to Open the LCD monitor. Press the button halfway. (For auto focus only) . 4 Press the button fully. Focus indication: A Focus indication: ± (The white lamp flashes.): Focusing ¥ (The green lamp lights up.): When in focus No mark: When focusing is unsuccessful. B Focus area (area inside brackets) If you set the optical image stabilizer function (l 40) to ([MODE1]), then the image stabilizer function will be more effective. ( MEGA (MEGA optical image stabilizer) will be displayed when the button is pressed halfway.) In dark environments, the video light will turn on. Focus indication will change to registered focus icon when [FACE RECOG.] is set to [ON]. (l 55) It is recommended using a flash or tripod when recording still pictures in dark places because the shutter speed becomes slow. The screen will become darker when the button is pressed halfway if the shutter speed is 1/25 or slower. You can also take a picture just by touching the subject to focus. (Touch shutter: l 44) To print a picture, save the picture to the SD card (l 96) and print using a PC or a printer. - 23 - About the screen indications in still picture recording : R3000: : 5M : MEGA : : : ß: ßj: : Still picture operation indicator (l 123) Remaining number of still pictures (Flashes in red when [0] appears.) Quality of still pictures (l 62) Size of still pictures (l 61) MEGA optical image stabilizer (l 23) Optical image stabilizer (l 40) AF assist lamp (l 64) Flash (l 48) Flash level (l 48) Red eye reduction (l 48) R3000 5M MEGA About the focus indication Screen display will disappear when no function is performed for a specific period of time. To display it again, touch the screen. (It is not displayed when the AF/AE tracking or the touch shutter is set.) The focus indication indicates the status of the auto focus. The focus indication does not appear in manual focus mode. The focus indication does not appear or has difficulty focusing in the following cases. j When close subjects and far subjects are included in the same scene j When the scene is dark j When there is a bright part in the scene j When the scene is filled with only horizontal lines About the focusing area When there is a contrasting object ahead or behind the subject in the focus area, the subject may not be focused. If so, move the contrasting object out of the focus area. Focus area is not displayed in the following conditions. j When the intelligent auto mode (portrait) is used j When AF/AE tracking is used j When the Extra optical zoom is used j When the unit determines that the AF assist lamp is necessary Recording still pictures in motion picture recording mode You can record still pictures even in motion picture recording mode. ¬ Change the mode to . Press the button fully (press to the bottom) to take the picture. It is possible to record still pictures while recording motion pictures. (Simultaneous recording) Remaining number of recordable pictures is displayed while still pictures are being recorded. Built-in flash, red eye reduction, self-timer (l 48) do not work. While recording motion pictures or during the PRE-REC operation, image quality is different from ordinary still pictures so that motion picture recording takes preference over still picture recording. If simultaneous recording is used while recording a motion picture, the recordable time remaining will shorten. If the unit is turned off or the mode switch operated, the recordable time remaining may lengthen. - 24 - Basic Intelligent auto mode The following modes appropriate for the condition are set just by pointing the unit to what you want to record. /MANUAL Intelligent auto/Manual button Press this button to switch intelligent auto mode/manual mode. Please refer to page 65 about manual mode. Mode Portrait Scene When the object is a person Recording outdoors Effect Faces are detected and focused automatically, and the brightness is adjusted so it is recorded clearly. The whole landscape will be recorded vividly without whiting out the background sky, which may be very bright. Very bright object is recorded clearly. It can record very clearly even in a dark room or twilight. A person and the background are recorded with near real-life brightness. You can record night scenery vividly by slowing the shutter speed. Scenery *1 *1 Spotlight Low light Night portrait Under a spotlight Dark room or twilight Recording night portrait *2 *2 Night scenery Recording night scenery Macro Normal *2 Recording zooming in This allows recording while going near to on a flower etc. the object of recording. Other situations Contrast is adjusted automatically for clear image. *1 *2 *1 In motion picture recording mode only *2 In still picture recording mode only - 25 - Depending on the recording conditions, the unit may not enter the desired mode. In the portrait, spotlight, or low light mode, the face will be surrounded by a white frame when detected. In the portrait mode, a subject that is bigger and close to centre of the screen will be surrounded by an orange frame. (l 56) It is recommended using a tripod in night portrait and night scenery mode. Faces cannot be detected depending on the recording conditions, such as when faces are of certain sizes or at certain tilts or when digital zoom is used. [ZOOM MIC] is set to [OFF] in the intelligent auto mode. (l 59) Intelligent auto mode When switching to intelligent auto mode, the auto white balance and auto focus operate and automatically adjust the colour balance and focusing. Depending on the brightness of the subject etc., the aperture and shutter speed are automatically adjusted for an optimum brightness. Colour balance and focus may not be adjusted automatically depending on light sources or scenes. If so, manually adjust these settings. (l 66, 68) Automatic white balance The illustration shows the range over which automatic white balance functions. 1) The effective range of automatic white balance 10 000K 9 000K adjustment on this unit 8 000K 2) Blue sky 7 000K 3) Cloudy sky (rain) 6 000K 4) Sunlight 5 000K 5) 5) White fluorescent lamp 1) 4 000K 6) Halogen light bulb 7) Incandescent light bulb 6) 3 000K 8) Sunrise or sunset 7) 9) Candlelight If the automatic white balance is not functioning normally, 2 000K 8) adjust the white balance manually. (l 66) 2) 3) 4) Auto focus 9) The unit focuses automatically. Auto focus does not work correctly in the following situations. Record pictures in the manual focus mode. (l 68) j Recording distant and close-up objects at the same time j Recording a subject behind dirty or dusty window j Recording a subject that is surrounded by objects with glossy surfaces or by highly reflective objects 1 000K - 26 - Basic Motion picture/Still picture playback 1 2 3 Change the mode to . ALL Touch the play mode select icon A. (l 17) / Select the [VIDEO/PICTURE] you wish to play back. Touch [ENTER]. Select the [MEDIA] and [VIDEO/PICTURE] you wish to play back. Touch [ENTER]. 4 B Touch the scene or the still picture to be played back. 1080/50p is displayed when [1080/50p] is touched , ALL is displayed when [AVCHD] is touched or is displayed when [iFrame] is touched in step 3. To display the next (previous) page: j Slide the thumbnail display upward (downward) while touching it. j Switch the touch menu, and then touch (up) / (down) on the thumbnail scroll lever. - 27 - 5 Select the playback operation by touching the operation icon. C Operation icon 0h01m30s Operation icons and screen display will disappear when no function is performed for a specific period of time. To display them again, touch the screen. Motion picture playback 1/;: 6: 5: : Playback/Pause Rewind playback Fast forward playback Stops the playback and shows the thumbnails. 1/;: Still picture playback Slide show (playback of the still pictures in numerical order) start/pause. Plays back the previous picture. Plays back the next picture. Stops the playback and shows the thumbnails. 2;: ;1: : Change the thumbnail display While the thumbnail is displayed, the thumbnail display changes in the following order if the zoom lever is operated to side or side. 20 scenes () 9 scenes () 1 scene () Highlight&Time frame index* (l 74) * Highlight&Time frame index can only set in motion picture playback mode. Even in motion picture playback mode, [FACE] and [HIGHLIGHT] cannot be used when [iFrame] is selected. 9 scenes display returns if the unit is turned off or the mode is changed. By displaying in 1 scene or pressing and holding the thumbnail in the 20 scenes or 9 scenes display, recording date and time are displayed when playing back motion pictures, and recording date and file number when playing back still pictures. Speaker volume adjustment Operate the volume lever to adjust the speaker volume during motion picture playback. Towards "r": Increases the volume Towards "s": Decreases the volume - 28 - Sound will be heard only during normal playback. If pause play is continued for 5 minutes, the screen returns to the thumbnails. The elapsed time for playback indication will be reset to 0h00m00s each scene. When playing back iFrame scenes, the image will pause momentarily and the screen may turn black when the scenes are switching. Motion picture compatibility Please refer to page 41 about 1080/50p. This unit is based on AVCHD format/MPEG-4 AVC file format. Video signals for the AVCHD that can be played back with this unit are 1920k1080/50i, 1920k1080/25p and 1440k1080/50i. Video signals for the iFrame that can be played back with this unit are 960k540/25p. This unit may degrade or not play back motion pictures recorded or created on other products, and other products may degrade or not play back motion pictures recorded on this unit, even if the products support AVCHD or iFrame. Motion pictures recorded in AVCHD and iFrame are not compatible with each other. Still picture compatibility This unit is compliant with the unified standard DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) established by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association). The file format of still pictures supported by this unit is JPEG. (Not all JPEG formatted files will be played back.) This unit may degrade or not play back still pictures recorded or created on other products and other products may degrade or not play back still pictures recorded on this unit. - 29 - Basic Using the menu screen Touch (left side)/ (right side) of on the touch menu to display MENU . (l 17) 1 Touch [MENU]. 4 Touch the desired item to enter the setting. MENU 2 Touch the top menu A. 5 Touch [EXIT] to exit the menu setting. guide display About 3 Touch the submenu B. After touching , touching the submenus and items will cause function descriptions and settings confirmation messages to appear. After the messages have been displayed, the guide display is cancelled. Next (previous) page can be displayed by touching / . - 30 - Basic Using the Setup Menu The items displayed differ depending on the position or settings of the mode switch. Select the menu. MENU : [SETUP] # desired setting [CLOCK SET] Please refer to page 18. [SET WORLD TIME] It is possible to display and record the time at the travel destination by selecting your home region and the travel destination. 1 Touch [SET WORLD TIME]. If the clock is not set, adjust the clock to the current time. (l 18) When the [HOME] (your home region) is not set, the message appears. Touch [ENTER] and proceed to step 3. 2 (Only when setting your home region) Touch [HOME]. Touch [ENTER]. 3 (Only when setting your home region) Touch / to select your home region and touch [ENTER]. Touch [SUMMER TIME SET] to set daylight saving time. appears and the summer time setting is turned on; the time difference from GMT is set forward by one hour. Touch [SUMMER TIME SET] again to return to the normal time setting. 4 (Only when setting the region of your travel destination) A The current time B The time difference from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) Touch [DESTINATION]. Touch [ENTER]. When the home region is set for the first time, the screen for selecting home/travel destination appears after setting the home region successively. If the home region has already been set once, execute the menu operation for step 1. - 31 - 5 (Only when setting the region of your travel destination) Touch / to select your travel destination and touch [ENTER]. Touch [SUMMER TIME SET] to set daylight saving time. appears and the summer time setting is turned on. The travel destination time and time difference from the home region time are set forward by one hour. Touch [SUMMER TIME SET] again to return to the normal time setting. Close the setting by touching [EXIT]. appears and the time of the travel destination is indicated. C The local time at the selected travel destination D The time difference between the travel destination and the home region To return the display to the home setting Set the home region using step 1 to 3, and close the setting by touching [EXIT]. If you cannot find your travel destination in the area shown on the screen, set it by using the time difference from your home region. [DATE/TIME] [OFF]/[D/T]/[DATE] It is possible to change the date and time display mode. [DATE FORMAT] [Y/M/D]/[M/D/Y]/[D/M/Y] It is possible to change the date format. [ZOOM/REC DISPLAY] [OFF]/[ON] You can set the display method of the zoom button icons ( T / W ) and recording button icon ( ). [OFF]: [ON]: If no operation is performed for approx. 5 seconds, the icon disappears. Constantly display [OFF]/[SIMPLE]/[DETAIL] [EXT. DISPLAY] Please refer to page 90. [ECONOMY] [OFF]/[5 MINUTES] When about 5 minutes have passed without any operation, this unit automatically turns off to save battery life. The power save function will not activate when: j connected to AC adaptor j using the USB cable for PC, DVD burner etc. j PRE-REC is used - 32 - [QUICK POWER ON] [OFF]/[ON] The unit is put into recording pause approx. 1 second when the unit is turned on with the mode set to or . Depending on the recording conditions, start time may be longer than 1 second. In the quick power on mode, the zoom magnification becomes 1k. [QUICK START] [OFF]/[ON] This unit will resume recording pause mode about 0.6 seconds after the LCD monitor is reopened. / Quick start will not work if there is no SD card inserted. Quick start will not work if the [SD CARD] is selected in the [MEDIA SELECT], even if there is no SD card inserted. Change the mode to or . 1 2 Set [QUICK START] to [ON]. Close the LCD monitor while the mode is set to or . The status indicator A flashes green and the unit goes into quick start standby mode. The lens cover does not close. 3 Open the LCD monitor. The status indicator A lights red and the unit is put into recording pause. When in quick start standby mode about 80% of the power used in recording pause mode is being consumed, so the recording time will be reduced. Quick start standby mode is cancelled if j about 5 minutes elapsed j mode is set to Depending on the recording conditions and menu settings, time for quick start may be longer than 0.6 seconds. It may take some time for automatic white balance to adjust. In the quick start mode, the zoom magnification becomes 1k. If [ECONOMY] (l 32) is set to [5 MINUTES] and the unit automatically goes into quick start standby mode, close the LCD monitor and then open it again. Turn the unit off using the power button. - 33 - [ALERT SOUND] [OFF]/ / Touch screen operation, start and stop of recording and unit on/off can be confirmed with this sound. (Volume low)/ (Volume high) 2 Beeps for 4 times When an error occurs. Check the sentence displayed on the screen. (l 126) [POWER LCD] +2 / +1 / 0 / -1 / A This makes it easier to view the LCD monitor in bright places including outdoors. These settings will not affect the images actually recorded. (Makes even brighter)/ +1 (Makes brighter)/ 0 (Normal)/ -1 (Makes less bright)/ *(Automatic adjustment) * It is not displayed in the manual mode or in the playback mode. +2 A When the AC adaptor is in use, the LCD monitor is set to +1 automatically. Recordable time with the battery is shortened when the LCD is made brighter. [LCD SET] It adjusts brightness and colour density on the LCD monitor. These settings will not affect the images actually recorded. 1 2 Touch [LCD SET]. Touch the desired setting ...

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