Canon Hf M52 Owners Manual

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To select the main subject
If there is more than one person in the picture, the camcorder will auto-
matically select one person it determines is the main subject. The main 
subject is indicated by a white face detection frame and the camcorder 
will optimize the settings for that person. Other faces will have gray 
frames.
Touch a different face on the 
touch screen to optimize the 
camcorder’s settings for that 
person using the Touch & 
Track function.
NOTES
• The camcorder may mistakenly...

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Touch & Track
When recording a group of people using face detection, the camcorder 
will automatically detect one person as the main subject. You can use 
Touch & Track to tell the camcorder to track and optimize settings for a 
different person. You can also use Touch & Track to always keep in 
focus other moving subjects, such as pets or moving vehicles.
Operating modes:
1 Make sure face detection is activated (A100). 
Face detection is always activated in   mode.
2 Point the camcorder at a...

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Faders
The camcorder offers two professional looking transition effects to 
fade-in or fade-out scenes. You have the option to activate the fader 
only one time or every time you start or stop recording.
Operating modes:
* You can preview the transition effect on the screen.
• The icon of the selected fader appears in green.
To fade in/out
Press  Y  in record pause mode ( Û) to start recording with 
a fade in. Press  Y while recording ( Ü) to fade out and pause 
the recording.
NOTES
• When...

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Manually Setting the Shutter Speed or Aperture
[’  Programmed AE] is the default automatic exposure (AE) recording 
program; using it, you can change functions like the white balance or 
image effects. Select one of the other AE recording programs to control 
the shutter speed or aperture.
Operating modes:
* You can also drag your finger along the dial. 
Options( Default value)
NOTES
•[ ‚ Shutter-Pri. AE]:
- On screen only the denominator is displayed – [ ‚250] indicates a 
shutter speed of...

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•[“ Aperture-Pri. AE]: The actual range of values available for selection 
will vary depending on the initial zoom position.
• When setting a numeric value (aperture or shutter speed), the number  displayed will flash if the aperture value or shutter speed is not appropri-
ate for the recording conditions. In such case, select a different value.
• During exposure lock, the aperture value/shutter speed cannot be  changed. Set the aperture value or shutter speed before manually 
adjusting the...

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Manual Exposure Adjustment
At times, backlit subjects may appear too dark (underexposed) or sub-
jects under very strong lights may appear too bright or glaring (overex-
posed). To correct this, you can adjust the exposure manually or use 
the Touch AE function to automatically set the optimal exposure for the 
subject you select. This is convenient when the brightness of the sub-
ject you want to shoot is noticeably brighter/darker than the general 
brightness of the image.
Operating modes:...

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NOTES
• If the recording program is changed during exposure lock, the cam- corder will return to automatic exposure.
• When shooting subjects with a strong light source behind them, the  camcorder automatically corrects for the backlight*. You can turn off the 
automatic backlight correction with the  p >  [Auto Backlight Cor-
rection] setting. Note that the automatic backlight correction is not avail-
able in the following cases.
- In   mode, when using a cinema-look filter other than...

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Manual Focus Adjustment
Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case, 
focus manually.
Operating modes:
POINTS TO CHECK
• Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure.
• Select a recording program other than [ šSCN: Underwater] or 
[ Ÿ SCN: Surface].
1 Open the manual focus screen.
2 Touch a subject that appears inside the   [< Focus]
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3 Touch and hold [F] or [ E] to adjust the focus.
• The center of the screen will be magnified to help you focus more  easily. You can also turn off this function with the  p >  [Focus 
Assistance] setting.
• The focusing distance displayed will change as you adjust the focus.  The focusing distance will be displayed for about 2 seconds. You can 
change the units used for the distance display with the  q >  
[Distance Units] setting.
• If you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as...

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POINTS TO CHECK
• Select a recording program other than [ ŠSCN: Fireworks].
* Touch again to turn off the tele macro function.
• The camcorder will automatically adjust the zoom to the telephoto 
end. 
NOTES
• Any of the following actions will deactivate the tele macro function. - Turning off the camcorder.
- Pressing  T.
- Setting the camcorder to   mode.
- Zooming out toward  T (wide angle).
- Changing the recording program to [ ŠSCN: Fireworks].
• Tele macro cannot be turned on/off while...