Canon Hf R500 Instruction Manual

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3 Slide the lens cover switch up.
IMPORTANT
• The information in the IMPORTANT section ( A38) and NOTES section 
( A 39) on the previous pages also apply to photos. 
NOTES
• Photos are recorded as JPG files. For details about the approximate  number of photos that can be recorded on a memory card, refer to the 
Reference Tables (A 189).
• Photos cannot be recorded while fading in or fading out a scene.
AUTO Mode
 mode is the camcorder’s default shooting mode. Using...

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Smart AUTO
In   mode, the camcorder will automatically detect certain charac-
teristics of the subject, background, lighting conditions, etc. It will then 
adjust various settings (focus, exposure, color, image stabilization, 
image quality, among others), selecting the best settings for the scene 
you want to shoot. The Smart AUTO icon will change to one of the fol-
lowing icons.
Smart AUTO icons 
* The icon in parentheses appears under backlight conditions.
NOTES
•...

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Intelligent IS
Intelligent IS allows the camcorder to select the best image stabiliza-
tion option based on your shooting method. During   and   
mode, the Intelligent IS icon will change to one of the following icons. 
In other shooting modes, you can set the image stabilization manually 
(A 148).
* You can use the  1 >  p  >  [Intelligent IS] setting to change whether Pow-
ered IS is available when Intelligent IS is activated.
Zooming
There are two ways you can zoom in...

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Using the Zoom Lever
Move the zoom lever toward T (wide angle) to zoom out. Move it 
toward  S (telephoto) to zoom in.
Using the Touch Screen’s Zoom Controls 
1 Display the zoom controls on the touch screen. 
• The zoom controls appear on the left side of the screen. 
2 Touch the zoom controls to operate the zoom.  • Touch anywhere within the  T area to zoom out or anywhere within 
the  S area to zoom in. Touch closer to the center for a slow zoom; 
touch closer to the...

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• When 1 >  p  >  [Zoom  Speed] is set to [ YVariable], the zoom 
speed will be faster in recording standby mode than when actually 
recording, except when pre-recording ( A144) is activated.
•With the  1 >  p  >  [Zoom Position at Startup] setting, you can 
tell the camcorder to memorize the z oom position when you turn it off, 
so the zoom position will be the same the next time you turn on the 
camcorder.
COPY  

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Basic Playback
Playing Back Video
Operating modes:
1Press ].
• You can press  ] 
repeatedly to switch back 
and forth between recording 
mode and playback mode.
• You can press  ] when 
the camcorder is off to turn it 
on directly in playback mode.
•The [ y] index screen, which 
contains all the scenes you 
have recorded, will open.
2 In the index screen, look for the scene you wish to play back. •To open the [ ¦] index screen (only video snapshot scenes 
recorded in...

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3 Touch the desired scene to play it back. • The camcorder will play back the scene selected and continue until the end of the last scene in the index screen.
• Touch the screen to display the playback controls. During playback, 
the playback controls will disappear automatically after a few 
seconds without operation.!
Index screen button. Displays the currently selected 
memory ( B  only) and movie format. Press to 
change the index screen.
 Drag your finger...

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During playback:!Jump to the beginning of the scene. Double-tap to jump 
to the previous scene.
 Pause the playback.
# Jump to the beginning of the next scene.
$ Fast playback* backward/forward.
% Display the volume ( A49) and background music mix 
balance ( A87) controls.
& Stop the playback.
 Decoration ( A65).
( Capture a video snapshot scene from this movie ( A85).
) Recording date (for AVCHD movies) or the date the 
recording started (for MP4 movies).
* Touch several...

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During playback pause: 
Adjusting the volume
1 During playback, touch the screen to display the playback controls.
2Touch [Ý], touch [ Ø] or [Ù ] to adjust the volume, and touch 
[ K ].
Displaying scene information for MP4 movies
On the scene information screen you can check various details, includ-
ing the scene’s length, date and time of recording and video quality.
1In the [ y] index screen for MP4 movies, touch [ I].
2 Touch the desired scene. • The [Scene Info]...

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- Do not disconnect the power source or turn off the camcorder.
- Do not change the camcorder’s operating mode.
• You may not be able to play back with this camcorder movies recorded  on a memory card using another device.
NOTES
• You can play back video snapshot scenes recorded in AVCHD format  from the [ y] index screen (all scenes) or from the [¦ ] index screen 
(only video snapshot scenes). Video snapshot scenes recorded in MP4 
format can be played back only from the...