Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder TRV940, TRV950 Operating Instructions

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Advanced Recording Operations
Using special effects – Digital effect
Notes
•The following functions do not work during digital effect:
–Recording still images on a “Memory Stick” in the tape recording or recording
standby
–Tape photo recording
–Fader
–Shutter speed (1/30 or smaller) adjustment
•The following functions do not work in the old movie:
–Wide mode
–Picture effect
–PROGRAM AE
–Shutter speed adjustment
When you set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG)
Digital effect is automatically canceled. 

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Presetting the adjustment for picture
quality – Custom preset
You can preset the camcorder to record the picture with the desired picture quality.
When presetting, adjust the picture by shooting a subject and checking the picture
displayed on a TV (p. 45).
(1)Press CUSTOM PRESET to display the CUSTOM PRESET menu while the
POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950
only).
(2)Press the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial.
(3)Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select SET, then press the dial.
(4)Turn the...

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Advanced Recording Operations
Presetting the adjustment for picture quality – Custom preset
Items to be adjusted
Item
COLOR LVL
SHARPNESS
WB SHIFT
AE SHIFT
AGC LIMIT
RESET
To cancel using the custom presetSelect OFF in step 4. The setting is still maintained at this moment. To return to the
standard setting, select RESET in step 6.
To check the custom preset settingPress CUSTOM PRESET while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY/
NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
The custom preset setting appears on the...

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Using the guide frame
You can easily make the picture be on a horizontal line using the guide frame. The
guide frame is not recorded in the tape or the “Memory Stick.”
(1)Set GUIDE FRAME in  to ON in the menu setting while the POWER
switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
(p210)
(2)Press MENU to erase the menu display. The guide frame is displayed on the
screen.
To clear the guide frameSelect GUIDE FRAME to OFF in the menu setting or simply press DISPLAY/TOUCH
PANEL.
Note
The...

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Advanced Recording Operations
You can set the camcorder to display a zebra pattern (diagonal stripes) in the portion of
the picture on the screen with a subject whose brightness exceeds a certain level.  You
can check the picture level of a subject by displaying the zebra pattern. Use the zebra
pattern as a guide for adjusting the exposure so that you can get the desired picture.
The zebra pattern is not recorded in the tape or the “Memory Stick.”
Set the ZEBRA selector to 70 or 100 while the POWER...

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Using the color bar
If you press COLOR BAR, the color bar is displayed on the screen.
Use the color bar in the following cases:
–At the beginning of the recording, the recorded images may be unstable. To avoid
this, record the color bar first and start recording the desired images when the
captured images become clear.
–To adjust screen color.
Press COLOR BAR while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA.
If you press COLOR BAR again the color bar disappears.
When you adjust color on the screen
Connect your...

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Advanced Recording Operations
AUTO LOCK selectorSet the selector as shown below to maintain or release the settings of the functions.
Manually adjusted functions are retained even if you set the AUTO LOCK selector to
AUTO LOCK. However, all functions will automatically return to the default settings
five minutes after removing the power supply.
AUTO LOCK [a]
Select this position to lock the PROGRAM AE, Shutter speed, White balance, Exposure
and Flexible spot meter functions in order to make these...

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(1)Set the AUTO LOCK selector to the center (auto lock release) position while
the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK(DCR-TRV950
only). (p. 67)
(2)Press PROGRAM AE.
(3)Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired mode, then press the dial.
The indicator changes as follows:
 
 y  y  y  y 
To cancel the PROGRAM AESet the AUTO LOCK selector to the AUTO LOCK or press PROGRAM AE.
The PROGRAM AE indicator disappears.
Shooting with manual adjustment
3 2
PROGRAM
AE
1AUTO
LOCKHOLD 

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Advanced Recording Operations
Shooting with manual adjustment
Notes
•Because your camcorder is set to focus only on subjects in the middle to far distance,
you cannot take close-ups in the following modes:
–Sports lesson
–Beach & ski
•Your camcorder is set to focus only on distant subjects in the following modes:
–Sunset & moon
–Landscape
•The following functions do not work in the PROGRAM AE:
–BOUNCE
–OLD MOVIE
–Shutter speed adjustment
–Spot focus
•When you set the POWER switch to MEMORY/NETWORK...

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Adjusting the shutter speed
You can adjust the shutter speed manually to suit your preference and with its shutter
speed fixed.
(1) Set the AUTO LOCK selector to the center (auto lock release) position while the
POWER switch is set to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK(DCR-TRV950
only). (p. 67)
(2)Press SHUTTER SPEED. The shutter speed indicator appears on the screen.
(3)Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired speed. The available
shutter speed ranges from 1/4 to 1/10000. As you turn the dial, the...