Setting the [POWER ON/OFF] switch to “ON” starts up the camera recorder in the Camera mode to enable shooting.
Basic Shooting Procedures
Setting up
Supply battery or AC adapter power to the camera recorder.
Insert the recording media.
Turn on the power of the camera recorder.
Adjust the angle of the LCD monitor and viewfinder.
Set [System], [Format], [Resolution], [Frame Rate] and [Bit Rate] in [System] 
[Record Set] [Record Format].
[Record Set] [Record Format].You can select the definition of the recorded videos, file format for recording/playback, and the video recording format on this camera recorder.
Press the [MENU/THUMB] button to display the menu screen on the LCD monitor and viewfinder.
Shooting
Configure the video and audio input settings.
You have to configure video settings such as brightness adjustment (iris, gain, shutter) and white balance adjustment in order to start shooting. You also have to adjust the audio input settings and audio recording level for audio recording.
Adjusting the Brightness
Adjusting the White Balance
Adjusting Audio Input Settings and Recording Level
Press the [REC] button to start recording to the recording media.
The tally lamp lights up in red during recording.
Zoom Operation
Adjusting the Focus
Memo
If both SD card slots A and B are loaded with recordable SD cards in the factory default state, pressing the [REC] button starts recording only to the media in the selected slot.
Configuring [System] [Record Set] [Slot Mode] to “Dual” enables recording to be performed simultaneously to the SD cards in both slots A and B.
The tally lamp can be turned off in [System] [Tally Lamp].
Check the most recently captured images.
Press the user button that is assigned with the Clip Review function. Doing so activates the function and plays back the most recently captured images on the LCD monitor and viewfinder screen.
After playback, the camera recorder returns to standby mode (STBY).
