Useful Features
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Self recording with reversed
grip
Rotate the grip 90° and the LCD monitor
180° vertically so that you can record
yourself while holding the grip.
3 Open the LCD monitor to a 90° angle
to the camcorder body (1), and then
rotate it 180° vertically (2).
4 Set the Power switch to v.
5 Press the Start/Stop button to begin
recording.
Notes:
• Do not rotate the monitor section to the self
recording position during recording or
playback.
• During self recording, the mode or menu
screen cannot be displayed.
• All of the manual settings are set to AUTO
and some other settings will set to OFF in self
recording.
• You may experience image noise when using
self recording.
• To operate self recording with reversed grip
correctly, make sure to turn the grip and the
lens section so that the Start/Stop button and
the tripod socket face upward, and the lens
faces toward you. The I indicator will
appear.
• Be sure that the LCD monitor rotation is
exactly 180°, otherwise the image recorded
will be rotated 180° upside-down.
• The viewfinder does not work in self
recording with reversed grip.
1 Turn the camcorder downward as
shown below.
2 Rotate the lens section 90° vertically
as shown below.
90˚
180˚
90°
