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(1) Press FN and select PAGE2 while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or

MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
When you set the POWER switch to VCR, press FN to display PAGE1.

(2) Press LCD BRT. The screen to adjust the brightness of the LCD screen appears.
(3) Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen using –/+.

– : to dim
+ : to brighten

(4) Press 

 OK to return to PAGE1/PAGE2.

Press EXIT.

LCD screen backlight
You can change the brightness of the backlight. Select LCD B.L. in the menu settings
when using the battery pack (p. 210).

Even if you adjust LCD BRT
The recorded picture will not be affected.

FN

LCD
BRT

LCD BRT

–

+

OK

If you record pictures with the LCD panel closed, check the picture with the viewfinder.
Adjust the viewfinder lens to your eyesight so that the images in the viewfinder come
into sharp focus.

Lift up the viewfinder and move the viewfinder lens adjustment lever.

Viewfinder backlight
You can change the brightness of the backlight. Select VF B.L. in the menu settings
when using the battery pack (p. 210).

Move the power zoom lever a little for a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster zoom.
Using the zoom sparingly results in better-looking recordings.
W : Wide-angle (subject appears farther away)
T : Telephoto (subject appears closer)

×

Zoom greater than 12

× is performed digitally. Digital zoom can be set to 24× or 150×.

To activate digital zoom, select the digital zoom power in D ZOOM in the menu
settings (p. 209). The digital zoom is set to OFF as a default setting.

When you shoot close to a subject
If you cannot get a sharp focus, move the power zoom lever to the “W” side until the
focus is sharp. You can shoot a subject that is at least about 80 cm (about 2 feet 5/8 inch)
away from the lens surface in the telephoto position, or about 1 cm (about 1/2 inch)
away in the wide-angle position.

Note on digital zoom
The picture quality deteriorates as you move the power zoom lever towards the “T”
side.

When the POWER switch is set to MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only)
You cannot use the digital zoom.

T

W

T

W

T

W

The right side of the bar shows the digital zooming
zone.
The digital zooming zone appears when you select
the digital zoom power in the menu settings.

This feature allows the camera subject to view him-or herself on the LCD screen.
The subject uses this feature to check his or her own image on the LCD screen while
you look at the subject in the viewfinder.

Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
Rotate the LCD screen 180 degrees.
The 

 indicator appears in the viewfinder and on the LCD screen.

Xz

 appears  in the standby, and z appears in the recording while the POWER switch

is set to CAMERA. Some of other indicators appear mirror-reversed and others are not
displayed.

Picture in the mirror mode
The picture on the LCD screen is a mirror-image. However, the picture will be normal
when recorded.

During recording in the mirror mode
•ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander does not work.
•FN appears mirror-reversed in the viewfinder.

When you press FN
The 

 does not appear on the screen.