Sanyo VPC-HD2000 Owner’s Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

VPC-HD2000EX VPC-HD2000

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VPC-HD2000GX

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Important note

This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-HD2000EX, VPC-HD2000 and VPC-HD2000GX.

Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such.

Please read these instructions carefully before using the camera. Make sure to read and understand the separate booklet "SAFETY MANUAl". Keep this manual in a safe place for later reference.

RECORDING MENU 3

This camera automatically adjusts the white balance under most lighting conditions. However, if you want to specify the lighting conditions or change the overall tone of the image, the white balance can be manually set.

How to use the one push setting

1 Select the _ icon.

2 Fill the entire screen with a plain white card (or piece of paper, etc.),

and press the SET button.

• This completes the white balance setting.

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The shutter speed and aperture size can be set individually.

Select the desired icon from the exposure menu, and press the

SET button. <If [_, _ or [_ was

selected>

Q Toggle the SET button up or

down to select aperture value or shutter speed.

Q Toggle the SET button left or

right to change the setting for

the selected parameter.

= Shutter speed

= Aperture

2 Press the SET button.

• This completes the exposure setting.

HINT

• To prevent the effects of camera shake at slow shutter speeds, it is recommended to use a tripod or other method to stabilize the camera.

• A slow shutter speed may be useful for photographing in a darker environment, but noise in the image may be increased.

• To minimize noise in the image, complete the noise reduction setting (page 138).

• The exposure setting automatically becomes [7_ if the scene select function is active.

• In the sequential shots mode, the shutter speed is faster than 1/30 sec.

• Even if the shutter speed is set to slower than 1/29 sec., the shutter speed during video clip recording is 1/30 sec.

• If the exposure setting is set to [_], [_ or [_], by assigning an operation shortcut to the SET button (pages 138 and 142), you can select the [_, [_ or _ exposure setting from the Recording Screen.

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RECORDING MENU 3

As you record, the face chaser detects the subject's face, and adjusts the brightness and focus in a way that produces a clear and bright photo of the subject's face.

HINT

When the face chaser is set to ON...

• Each face in the Recording Screen is marked with a green frame.

• Faces that are in focus are marked with a double green frame.

• When shooting begins, the frames marking the faces that are in focus change to orange.

• If the scene select function setting was fireworks _ or landscape [_, it automatically changes to _.

• The light measuring mode changes to multi-section light measuring.

• When you play back an image that was captured using the face chaser function and magnify it, the magnified image will be centered on the face(s) that were focused on.

CAUTION

• The face chaser function does not work while the digital zoom is being used.

• The face chaser function does not work when zooming in or out.

• The face chaser function may not work when the subject's face in the monitor is relatively small or appears dark.

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By using the photo wide D-range feature, even in an image comprised of both bright and dark subjects, all the subjects will be captured at a natural brightness level. For example, when a strong backlight is created, as can occur when photographing in bright surroundings, a subject in a bright background appears completely white. Furthermore, the details of dark areas created by the shadows of a backlight are normally obscured in blackness. Shooting with the photo wide D-range function smoothly adjusts the brightness levels from light areas to dark areas.

HINT Other settings during photo wide D-range shooting

• When the photo wide D-range is set to "ON", the following settings Z automatically change as indicated. O

Flash (page 60): Disabled (no flash) _ Exposure (pages 64 and 108): _

Photo stabilizer (page 103): _ E_ Scene select fireworks _ (page 101): _ ¢0

When sequential shots is active (page 100): _ Noise reduction (page 138): "PHOTO NR" is "OFF" O

• During video clip recording, the photo wide D-range is automatically O switched to "OFF".

• The field of view of captured images will appear slightly narrow. 6b

CAUTION

• When the scene select function is set to night view portrait _ or lamp _, the photo wide D-range effect may be insignificant.

• The photo wide D-range function does not work when the shutter speed is slower than 1/60.

• The photo wide D-range effect may be insignificant if you are shooting in an extremely bright or extremely dark environment.

• Note that the exposure time during photo wide D-range shooting is comparatively longer than for normal shooting.

• When there are smear or flare effects in the image, or when it is misty, shooting with the photo wide D-range function enabled may in some cases

produce an unnatural appearing image.

• Depending on the surrounding conditions, for example, when the light sources of light and dark areas are different, an unnatural appearing image

may be produced.

• Image processing after shooting may take some time.

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RECORDING MENU 3

When you shoot in the high sensitivity mode, the captured image appears even brighter than that specified by the ISO sensitivity and exposure compensation settings.

CAUTION Limitations of the high sensitivity mode

• When the shutter speed is reduced to create a bright image, video clip motion will appear uneven during playback.

• When shooting in a dark environment, the autofocus and auto exposure may not function effectively.

• If the video clip setting is _ or _, it changes to _.

This setting allows you to specify whether or not the digital zoom is enabled during zoom shooting.

HINT

• The digital zoom does not function in the following situation: When the still image mode is set to _.

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By assigning the exposure compensation operation shortcut to the SET button (pages 138 and 142), you can make the image lighter or darker when capturing images.

/ Assign the operation

shortcut to the SET button (pages 138 and 142).

Toggle the SET button in the direction for which the

operation shortcut was assigned.

• The exposure compensation bar appears.

Toggle the SET button to the left or right to adjust the

exposure.

• The exposure compensation numerical

value is shown at the left end of the exposure

compensation bar.

• The exposure compensation can be set

to a value from -1.8 EV to +1.8 EV.

• The exposure compensation bar is

canceled when the MENU

button or the SET button is pressed.

Exposure compensation bar

SET button

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RECORDING MENU 3

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PLAYBACK MENU 1

Specify the settings for playing back files continuously in a "slideshow" format. In a slideshow of still images, you can set the transition time, transition effects

and BGM.

Changing a setting

Select the item you wish to change, and press the SET

button.

2 Toggle the SET button up or

down to change the setting.

3 Press the SET button.

Begin the slideshow

1 Select "START" and press the SET button.

• Slideshow playback begins.

• To stop slideshow playback, press the SET button or MENU button.

HINT BGM for video clips?

• When video clips are played back in a slideshow, the recorded audio track is played back; the BGM is not played.

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PLAYBACK MENU 1

Prevent accidental erasure of image and audio files.

Protect files one by one

1 Display the file that you want to protect from accidental erasure, and

display the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu (page 49).

2 Select "PROTECT" and press the SET button.

Select "PROTECT SINGLE" and

press the SET button.

• "LOCK" appears.

• If the protect mode has already been enabled for the file, then

"UNLOCK" appears.

Toggle the SET button up or down to select "LOCK", and

press the SET button.

• The protect mode is set for the file.

• The protect mark _ indicates that the file is locked.

CAUTION

• Even if the protect mode is set for certain files, they will be deleted if the card is reformatted.

HINT To select a different image in steps 2 and 3...

• Toggle the SET button to the left or right.

To cancel the protect mode for a file...

• Display the desired file and repeat steps 1 to 3. The protect mark _ will disappear and the protect mode is canceled.

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Select multiple files to protect.

1 Display the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu (page 49).

2 Select "PROTECT" and press the SET button.

Select "PROTECT SELECTED" and press the SET button.

• Toggle the SET button left, right, up or down to move the orange

frame to the file you wish to protect.

Press the SET button.

• The selected file is marked with the protect icon [ h ].

• To cancel a protect selection and remove the protect icon from a file, move the orange frame to the marked file and press the SET button.

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PLAYBACK MENU 1

A captured image can be resized to a smaller size and saved as a separate image.

Captured still images can be rotated to the correct orientation for viewing.

HINT

• An image for which the protect mode has been enabled cannot be rotated. To rotate a protected image, cancel the protect mode before beginning the

rotate image procedure (pages 65 and 115).

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PLAYBACK MENU 2

Correct the contrast in a photo.

HINT If the "Contrast correction not successful" message appears...

• The camera was not able to successfully repair the image.

• The correction function works to automatically edit flaws that the camera detects in captured images. In some cases, the camera may fail to correct a

flaw.

Concerning the date and time information for the saved image

• When an image is corrected and saved, the recorded date and time of capture (Exif information) remains unchanged from the original image.

However, the file date shown on the computer changes to the date and time the image was revised.

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PLAYBACK MENU 2

You can trim away unwanted portions from a video clip and save it as a new video clip (video clip cutting [extracting]). You can also join video clips together and save them as one separate clip ("joining").

Procedure to cut (extract) a portion of a video clip

Specify the frames ((_), @) where the

video clip is to be cut.

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Extract the specified portion.

[Two ways to cut the video clip]

• Trim away portions

® and ®, and save

portion ®.

• Delete portion ®, and join portions® •

and ®.

• The original video clip is ,,,

not affected.

(You can also choose to erase the original video clip when the new clip is saved.)

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Procedure to join video clips

Specify the video clip that will come first.

Specify the video clip that you wish to

append (join).

Join the video clips.

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• The original video clips are not affected. • (You can also choose to erase the o,,,,• ,_

original video clips when the new clip is ,, saved.) ,,

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PLAYBACK MENU 2

CAUTION Caution when editing video clips

• When editing video clips, do not move the REC/PLAY switch. If you move the REC/PLAY switch while editing video clips, not only will the editing not be properly completed, but the original video clip may also be erased.

• As the number or size of the video clips increases, the card memory may become full, making it impossible to edit or save the video clips. In this case, you will need to free some of the memory on the card by deleting files that are no longer necessary (pages 65 and 90).

Regarding the capture date of the saved files

• The capture date of edited images changes to the date that the files are saved.

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Video clip cutting (extracting)

1 Display the video clip from which you wish to extract a segment.

Display the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu (page 49), select "EDIT VIDEO", and press the SET

button.

Select "CUT" and press the SET button.

• The Cutting Screen appears.

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PLAYBACK MENU 2

Specify the start point of the extract.

• Use the procedure below to specify the frame from which the video

clip extract will start.

• Play the video clip until approximately the desired point, pause the video clip, then play the video clip one frame at a time, stopping at the

start point of the extract. This will be the first frame of the extract.

• If the start point of the video clip is also the start point of the extract, proceed to step 5.

Play:

After pausing playback, press and hold the SET button to the right for about 2 seconds for forward playback, or to the left for reverse

playback.

Pause:

During playback, press the SET button. Accelerated playback:

During playback, toggle the SET button to the left or right to change the playback speed.

Single frame: After pausing playback, toggle the SET button to the right to move

forward one frame, or to the left to move back one frame.

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Toggle the SET button up.

• The start point of the video clip

extract is set, and the screen to specify the end point appears.

• Specify the end point of the extract by following the same procedure as in step 4.

<When joining the first and latter portions> Q Toggle the SET button down.

• Each time the SET button is toggled down, the sections to

delete and the sections to save are reversed.

@ Specify the end point of the

extract. The frame following the end point of the extract will be the start point of the latter portion to be joined.

Press the [ It"l / le_ ] button.

• A screen appears for you to select either to save the edited

video clip as a new (separate) file, orto delete the original video clip and replace it with the edited video clip.

SAVE AS NEW: The edited video clip will be

saved as a new file. The original video clip remains unchanged.

OVERWRITE: The original video clip will be

deleted. Only the edited video clip will be saved.

REVIEW CLIP: Play back the edited video clip

before saving it.

Approximate playback time

Portion to be deleted

End point

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PLAYBACK MENU 2

Select the desired option, and press the SET button.

• Editing starts.

• When editing ends, you are returned to the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu.

HINT

• You will not be able to overwrite the file if the original file is protected.

• If the "Card full" message appears, you will need to free some of the memory by deleting files that you do not need to keep.

CAUTION

Warning concerning the battery pack remaining charge

• During the editing of lengthy video clips, the time to process the large amount of data can become quite long. To avoid problems caused by the battery pack becoming depleted in the middle of video clip editing, before starting to edit be sure that a sufficiently charged battery pack is installed in the camera, or connect the AC adaptor.

• It is recommended that a computer be used to edit long video clips.

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Joining video clips

CAUTION

• Video clips that were photographed in different modes cannot be joined.

1 Display the NORMAL Mode

Playback Menu (page 49), select "EDIT VIDEO", and press the SET

button.

Select "JOIN" and press the SET button.

• The 8-image playback display for

video clips appears.

Move the orange frame to the video clip you wish to join, and

press the SET button.

• The specified video clip is labeled with a number.

• Up to 9 video clips can be

selected.

• To cancel a selection and remove the number label from a

video clip, select the video clip and press the SET button.

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PLAYBACK MENU 2

Press the [ Ill / I_ ] button.

• A screen appears for you to select either to save the joined

video clip as a new (separate) file, or to delete the original video

clips and replace them with the joined video clip.

SAVE AS NEW: The joined video clip will be saved

as a new file. The original video clips remain unchanged. OVERWRITE:

The original video clips will be deleted. Only the joined video clip will be saved.

REVIEW CLIP: Play back the joined video clip

before saving it.

Select the desired option, and press the SET button.

• Editing starts.

• When editing ends, you are returned to the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu.

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HINT

• If the file size of the video clip after editing exceeds 4 GB, it is not possible to either "SAVE AS NEW" or "OVERWRITE".

• You will not be able to overwrite the file if the original file is protected. If you want it to be erased, you will need to first remove the protection (pages 65 and 115).

• If the "Card full" message appears, you will need to free some of the memory by deleting files that you do not need to keep.

CAUTION Warning concerning the battery pack remaining charge

• It is recommended that a computer be used to edit long video clips.

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PLAYBACK MENU 2

In addition to using your printer to print out still images captured with your camera, as with conventional film, you can have prints made at shops offering digital print services. Moreover, this camera is DPOF-compatible, so you can use the camera to specify the number of prints, whether or not the date is displayed on the print, and also to request an index print.

Display the Printing Instructions Screen

Display the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu (page 49), select

"PRINT INSTRUCTIONS", and press the SET button.

ALL IMAGES:

The specified printing instructions apply to all the images.

EACH IMAGE:

The printing instructions are specified for each individual image.

INDEX:

All the still images are printed as

miniature images (thumbnail images), several images on one print.

ALL CLEAR:

Clear all the printing instructions. This cannot be selected if no printing

instructions have been specified for

the image.

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HINT Printing a single frame from a video clip

• To print with a printer or have the digital print service shop print out a still image from a video clip, you must first save it (extract still) as a still image (page 87).

About the DPOF format

• DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) is a print order format. You can connect your camera to a DPOF-compatible printer to produce your prints. You can also set the printing instructions for the desired images, and then have the requested images printed automatically (page 164).

About the finished prints

• Rotated images (pages 65 and 117) will be printed in their original orientation.

• The quality of the print output will differ depending on the print service and printer used.

Specifying date imprinting and print quantities

You can specify printing instructions for each individual image (EACH IMAGE), or apply the printing instructions to all the images (ALL IMAGES).

1 Display the Printing Instructions Screen (page 129).

Select "ALL IMAGES" or "EACH

IMAGE". ALL IMAGES:

The printing instructions are applied to all the images.

EACH IMAGE:

The printing instructions are applied only to the image currently

displayed.

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Press the SET button.

• The Date/Copies Print Screen

appears. If "EACH IMAGE" was selected,

toggle the SET button to the left or right to display the desired

image to print. The printing instructions that are

currently active for the displayed image are shown. You can toggle

the SET button to the left or right to confirm the printing

instructions for each image.

Printing instructions

<Completed printing

instructions>

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Specify whether the date is displayed on the print, and the number of prints,

• Toggle the SET button up or

down.

• The quantity indication changes.

• Display the desired number

of prints.

• Press the SET button.

• The number of prints is set.

• From the screen on which the number of prints is set, press the

zoom switch.

• Press the SET button.

Press the MENU button.

• The printing instructions for the requested print quantities and dated

prints are stored.

• The display returns to the Printing Instructions Screen.

HINT Can't specify dated prints?

• Dated prints are not possible for photos that were captured before the camera's date and time setting was completed.

Dated prints

Quantity

Index print

Printing out many small images on one sheet is called an "index print". This is convenient for use as a list of the images you have captured.

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FILE INFO DISPLAY

On the Information Screen you can check what the settings were when a file was recorded with your camera.

/ Display the desired file on

the camera monitor.

Press the MENU button for

at least 1 second.

• The Information Screen

appears.

• If the MENU button is pressed again, the

Information Screen is canceled.

Q Video clip mode

settings

Q Image or sound

number

Q Protect setting (_) File size Q Shooting or recording

time

O Exposure

compensation setting

(_ Aperture value (_) Shutter speed @ Remaining battery

charge Date and time of image

G Still image resolution

settings

O ISO sensitivity setting

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DISPLAY THE OPTION SETTING

The camera settings are executed via the Option Setting Menu.

1 Turn on the camera, set it to the

NORMAL mode, and press the MENU button.

Option tab

Select an Option tab (1,2 or 3), and press the SET button.

• The Option Setting Menu

appears.

• If you toggle the SET button to the right, the screen to select a setting to change appears.

To access a Setting Screen

Toggle the SET button up or down to select the item you wish to set, and press the SET button.

• The Setting Screen for the selected item appears.

• To return to the Menu Screen, press the MENU button.

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SETTING MENU

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