VIXIA HFM50 VIXIA HFM52 VIXIA HFM500 HD Camcorder Quick Guide

Shooting Video and Taking Photos

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• Follow the suggestions of the Story Creator to transform casual and

random videos to interesting video stories. Story Creator offers easy-to-

follow scripts optimized for various scenarios.

See Video Stories and Cinema Style (; 67) for details.

• About the zoom: The camcorder features 10x optical zoom. When recording

movies, you can also use the 200x digital zoom.

See [Digital Zoom] (; 187) for details.

• About the zoom speed:

- Onscreen zoom controls: depends on where you touch within the zoom

control.

- Zoom lever: variable speed. That is, the zoom speed depends on how

you press the lever: press gently for slower zooms; press harder for faster

zooms. You can also change the zoom speed to one of three constant

speeds.

See Zooming (; 50), [Zoom Speed] (; 186) for details.

• In most situations, keep at least 1 m (3.3 ft.) away from the subject. Using

the tele macro function you can reduce this distance to 40 cm (1.3 ft.) at full

telephoto. The minimum focusing distance at full wide angle is 1 cm.

See Tele Macro (; 109) for details.

• While recording, you can simply close the LCD panel to set the camcorder

in standby mode, which consumes less power and allows the camcorder

to use the battery pack longer. During standby mode, the ON/OFF (CHG)

indicator will change from green to orange. Open the LCD panel to return

the camcorder to record pause mode.

See Quick Start (; 52) for details.

IMPORTANT

• Do not disconnect the power source during standby mode (while the ON/

OFF (CHG) indicator is lit in orange).

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