111EUsing a Memory CardRecording Still Images onto a Memory Card3PHOTO12 CARD TAPE(VCR)PLAYCAMERAOFFYou can record still images onto a memory card. In addition to the stillimages you record directly onto the memory card, you can record imagesfrom a tape in the camcorder, or images input via the DV terminal or AVterminal onto the memory card.• When you are using an SD Memory Card, make sure the protect switch isset to allow recording.• Make sure a memory card with enough memory available is inserted intothe camcorder.• While the card access indicator flashes, do not disconnect the powersource or remove the memory card. Doing so could result in data damage.1. Press and hold the small button on the POWER switch andturn the POWER switch to CAMERA.2. Move the TAPE/CARD switch to CARD.• The number of images that can still be recorded on the memory card,and other information appear in the display.• The camcorder will turn itself off if you are using a battery and do notoperate the camcorder for more than 5 minutes. Set the POWER switchto OFF and then back to CAMERA.3. Press the PHOTO button halfway and hold it.• Exposure is locked.• During autofocus F flashes white in the display as the camcorder adjustthe focus and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when thecamcorder is ready to take the still image.4. Press the PHOTO button fully down to record the still image.• F disappears from the display. The shutter sound sounds andsimultaneously the display appears to close for an instant as if it were ashutter releasing.• The card access indicator flashes and the card access display appears inthe display (See “The indicators that appear in the LCD display when LCDMIRROR is turned on” on page 27).
