The document describes the various buttons, switches, and ports on a video camera. It includes buttons for power, recording, zooming, switching between auto and manual focus/exposure settings, accessing camera menus to adjust settings like white balance and shutter speed, headphone and microphone ports, memory card slots, and LCD screens for viewing footage and menus. The camera allows manual control over settings like focus, exposure, and zoom for professional video recording.

1. Camera Settings
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3. • AF/MF button
allows you to access
the camera menus
• Chargeable portal
• LCD screen- for
controlling settings
and seeing footage
• Headphone input/
auxiliary input to
transfer sound
• Memory cards which
stores footage are
stored here.
• View finder is to see
footage whilst preventing
entering light and resting
you eye.
• Power button to
turn on/ off the
camera
• Focus pull ring
allows the operator
to change the focus
of the image.
• This button allows
you to access the
footage shot
• Display button allows the
camera to go into power
saving mode by for
example decreasing the
LCD screen’s brightness
• Attenuator- controls
for sound recoding
e.g. volume
• One of 2 zoom switches
allowing the user to zoom in
and out. There are 2 to allow
you to zoom from 2 different
positions depending on which
is more easier whilst filming
• Optional handle
for easier
maneuvering with
microphone
pocket

4. • Input for an external
microphone to be
connected to record
sound for your footage.
• Switch allowing the operator
to switch between auto,
manual and cinema preset
setting.
• One of two record buttons
to record footage. There
are 2 to allow you to press
record from 2 different
positions depending on
which is more easier whilst
filming
• One of two record
buttons to record
footage
• Switch allowing the operator
to switch between auto,
manual and cinema preset
setting.
• One of 2 zoom
switches allowing
the user to zoom
in and out

5. • Menu after pressing
Rec. Programs
allowing you to access
Manual Exposure
setting etc.
• Menu after pressing
Func. Allowing you to
access White balance
settings, Focus setting,
Rec. Programs etc.
• Menu after pressing
Manual Exposure
allowing you to change
the Gain, Exposure,
Shutter speed etc.
• Menu after pressing white
balance allowing you to
change the white balance/
colour temperature to
daylight, cloudy, tungsten etc.
• Screen after pressing
the zoom button
allowing you to alter
the zoom setting
digitally.
• Home screen showing
footage and presenting
options including Zoom
settings and functions.