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• Television programs, films, video tapes,
and other materials may be copyrighted.
Unauthorized recording of such materials
may be contrary to the copyright laws. You
cannot dub copyright protected software on
your camcorder.
Compatibility of images
• You cannot play back both movies and still
images other than the images recorded with
your camcorder. You also cannot play back
images recorded with other DCR-SR30E/
SR40E/SR50E/SR60E/SR70E/SR80E.
On this Handbook
• The images of the LCD screen used on this
Handbook are captured using a digital still
camera, and thus may appear different from
what you see.
• Design and specifications of this camcorder
and accessories are subject to change
without notice.
• The illustrations used on this Handbook are
based on the model DCR-SR80E.
• The on-screen displays in each local
language are used for illustrating the
operating procedures. Change the screen
language before using your camcorder if
necessary (p.60).
About the Carl Zeiss lens
Your camcorder is equipped with a Carl Zeiss
lens, which was developed jointly by Carl
Zeiss, in Germany, and Sony Corporation,
and produces superior images.
It adopts the MTF* measurement system for
video cameras and offers a quality typical of
a Carl Zeiss lens.
* MTF stands for Modulation Transfer
Function. The number value indicates the
amount of light from a subject coming into
the lens.
