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• Test Equipment
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Equipment valued over $250 — $20.00 per day
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• Vixia Handout
• Vixia Manual

Cameras

There are 2 models of the Vixia. The HF200 has a joystick interface and the HFM300 has a touchscreen interface.

Set Up

1. Get out camera.
2. Attach to tripod.
3. Insert battery or connect AC power.
4. Turn camera power on.
5. Set the Mode switch to M.

Menu Settings

The memory card should be initialized each time the camera is checked out from Media Loan.

Initialize Memory Card

1. Press the FUNC button.
2. Press the Menu button.
3. Press the Wrench icon.
4. Scroll down to Initialize.
5. Click the button on the right.
6. Click Initialize and then clickYes.
7. Click the X to leave the menu.

Record Settings

The recording mode and rate rate need to be set.

1. Press the FUNC button.
2. Press the Menu button.
3. Press the filmstrip icon.
4. Select Recording Mode and click the button on the right.
5. Set it to MXP which is the highest quality.
6. Click the back button (arrow on top left).
7. Select Frame Rate and click the button on the right.
8. Select 60i (Standard)
9. Click the back button (arrow on top left).
10. Click the X to leave the menu.

Zoom

The Zoom lever is on the top of the camera. W is for wide or zoomed out. T is for telephoto or zoomed in.

Focus

In Auto Focus mode touch the screen to to select where to focus. The camera will try to track the object if it moves. In Manual focus the focus setting stay where they are set.

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