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IMPORTANT

Before doing any more filming, we would like you to make a setting change on your Canon HV30 to “DV (WIDE).”

Your camera is likely set to HDV24—you can tell by turning on the camera and looking at the top right corner of the LCD screen. It probably reads “HDV24” (If it reads simply “DV (WIDE)”—which is unlikely–then you don’t need to change the setting.  You are done.)

To make the setting change:

1. Turn HV30 on to “Camera”

2. Press “Function” button (located on back of HV30)

3. Using the Toggle switch (located above “Function” button), toggle up or down until you see “Menu”

4. Push Toggle switch directly in—a new screen should appear that says “Camera Setup”

5. Using the Toggle switch, toggle down ONE time—“Rec/In Setup” should appear

6. Push Toggle switch directly in TWO times—this new screen should read “HD Standard”

7. A yellow rectangle should bracket “HDV (PF24)”

8.  Using the Toggle switch, toggle down ONE time, until rectangle brackets “DV (WIDE)”—it is the choice right below.

9. Push Toggle switch directly in ONE time—A new screen should appear that says “Switch System?”

10. Toggle down one time to select “YES”, then Push Toggle switch directly in ONE time. You should be immediately kicked back to the regular LCD viewfinder, and up in the top right corner it should read “DV”  (with little black bars at top and bottom.) YOU ARE DONE!

We realize this might look like a lot of work, but it is actually pretty intuitive once you try to do it. Also, changing this setting is going to save a LOT of work later in the editing stages.

Thanks!

Sean McFarland     Tom Lothian  

Making Visible Team     Faculty Inquiry Network