topic Re: Vixia HF M500 how to turn on light on front of recorder in Camcorders

Vixia HF M500 how to turn on light on front of recorder

Greg644 — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:12:59 GMT

Re: Vixia HF M500 how to turn on light on front of recorder

Nick2020 — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:37:17 GMT

Hi Greg644,

Thanks for checking in.

Are you referencing the area on the front of the camera by the stereo microphone? That is actually the Instant AF sensor used for locking in the autofocus. It will not illuminate, but you'll want to keep that area clean to optimize focusing speed. It's not a bad idea to clean it with a lint-free lens cloth from time to time.

Re: Vixia HF M500 how to turn on light on front of recorder

Greg644 — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:43:23 GMT

Sure looked like 2 small bulbs. So no internal lights. Thanks

Re: Vixia HF M500 how to turn on light on front of recorder

Nick2020 — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:47:41 GMT

Hi AppleDio,

Thank you for your reply.

You will need to have a paid subscription for the EOS VR Utility plugin to work properly. Once you've gotten set up, you can reference this video that our colleagues over in Canon Europe put together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06_y0sV0KU

The tail-end of the video offers a visual guide to using the plug-in within Premiere.