Panasonic NV-DS15 operating instructions Recording Filming, Before Recording

CAMERA

VCR

CARD

P.B

MODE

ON

OFF

PROGRAMME AE

FOCUS AUTO
	MNL
	MODE
	SELECT
MENU	W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS
	PUSH
	MF/VOL/JOG

Basic Operations

Title	Procedure				Remarks, etc.
Recording (Filming)	1	2	3	4	³If you leave the Movie Camera in the Recording
					Pause Mode for more than 6 minutes, it
After setting the [OFF/ON] Switch to [ON] to turn the					automatically switches off to protect the tape and
	Set the [OFF/ON] Switch	Press the Recording	To pause recording:	To finish recording:	to conserve battery power. To resume recording
Movie Camera on and setting the Mode Selector	to [ON].	Start/Stop Button.	Press the Recording	Set the [OFF/ON]
					from this condition, set the [OFF/ON] Switch to
Switch to [AUTO], you can start recording simply by	The [CAMERA] Lamp	Recording starts.	Start/Stop Button	Switch to [OFF].
					[OFF] and then to [ON] again.
pressing the Recording Start/Stop Button. In this case,	lights.	The [RECORD] Indication	again.
					³Be sure to remove the Lens Cap before setting the
the Movie Camera adjusts the focus and white balance		appears briefly and then	The [PAUSE] Indication
					[OFF/ON] Switch to [ON]. If the Lens Cap is attached
fully automatically.		changes to [REC].	appears.
					to the Lens when you set the [OFF/ON] Switch to
Before Recording					[ON], the automatic white balance adjustment (p. 95)
					may not be precise.
Check the following settings before recording
especially important scenes:
³Recording Speed (p. 13, 18, 64)	ON	ON	ON	ON
When you intend to perform editing or audio dubbing
	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF
afterward: Set to [SP].
³Audio Recording Mode (p. 18, 64)
When you want to perform audio dubbing afterward:
Set to [12bit].					Recording Indicating (Tally) Lamp
³Cinema Mode (p. 18, 32)	CAMERA				The Recording Lamp lights during recording to let the
					people in front of the Movie Camera know that
³Depending on the light source and recording	VCR				recording is being performed.
					If you set [REC LAMP] on the [OTHER FUNCTIONS]
situation, correct automatic focusing and white	CARD
					Sub-Menu to [OFF], the Recording Lamp does not
balance adjustment may not be possible. In such	P.B
					light.
cases, adjust them manually.
					³Even if [REC LAMP] on the [OTHER FUNCTIONS]
Focus: p. 28
			PAUSE		Sub-Menu is set to [OFF], the Recording Lamp
White Balance: p. 56		RECORD
	MODE				flashes briefly to confirm when the Movie Camera has
	PAUSE				received a command from the Remote Controller.
Mode Selector Switch			PAUSE
		REC
					Recording
					Indicating (Tally)
					Lamp
24					25