Panasonic NV-DS15 operating instructions Enlarging Your Subject or, Widening the Recording Angle

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Using the Zoom Microphone Function

When using Zoom-In to shoot from a distance, you can also clearly record the sound.

³Set the [ZOOM MIC] on the [RECORDING SETUP] Sub-Menu to [ON]. ([Z.MIC] Indication appears.) The [Z.MIC] Indication will appear even when an external microphone or audio equipment has been connected to the [MIC] Socket (p. 7) but the Zoom Microphone Function will not work.

³When using Zoom-In, the microphone direction changes from stereo to monaural.

Digital Still Picture

A picture can be viewed as a still picture by pressing the [STILL] Button. The Digital Still Picture Mode is released by pressing the button again.

³It is recommended that the [PHOTO SHOT] Button be pressed after the Digital Still Picture Mode has been established by pressing the [STILL] Button where the shot is to be taken.

Recording Extra Close-up Shots of Small Subjects (Macro Close-up Function)

When the zoom magnification is 1k, the Movie Camera can focus on subjects down to a distance of approximately 5 mm between lens and subject. This allows recording very small subjects such as insects.

Basic Operations

			Title		Procedure			Remarks, etc.
Enlarging Your Subject or					1		Enlarging Your Subjects Even More	³The further you push the [W/T] Zoom Lever toward
								[W] or [T], the faster the zooming speed becomes.
Widening the Recording Angle							(Digital Zooming)
							If you set [EFFECT1] on the [DIGITAL EFFECT] Sub-	³When you have zoomed to the tele setting, precise
(Zooming In/Out)					To record a wider view (Zooming-out):		Menu to [[& ZOOM] or [ZOOM], it is possible to	focusing is only possible on subjects no closer than
					Push the [W/T] Zoom Lever toward [W].
Recording close-ups of your subjects and recording					To enlarge your subject (Zooming-in):		further enlarge the subject.	2.2 metres.
							For the item [D.ZOOM] on the [CAMERA SETUP]
					Push the [W/T] Zoom Lever toward [T].
wide-angle shots adds special effects to your videos.							Sub-Menu, you can select either [40k] or [400k] as
					³The Zoom Magnification Indication appears for a few
							the maximum zoom magnification.
					seconds.
							The [D.ZOOM] Indication appears.
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							³40t: Digital zooming up to 40k.
							³400t: Digital zooming up to 400k.
		10tW	T
							³Up to 20k, the zooming is done optically.
			20tW	T			³The higher the Digital Zoom Magnification is, the
							lower is the picture quality.
					W	T	³When you have zoomed to 20k or higher (digital
				Z. MIC			zoom range), manually adjusting the white balance
							is not possible.

Recording Still Pictures on the				1		Continuous Photoshot	³If you set [SHTR EFFECT] on the [OTHER
							FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to [ON], the screen blinks
Cassette (Photoshot)						If you set [SHTR EFFECT] on the [OTHER
						FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to [ON] and keep the	briefly and a simulated shutter click sound can be
				Press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button. (This function		[PHOTO SHOT] Button pressed (either in the	recorded when you press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button.
				can be used during recording.)
With this function, you can record still pictures with						Recording Pause Mode or during recording), the	This audiovisual effect is also recorded.
				The Movie Camera records a still picture for
sound for approximately 7 seconds each.						Movie Camera automatically records still pictures	³With the still pictures that you have recorded in the
				approximately 7 seconds and then switches over to
This function is convenient for example for pictures that						successively at intervals of approximately 0.7 second	Photoshot Mode, you can do the following:
				the Recording Pause Mode.
you want to print on a Video Printer.						until you release the button.	³Index Search (p. 42)
				³The image in the Viewfinder also stands still.
						³One more still picture may be recorded after you	³Automatic printing (p. 89)
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						release the [PHOTO SHOT] Button.	³The visual shutter effect and click sound may occur
						³As the still pictures recorded in the Continuous	with slight delay after recording of the still picture has
						Photoshot Mode or in the Digital Still Picture Mode	started.
		PHOTO				are not marked with photoshot index signals, they	³The picture quality deteriorates slightly.
					PHOTO	cannot be located by using the Photoshot Index
						Search Function and printed with the Auto Print
			PHOTO	PHOTO		Function.
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