Optical Image Stabilizer

Use the Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) to reduce the effects of camera shake when shooting by hand.

Press the OIS button to turn the function on and off.

appears on the screen when this function is on. Turn the function off when using a tripod for more natural images.

BARS SHUTTER SPEED SEL

RESET

CH 1 SELECT CH 2 SELECT

INPUT 1

INPUT 2

INT(L)

INT(R)

ON

ON

INPUT 1

INPUT 2

OFF

OFF

INPUT 2

 

 

MIC POWER +48V

 

AUDIO

COUNTER

RESET/TC SET

ZEBRA

OIS

This function will not be as effective when the vibration is severe or when tracking a moving subject.

Adding effects to images

Press the USER button you have allocated to the BLACKFADE or WHITEFADE feature to add fading effects to your images. The button’s function is forcibly canceled during playback or REC CHECK and also when thumbnails are displayed.

BLACKFADE:

Press and hold to fade out to black. Audio also fades out. Fade-in starts when the button is released.

WHITEFADE:

Press and hold to fade out to white. Audio also fades out. Fade-in starts when the button is released.

Using the USER buttons

You can allocate one of twelve features to each of

 

the three USER buttons.

 

Use these buttons to change shooting settings

 

quickly or add effects to the images you are

 

shooting.

 

The following features are allocated to the buttons

 

at the time of shipping.

 

USER1: WHITEFADE

 

USER2: BACKLIGHT

 

USER3: INDEX/MEMO

 

For details, see the setup menus, SW MODE

 

screen, USER1 to 3. (Page 105)

 

If you press a USER button to which one of the

 

following functions has been allocated and then

 

turn off the power, that button will revert to the

 

previous setting:

Shooting

SPOTLIGHT, BACKLIGHT, ATW, ATW LOCK,

 

GAIN: 18dB, FOCUS RING

 

Backlight compensation

Press the USER button you have allocated to the BACKLIGHT feature when shooting subjects lit from the back.

BACK appears on the screen.

Backlight compensation adjusts the iris so the subject doesn’t come out dark.

Press the same USER button to turn the feature off. (In the manual iris mode, the backlight compensation status is retained even if the backlight compensation is released.)

Color bars

Press the BARS button to output a color bar screen to a television or monitor so you can adjust them. Press the button again to turn the feature off.

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Panasonic AG-HVX200AP Optical Image Stabilizer, Adding effects to images, Using the User buttons, Backlight compensation

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