Parts and their functions

￿Auto focus button [AUTO]

Press this to control the focus automatically.

Button indicator ON: Auto focusing

Button indicator OFF: Manual focusing

During auto focusing, operating the FOCUS/PUSH OAF dial (￿) will have no effect.

￿FOCUS/PUSH OAF dial [FOCUS/PUSH OAF]

Use this to control the focus manually.

When the dial is pressed, auto focusing is initiated temporarily, and the subject being shot is brought into focus.

During auto focusing (while the indicator of the auto focus button (￿) is lighted), operating this dial will have no effect.

￿IRIS dial [IRIS]

Use this dial to control the lens iris manually.

When it is turned clockwise:

The lens iris opens more and more.

When it is turned counterclockwise: The lens iris closes more and more.

During auto focusing (while the indicator of the auto iris button (￿) is lighted), operating this dial will have no effect.

￿Auto iris button [AUTO]

Press this to control the lens iris automatically.

Button indicator ON: Auto iris

Button indicator OFF: Manual iris

During auto iris, operating the iris dial (￿) will have no effect.

￿PAN/TILT lever [PAN/TILT]

Use this lever to control the direction of the remote cameras.

When it is leaned toward the left or right: The cameras move to the left or right.

When it is leaned toward you or away from you: The cameras move up or down.

The movement speed differs depending on the angle to which the lever is moved.

￿PTZ/FOCUS SPEED dial [PTZ/FOCUS SPEED]

Use this dial to adjust the speed at which the operations (pan, tilt, zoom, focus) of the remote cameras are controlled.

When it is turned clockwise: Operation at a higher speed

When it is turned counterclockwise: Operation at a lower speed

￿PT ACTIVE button [PT ACTIVE]

Press this to switch between enabling and disabling the PAN/TILT lever operations.

Button indicator ON:

The PAN/TILT lever operations take effect

Button indicator OFF:

The PAN/TILT lever operations have no effect.

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Panasonic AW-RP50N Auto focus button Auto, FOCUS/PUSH OAF dial FOCUS/PUSH OAF, Iris dial Iris, Auto iris button Auto

AW-RP50N specifications

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