About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording

MEGA

10.6M R3000

: Still picture operation indicator (l 125)

ß: Flash (l 60)

ßj: Flash level (l 60)

: Red eye reduction (l 61)

MEGA : MEGA optical image stabilizer (l 55)

: Quality of still pictures (l 50)

10.6M : Size of still pictures

R3000: Remaining number of still pictures (Flashes in red when [0] appears.)

: AF assist lamp (l 68)

About the focus indication

The focus indication indicates the status of the auto focus.

The focus indication does not appear in Manual Focus mode.

The focus indication does not appear or has difficulty focusing in the following cases. jWhen the zoom magnification is high. jWhen the unit is shaken.

jWhen the subject is moving.

jWhen the subject stands in front of a light source.

jWhen close subjects and far subjects are included in the same scene.

jWhen the scene is dark.

jWhen there is a bright part in the scene. jWhen the scene is filled with only horizontal

lines.

jWhen the scene lacks contrast.

About the focusing area

When there is a contrasting object ahead or behind the subject in the focus area, the subject may not be focused. If so, move the contrasting object out of the focus area.

Focus area is not displayed in the following conditions.

jWhen the Intelligent Auto (Portrait Mode) is used.

jWhen the Digital Zoom (more than approx. 12k) is used.

jWhen AF tracking is used.

jWhen the Extra Optical Zoom is used.

jWhen the unit determines that the AF assist lamp is necessary.

Aspect ratio/Picture size

This allows you to select the aspect ratio of the pictures to suit printing or the playback method. The higher the number of pixels, the higher the clarity of the picture when printing.

(When setting aspect ratio)

Select the menu. (l 28)

[PICTURE] # [ASPECT RATIO] # desired setting

(When setting picture size)

Select the menu. (l 28)

[PICTURE] # [PICTURE SIZE] # desired setting

Picture size and Maximum zoom ratio

Aspect

Picture size

Extra

optical

ratio

 

 

zoom

 

 

 

 

9M

3520k2640

*

4:3

8M

3264k2448

12.9k

 

 

 

5M

2560k1920

16.5k

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.3M

640k480

20k

 

 

 

 

 

10.6M

3984k2656

*

3:2

7M

3264k2176

14.6k

 

 

 

 

 

4.5M

2592k1728

18.4k

 

 

 

 

 

10M

4224k2376

*

16:9

6M

3328k1872

15.2k

 

 

 

 

 

3.5M

2560k1440

19.8k

 

 

 

 

*Extra optical zoom cannot be used. The maximum zoom magnification is 12k.

Refer to page 54 for Extra Optical Zoom.

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Panasonic HDC-HS250PC Aspect ratio/Picture size, About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording