Panasonic HDC-TM900 Zoom in/out function, About the zoom speed, Ring zoom Extra optical zoom

Advanced (Recording)

Zoom in/out function

6

W

Zoom lever/Zoom buttons

T side:

Close-up recording (zoom in)

W side:

Wide-angle recording (zoom out)

T

≥Maximum zoom magnification for recording motion pictures can be set with [ZOOM MODE]. (l 59)

≥You can also zoom by simply touching the LCD monitor. (Touch Zoom: l 49)

About the zoom speed

The zoom speed will be faster in the order of zoom lever/ring zoom, zoom button/zoom button on the remote control, touch zoom.

≥The zoom speed varies depending on the range over which the zoom lever is moved or the speed to rotate the ring.

≥The zoom operation using the zoom button, zoom button on the remote control or touch zoom will be performed at a constant speed.

Ring zoom Extra optical zoom

Zoom operation can be done using the multi manual ring.

Zoom by rotating the ring.

A	A side:
	Close-up recording
	(zoom in)
B	B side:

Wide-angle recording (zoom out)

If the number of the recording pixels is set to anything other than the maximum number of recording pixels in still picture recording mode, the still picture can be recorded with a zoom ratio of a maximum of 25k without degrading the picture quality.

≥Extra optical zoom ratio varies depending on the setting of [PICTURE SIZE] and [ASPECT RATIO]. (l 71, 72)

∫Extra optical zoom mechanism

When you set the picture size to 0.3M , the maximum 12.2M area is cropped to the centre

0.3M area, allowing a picture with a higher zoom effect.

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