Panasonic HDC-SD1 Colour night view function, To select the colour for fade in/out

Recording

Pause recording. (Fade out)

The image/audio gradually disappears. After the image/audio completely disappears, recording stops.

≥After recording, the fade setting is cancelled.

To cancel fading

Select [ ] again.

To select the colour for fade in/out

The colour which appears in fading pictures can be selected.

Press the MENU button, then select [VIDEO] # [FADE COLOUR] #

[WHITE] or [BLACK] and press the cursor button.

≥If you turn off the power, the fade function is cancelled.

≥While the fade in/fade out function is selected, it takes several seconds to display the image when you start recording. It also takes several seconds to pause recording.

≥The thumbnails of scenes recorded using fade in become black (or white).

Colour night view function

This allows recording in dark locations.

This function allows you to record colour subjects in dark locations (Minimum required illumination: approx. 2 lx) to stand out against the background.

Attach this unit to a tripod, and you can record images free from vibration.

≥Recorded scene is seen as if frames were missed.

¬Rotate the mode dial to select .

1Press the cursor button. Then move the cursor button down to display the icon shown in the illustration.

2Move the cursor button up to select [ ].

To cancel the colour night view function

Select [ ] again.

≥The focus indication does not appear even if the PHOTO SHOT button is pressed halfway.

≥When using auto focus, it will take some time to focus in dark areas. If there is difficulty focusing with auto focus, manually adjust the focus.

≥The flash cannot be used.

≥The colour night view function makes the signal charging time of CCD up to approximately 8k longer than usual, so that dark scenes can be recorded brightly. For this reason, bright dots that are usually invisible may be seen, but this is not a malfunction.

≥If you turn off the power or operate the mode dial, the colour night view function is cancelled.

≥If set in a bright place, the screen may become whitish for a while.

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