High Definition Video Camera
Things You Should Know
Core when connecting to computer or peripheral devices
FCC Note
Trade Name Panasonic Model No
Concerning the battery
AC adaptor
Batteries
A. Consumers Attention
Product Identification Marking
Product Location
For USA-California only
Important Safety Instructions
Precautions
USE & Location
Care
Indemnity about recorded content
About the recording format for recording motion pictures
Cards that you can use with this unit
Avchd
Contents
Connecting a DVD burner to copy to
Accessory Order Form For USA
Limited Warranty only for U.S.A
Watching Video/Pictures
Accessories
CD-ROM
Inserting the battery
Charging the battery Inserting/removing an SD card
Access lamp Access a
Quick Guide
Selecting a mode
How to use the touch screen
Turning the unit on/off
Recording motion pictures
Recording still pictures
Language selection
Touch Menu
Change the mode to Touch the play mode select icon a
Motion picture/Still picture Playback
Operation icon
Parts identification and handling
Preparation
Concave l Lens Leica Dicomar
Attaching the lens hood AF assist lamp l Recording lamp l
LCD monitor Touch screen l
≥ It can open up to 90o
Tripod receptacle
DC input terminal DC in l
≥ Do not use any other AC adaptors except the supplied one
Power supply
Inserting/removing the battery
≥ Press the power button to turn off the unit l
About batteries that you can use with this unit
Charging the battery
Connecting to the AC outlet
Connect the AC adaptor to the DC input terminal
DC input terminal ≥ Insert the plugs as far as they will go
Battery capacity indication
Charging and recording time
Charging/Recording time
Preparation of SD cards
Cards that you can use with this unit
Sdhc
Sdxc
Access lamp Access a
Check that the access lamp has gone off
Inserting/removing an SD card
Securely close the SD card/ terminal cover
Turning the unit on and off with the power button
Turning the unit on/off
Turning the unit on and off with the LCD monitor
To turn on the unit To turn off the unit
Selecting a mode
How to use the touch screen
Operate the mode switch to change the mode to , or
Touch
Recording Mode
Playback Mode
About the Touch Menu
About the operation icons
Setting date and time
Menu Setup # Clock SET
To display the Touch Menu
Select the menu. l
Before recording
Basic camera positioning
Basic motion picture recording
Basic
Attaching/Removing the lens hood
Change the mode to Open the LCD monitor
Screen indications in the Motion Picture Recording Mode
Recording motion pictures
Press the recording start/stop button to start recording
When motion picture is recorded in Avchd format
When motion picture is recorded in iFrame format
About the compatibility of the recorded motion pictures
Recording formats HA/HG/HX/HE 1080/60p IFrame
Recording still pictures
Recording still pictures in Motion Picture Recording Mode
About the focusing area
¬ Change the mode to
About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording
Intelligent Auto Mode
Manual
Intelligent auto/Manual
Button
Intelligent Auto Mode
Automatic white balance
Auto focus
Change the mode to Touch the play mode select icon A. l
Is displayed when 1080/60p is touched
Motion picture/Still picture playback
Select the VIDEO/PICTURE you wish to play back
Speaker volume adjustment
Change the thumbnail display
Towards r
Towards s
Motion picture compatibility
Still picture compatibility
Using the menu screen
Touch Menu
≥ Touch left side/ right side
≥ Next previous page can be displayed by touching
Using the quick menu
Touch Q.MENU
Icon Function
Using the Setup Menu
Select the menu
Clock SET
SET World Time
Date Format
ZOOM/REC Display OFF/ON
Economy
Touch / to select your travel Destination and touch Enter
Quick Power on
Remote Control
Quick Start
Open the LCD monitor
Power LCD
REC Lamp
Alert Sound
LCD SET
Hdmi Resolution
Number Reset
AV Multi
Component OUT
Demo Mode
Card Status
Calibration
S. Demo
Using with the remote control
Replacing a button-type battery
Menu Setup # Remote Control # on
Unit can be turned on/off when the LCD monitor is opened
Remote control usable range
Operation of direction buttons/OK button
Press a direction button
≥ Selected item will become yellow
Zoom in/out function
About the zoom speed
Extra Optical Zoom
Zoom lever/Zoom button icons
Changing Image Stabilizer Mode
Image Stabilizer Function
Optical image stabilizer button
1080/60p recording
1080/60p button
1080/60p
Recording with the Touch function
Touch function icons
Touch the Touch function icon
Touch Zoom
AF/AE tracking
About target frame
Touch the object and lock the target
Start recording
Menu Record Setup # O.I.S. Lock Display # desired setting
Optical Image Stabilizer Lock
Touch Shutter
Optical Image Stabilizer Lock icon
Recording functions of operation icons
Operation icons
Touch an operation icon
Fade*1 Intelligent contrast control*1
Menu Record Setup # Fade Color #
Fade
Intelligent contrast control
PRE-REC
To adjust the brightness of the flash
Smile shot
Built-in flash
Self-timer
Soft skin mode
Red-Eye Reduction
Intelligent exposure
Tele macro
Guideline
Displaying Guidelines at playback
Color Night Rec
Scene Mode
Recording functions of menus
Zoom Mode
REC Mode
Setup time
Menu Record Setup # Digital Cinema # on
Time Lapse REC
Digital Cinema
Face Recog
Registering a face for face recognition
Align the person’s face with the guide
Touch REC or press the button fully
Touch the desired item to enter the setting
Changing the information of a registered person
Touch Enter to end registration
Select the menu
Canceling a registered person
Touch the person to cancel
Name Display
Face Framing
Auto Slow Shtr 2D
Auto Slow Shtr 3D
AGS
Prioritized face framing
Wind Noise Canceler
Menu Record Setup # Shooting Guide # on
Menu Record Setup # Wind Noise Canceler # on
Digital Cinema Color
Touch / to adjust
Menu Record Setup # Zoom MIC # on
Zoom MIC
MIC Level
Picture Adjust
Touch the desired setting items
Zebra
On Adjust
Luminance
Histogram
Example of the display
Picture size in Motion Picture Recording Mode
Picture Size
Picture size and Maximum zoom ratio
Menu Picture # Quality # desired setting
Menu Picture # Aspect Ratio # desired setting
Quality
Aspect Ratio
HI-SPEED Burst
Press the button
Touch Record or Delete
Touch REC ALL or Select
You can add a shutter sound when recording still pictures
Menu Picture # Shtr Sound # desired setting
AF Assist Lamp
Shtr Sound
Press the iA/MANUAL button to switch to Manual Mode
Perform the setting by touching the desired item to be set
Manual recording
≥ MNL appears on the screen
Touch WB Touch / to select White balance mode
≥ Press the iA/MANUAL button to switch to Manual Mode. l
Manual adjustment mode
White balance
Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment
Touch Shtr or Iris Touch / to adjust settings
Manual focus adjustment
Adjust the focus by touching MF / MF
Menu Record Setup # MF Assist # on
Touch Focus Touch MF to change to Manual Focus
Setup # 3D CONV. Lens Setup
Recording 3D video
Recording 3D video
Attach the 3D Conversion Lens to the unit
Touch Exit to end the adjustment
≥ After adjustment, a single screen appears
Press the recording start/stop button to start recording
3D appears
Setup menu
Functions not available during 3D recording
Functions that cannot be used during 3D recording
Button/lever operations Recording functions
Motion picture playback using operation icon
Playback Operations
Touch 5 during playback to fast Forward
Touch 6 to rewind
Creating still picture from motion picture
Touch the Direct playback bar or slide
It while touching
During Playback
Highlight&Time frame index
Repeat playback
Touch the desired search condition
Touch / to set the time
Menu Video Setup # Resume Play # on
Resuming the previous playback
Zooming in on a still picture during playback Playback zoom
Zooming out from the zoomed still picture
Various playback functions
Playing back motion pictures/still pictures by date
Touch the date select icon. l
Highlight Playback
Priority setting
Playback time setting
Effect setting
Music setting
Touch the playback date
Touch the desired effect
Touch the interval of playback for the slide show
Touch Start and start the audio testing
Touch the desired sound
Touch Start Select the playback operation. l
Deleting scenes/still pictures
Touch ALL SCENES, Multi or Single
Touch the scene/still picture to be deleted
Touch Delete
Dividing a scene AVCHD, 1080/60p
Touch Return to complete dividing
Menu Edit Scene # Divide # SET
≥ Unwanted parts can be deleted. l
Menu Edit Scene # Divide # Cancel ALL
Dividing a scene to partially delete iFrame
Stop the playback
Touch YES
Menu Video Setup # Delete Personal Info
Deleting personal information
≥ Personal information is not recorded in the iFrame scenes
Appears
Menu Video Setup or PICT. Setup # Scene Protect
Protecting scenes/still pictures
Touch the scene/still picture to be protected
Dpof setting
What is DPOF?
Menu PICT. Setup # Dpof SET # SET
Menu PICT. Setup # Dpof SET # Cancel ALL
High definition images when connecting to Hdmi terminal
Standard images when connecting to video terminal
Watching Video/Pictures on your TV
Connect this unit to a TV
Change the mode to to play back
Select the video input on the TV
≥ Example Select the Hdmi channel with a Hdmi mini cable
Cables Reference items
To display the on-screen information on the TV
Connecting with a Hdmi mini cable
Connecting with the AV multi cable
100
Playback using Viera Link
What is the Viera Link Hdavi Control?
Menu Setup # Viera Link # on
≥ If you are not using Viera Link, set to OFF
Operate with the remote control for the TV
Automatic input switching
Other linked operations
102
Menu Setup # 3D Playback # 3D
Menu Setup # 3D Playback # 2D
3D video playback
Playing back scenes recorded in 3D as conventional 2D video
Functions not available during 3D playback
104
Connecting a DVD burner to copy to/ play back a disc
Preparing for copying/playing back
105
DVD-R DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R DL +RW +R DL
Insert the disc in the DVD burner
Touch the desired item
106
Burn Disc
Copying to discs
107
About recording formats when copying motion pictures
Important Notice
108
Avchd HA/HG/HX/HE
Approximate time for copying to a disc
109
Disc type Copy time
Standard XP
≥ When playing back on a TV, connect this unit to the TV. l
Playing back the copied disc
110
USB Connection Cable supplied with DVD burner
Managing the copied disc
Dubbing with a Blu-ray disc recorder, video device, etc
Check before dubbing
112
To dub using equipment with an SD card slot
To dub using equipment with a USB terminal
113
You can dub by directly inserting an SD card
Touch Recorder on the screen of this unit
114
About the screen indication of the unit
You can dub by connecting an AV multi cable
115
≥ Images are dubbed in standard quality
3D video storage
Copying unaltered as 3D video
Copying after conversion to 2D video
Dubbing in standard picture quality
117
≥ Scenes recorded in 3D are not supported by iMovie’11
What you can do with a PC
HD Writer AE
Smart Wizard
118
About Conversion Assist Function
119
End User License Agreement
120
Operating environment
Operating environment for HD Writer AE
121
CPU
To use the HD Writer AE
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123
Installation
Insert the CD-ROM into the PC
124
Uninstalling HD Writer AE
PC must be rebooted for the application to work
125
Connecting to a PC
Connect this unit to the AC adaptor
Connect this unit to a PC
Touch PC on the screen of this unit
To disconnect USB cable safely
127
About the PC display
Copying your still pictures to your PC
128
Example folder structure of an SD card
Starting HD Writer AE
Select Start # All Programs # Panasonic # HD Writer AE 3.0 #
If using Mac
Operating environment
Double-click Camsd displayed on the desktop
130
Indications
Recording indications
131
1h30m
132
OPEN/F2.0
Confirmatory indications when a DVD burner is connected
Playback indications
Indication of connection to other devices
Confirmatory indications
This Battery Cannot be Used
Messages
134
Check Card
About recovery
135
Scenes with will be deleted
Troubleshooting
Error Occurred
136
Please Turn Unit
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141
When carrying the unit, do not drop or bump it
Cleaning
About this unit
142
About the battery
143
144 About status indicator during charging
Refer to page 143 for details on the battery
About the AC adaptor
Seconds
About 3D About 3D recording
About 3D viewing
145
≥ Viewing for extended periods may cause eye-fatigue
When disposing of or giving away the SD card, note that
About the SD card LCD monitor
146
About personal information
About condensation
Causes of condensation
147
About copyright
Carefully observe copyright Laws
Licenses
148
Recording modes/approximate recordable time
149
Favors image quality B Favors recording time
Picture size
When Aspect Ratio is set to 43 and Quality is set to
When Aspect Ratio is set to 169 and Quality is set to
Approximate number of recordable pictures
150
Specifications
151
152
USB
3D Conversion Lens optional
153
Motion pictures
Still pictures
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155
Mm Wk26 mm Hk86.3 mm D 2.1 q Wk1.0 q Hk3.4 q D
Optional accessories
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157
Attaching the conversion lens/ filter kit
Attaching the lens cap of the Filter Kit VW-LF46N optional
158
Be careful about the following
Accessory Order Form For USA and Puerto Rico Customers
159
Limited Warranty Coverage For USA and Puerto Rico Only
Carry-In or Mail-In Service
Limited Warranty Limits And Exclusions
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161
As of November
Date and time display Date and time setting Delete
Numerics
162
Digital cinema Digital cinema color
Name display Number reset
163
Spanish Quick Use Guide/Guía española para el uso rápido
Insertar la batería
Insertar/extraer una tarjeta SD
Carga de la batería
Encender/apagar el dispositivo
Selección del modo
Cómo usar la pantalla táctil
165
Selección del idioma
166 Grabación de películas
Menú táctil
Cambie el modo a Abra el monitor LCD
Reproducción de película Fotografía
167
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