Panasonic HDC-SD9PC manual Built-in flash, Red eye reduction, Color bar, Auto slow shutter

≥Image quality is different from ordinary still picture recording. To record more vivid still pictures, turn off this function before recording. (l 41)

≥If you turn off the power or set the mode switch

to , this function is canceled.

Built-in flash:

≥Do not block the flash with your hand or by other means.

≥Set the flash to [OFF] where using a flash is prohibited.

≥Do not use the flash with the ND filter (optional) attached.

≥The unit automatically determines if the flash is necessary even when it has been set to [OFF] by detecting the ambient brightness. (If it

determines that the flash is necessary, the [ ]

indication lights up in red when the button is pressed halfway.)

≥If the [ß] indication etc. flashes or is not

displayed when the button is pressed halfway, the flash is not activated.

≥The available range of the flash is approx. 1 m to 2.5 m (3.3 feet to 8.2 feet) in dark places. Pictures will appear dark or reddish when they are recorded by using the flash at distances greater than 2.5 m (8.2 feet).

≥Using the flash fixes a shutter speed to 1/500 or slower.

≥The picture may appear dark if the flash is lit in front of a white background.

≥A conversion lens (optional) can block the flash and may cause a vignetting effect.

≥If the flash is activated a large number of times, it may take longer to charge it.

Red eye reduction:

≥The flash is activated 2 times. Do not move until the second flash is finished.

≥Red eye phenomenon may appear depending on the recording conditions.

Color bar:

≥This function is canceled when the power is turned off.

≥The icon will not be displayed.

≥When the color bar is on, the menu settings of [GUIDE LINES], [24pDIGITAL CINEMA], [MIC LEVEL], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH], [RED EYE], [ZEBRA], [MF ASSIST] and [Digital Cinema Color] cannot be selected.

Auto slow shutter:

≥If the scene is low in brightness or contrast, the subject may not be focused in on.

≥When the shutter speed becomes 1/30, the screen may be seen as if frames are missed and afterimages may appear.

Digital cinema color:

≥To play back images recorded in the digital cinema color with vivid colors of wider color ranges, a device compatible with x.v.Color™ is required. When these images are played back with devices other than ones compatible with x.v.Color™, it is recommended to record the images after this function is turned [OFF].

≥When motion pictures recorded while this function is turned [ON] are played back with a TV not compatible with x.v.Color™, colors may not be reproduced properly.

≥x.v.Color™ is a name for devices that are compatible with the xvYCC format, an international standard for expanded color in motion pictures, and that follow the rules for signal transmission.

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