Recording motion pictures

HD

 

HD

HD

HD

 

VIDEO

RAM

-RW

-

- DL

RAM

-RW(VR)

-RW(V)

-

- DL

Record motion pictures to a disc or an SD card.

Use an SD card that can be used for motion picture recording. (l 29)

This unit is compatible with the 16:9 aspect ratio of a wide-screen TV and images are recorded in high definition or conventional standard picture quality.

1Rotate the mode dial to select or .

OFF

S

T

D

HD

The lens cover opens automatically.

¬HD mode

Records motion pictures in high definition picture quality on a disc or an SD card.

¬STD mode

Records motion pictures in conventional standard picture quality on a disc.

2Open the LCD monitor or extend the viewfinder.

3Press the recording start/stop button to start recording.

Recording

The power will not turn off while recording motion pictures even if the LCD monitor is closed and the viewfinder is retracted.

To end the recording

Press the recording start/stop button again to pause recording.

[¥] and [;] are red during recording. Do not move this unit until [;] is green.

The images recorded between pressing the recording start/stop button to start recording and pressing it again to pause recording become one scene.

When about 5 minutes have passed without any operation in recording pause, the unit automatically turns off to prevent the battery from running down. When you want to use the unit, turn it on again.

This setting can also be set to [OFF]. (l 131)

ªScreen indications in the disc recording mode (HD mode)

A

B

C

ARecording mode

BRemaining time left for recording (When the remaining time is less than 1 minute, [R0min] flashes red.)

CRecording time elapsed

Maximum number of scenes (on one side if a disc): 999

Maximum number of recordable scenes with different dates (on one side if a disc): 99

(In some cases, scenes shot on the same day will be recorded with different dates (l 83)) When either of them reaches to the maximum limit, more scenes cannot be recorded.

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Panasonic HDC-SX5PC Recording motion pictures, Screen indications in the disc recording mode HD mode, To end the recording