Panasonic HX-DC3 operating instructions

Operating Instructions

Dual Camera

Model No. HX-DC3

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VQT4U96

until

2013/1/21

Contents

Main Read this first About recording formats and compatibility of the unit Indemnity about recorded content Handling built-in memory About Condensation (When the lens or the LCD monitor is fogged up) Cards that you can use with this unit For the purposes of these operating instructions Contents Preparation Basic Advanced (Recording) Advanced (Playback) Copy/Dubbing With a PC Others Names and Functions of Main Parts Page Page About batteries that you can use with this unit Inserting/removing the battery 1 Power supply 2 3 Charging the battery 1 2 3 Charging and recording time Charging/Recording time Page Cards that you can use with this unit Recording to a card Page Inserting/removing an SD card 1 2 3 About Standby Mode Turning the unit on/off About the high temperature warning icon Selecting a mode 1 2 3 Setting date and time 4 5 Basic camera positioning Before recording Page 1 2 3 Recording motion pictures About the screen indications in the motion picture recording Page 1 2 3 Recording still pictures About the recording standby screen display About the screen indications in the still picture recording About the focusing area About recording still pictures during motion picture recording and audio recording Press the button fully (press to the bottom) to take the picture. About picture size Recording audio About the screen display for audio recording Intelligent Auto Mode MENU Page Intelligent Auto Mode Automatic White Balance Auto Focus 1 2 Motion picture/Still picture/Audio playback 3 Change the thumbnail display files Speaker volume adjustment Motion picture compatibility Still picture compatibility Audio compatibility Using the menu screen 5 Using Option Menu OPTION MENU 1 [CLOCK SET] [QUICK START] [ALERT SOUND] [DISPLAY] [ECONOMY] [BRIGHTNESS] OPTION MENU 2 [LANGUAGE] [TV OUTPUT] [INITIAL SET] [FORMAT] [Eye-Fi] (When selecting a folder) OPTION MENU 3 [REC FOLDER] [PLAYBACK FOLDER] [FILE NO. CONTD] Page About the zoom bar Using the zoom Zoom lever Double range zoom Press the zoom range button. Zoom Mode About the maximum zoom magnification Image Stabiliser for motion pictures Select the menu. Image Stabiliser Image Stabiliser for still pictures Select the menu. 2 Press the button halfway. Burst recording 3 Maximum number of pictures in the burst 2 3 To stop panorama recording partway through Recording panorama still pictures Recording technique About size of still pictures Page Recording functions of menus RECORDING MENU 1 [REC MODE] [PICTURE SIZE] [CREATIVE CONTROL] Page [INTELLIGENT AUTO] [SCENE MODE] Page Limitations of Scene Mode settings [ZOOM MODE] RECORDING MENU 2 [BURST] [PANORAMA] [FLASH] To stop the timer midway through [SELF TIMER] [PHOTO VIEW] RECORDING MENU 3 [ISO] [FOCUS] [FOCUS MODE] RECORDING MENU 4 [METERING MODE] The camera automatically detects the persons face. About prioritised face chaser [FACE CHASER] [WIND CUT] [SHORTCUTS] Page AF lock AE lock Exposure compensation White Balance 2 press the SET button. Manual recording To set the White Balance manually Setting the focus and recording 2 the SET button. Using Manual Focus Playback using operation icon Playback Operations Page Creating still picture from motion picture 1 during the playback. 2 3 and press the SET button. Page 2 Changing the playback settings and playing back the slide show 1 2 3 Various playback functions 4 5 Displaying file information 1 information. 2 or more. Page Using the playback menu PLAYBACK MENU 1 [SLIDESHOW] [CREATIVE CONTROL] [PLAY VOLUME] [PROTECT] or [TRANSFER/PROTECT] [DELETE] [ROTATE] PLAYBACK MENU 2 [RESIZE] [RED-EYE CORRECT.] Splitting a scene [EDIT VIDEO] Page Scene splicing [COPY] Deleting files/folders Page 3 4 3 4 Page 1 Watching Video/Pictures on your TV 2 3 Page Connecting with an HDMI mini cable TV format setting 2 VIERA Link using an HDMI mini cable. (l104) Playback using VIERA Link 3 Other linked operations 1 2 3 Copying from Built-in Memory to SD card 4 1 Dubbing images onto other video devices 2 HD Writer VE 3.0 Smart wizard What you can do with a PC Important Notice http://panasonic.net/avc/sdcard/information/SDXC.html Page End User License Agreement Page Operating environment for HD Writer VE 3.0 Operating environment Page To use the HDWriter VE 3.0 Operating environment for the card reader function (mass storage) 1 2 3 1 2 Installation 1 2 3 Connecting to a PC Use as a card reader Connect the unit to a PC and set the unit to Card Reader Mode. (l125) About the PC display DCIM CAM_SD/CAM_MEM Copying your still pictures to your PC Charging the battery by connecting it to different devices Using the unit as a web camera 1 Camera Mode. (l125) 2 Start Windows Live Messenger or Messages. Starting HD Writer VE 3.0 Reading the operating instructions of the software applications Operating environment If using Mac 1 2 3 4 Using the Eye-Fi card Using Direct Mode Selecting files to transfer Page Recording indications Indications 000:00:15000:00:15000:00:15 300030003000 ISO400ISO400ISO400 F3.5F3.5F3.5 1/301/301/30 Page Playback indications Confirmatory indications Messages It is not a malfunction in following cases Troubleshooting Page Power Indication Status indicator Recording Playback With other products With a PC With other products Others With a PC Cautions for use About this unit Page About the battery About the AC adaptor About status indicator during charging About the SD card LCD monitor About copyright Carefully observe copyright laws Licenses Page Recording Modes/approximate recordable time Page Approximate number of recordable pictures