Panasonic NV-DS15 Recording Yourself, Focusing on the Subject, Manually Manual Focus

PROGRAMME AE

FOCUS AUTO

MNL

MODE

SELECT

MENU	W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS
	PUSH
	MF/VOL/JOG

Mirror Mode for the Picture on the LCD Monitor

(NV-DS15, NV-DS150, NV-DS25 only)

You are used to looking at yourself in the mirror. Therefore, when recording yourself with the LCD Monitor facing forward, the picture (as it is being recorded) might look unusual and distracting. If you prefer to see yourself on the LCD Monitor in the same way as you see yourself in a mirror, i.e. with the sides reversed, set [SELFSHOOT] on the [OTHER FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to [MIRROR]. However, the picture will still be recorded in the normal, non-reversed way. This mirror mode for the picture on the LCD Monitor works only during recording and in the Recording Pause Mode with the LCD Monitor facing forward. Also, it is completely different from the Mirror Mode of the Digital Effects 1 (p. 48).

³In the Mirror Mode, only the following indications are displayed.

´: Recording

´;: Recording Pause

x: Remaining Battery Power

When the General Warning/Alarm Indication [¡] appears, turn the LCD Monitor backward so that you can confirm the actual Warning/ Alarm Indication. (p. 100)

x¥

°

Basic Operations

Title Procedure

Recording Yourself	1
(Recording with the LCD Monitor Facing
Forward) (NV-DS15, NV-DS150, NV-DS25 only)	Open the LCD Monitor and turn it so that it faces
	forward (lens side).
This makes it possible to record yourself while viewing
the picture on the LCD Monitor or to show the persons
in front of the Movie Camera the picture being
recorded.

Focusing on the Subject		1	2
Manually (Manual Focus)
		Set the Mode Selector	Press the [FOCUS]
This makes it possible to adjust the focus manually for		Switch to [MNL].	Button to make the [MF]
		The [MNL] Indication	Indication (Manual
subjects and recording situations for which automatic
		appears.	Focus Mode) 1 appear.
focusing is not precise.
		PROGRAMME AE		FOCUS
		AUTO
		MNL
		MODE
		SELECT
				MNL	1
MF:	Manual Focus Mode			1MF
MNL:	Manual

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Remarks, etc.

Opening the LCD Monitor automatically turns off the Viewfinder. However, when you turn the LCD Monitor forward, the picture also appears in the Viewfinder.

This lets you aim the Movie Camera and view the picture in the Viewfinder, while the persons in front of the Movie camera can check the picture on the LCD Monitor during recording.

3	Returning to the	Hint for Manual Focus Adjustment
	Automatic Focusing	³If you adjust the focus in the wide-angle setting, the
	Mode	subject may go out of focus when you enlarge it.
Turn the [PUSH] Dial to	Press the [FOCUS]	Therefore, enlarge the subject 3 before you adjust
adjust the focus.
	Button to make the [MF]	the focus, so that the picture remains focused when
	Indication disappear 2.	you zoom out 4.
	Or, set the Mode
	Selector Switch to
	[AUTO].	3	4
W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS	PROGRAMME AE
	FOCUS
PUSH	AUTO
	MNL
MF/VOL/JOG	MODE
	SELECT

2³If you want to adjust the focus manually after having adjusted the shutter speed (p. 58) or the iris (p. 58), be sure to press the [FOCUS] Button to make the [1MF] Indication appear, even if the [MF] Indication is displayed.

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