Panasonic NV-DS65 ª Recording Yourself, ª Recording with the Built-in Video Light, ª LP Mode

1, 2, 3 COLOUR BACK

LIGHT NIGHT VIEW LIGHT FADE

1GAIN UP

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ªRecording Yourself

By opening the LCD Monitor and rotating it frontward (to the lens side), you can let the subject in front of the Movie Camera monitor the shot while recording is in progress.

≥When the LCD Monitor is opened, the Viewfinder is disabled automatically. However, when the LCD Monitor is rotated frontward, the image is also shown in the Viewfinder.

≥If you prefer to have the image on the LCD Monitor to look like an image in a mirror, set [SELF REC] on the

[OTHER FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to [MIRROR].

Images are recorded normally and no left and right reversal occurs.

ªRecording with the Built-in Video Light

To brighten the natural colours in a scene. Gain Up mode works with the Built-in Video Light to enhance the light’s brightness.

1Press the [LIGHT] Button. 1

≥The Built-in Video Light lights and the Gain Up mode is set to on. (NV-DS65: In the Card Mode the Gain Up mode cannot be set.)

≥Gain Up mode will be brighter than when only the Video Light is on, however, ghost images will appear.

2Press the [LIGHT] Button. 2

≥Gain Up mode is set to off.

≥To eliminate ghost images, use this mode.

3Press the [LIGHT] Button. 3

≥The Video Light turns off.

≥Pressing the [LIGHT] Button again returns to 1.

ªLP Mode

A desired recording speed can be selected with [REC SPEED] on the [RECORDING SETUP] Sub-Menu.

If LP Mode is selected, the recording time becomes 1.5 times longer than that of SP Mode.

Although the image quality does not decrease with the LP Mode recording, mosaic-pattern noise may appear on a playback image, or some normal functions may be restricted.

≥The contents that are recorded in LP Mode are not completely compatible with other equipment.

≥Audio dubbing is not possible with LP Mode. (l35)

ªAudio Recording Mode

The sound quality of the recorded sound can be selected with [AUDIO REC] on the [RECORDING SETUP] Sub-Menu. High sound-quality recording is possible with “16 bit 48 kHz 2 track” Mode. With the “12 bit 32 kHz 4 track” Mode, the original sound can be recorded on 2 tracks in stereo, while the other 2 tracks can be used for Audio Dubbing.

≥For other notes concerning this item, see page 46.

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