Panasonic NV-GS400GN Finding the End of Recording, To Add a Sound while Recording

Recording Mode

ªFinding the End of Recording

(Blank Search Function)

The Blank Search Function aids you to locate the end of the recording on the Cassette quickly.

1 Set [TAPE RECORDING MENU] or [TAPE PLAYBACK MENU] >> [INITIAL] >> [BLANK SEARCH] >> [YES].

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≥The [BLANK] Indication appears during the Blank Search.

≥Approximately 1 second before the last recorded scene, the Movie Camera switches to the Recording Pause Mode or the Still Playback Mode.

≥If there is no blank left on the Cassette, the Movie Camera stops at the end of the tape.

To Cancel Blank Search Before Completion

Press the [∫] Button.

ªTo Add a Sound while Recording

With the supplied Free Style Remote Controller with Mic connected to the [REMOTE] Socket (38), you can add a narration while recording is in progress.

While the [TALK] Button (92) is pressed, the [ ] Indication is displayed and the sound is recorded from [MIC] (88).

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≥While the [TALK] Button is pressed, the built-in microphone does not operate.

ªDigital Still Picture

You can record images stilled by Digital Still Picture Mode onto a tape.

When the [STILL] Button (17) is pressed, images become still pictures. When the button is pressed again, the Digital Still Picture Mode is cancelled.

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≥You can also record pictures onto a Card by pressing the [PHOTO SHOT] Button after setting to the Digital Still Picture Mode and then checking the image.

ªProgressive Photoshot

When the [æ] Indication is displayed, Progressive Photoshot Function works.

You can record still pictures as frame still pictures with higher quality by this function.

≥The Progressive Photoshot Function may not be activated depending on the function you use. (-52-)

≥To record still pictures with higher quality, we recommend setting to the Card Recording Mode. (To activate the progressive function regardless of the function you use)

≥When you record the tape and the card simultaneously, the progressive function is not activated.

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 [EVF ON/AUTO] is set to [AUTO] and 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 [LCD/EVF] Sub-Menu to [MIRROR]. Images are recorded normally and no left and right reversal occurs.

ªFrame Moving Pictures (Frame Mode)

Frame moving-picture recording enables to obtain natural still pictures with a high picture quality, even when the scenes involve a lot of movement recording frame still pictures continuously at a rate of 25 frames a second. (It is also possible to record sound.)

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