Record mode
Record mode
Check before recording
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Check the following before recording important events such as weddings or when the Camcorder has not been used for a long time.
Conduct a test recording to make sure that the image recording and the audio recording work properly.
• Basic Camcorder _ositioning
during recording, the power will not turn off until recording stops.)
•Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder
•Power supply
•Insert a cassette/card
•Setting date/time
•Setting SP/LP mode
•About auto mode
•Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to [AUTO], and color balance (white balance) and focusing will be adjusted automatically.
•Auto white balance:
•Auto focusing:
•Depending on the brightness of the subject etc., the aperture and shutter speed are automatically adjusted for an optimum brightness. (When set to the tape recording mode: The shutter speed is adjusted to a maximum of 1/250.)
•Color balance and focus may not be adjusted depending on light sources or scenes. If so, manually adjust the white balance and focus.
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1)Hold the Camcorder with both hands.
2)Run your hand through the grip belt.
3)Do not cover the microphones or sensors with your hands.
4)Keep your arms near your body.
5)Slightly open your legs.
•When you are outdoors, record pictures with the sunlight as far in the background as possible. If the subject is backlit, it will become dark in the recording.
•Check points
•Remove the lens cap.
(When the Camcorder is turned on with the lens cap fitted, the automatic white balance adjustment may not function properly. Please turn the Camcorder on after removing the lens cap.)
•Grip belt adjustment
•Open the LCD monitor or extend the viewfinder.
(Recording cannot start while the LCD monitor is closed and the viewfinder is retracted. Even if the LCD monitor and viewfinder are closed
•Scene mode setting
•White balance setting
•Shutter speed setting
•Iris/gain value setting
•Focus setting
•Recording mode
You can switch the tape recording mode.
•Set to Tape Recording/Playback Mode. 1 Set [BASIC] or [ADVANCED] >>
[REC SPEED] >> [SP] or [LP].
If the LP mode is selected, the recording time will be 1.5 times the SP mode, but some functions will be disabled.
•We recommend using the SP mode for important recording.
•In order to fully exhibit the performances of the LP mode, we recommend using Panasonic cassettes marked LP mode.
•In the LP mode, the picture quality will not be degraded in comparison with the SP mode, but mosaic noise may appear on the playback image or some functions may be disabled.
•Playback on other digital video equipment
or on digital video equipment without the LP mode.
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