Contents

 

Accessories

10

Quick Guide

11

 

Preparation

 

Before using

 

[1]

Parts identification and handling

13

[2]

Power supply

16

 

Inserting the battery

16

 

Charging the battery

17

 

Charging time and recordable time

19

[3]

About SD cards

20

 

About SD cards

20

 

Access lamp

22

[4]

Inserting/removing an SD card

23

Setup

[1]Turning the unit on/off

 

Selecting a mode

24

[2]

Using the menu screen

25

 

Language selection

26

 

Menu list

26

[3]

Setting date and time

28

 

World time setting (Displaying the time

 

 

of the travel destination)

29

[4]

Adjusting LCD monitor

30

 

Recording

 

Recording (Basic)

 

[1]

Before recording

31

 

Intelligent auto mode

31

[2]

Recording motion pictures

33

 

Record motion picture to be uploaded

 

 

to YouTube

34

 

Recording modes and recordable

 

 

time

35

[3]

Recording still pictures

36

 

Number of pixels

37

[4]

Recording functions

38

 

Zoom in/out function

38

 

Recording yourself

39

 

Quick start

39

 

Optical image stabilizer function

40

8

Recording (Advanced)

[1]Recording functions of operation

 

icons

41

 

Operation icons

42

 

Backlight compensation/Fade/Help

 

 

mode/MagicPix/Soft skin mode/

 

 

PRE-REC/Face detection/Self-timer

 

[2]

Recording functions of menus

47

 

Menus

47

 

Aspect ratio/Wind noise reduction/

 

 

Guideline/Auto slow shutter

 

[3]

Manual recording functions

49

 

Scene mode

50

 

Manual focus adjustment

50

 

White balance

51

 

Manual shutter speed/aperture

 

 

adjustment

52

 

Playback

 

Playback

 

[1]

Motion picture playback

53

[2]

Still picture playback

56

Editing

 

[1]

Deleting scenes/files

58

 

Deleting scenes/files one at a time

58

 

Deleting multiple scenes/files

58

 

Deleting the copied scenes

 

 

collectively

59

[2]

Editing scenes

60

[3]

Editing still pictures

61

SD card management

 

[1]

Formatting an SD card

63

With other products

 

[1]

Playback on TV

64

[2]

With a DVD burner

66

 

Connecting this unit to the DVD

 

 

burner

67

 

DVD COPY function

68

 

FAVORITE SCENES function

69

 

Notes for copying data to discs using

 

 

the DVD burner

71

 

Playing back a disc inserted in

 

 

the DVD burner

72

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Panasonic SDR-S26PC operating instructions Contents

SDR-S26P, SDR-S26PC specifications

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