Recording

Avoid recording under fluorescent light, mercury light or sodium light because the color and brightness of the playback image may change.

If you record a subject illuminated with strong light or a highly reflective subject, vertical lines of light may appear.

If the brightness is insufficient, the sports mode does not function. The [5] display flashes.

If this mode is used indoors, the screen may flicker.

Portrait mode

If this mode is used indoors, the screen may flicker. If so, change the scene mode setting to

[OFF].

Low light mode

Extremely dark scenes may not be able to be

recorded finely.

Spotlight mode

If the recording subject is extremely bright, the recorded image may become whitish and the periphery of the recorded image extremely dark.

Surf & snow mode

If the subject is extremely bright, the recorded image may become whitish.

Manual focus adjustment

(RAM) (-RW‹VR›) (-RW‹V›) (-R) (SD)

If auto focusing is difficult due to the conditions, then manual focusing is available.

¬Rotate the mode dial to select or

.

1 Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to MANUAL.

2 Move the switch down and set it to FOCUS position.

MNL

4/4NEXT

The manual focus indication [MF] and the icon shown in the illustration appear.

3 Move the joystick left or right to bring the subject into focus.

MNL

4/4NEXT

The subject may not be in focus when zoomed in if focusing with a wide angle. First, zoom in on the subject, and then focus on it.

To restore to the automatic adjustment

Press the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch down again to the FOCUS position.

You can also restore the auto focusing by setting the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to AUTO.

White balance

This is for recording in natural colors.

(RAM) (-RW‹VR›) (-RW‹V›) (-R) (SD)

The automatic white balance function may not reproduce natural colors depending on the scenes or lighting conditions. If so, you can adjust the white balance manually.

¬Rotate the mode dial to select or .

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Panasonic VDR-D210, VDR-D310, VDR-D230 Manual focus adjustment, White balance, To restore to the automatic adjustment