Panasonic VDR-M30PP operating instructions Setting Up Camera Functions

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Setting Up Camera Functions

Selecting Shooting Mode to Match the Subject (Switching Program AE Mode)

This DVD Palmcorder automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture according to the subject brightness for optimum recording: You can also specify one of six modes depending on the subject conditions, recording environment or purpose of filming.

1 Press the MENU button, use the joystick to choose “Program AE” on the “Camera Functions Setup” screen, and then press the ￿ button.

The options will appear on the right of “Program

AE”.

2 Use the joystick to choose the desired option, and then press the ￿ button: The selected option will be set.

Camer a	Func t i ons	S e t u p
P r og r am AE		Auto
Wh i t e Ba l .		Spo r t s
E I S		Po r t r a i t
D i g . Zoom		Spo t l i gh t
W i n d Cu t		Su r f &Snow
		Low L i gh t
ENTER	RETURN	RAM

Tilt up/down and to left/ right to select, and then press ￿to designate.

, Auto : The camera/recorder automatically

judges the subject and surrounding environment

Selected AE mode

0 : 0 0 : 0 0 REM3 0 MIN

FINE	S E P	8	: 0 0 AM
		30	2 0 0 3

3 Press the MENU button to end the setting.

The menu screen will disappear.

Note:

•You can check the selected AE mode by the on-screen information display. However, nothing will appear in the Auto mode.

•The shooting mode set as above will be stored in memory even if the DVD Palmcorder is turned off.

for optimum recording.

Sports : Reduces blurring when recording

rapidly moving subjects such as in golf or tennis.

If the Sports mode is used under a fluorescent light,

the image may flicker: In this case, use the Auto

mode for recording.

Portrait : Creates a shallow depth of field so that

the person or subject appears against a softened

background.

Spotlight : Prevents overexposure of subject

portrait face, etc. when strong light strikes the

subject, as in a wedding or on stage.

Surf & Snow : Prevents underexposure of

subject portrait face, etc. in a place where reflection

of light is intense, such as at the seaside in

midsummer or on a ski slope.

Low Light : Allows user to record in a dark place

even with decreased lighting: However, an after-

image will appear with a moving subject.

Note that the Low Light mode cannot be used when

the recording quality mode is STD.

If there is difficulty in automatically focusing

subject image, adjust the focus manually.

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