User manual PANASONIC AG-6040

[. . . ] The mains plug of the power supply cord shall remain readily operable. To completely disconnect this apparatus from the AC Mains, disconnect the power supply cord plug from AC receptacle. Warning Risk of fire, explosion and burns. Do not heat the batteries above the following temperatures or incinerate. Button-type battery 60 oC Battery pack 60 oC CAUTION! DO NOT INSTALL OR PLACE THIS UNIT IN A BOOKCASE, BUILT-IN CABINET OR IN ANOTHER CONFINED SPACE. [. . . ] You cannot record with the audio completely muted. Hi-speed burst shooting: If you turn off the power or change the mode to , this function is cancelled. The maximum number of times you can record on a media: 15. (In the case of SD cards it is the maximum number of recordable scenes per card. ) Colour balance and brightness on the screen may change with some light sources such as fluorescent lamps. Image quality is different from ordinary still picture recording. AF assist lamp: A conversion lens (optional) can block the AF assist lamp, and it will become harder to adjust the focus. When the Intelligent auto mode is on, the setting is fixed to [AUTO] and cannot be changed. Set to [OFF] when you would not like the AF assist lamp to illuminate in dark environment, such as when you are recording animals in dark. It will become harder to adjust the focus. 70 VQT1Y46 Recording Recording (Advanced) 3 Manual recording Touch the operation icon to adjust white balance, shutter speed, iris and manual focus. ¬ Change the mode to MNL or . Press the MANUAL button. appears on the screen. MANUAL Perform the setting by touching the desired item to be set. WB White balance (l 72) Manual shutter speed (l 73) Aperture adjustment (l 73) Manual focus (l 74) SHTR IRIS F WB SHTR IRIS MF Touch 1 to change the page and touch F to display/not-display the operation F icon. VQT1Y46 71 White balance The automatic white balance function may not reproduce natural colours depending on the scenes or lighting conditions. If so, you can adjust the white balance manually. The unit can record pictures in a natural hue if it can recognise the reference colour white. During normal playback, image movement may not look smooth. If you record an extremely bright object or record under indoor lighting, colour and screen brightness may change or a horizontal line may appear on the screen. In this case, record in auto mode or set the shutter speed to 1/100 in areas where the power supply frequency is 50 Hz, or 1/125 in areas of 60 Hz. Manual iris/gain adjustment If the gain value is increased, the noise on the screen increases. Depending on the zoom magnification, there are iris values that are not displayed. Press the MANUAL button again to restore to the automatic adjustment. When setting both the shutter speed and the iris/gain value, set the shutter speed and then set the iris/gain value. VQT1Y46 73 Manual focus adjustment If auto focusing is difficult due to the conditions, then use manual focus. (l 71) Picture adjustment Adjust the quality of the image while recording. Adjust by outputting to a TV while adjusting the quality of the image. (l 71) 1 (When MF assist function is used) Select the menu. (l 27) [RECORD SETUP] # [MF ASSIST] # [ON] This function's default setting is [ON]. 1 Select the menu. (l 27) [RECORD SETUP] # [PICTURE ADJUST] # [YES] 2 Touch [MF] icon. 2 Touch the desired setting items. F WB SHTR IRIS MF In manual focus mode, [AF] icon appears on the screen. 3 Adjust the focus by touching MF . MF MF MF / [SHARPNESS]: Sharpness of the edge [COLOUR]: Depth of the colour of the image [EXPOSURE]: Brightness of the image 3 WB SHTR IRIS MF AF Touch / to adjust settings. MF F The centre of the screen is enlarged. [. . . ] The result is more than 99. 99% effective pixels with a mere 0. 01% of the pixels inactive or always lit. However, this is not a malfunction and does not affect the recorded picture. About condensation When condensation forms on the unit, the lens will cloud up and the unit may not work properly. Make every effort to ensure that condensation does not form. If it does form, take the actions described below. Causes of condensation Condensation takes place when the ambient temperature or humidity is changed as follows. [. . . ]