User manual PANASONIC AG-EP50

[. . . ] The serial number is on the tag located on the underside of your Camera/Recorder. Be sure to retain this manual as your convenient Camera/Recorder information source. Date of Purchase Dealer Purchased From Dealer Address Dealer Phone No. AG-EP50P Safety Precautions WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Your Ò Camera/Recorder is designed to record and play back in Standard Play (SP) mode and Long Play (LP) mode. [. . . ] (l 48) PHOTO SHOT BACK LIGHT TAPE CARD Recording from a cassette (VCR Mode) 1 Slide the [TAPE/CARD] Selector to [CARD]. 2 Start playback and press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button at the scene you want to record. The size of the images input externally or recorded from a tape to the card becomes [640t480]. While the image is being recorded, it stays still for a few seconds. Please refer to "Recording to a Card from other equipment" (l 48), regarding the recording to a card from other equipment. 1 MENU PUSH VOL/JOG Selecting the quality of Card Photoshot images 1 Set [CAMERA FUNCTIONS] or [VCR FUNCTIONS] >> [CARD SETUP] >> [REC MODE] >> a desired image quality (FINE, NORMAL, ECONOMY). 34 ª Automatically copying still pictures recorded on a cassette 2 PUSH VOL/JOG MENU BACK LIGHT CAMERA STILL The Camera/Recorder copies images automatically, referring to Photo Index signals. After setting to the VCR Mode (l 28). . . . . 1 1 Set the Camera/Recorder to Still Playback Mode just before the point where picture transfer is to commence. 2 Set [VCR FUNCTIONS] >> [PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS] >> [RECORD TO CARD] >> [YES]. Search starts from the current Cassette position, and images with Photo Index signals are recorded onto the Card sequentially. While copying, the Indication 1 appears. 1 ; T P %C R AE AD To Stop the Transfer of Images Press the [] Button. For other notes, see page 48. PROCESSING Playing Back Pictures from the Memory Card 1 Set the Camera/Recorder to Card Playback Mode. BACK LIGHT CAMERA STILL PUSH OPEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The [CARD P. B. ] Lamp lights. The still picture that was recorded last on the Memory Card is displayed. File Name FADE CAMERA VCR CARD P. B. 1 2 Picture Size (l 44) 3 File Number To play back the later recorded pictures: Press the [rSEARCH] Button SEARCH 1 MODE ON OFF To play back the earlier recorded pictures: Press the [jSEARCH] Button. POWER " # ! SLIDE ª Playing back all the Pictures continuously (Slide Playback) Press the [1] Button. 4 All pictures are played back for approximately 5 seconds each, from the first to the last recorded picture, and the playback then stops. To Pause the Slide Playback Press the [;] Button. 5 To restart slide playback, press the [;] Button again or press the [1] Button. Selecting Colors If you make color selection by rotating the [PUSH] Dial when creating a title, you can change the color as follows. 1) Original color (the color of the captured image) Title in the original color in which the dark portion (blackish portion) of the captured image is missing. 2) Preset colors (black, blue, green, cyan, red, pink, yellow, and white) Title in a preset color in which the dark portion (blackish portion) of the captured image is missing. 3) Original color (the color of the captured image) Title in the original color in which the bright portion (whitish portion) of the captured image is missing. 4) Preset colors (black, blue, green, cyan, red, pink, yellow, and white) Title in a preset color in which the bright portion (whitish portion) of the captured image is missing. 4 5 6 7 3) 4) 1) Inserting a Title r ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can select one of your original titles and display it. (It can be displayed in Camera Mode, VCR Mode, and Card Playback Mode. ) 1 Press the [TITLE] Button. The title that was created last is displayed. 2 Press [MULTI] Button. A list of titles is displayed. 3 Rotate the [PUSH] Dial to select a desired title. The selected title is marked with a red frame. 6 5 PHOTO SHOT 4 Press the [PUSH] Dial or the [MULTI] Button. The selected title is displayed. TAPE CARD 5 Using the [TAPE/CARD] Selector, select the recording target. TITLE MULTI/P-IN-P Camera Mode: TAPE or CARD VCR Mode: CARD Card Playback Mode: TAPE 1 PUSH 2, 4 6 Press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button. A still picture is recorded under the inserted title. If you record on a Cassette in Normal Recording Mode, set the [TAPE/ CARD] Selector to [TAPE] and press the Recording Start/Stop Button. File Name 3, 4 VOL/JOG 1 TITLE Clearing a Title Display Press the [TITLE] Button. For other notes, see page 48. USR00002. TTL 1 37 Protecting the Pictures on a Memory Card from Accidental Erasure (File Lock) Precious pictures recorded on a Memory Card can be locked to prevent accidental erasure. (Even if pictures are locked, the pictures will be deleted when the Memory Card is formatted. ) After setting to the Card Playback Mode (l 35). . . . . 1 Set [CARD FUNCTIONS] >> [CARD EDITING] >> [FILE LOCK] >> [YES]. PUSH MENU 2 Rotate the [PUSH] Dial to select [PICTURE] or [TITLE], and 1, 2, 3 1 VOL/JOG 1 LOCK then press it. The [FILE LOCK] Menu 1 is displayed. 3 Rotate the [PUSH] Dial to select the picture to be locked, and FILE then press it. The [ ] Indication 2 is attached to the selected picture. Press the [PUSH] Dial again to cancel. 640 1488 640 The same setting can be performed using the short-cut menu (l 18). 1488 1488 640 2 PUSH MENU TO EXIT PHOTO SHOT ! Deleting the pictures recorded on a Memory Card ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using the Camera/Recorder, you can delete the still pictures and titles recorded on a Memory Card. [. . . ] 22 File Lock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Frame Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]