User manual PANASONIC HDC-DX1

[. . . ] Operating Instructions High Definition Video Camera Model No. HDC-DX1 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT1A06 EB Information for Your Safety Dear Customer, We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing this Panasonic Movie Camera. Please read these Operating Instructions carefully and keep them handy for future reference. Please note that the actual controls and components, menu items, etc. of your Movie Camera may look somewhat different from those shown in the illustrations in these Operating Instructions. IMPORTANT The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue: Neutral, Brown: Live As these colours may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured Blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured Black or Blue. [. . . ] Depending on the zoom magnification, there are iris values that are not displayed. A Shutter speed: 1/50 to 1/8000 The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster. B Iris/Gain value: CLOSE # (F16 to F2. 0) # OPEN # (0dB to 18dB) Value closer to [CLOSE] darken the image. Value closer to [18dB] brighten the image. VQT1A06 68 Playback Playback Playback of motion pictures on a disc Motion picture playback (RAM) (-RW) (-R) (-R\DL) 3 Select the scene to be played back. B D C Play back the motion pictures recorded on the disc. 1 Rotate the mode dial to select . PC The lens cover closes. 2 Press the cursor button up and then left to select the [ ] (motion picture playback) tab. A B Previous page C Next page D Scene number The selected scene will be encircled by a yellow frame. If 9 or more scenes have been recorded, the next (or previous) page can be displayed by moving the cursor button left and right or moving the cursor button down, selecting [ ]/[ ] by moving the cursor button left and right and then pressing the centre of the cursor button. The scene number display switches to the page number when the motion picture playback tab or [ ]/[ ] is selected. A Motion picture playback tab The motion pictures recorded on the disc are displayed as thumbnails. OFF 4 Press the cursor button. The selected scene is played back on the full screen. The operation icon is automatically displayed on the screen. 5 Move the cursor button to operate. 1/;: 6 (Move and hold): 5 (Move and hold): : Playback/Pause Review playback* Cue playback* Stops the playback and shows the thumbnails. * Press the 6 or 5 button on the remote control. VQT1A06 69 Playback ª About motion picture compatibility This unit is based on the AVCHD format. The video signal that can be played back on this unit is 1440k1080/50i. This unit may degrade or not playback motion pictures recorded or created on other products, and other products may degrade or not playback motion pictures recorded on this unit, even if the products support the AVCHD. No sound will be heard except during normal playback. If pause play is continued for 5 minutes, the screen returns to the thumbnails. When the amount of time recorded on the scene is short, playback may not be possible. Scenes which cannot be displayed as thumbnails (the thumbnails are displayed as [ ]) cannot be played back. An error message appears and the screen shows the thumbnails. The power will not turn off when the LCD monitor and the viewfinder are closed and retracted. The date/time displayed may be different from the recording date/time and it may take time to display the thumbnail display when playing back motion pictures not recorded on this unit. The remaining time for playback indication will be reset to "0h00m00s" each scene. Skip playback (to the start of a scene) (Operation is possible with the remote control only. ) Press the : or 9 button on the remote control during playback. SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP PLAY PAUSE STOP SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP Slow-motion playback 1 Move the cursor button up during playback to pause the playback. 2 Move and hold the cursor button right. (Slow-motion pictures will be played back in reverse when you move and hold the cursor button left. ) Normal playback is restored when you move the cursor button up. When slow-motion pictures are played back in reverse, they will be shown continuously at intervals of 0. 5 seconds. ª Operating with the remote control Press the E or D button. SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP PLAY PAUSE STOP SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP VQT1A06 70 Playback Frame-by-frame playback The motion picture is advanced one frame at a time. To adjust the volume Adjust the speaker volume during playback. 1 Move the cursor button up during playback to pause the playback. Move the volume lever to change the volume level. VOL 2 Move the cursor button right. (The frames will be advanced one at a time in the reverse direction when you move the cursor button left. ) W T Towards "r": increases the volume Towards "s": decreases the volume The further the [ ] indicator moves to the right, the higher the volume level becomes. When the adjustment is completed, the volume setting display will disappear. Normal playback is restored when you move the cursor button up. When the frames are advanced one at a time in the reverse direction, they will be shown in intervals of 0. 5 seconds. ª Operating with the remote control 1) Press the ; button. SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP PLAY PAUSE STOP SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP 2) Press the E or D button. SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP PLAY PAUSE STOP SEARCH STILL ADV SKIP VQT1A06 71 Playback Playing back motion pictures by date (RAM) (-RW) (-R) (-R\DL) Repeat playback (RAM) (-RW) (-R) (-R\DL) Recorded scenes are grouped by date on this unit. Scenes recorded on the same day can be played back in succession. Playback of the first scene starts after playback of the last scene finishes. Press the MENU button, then select [PLAY SETUP] # [REPEAT PLAY] # [ON] and press the cursor button. 1 Press the MENU button, then select [PLAY SETUP] # [PLAY MODE] # [BY DATE] and press the cursor button. MENU MENU 2 Select the date for playback, then press the cursor button. The [ ] indication appears on the thumbnail and full screen views. [. . . ] 18 ªM Manual focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Menu list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 MF assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]