Panasonic SDR-H80 Operating Instructions Manual page 41

Function
Self-timer
Fade:
≥ The thumbnails of scenes recorded using fade
in become black (or white).
Help mode:
≥ When the help mode is used, functions cannot
be set.
≥ When the help mode is used, motion pictures
and still pictures cannot be recorded.
Colour night view:
≥ Recorded scene is seen as if frames were
missed.
≥ The colour night view function makes the
signal charging time of CCD up to
approximately 25k longer than usual, so that
dark scenes can be recorded brightly. For this
reason, bright dots that are usually invisible
may be seen, but this is not a malfunction.
≥ If set in a bright place, the screen may become
washed out for a while.
Soft skin mode:
≥ If the background or anything else in the scene
has colours similar to the skin colour, they will
also be smoothed.
≥ If the brightness is insufficient, the effect may
not be clear.
≥ You may not be able to see the face clearly
when recording a distant person. In this case,
cancel soft skin mode or zoom in on the face.
This is for recording still pictures using the timer. Use this
function to include yourself in the picture.
Press the recording start/stop button, the [Ø]
indication blinks for about 10 seconds and then
the still picture is recorded.
≥ After recording, the self-timer is cancelled.
To stop the timer midway through
Press the MENU button. (The self-timer setting is cancelled.)
PRE-REC:
≥ When the remaining time left for recording
motion pictures is less than 1 minute, PRE-
REC cannot be set.
≥ After setting PRE-REC, if recording starts in
less than 3 seconds, or while the PRE-REC
indication flashes within about 3 seconds after
initiating the quick start operation, motion
pictures taken 3 seconds before pressing the
recording start/stop button cannot be recorded.
≥ When the recording start/stop button is
pressed, image shake and operation sound
may be recorded.
≥ The thumbnail of the scenes recorded using
the PRE-REC function will be the top image of
the scenes actually recorded.
≥ The date indication for scenes recorded using
the PRE-REC function will be the date when
the start/stop button is pressed. Therefore, the
date indication when displaying thumbnails or
during playback may be different from the date
when the recording actually started.
Effect
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