Record Mode; Check Before Recording - Panasonic PV-GS80 Operating Instructions Manual

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Record mode
Record
mode
during recording, the power will not turn off until
Check before recording
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Check the following before recording important
events such as weddings or when the Camcorder
has not been used for a long time.
Conduct a test recording to make sure that the
image recording and the audio recording work
properly.
Basic Camcorder
_ositioning
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1) Hold the Camcorder
with both hands.
2)
Run your hand through the grip belt.
3)
Do not cover the microphones
or sensors with
your hands.
4)
Keep your arms near your body.
5)
Slightly open your legs.
• When you are outdoors, record pictures with the
sunlight as far in the background
as possible. If
the subject is backlit, it will become dark in the
recording.
Check
points
• Remove the lens cap. (-/:r-)
(When the Camcorder is turned on with the lens
cap fitted, the automatic white balance
adjustment may not function properly. Please
turn the Camcorder
on after removing the lens
cap.)
• Grip belt adjustment
(-1:_-)
• Open the LCD monitor or extend the viewfinder.
(Recording cannot start while the LCD monitor
is closed and the viewfinder
is retracted. Even if
the LCD monitor and viewfinder
are closed
recording stops.)
• Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder
(-2_/-)
• Power supply (-1-_-)
• Insert a cassette/card
(-19-,-20-)
• Setting date/time (46-)
• Setting SP/LP mode (-26-)
About
auto mode
• Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS]
switch to
[AUTO], and color balance (white balance) and
focusing will be adjusted automatically.
• Auto white balance: -6_*-
• Auto focusing: -6_*-
• Depending on the brightness of the subject etc.,
the aperture and shutter speed are
automatically
adjusted for an optimum
brightness.
(When set to the tape recording
mode: The shutter speed is adjusted to a
maximum of 1/250.)
• Color balance and focus may not be adjusted
depending on light sources or scenes. If so,
manually adjust the white balance and focus.
[_ANUAL
AUTO ,, ,, =,_ FOCUS
• Scene mode setting (-:r6-)
• White balance setting (-:rT-)
• Shutter speed setting (-:rs-)
• Iris/gain value setting (-:rs-)
• Focus setting (-:rs-)
Recording
mode
You can switch the tape recording mode.
• Set to Tape Recording/Playback
Mode.
1 Set [BASIC] or [ADVANCED]
>>
[REC SPEED] >> [SP] or [LP].
If the LP mode is selected, the recording time will
be 1.5 times the SP mode, but some functions will
be disabled.
• We recommend using the SP mode for
important recording.
• In order to fully exhibit the performances
of the
LP mode, we recommend
using Panasonic
cassettes marked LP mode.
• In the LP mode, the picture quality will not be
degraded in comparison with the SP mode, but
mosaic noise may appear on the playback
image or some functions may be disabled.
• Playback on other digital video equipment
or on digital video equipment without the LP
mode.
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