Prevention Of Blooming And Smear - Panasonic GP-US522HA Operating Instructions Manual

PREVENTION OF BLOOMING AND SMEAR

When the camera is aimed towards spotlights or other
bright lights or light reflecting objects, smear or blooming
may appear.
Therefore the camera should be operated carefully in the
vicinity of extremely bright objects to avoid smear or
blooming.
If the camera is aimed at the sun or very bright light, such
as laser beam, for a long period of time, the CCD image
sensor may be burned in and blemishes (white or black
dots) appears on the monitor screen
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Smear
Bright object
Ring type flare