Card Mode; Using A Card; Recording On A Card - Panasonic NV-MX500 Operating Instructions Manual

CARD Mode

Using a Card

A Card can be used to record still pictures.
≥Use genuine Card only.
ª Inserting a Card
Before inserting a Card, be sure to turn off the Movie
Camera.
1
Open the Card Slot Cover
(16)
2
While holding the Memory Card with its cut corner
facing right 1, insert it into the Card Slot
3
Close the Card Slot Cover
Removing the Card
Open the Card Slot Cover and press the centre of the Card
and then pull it straight out.
≥After removing the Card, close the Card Slot Cover.
≥The Movie Camera may be damaged if the Card is forced
out when the Card is fully inserted.
ª [ACCESS] Lamp
(14)
(14)
While the Movie Camera is making an access to the Card
(reading, recording, playback, erasing or moving of images),
the [ACCESS] Lamp lights up.
≥While the [ACCESS] Lamp is on, never attempt to open the
Card Slot Cover, to pull out the Card, to turn off the Movie
Camera, or to switch the [TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE]
Selector. Such actions will damage the Card, cause loss of
recorded data and cause the Movie Camera to malfunction.

Recording on a Card

3 kinds of data can be recorded by selecting with the
[TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector
picture, slide the [TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector until
the [PICTURE] Indication 1 appears (Card Photoshot),
when recording moving picture, slide the
[TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector until the [MPEG4]
Indication 2 appears (MPEG4 Recording), when recording
voice, slide the [TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector until
the [VOICE] Indication 3 appears (Voice Recording).
CARD
TAPE
CARD MODE
(13)
1
3
(16) .
(15)
.
(15)
1
(16)
securely.
(13)
. When recording
2
PICTURE
MPEG4
VOICE
CARD Mode
≥If the [TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector
[CARD] with a Card inserted, the Movie Camera is
automatically turned off when you leave it for about
6 minutes without performing any recording.
≥When the [TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector
to [CARD], you cannot record to the Tape.
ª Card Photoshot
Still pictures can be recorded on the Memory Card from the
Movie Camera lens as well as from scenes that have already
been recorded on a cassette.
The size of images that are recorded using this Movie
Camera is approximately 3 million pixels, and recording of
images with a size that is larger than a million pixels is called
mega-pixel still-picture recording. Compared to images of
normal recording, images that are created by mega-pixel
still-picture recording can be printed out clear.
Recording from the Movie Camera Lens (CAMERA
Mode)
1
Set the [TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector
[CARD].
TAPE CARD
2
Slide the [TAPE/CARD/CARD MODE] Selector
[CARD MODE] until the [PICTURE] Indication appears.
≥Remaining Number of Card Photoshot pictures 1
3
Centre the subject in the focus area 2 on the screen.
≥In Auto Focus Mode, the Focus Indication 3 is lighted
when the subject is in focus.
Green: getting the focus point
White: getting near to the focus point
4
Press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button
≥The [
] Indication lights up in red.
PICTURE
Concerning Low Light Shot
When recording dark scenes, set the [LOW LIGHT SHOT] of
the [CARD SETUP] Sub-Menu to [AUTO]. (When the shutter
speed is 1/25, Low Light Shot is activated, and the [4
Indication appears.)
≥When [AUTO] is set for Low Light Shot, the brightness of
the moving picture may suddenly be changed depending
on the scene to be shot.
≥When the Programme AE is set, Low Light Shot will not be
activated even when [LOW LIGHT SHOT] is set to [AUTO].
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CARD MODE
(13)
F 7 640
PICTURE
1
2 3
(25)
.
PHOTO
SHOT
(25)
(13)
is set to
(13) is set
(13)
to
(13) to
]
CARD