Chapter 9 Maintenance And Inspections; Inspections Before Shooting; Preparing For Inspections; Inspecting The Camera Unit - Panasonic HPX300 - Camcorder - 1080p Operating Instructions Manual

Chapter 9
Maintenance and Inspections

Inspections Before Shooting

Make sure you check that the system is operating normally
before embarking on a shoot. We recommend using a
colour video monitor to check the image.

Preparing for Inspections

1
 Mountachargedbattery.
2
 TurnthePOWERswitchtoONtocheckthe
batteryremaininglevelintheviewfinder.
• When battery capacity is low, replace it with a fully
charged battery.
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3
 InsertaPcardinthecardslotandclosethe
slotcover.
• Confirm that the P2 CARD ACCESS LED for the
inserted card slot lights up in orange. When P2
cards are installed in both card slots, the P2 CARD
ACCESS LED for the first inserted card (that was
first accessed) will light orange while the P2 CARD
ACCESS LED for a subsequently inserted card will
light green.
• If the access LED for the P2 card slot in which a
P2 card is inserted keeps blinking in green, or if
there is no display, recording is not possible on
that particular P2 card.
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Inspecting the Camera Unit

1
 Setthezoomtoelectriczoommodeandcheck
thezoomoperation.
• Check that the image changes to telephoto and
wide angle.
2
 Setthezoomtomanualzoommodeandcheck
thezoomoperation.
• Turn the manual zoom lever to check that the
image changes to telephoto and wide angle.
3
 Settheiristoautomaticadjustmentmodeand
aimthelensatobjectswithdifferentdegrees
ofbrightness,tocheckthattheautomaticiris
adjustmentoperatesnormally.
4
 Settheiristomanualadjustmentmodeand
turntheirisring,tocheckthemanualiris
adjustment.
5
 Returntheiristoautomaticadjustmentmode
andchangetheGAINswitchsettingtoL,M,
andH,tocheckthefollowingitems:
• The iris is adjusted for objects with the same
brightness according to the switch setting.
• The gain value displayed on the viewfinder screen
changes according to the switch setting.
6
 Whenalenswithanextenderismounted,set
theextendertotheoperatingpositiontocheck
thattheextenderoperatesproperly.
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