Recording Yourself; Focusing On The Subject Manually - Panasonic NV-MX1B Operating Instructions Manual

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Recording Yourself

(Recording with the LCD Monitor Facing
Forward)
This makes it possible to record yourself while viewing
the picture on the LCD Monitor or to show the persons
in front of the Movie Camera the picture being
recorded.
Focusing on the Subject
Manually
(Manual Focus)
This makes it possible to adjust the focus manually for
subjects and recording situations for which automatic
focusing is not precise.
MF: Manual Focus Mode
MNL: Manual
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FOCUS AUTO MNL
MENU
2 1 PUSH W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS/VOL/JOG
Procedure
1
Open the LCD Monitor and turn it so that it faces
forward (Lens side).
1 2
Set the Mode Selector Press the [FOCUS]
Switch to [MNL]. Button to make the [MF]
The [MNL] Indication Indication (Manual
appears. Focus Mode)
AUTO MNL
Mirror Mode for the Picture on the LCD
Monitor
You are used to looking at yourself in the mirror.
Therefore, when recording yourself with the LCD
Monitor facing forward, the picture (as it is being
recorded) might look unusual and distracting. If
you prefer to see yourself on the LCD Monitor in
the same way as you see yourself in a mirror, i.e.
with the sides reversed, set [SELFSHOOT] on
the [OTHER FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to
[MIRROR]. However, the picture will still be
recorded in the normal, non-reversed way.
This Mirror Mode for the picture on the LCD
Monitor works only during recording and in the
Recording Pause Mode with the LCD Monitor
facing forward. Also, it is completely different
from the Mirror Mode of the Digital Effects 1.
(p. 52)
Opening the LCD Monitor automatically turns off the
Viewfinder. However, when you turn the LCD Monitor
forward, the picture also appears in the Viewfinder.
This lets you aim the Movie Camera and view the
picture in the Viewfinder, while the persons in front of
the Movie Camera can check the picture on the LCD
Monitor during recording.
3
Turn the Focus Ring to
adjust the focus.
appear.
FOCUS
MNL
MF
≥In the Mirror Mode, only the following
indications are displayed.
Recording
¥:
Recording Pause
¥;:
x: Remaining Battery Power
Card Photoshot
ø:
(NV-MX5, NV-MX7 only)
When the General Warning/Alarm Indication [°]
appears, turn the LCD Monitor backward so that
you can confirm the actual Warning/Alarm
Indication. (p. 124, 125)
Remarks, etc.
Returning to the ≥If the flash is fired in a dark environment when the
Automatic Focusing Video Flash has been installed, the subject may go
Mode out of focus. (NV-MX5, NV-MX7 only)
Press the [FOCUS]
Button to make the [MF] Hint for Manual Focus Adjustment
Indication disappear .
≥If you adjust the focus in the wide-angle setting, the
Or, set the Mode
subject may go out of focus when you enlarge it.
Selector Switch to
Therefore, enlarge the subject
[AUTO]. the focus, so that the picture remains focused when
you zoom out .
FOCUS AUTO MNL
or
MNL
x
¥
°
ø
before you adjust
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