Panasonic NV-MX1B Operating Instructions Manual page 33

PHOTO
SHOT
TAPE CARD
STILL
MENU
2
Title
Using the Movie Camera as a
Digital Still Camera
(Mega-Pixel Still
Picture Recording~Card Photoshot)
The Movie Camera can be used as a Digital Still Camera
to record clear still pictures on the MultiMediaCard. The
size of the pictures that can be recorded using this Movie
Camera is 1.08 million pixels, and recording pictures of
this size is called Mega-Pixel (over 1 million pixels) Still-
Picture Recording. Compared with normally recorded
pictures, pictures produced by Mega-Pixel Still-Picture
Recording are printed out more clearly. When pictures are
to be printed out, print them from the MultiMediaCard.
Otherwise, clear Mega-Pixel Pictures cannot be obtained.
≥Sound is not recorded.
≥The Shutter Effect (p. 35) cannot be used.
≥The power is automatically turned off after about
6 minutes when a cassette has been inserted.
≥Mega-Pixel Still-Picture Recording on the cassette is
not possible.
∫ ∫ ∫ ∫ ∫ Quality of Card Photoshot Pictures
You can choose among 3 picture quality modes for the
Card Photoshot Function.
Maximum recordable number of pictures on the
supplied 8 MB MultiMediaCard
When the picture size is 1200k900 pixels
FINE: Approx. 12 pictures
NORMAL: Approx. 20 pictures
ECONOMY: Approx. 32 pictures
When the picture size is 640k480 pixels
FINE: Approx. 55 pictures
NORMAL: Approx. 110 pictures
ECONOMY: Approx. 220 pictures
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CAMERA FUNCTIONS
1.CAMERA SETUP
2.DIGITAL EFFECT
3.CARD SETUP
4.MULTI-PICTURES
5.RECORDING SETUP
6.DISPLAY SETUP
7.OTHER FUNCTIONS
8.DEMO MODE
PRESS MENU TO EXIT
CARD SETUP
PICTURE SIZE 1200
PICTURE QUALITY
FINE NORMAL ECONOMY
CREATE TITLE
RETURN
PRESS MENU TO EXIT
1 PUSH W.B/SHUTTER/IRIS/VOL/JOG
Procedure
1 2
After putting the Movie Set [PICTURE SIZE] on
Camera in the Camera the [CARD SETUP] Sub-
Mode... (p. 26) Menu to [1200t900].
Slide the [TAPE/CARD]
Selector to [CARD].
TAPE CARD
" #
Display the [CARD Turn the [PUSH] Dial to
SETUP] Sub-Menu on select [PICTURE
the [VCR FUNCTIONS] QUALITY] and press the
Main-Menu or [CAMERA [PUSH] Dial to set the
FUNCTIONS] Main- desired setting, and
Menu. (p. 16) then press the [MENU]
Button to exit the Menu.
MENU
2 1
Concerning Card Photoshots
≥Recording onto a cassette is not possible when
the [TAPE/CARD] Selector is at the [CARD]
setting.
Concerning Mega-Pixel Still-Picture
Recording
≥The Progressive Photoshot Function is set to
[ON]. (p. 34)
≥When recording in the Auto Mode, the shutter
speed is automatically adjusted to a setting
within the range of 1/25 to 1/500.
≥If the screen colours change or the screen
flickers, adjust the shutter speed manually to
900 640 480
1/25, 1/50 or 1/100. (p. 64)
≥The picture quality deteriorates slightly when
---- YES YES
pictures are viewed on a TV screen or LCD
Monitor.
---- YES
≥The width of the screen extends slightly.
≥The four corners of the screen may become
dark (vignetting) if filters or other optional items
are attached.
3
Select the desired
picture quality using
[PICTURE QUALITY] on
the [CARD SETUP]
Sub-Menu, and exit
from the Menu.
MENU MENU
2 1 2 1
CAMERA FUNCTIONS
1.CAMERA SETUP
2.DIGITAL EFFECT
3.CARD SETUP
4.MULTI-PICTURES
5.RECORDING SETUP
6.DISPLAY SETUP
7.OTHER FUNCTIONS
8.DEMO MODE
PRESS MENU TO EXIT
CARD SETUP
MENU
PICTURE SIZE 1200 900 640
PICTURE QUALITY
FINE NORMAL ECONOMY
CREATE TITLE ---- YES YES
2 1
RETURN ---- YES
PRESS MENU TO EXIT
≥The following functions or operations can no
longer be used.
Digital Zoom (p. 32)
Super Image Stabilizer (p. 36)
Cinema (p. 36)
Digital Effect (p. 52)
Title In/Creation (p. 90, 92)
≥The pictures on the Card can be recorded onto
a cassette, however their quality will deteriorate
since they cannot be recorded using the
Mega-Pixel Function.
Others
≥To view pictures recorded using the Card
Photoshot Function on a TV screen or LCD
Monitor rather than printing them out, it is
recommended that [640k480] be selected as
the setting in step 2 . (In this case, Mega-Pixel
Still-Picture Recording will not be performed.)
≥It is recommended that you press the [STILL]
Button first and then press the [PHOTO SHOT]
Button where the recording is to be performed to
put the Movie Camera in the Still Picture Mode.
4
≥Electromagnetic waves, static electricity, malfunction
of the Movie Camera or of the MultiMediaCard itself
could erase the data recorded on it. To prevent the
Press the [PHOTO
loss of picture data, it is recommended that you make
SHOT] Button at the
a backup copy on a cassette (p. 86) or on the
scene that you want to
computer. (p. 102)
record.
≥Before pressing the [PHOTO SHOT] Button, it is
recommended that you press the [STILL] Button to
check the picture.
PHOTO
SHOT
ø
F 7 1200
≥To record pictures in high quality, set [PICTURE
QUALITY] on the [CARD SETUP] Sub-Menu to
[FINE]; to record as many pictures as possible, set it
VCR FUNCTIONS to [ECONOMY].
1.PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
≥When you select [ECONOMY] for recording, the
2.DIGITAL EFFECT
3.CARD SETUP
4.MULTI-PICTURES playback picture may contain mosaic-like noise
5.RECORDING SETUP
6.AV IN/OUT SETUP
patterns depending on the picture content.
7.DISPLAY SETUP
8.OTHER FUNCTIONS
≥When recording in more than one mode (FINE,
PRESS MENU TO EXIT
NORMAL, ECONOMY) on the same MultiMediaCard,
the maximum recordable number differs from the
numbers indicated on the left page.
CARD SETUP
≥The maximum recordable numbers are
480
PICTURE QUALITY
FINE NORMAL ECONOMY
approximations. When recording intricate pictures
CREATE TITLE ---- YES
with fine details, the number of recordable still
pictures on the MultiMediaCard decreases due to
RETURN ---- YES
PRESS MENU TO EXIT
their large data volume.
≥To record even more still pictures, it is recommended
that you use a Card with a larger memory capacity.
Remarks, etc.
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