Using Focus Assist; Iris Adjustments - Panasonic AG-HMC150P Operating Instructions Manual

Using focus assist

Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button enlarges
the center of the screen or displays a frequency
distribution graph in the top right of the screen,
enabling the focus to be aligned more easily,
and therefore particularly useful when using
manual focus. The screen display that appears
after pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button can be
changed with the FOCUS ASSIST setting in the
settings menu SW MODE screen. (Page 89)
FOCUS ASSIST button
EXPANDED:
The central part of the screen will be enlarged by
a factor of about 4 in the vertical direction and by a
factor of about 6 in the horizontal direction.
"EXPANDED" is displayed on the screen during the
expanded display.
• The center of the angle of view is shifted slightly
from the center of the LCD monitor.
GRAPH:
Frequency distribution graph will be displayed in
the top right of the viewfinder or the LCD monitor.
Adjust the lens focus ring so that the graph area
expands toward right as shown below.
Focus not aligned
BOTH:
Display both enlargement and graph at the same time.
• This function cannot be used while the digital
zoom function is in use.
• Press the FOCUS ASSIST button again to return
to the original screen.
• The graph cannot be displayed in both the
viewfinder and the LCD monitor at the same
time. To display the graph in the viewfinder,
please close the LCD monitor.
White area moves to
the right as focus is
aligned

Iris adjustments

IRIS dial
IRIS button
RING (FOCUS/IRIS) switch
1
Use the AUTO/MANUAL switch to set to
manual mode. (Page 36)
2
Press the IRIS button to switch how to
adjust the aperture of lens.
AUTO IRIS: Adjust the iris automatically.
MANUAL IRIS: Adjust the iris manually.
3
Turn the IRIS dial to adjust the aperture of
lens when in the manual iris mode.
• In the auto iris mode, the lens iris can be
corrected using this dial.
• Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperture
control in the setup menus, SW MODE screen,
IRIS DIAL. (Page 88)
• If you have set ON under A.IRIS item on the
setting menu AUTO SW screen, auto iris will
be forcibly selected when auto mode has been
established. (Page 90)
• The lens aperture can be adjusted in the focus
ring by setting the RING (FOCUS/IRIS) switch
to IRIS. However, as this will make it impossible
to adjust the focus in the focus ring, please set
the focus control method to A (AUTO) with the
FOCUS switch. (Page 36)
When this camera's lens aperture is open, the
F-value will be F1.6 when the lens zoom is set
to maximum wide-angle (W), and F3.0 when set
to maximum telescopic (T).
While the lens aperture is open, the iris displays
on the viewfinder or LCD monitor will show
OPEN when the lens zoom is set to maximum
wide-angle (W), and F3.0 or OPEN when set to
maximum telescopic (T).
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