Soft Skin Mode; Tele-Macro Function; Fade In/Fade Out Function - Panasonic Palmcorder PV-GS180 Operating Instructions Manual

Soft skin mode

This allows the skin color to be recorded in a
softer tone.
≥Set to Tape/Card Recording Mode.
1
Press the joystick until the icon 1 appears.
2
Move the joystick down to select the soft
skin icon [ ].
ª
To cancel the soft skin mode
Select the [ ] icon again.
≥If the background or anything else in the scene
has colors similar to the skin color, they will also
be softened.
≥If the brightness is insufficient, the effect may
not be clear.

Tele-macro function

By focusing only on the subject and blurring the
background, the image can be impressive. This
Camcorder can focus on the subject at a distance
of approx. 40 cm (16 inches).
≥Set to Tape/Card Recording Mode.
1
Press the joystick until the icon 1 appears.
2
Move the joystick up to select the
tele-macro icon [
≥If the magnification is 10k or less, then it is
automatically set to 10k.
ª
To cancel the tele-macro function
Select the [ ] icon again.
≥If a sharper focus cannot be achieved, adjust
the focus manually.
≥In the following cases, the tele-macro function is
canceled.
≥The zoom magnification becomes lower than
10k.
≥The [OFF/ON] switch or the mode dial is
operated.
Record mode
].
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Fade in/fade out function

Fade in
The image and audio gradually appear.
Fade out
The image and audio gradually disappear.
≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.
1
Press the joystick until the icon 1 appears.
2
Move the joystick left to select the fade icon
[ ].
1
3
Press the recording start/stop button.
Start recording. (fade in)
When you start recording, the image/audio
disappears completely and the image/audio
gradually appears.
Pause recording. (fade out)
The image/audio gradually disappears. After the
image/audio completely disappears, recording
stops.
ª
To cancel fading
Select the [
ª
To select the color for fade in/out
The color which appears in fading pictures can be
selected.
1
Set [SETUP] >> [FADE COLOR] >> [WHITE]
or [BLACK].
≥While the fade in/fade out function is selected, it
takes several seconds to display the image
when you start recording images, and it also
takes several seconds to pause recording.
B B
] icon again.
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