Manual Focus Adjustment; Manual Shutter Speed/Aperture Adjustment - Panasonic Palmcorder PV-GS180 Operating Instructions Manual

Manual focus adjustment

If auto focusing is difficult due to the conditions,
then manual focusing is available.
≥Set to Tape/Card Recording Mode.
1
Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to
[MANUAL].
2
Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to
[FOCUS].
≥The MNL and the manual focus indication [MF]
will be displayed.
3
Move the joystick left or right in order to
adjust the focus.
≥When focused with a wide angle, the subject
may not be in focus when zoomed in. First,
zoom in on the subject, and then focus on it.
ª
To restore to the automatic
adjustment
Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to
[AUTO] or [FOCUS].
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AUTO
MANUAL
FOCUS
AUTO
MANUAL
FOCUS
MNL
MF
MNL
MF
Manual shutter speed/aperture
adjustment
Shutter Speed
Adjust it when recording fast-moving subjects.
Aperture
Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too dark.
≥Set to Tape/Card Recording Mode.
1
Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to
[MANUAL].
2
Move the joystick down until the shutter
speed indication or aperture value
indication appears.
1)
MNL
1/1000
1) Shutter speed
2) (Aperture) Iris/gain value
3
Move the joystick left or right in order to
adjust the shutter speed or aperture.
ª To restore to automatic adjustment
Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to
[AUTO].
Manual shutter speed adjustment
≥Avoid recording under fluorescent light, mercury
light or sodium light because the color and
brightness of the playback image may change.
≥If you increase the shutter speed manually, the
sensitivity lowers and accordingly the gain value
increases automatically, which may increase
the noises on the screen.
≥You may see vertical lines of light in the
playback image of a brightly shining subject or
highly reflective subject, but this is not a
malfunction.
≥During normal playback, image movement may
not look smooth.
≥When recording in an extremely bright place,
the color of the screen may change or flicker. If
this happens adjust the shutter speed manually
to 1/60 or 1/100.
AUTO
MANUAL
FOCUS
MNL
1/60
OPEN
OdB
2)
MNL
1/60
F2.0
0dB