Setup Menu - Panasonic HC-VX981K Manual

 VIDEO LIGHT: Allows you to assign how the external video light functions. Auto will
have the video light turn on only when the camera is covered in areas of darkness, while
On will have it always on. Off turns it off entirely.
 DIGITAL CINEMA COLOR: This option will brighten the colors somewhat when
active. Visually it does not change much on the actual shot.
 SHOOTING GUIDE: This will have the camera display tips for you when you are
recording. They may or may not be helpful.
 WIDE CONV. LENS SET: This option should be set on if you want the camera to try
and simulate having a wider set of lens. Visually it will not change much.
 WIND NOISE CANCELLER: This option when assigned will reduce the noise
generated from the wind based on wind strength. Keep in mind that this may reduce
noises you make during a shot if the camera interprets it as wind.
 SOUND SCENE SELECT: This will let you assign settings on the microphone based
on the area you are at. The options are for Auto (which just automatically assigns settings
based on what the camera thinks it needs to be at), Music, Nature, Speech, and Festival.
There is also a Customize option, which lets you frankstein your own settings for the
microphone. You more than likely won't need to use customize unless you are going for
a very specific set of sounds; and understand how sound design works.
 5.1ch/2ch: This options let you assign what microphone channels you are using.
 MIKE SETUP: Allows you to setup where the microphone picks up audio better. You
can assign it to Surround, Zoom, or Focus. Surround captures audio all around at an even
level, while Zoom captures audio more towards the front, and focus reduces audio in the
front to be more around the camera.
 MIKE LEVEL: Let's you assign how much audio the camera picks up.
 PICTURE ADJUST: This allows you to edit the Contrast, WB Balance, etc of the
footage.
 MF ASSIST: When you are focusing in on a subject, this will add more vibrant colors to
them to make them pop out more.
This is all the options for the Record Setup.
In Picture Setup, all it has is an option to adjust the Picture Size. It can be either 14m or 2.1

SETUP MENU:

This lets you edit the internal settings of the Panasonic camera. The settings are as follows:
 DISPLAY: Display lets you decide whether or not data for the shots is shown on screen.
It has on and 5 Seconds as options. 5 Seconds will display information on screen only for
5 seconds after the camera is booted on, and then it will remove it all.
 CLOCK SET: Allows you to set the clock on the camera.
 SET WORLD TIME: This will allow you to set what timezone you are in.
 LINK TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: This function allows you to set the
Panasonic to automatically adjust for Daylight savings time if connected to the internet.