Shooting In Auto Mode - Panasonic AG-HMC40 Operating Instructions Manual

Basic shooting operations (continued)

Shooting in auto mode

1
Turn the POWER switch to ON. (Page 26)
• Check that the mode lamp (CAMERA) is
lighted red.
2
Switch the AUTO/MANUAL switch to AUTO
to select auto mode.
• appears on the viewfinder and LCD
monitor.
• The focus, shutter speed, gain, iris, and
white balance are adjusted automatically.
In addition, if the AUTO SW item in the
setting menu SW&DISP SETUP screen is set
to FACE DETECT ON, focus is automatically
aligned on faces detected in the image and
brightness is adjusted for optimal results.
appears when FACE DETECT ON is set.
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• Up to 15 face detection frames can be displayed
on the screen at one time. Larger frames and
frames closer to the center have priority.
• When FACE FRAMING is set to ALL and
multiple subjects are detected, only the
frame on which focus is aligned is displayed
in orange. All other frames are displayed in
gray.
• Primary (priority) frames
The primary frame is displayed in orange.
Focus is automatically aligned to the primary
frame, and the brightness is adjusted.
When you press the REC CHECK/PHOTO
button halfway in PHOTO mode, focus is
aligned to the primary frame.
When focus is aligned, the primary frame
turns green.
3
Press the START/STOP button (Red) to start
shooting.
• Press again to enter recording standby
mode.
• Shooting is not possible when a menu screen
is displayed. First, close the menu screen,
and then press the START/STOP button.
• Shooting stops when the SD Memory Card
cover is opened during shooting.
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Lock release button
2
AUTO MANUAL
• The images shot from when shooting starts
until it is stopped are recorded as one clip.
• When recording is paused after a short period,
a small amount of time may be required after
pressing the START/STOP button to stop
recording before writing to the SD Memory
Card is terminated.
This means that operations cannot be
accepted if the START/STOP button is
pressed immediately.
• The camera will read information from the SD
Memory Card immediately after the card is
inserted. Press the START/STOP button to
begin recording after
the operation status display. (Page 87)
• The camera's factory default setting is PH
mode 1080/60i recording.
(To view current setting status: Page 45)
• The upper limit for the number of clips which
can be recorded on a single SD Memory Card
is 900. (However, this number may exceed
900 clips at times such as when shooting
immediately after the POWER switch has been
set to ON.)
3
Mode lamp
(pause) is displayed in