Recording Motion Pictures - Panasonic HDC-SX5 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording motion pictures

Record motion pictures to a disc or an SD card.
≥ Use an SD card that can be used for motion
picture recording. (l 24)
≥ This unit is compatible with the 16:9 aspect
ratio of a wide-screen TV and images are
recorded in high definition or conventional
standard picture quality.
1
Rotate the mode dial to select
or .
The lens cover opens automatically.
¬ HD mode
≥ Records motion pictures in high definition
picture quality on a disc or an SD card.
¬ STD mode
≥ Records motion pictures in conventional
standard picture quality on a disc.
2
Open the LCD monitor or extend
the viewfinder.
3
Press the recording start/stop
button to start recording.
≥ The power will not turn off while recording
motion pictures even if the LCD monitor is
closed and the viewfinder is retracted.
To end the recording
VIDEO
Press the recording start/stop button again to
pause recording.
≥ [¥] and [;] are red during recording. Do not
move this unit until [;] is green.
≥ The images recorded between pressing the
recording start/stop button to start recording
and pressing it again to pause recording
become one scene.
≥ When about 5 minutes have passed without
any operation in recording pause, the unit
automatically turns off to prevent the battery
from running down. When you want to use the
unit, turn it on again.
This setting can also be set to [OFF]. (l 132)
ª Screen indications in the disc
recording mode (HD mode)
A Recording mode
B Remaining time left for recording
(When the remaining time is less than
1 minute, [R0min] flashes red.)
C Recording time elapsed
≥ The maximum number of scenes (on one side
if a disc): 999 (Even if there is remaining
capacity for recording on a disc or an SD card,
you may not be able to record 999 scenes.)
≥ The maximum number of recordable scenes
with different dates (on one side if a disc): 99
(In some cases, scenes recorded on the same
day will be recorded with different dates
(l 82))
A
B
C
Recording
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