Using The Zoom Function; Digital Zoom Function - Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC81E Operating Instructions Manual

Using the zoom function

This camera has a 12 x optical zoom function. Use
the zoom lever, handle zoom lever or assign zoom
functions to the FOCUS ring to perform zoom
operations.
Zoom lever
Press the T side of the zoom lever to zoom in, or
the W side to zoom out.
Zoom lever
Handle zoom lever
Press the T side of the handle zoom lever to zoom
in, or the W side to zoom out.
The handle zoom lever speed can be switched
between 3 levels with the handle zoom switch.
1 2 3
HANDLE ZOOM
• With the HANDLE ZOOM item in the setting
menu SW&DISP SETUP screen, you can reset
the speed allocated to the handle zoom switch
(Factory default settings are 1: low-speed (L);
2: medium-speed (M); and 3 high-speed (H)).
On the remote control
Press the ZOOM/VOL buttons to zoom.
• Zoom speed is fixed at medium.
START/
PHOTO
EXT
STOP
SHOT
DISPLAY
DATE/
ZOOM
TIME
VOL
SEARCH PLAY SEARCH
PAUSE
STILL ADV STILL ADV
• To use the remote control, set the IR REMOTE
SKIP STOP SKIP
item on the OTHER FUNCTIONS menu to ON.
(Page 110 of Vol.2)
MENU
ENTER
• When using a macro range and AF or MF on
the focus control information display appears
in reverse black and white, zooming may
cause the image to become unfocused.

Digital zoom function

By setting D.ZOOM to any of the USER 1 - 3
buttons, you can use the camera's digital zoom
function. (Page 107 of Vol.2)
With each press of the USER button to which
D.ZOOM has been allocated, the digital zoom ratio
will be switched between OFF (x 1)→(x 2)→(x 5)→
(x 10)→OFF.
• The higher the zoom ratio setting, the poorer the
image quality.
• For all settings other than OFF (x 1), the current
zoom ratio will be displayed in the viewfinder.
• The digital zoom function can only be used with
the following recording formats.
AVCHD mode : 1080/50i, 720/50P
DV mode: 576/50i
• The digital zoom function cannot be used in
PHOTO mode.
• The digital zoom function cannot be used with
interval recording.
ZOOM/VOL buttons
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