Table Of Contents - Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC81E Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
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Operating precautions
Precaution for use
Outline
Accessories/Optional accessories/Description of
parts
Preparation
Recharging the battery/Power sources/Adjusting
the grip belt/Attaching the shoulder strap/
Detaching and attaching the lens hood/Fitting the
eye cup/The remote control
Chapter 1: Operations in AVCHD
mode
Shooting in manual mode .............................. 5
Switching to manual mode ............................... 5
Manual focusing ............................................... 5
Using focus assist ............................................. 6
Setting the aperture and gain ............................ 6
Adjusting the white balance
and black balance ......................................... 7
Shooting in progressive mode ...................... 9
Shooting techniques for
different targets .................................... 10
Self-portrait shooting ...................................... 10
Low angle shooting ......................................... 10
Zebra pattern .................................................. 10
Marker ............................................................. 11
Checking and displaying shooting status ........ 11
PRE REC ........................................................ 11
Optical Image Stabilizer .................................. 11
Adding effects to images ................................. 1
Using the USER buttons ................................ 1
Backlight compensation .................................. 1
Color bars ........................................................ 1
Wave form monitor function ............................. 1
Shot mark function .......................................... 13
Interval recording ............................................. 13
Time stamp function ........................................ 13
LAST CLIP function ......................................... 14
Adjusting the shutter speed ........................ 15
Synchro scan ................................................... 17
Selecting audio input ................................... 18
Using the built-in microphone / external
microphone (3.5 mm stereo mini jack) ....... 18
Using the external microphone or audio devices
connected to the XLR input terminal ........... 19

Volume 1
Basic Operations
Turn on/off the camera/Tally lamp/Using the
cursor button/Using the viewfinder/Setting the
calendar/Basic shooting operations/Using the
zoom function/Using the setup menus/Setup
menu structure
Specifications
Volume 2
Adjusting the audio recording level ........... 20
Using scene files .......................................... 21
Loading scene files .......................................... 1
Setting and saving scene files ......................... 1
Initializing scene files ....................................... 
Clip metadata ................................................ 23
Loading the metadata ...................................... 3
Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording
method ........................................................ 4
Using the Counter ........................................ 25
Counter display ............................................... 5
Charging the built-in battery/Setting the time
code ....................................................... 26
Recharging the built-in battery ........................ 6
Setting the time code ....................................... 6
Specifying the time code ................................ 6
Setting user information .................................. 7
Operating SD Memory Cards....................... 28
Formatting SD Memory Cards ......................... 8
SD Memory Card recording times ................... 9
Dividing clips recorded onto
SD Memory Cards ....................................... 9
Removing SD Memory Card ........................... 30
Protecting SD Memory Cards .......................... 30
Repairing SD Memory Cards .......................... 30
Shooting photos ........................................... 31
Setting the aspect ratio / recording pixels ....... 3
Setting the picture quality ................................ 3
Displaying the histogram ................................. 3
Maximum number of photos ............................ 33
Clip and photo operations ........................... 35
During clip playback ........................................ 35
During photo playback ..................................... 37
Thumbnail operations .................................. 38
Selecting the thumbnail display method .......... 38
Format card and card information ................... 39