Panasonic AG-AC130AP Camcorder User Manual


 
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Make sure to remove the battery after use.
Completelyremovethebatteryfromthecamera.
(Evenifyouturnthecameraoff,leavingthe
batteryattachedstillconsumesasmallamountof
electricity.)Thebatterywillover-dischargeifyou
leaveitinthecameraforlongperiodsoftimeand
maybecomeimpossibletorecharge.
DonotremovethebatterywhenthePOWER
switchisON.
TurnthePOWERswitchOFFandmakesurethat
themodelampiscompletelyoffbeforeremoving
thebattery.
Protect the battery terminals.
Donotallowdustorforeignsubstancestoclingto
thebatteryterminals.
Ifyouaccidentallydropthebattery,checkthebody
andterminalsiftheyhavebeendeformed.
Insertingadeformedbatteryintothecameraor
theACadaptor(batterycharger)maydamagethe
cameraortheACadaptor(batterycharger).
Reminders when discarding memory cards or
transferring them to others
Formattingmemorycardsordeletingdatausing
thefunctionsofthiscameraoracomputerwill
merelychangethelemanagementinformation
andwillnotcompletelyerasethedatastored
inthememorycards.Itisrecommendedthat
youphysicallydestroymemorycardswhen
discardingthem,orusedatadeletionsoftwarefor
commerciallyavailableforcomputerstocompletely
erasethedatawhentransferringthemtoothers.
Usersareresponsibleformanagingthedatastored
intheirmemorycards.
Liquid crystal displays
Imagesorcharacterscanlingeronthescreenof
theLCDorviewnderiftheyareleftdisplayed
foralongtime,butyoucanxthisbyleavingthe
cameraoffforseveralhours.
TheLCDmonitorismanagedwithhighprecision
toensurethat99.99%ofthepixelsareeffective
leavingonly0.01%ofpixelsthatareeitherdead
orremainonallthetime.Thisisnormalandwill
havenoeffectonrecordedimages.
DewmayformontheLCDmonitorifyouuse
thecamerainlocationsofintenselyvarying
temperatures.Wipeitdrywithasoft,drycloth.
TheLCDmonitormayappearalittledimmerright
afterturningonacoldcamera.Thebrightnesswill
gobacktonormalwhentheinternaltemperature
increases.
Do not point the eyepiece of the lens or
viewnder at the sun.
Doingsomaydamagetheinternalparts.
Protective caps for the terminals
Keepprotectivecapsttedoverconnecting
terminalsthatarenotbeingused.
Mosaic-like noise may appear on the playback
images in the following shooting conditions.
Whenthereisacomplexpatterninthe
background
Whenmovingthecameraalongdistanceor
movingquickly
Whenthesubjectismovingquickly
(EspeciallywhenshootinginHEmode)
Depending on the signal reading system of the
pickup devices (MOS sensor), the following
problems may occur.
Asubjectthatquicklycrossesthescreenmay
appeardistortedinsomeshootingconditions.
Whenasubjectislitbytheash,thescreenmay
appearsplithorizontally.
(Thepossibilityoftheoccurrencemaybe
reducedbysettingtheshutterspeedlower.)