Panasonic AJ-D400 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Contents
Displays
ÁRemaining Battery Level and Audio
Level Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ÁVTR Section Operation/Status-Related
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ÁTime Code-Related Displays . . . . . . . 59
Adjusting the Time and Date . . . . . . . . . 60
Adjustments and Setup During Recording
ÁAdjustments and Setup using the Setting
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ÁSetting the Gain Selector Value . . . . . 62
ÁSelecting Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the White Balance/Black Balance
ÁAdjusting the White Balance . . . . . . . . 64
ÁAdjusting the Black Balance . . . . . . . . 67
Setting the Electronic Shutter
ÁShutter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ÁSelecting the Shutter Mode/Speed . . . 70
ÁSetting the Synchro Scan Mode . . . . . 71
ÁChanging the Shutter Speed/Mode
Selection Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Changing the Iris Automatic Adjustment
Reference Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting the Time Data
ÁSetting the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ÁSetting the User Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
ÁLocking the Time Code to an External
Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
ÁExternal Lock Operation
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cassettes
ÁInserting and Ejecting Cassettes . . . . 79
ÁPreventing Accidental Erasure . . . . . . 80
Recording
ÁBasic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ÁSuccessive Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Playback—Checking Recorded Contents
ÁRec Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
ÁColor Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Connection With an External VTR. . . . . 87
Recording Simultaneously with the
Internal VTR and an External
VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Recording With an External VTR Instead
of the Internal VTR
ÁUsing the 26-pin Output Adaptor . . . . 90
RET Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing the Backup Battery . . . . . . . . 93
Setting Menu Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Emergency Eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Error Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Maintenance
ÁCondensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
ÁCleaning the Video Heads . . . . . . . . . 119
ÁCleaning the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . 119
ÁCharacteristic Phenomenon of CCD
Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Inspections Before Shooting
ÁInspection Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . 120
ÁInspecting the Camera Section. . . . . . 120
ÁInspecting the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . 121
ÁInspecting the Iris and Zoom
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
ÁInspecting the VTR Section . . . . . . . . 122
Specifications
ÁGeneral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
ÁCamera Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
ÁViewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
ÁVTR Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
ÁAccessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
ÁRelated Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126