Panasonic P2HDXAG-HPX500 Camcorder User Manual


 
Shooting Procedure
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AG-HPX500
Basic Setting for Aquisition
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CAMERA MENU
OTHER FUNCTIONS
SYS MODE
Select system mode.
Select 59.94Hz or 50Hz
CAMERA MENU
SCENE FILE
OPERETION TYPE
Select VIDEOCAM mode or FILMCAM mode.
*See page 11 for storing scene file.
CAMERA MENU
RECORDING SETUP
REC FORMAT
Operation of the P2 system begins with deciding what to shoot, and how to shoot it (tone, recording format).
59.94Hz (NTSC) and 50Hz (PAL) settings
Before shooting with the AG-HPX500, set it to 59.94Hz (NTSC) or 50Hz (PAL).
(2) Setting the recording format
Next, under REC FORMAT (recording format),
select 1080, 720 or 480(576) setting.
(3) Recording format
= SCENE FILE setting
VIDEOCAM mode and FILMCAM mode
*Selecting 1080 or 720 at this stage will result in HD recording, while selecting 480(576) will result in SD recording (for details, see pp. 5-6)
<Exclusive features of each mode>
VIDEOCAM mode: Shutter(1/sec.), Special Recording(Loop REC, Interval REC, One-shot)
FILMCAM mode: Shutter(Angle), Variable Frame Rate
AG-HPX500 has VIDEOCAM mode and FILMCAM mode.
Each mode has some exclusive functions against another mode.
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