Panasonic SDR-S15 Camcorder User Manual


 
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Recording
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Recording manually
(motion/still pictures)
Focus, colouring, shutter speed and brightness can be manually adjusted.
indicates functions used with motion pictures and functions used with
still pictures.
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Set to [ ] or [ ].
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Select manual recording.
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MNL displayed
Operation icons
Adjusting focus manually (manual focus adjustment)
Manually focus the subject if it cannot be brought into focus by automatic focus.
For example, focusing is hard in the following situations:
• Mixture of close and distant objects • Objects behind unclear glass
• Bright peripheral lights • Dark locations
• Fast-moving objects • Objects with little contrast
After steps
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and
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Display MF. Adjust focus.
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MF displayed
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Focuses adjusted on wide-angle settings may become unaligned when
zooming in. Focuses adjusted when zoomed in will be unaffected when
zooming back out.
To return to automatic focus or
Using situation-specific settings (scene mode)
Prearranged settings can be used.
After steps
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and
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(previous page)
[BASIC][SCENE MODE]select from the five modes below:
Sports
For fast-moving scenes
Avoids blurring during slow-motion playback or playback pause. (In normal
playback, image movement may not look smooth.)
Avoid fluorescent, mercury, and sodium lighting. Such lighting conditions
may affect colouring and brightness.
Vertical bands of light may appear during playback on shiny or highly
reflective objects.
This function may not work if lighting is insufficient ([
] flashes).
Screen may flicker if using indoors.
Portrait
Blurs background to make people stand out
Screen may flicker if using indoors.
Vertical bands of light may appear during playback on shiny or highly
reflective objects.
Low light
Brightens dark scenes such as evening skies
May not function successfully in extremely dark scenes.
Spotlight
For people beneath spotlights, etc.
Pictures may appear white when object is extremely bright. Peripheries may
also appear extremely dark.
Surf & snow
For bright locations such as beaches and ski slopes
Pictures may appear white when object is extremely bright.
The icon of the selected scene mode
appears on the LCD monitor.
To cancel the setting
[BASIC][SCENE MODE][OFF] or
To return to automatic recording
To hide operation icons