User manual PANASONIC HC-X900M

[. . . ] Operating Instructions High Definition Video Camera Model No. HC-X900 HC-X900M HC-X800 Before use, please read these instructions completely. Model number suffix "EB" denotes UK model. VQT4C83 Information for Your Safety Dear Customer, We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing this Panasonic High Definition Video Camera. Please read these Operating Instructions carefully and keep them handy for future reference. of your High Definition Video Camera may look somewhat different from those shown in the illustrations in these Operating Instructions. CAUTION! IF THE FITTED MOULDED PLUG IS UNSUITABLE FOR THE SOCKET OUTLET IN YOUR HOME THEN THE FUSE SHOULD BE REMOVED AND THE PLUG CUT OFF AND DISPOSED OF SAFELY. THERE IS A DANGER OF SEVERE ELECTRICAL SHOCK IF THE CUT OFF PLUG IS INSERTED INTO ANY 13-AMPERE SOCKET. [. . . ] When Slow-motion pictures are played back in reverse, they will be shown continuously at approximately 2/3rd the speed of normal playback (intervals of 0. 5 seconds). Slow-motion Playback for iFrame scenes or scenes saved in MP4 will be in 1 second intervals. (Touch to advance the frames one at a time in the reverse direction. ) Normal playback is restored when you touch . When the frames are advanced one at a time in the reverse direction, they will be shown in intervals of 0. 5 seconds. Frame-by-frame playback for iFrame scenes or scenes saved in MP4 will be in 1 second intervals. Fast forward/ rewind playback During Playback Skip playback (to the start of a scene) Slow-motion Playback During Pause Frame-by-frame playback The motion picture is advanced one frame at a time. VQT4C83 87 Playback operation Playback display Operating steps Touch the Direct playback bar or slide it while touching. The playback pauses temporarily and skips to the position touched or slid to while touching. HC-X900 / HC-X900M Direct playback bar cannot be operated with the remote control. During Playback Direct playback Creating still picture from motion picture A single frame from the recorded motion picture can be saved as a still picture. 3D still pictures are created from the scenes recorded in 3D, and 2D still pictures are created from the scenes recorded in 2D. ( 2. 1 M (1920k1080) still pictures will be recorded for the AVCHD scenes and iFrame scenes, and 0. 2 M (640k360) still pictures will be recorded for the scenes saved in MP4. ) Press the button fully at the location to be saved as a still picture during playback. It is convenient to use Pause, Slow-motion Playback and Frame-by-frame Playback. Date the motion picture was recorded will be registered as date of the still picture. Quality will be different from the normal still picture. Highlight & Time Frame Index An image of one scene is displayed as a thumbnail at set search condition. Scene can be played back from any midway point of the scene you wish to see. Operate the zoom lever to side and change over the thumbnail display to Highlight & Time Frame Index. (l 36) 1 2 Touch . To display the next (previous) page: j Slide the thumbnail display upward (downward) while touching it. j Touch (up)/ (down) on the thumbnail scroll lever. Touch the desired search condition. [3 SECONDS]/[6 SECONDS]/[12 SECONDS]/[MINUTES]/[FACE]*/[HIGHLIGHT]* * It is not displayed on iFrame scenes and scenes saved in MP4. 88 VQT4C83 When select [FACE], it will select the portion for which Face Recognition was performed from the scenes judged to be clearly recorded. A portion judged to be clearly recorded will be detected and displayed in thumbnail if you select [HIGHLIGHT]. 3 4 (When [MINUTES] is selected) Touch / to set the time. It can be set up to a maximum of 60 minutes. Touch [ENTER]. Touch the thumbnail to be played back. / . Next (Previous) thumbnail can be displayed by touching Repeat Playback Playback of the first scene starts after playback of the last scene finishes. MENU : [VIDEO SETUP] # [REPEAT PLAY] # [ON] The indication appears on the full screen views. (When playing back motion pictures by date, all the scenes on the selected date are played back repeatedly. ) Resuming the previous playback If playback of a scene was stopped halfway, the playback can be resumed from where it was stopped. MENU : [VIDEO SETUP] # [RESUME PLAY] # [ON] appears on the thumbnail view of the stopped If playback of a motion picture is stopped, scene. The memorised resume position is cleared if you turn off the unit or change the mode. (The setting of [RESUME PLAY] does not change. ) VQT4C83 89 Zooming in on a still picture during playback (Playback zoom) You can zoom in by touching a still picture during playback. 1 Touch and hold the part you wish to zoom in on during still picture playback. The still picture is zoomed in the following order: k1 # k2 # k4. Touch and hold the screen to zoom in from the normal display to k2, Touch the screen to zoom in from k2 to k4. The still picture is zoomed in on, centring on the part you touched. 2 Move to the zoomed in position by touching /// or slide while touching the screen. A Displayed location of the zoom The location of the zoom displays for about 1 second when zooming in (zooming out) or moving the displayed location. The more picture is enlarged, the more its quality deteriorates. Zooming out from the zoomed still picture Touch Touch to zoom out. [. . . ] The number will not change when the picture is taken until the number of recordable pictures gets 9999 or less. The memory capacity indicated on the label of an SD card is the total of the capacity for copyright protection and management and the capacity which can be used on the unit, a PC etc. VQT4C83 167 Others Optional accessories Product numbers correct as of Jan. Battery charger (VW-BC20EB) Battery pack (lithium/VW-VBN130) Battery pack (lithium/VW-VBN260) HDMI mini cable (RP-CDHM15, RP-CDHM30) Wide conversion lens (VW-W4907H)*1 3D Conversion Lens (VW-CLT2)*1 Filter kit (VW-LF49NE)*1 Video DC light (VW-LDC103E)*2 Light bulb for video DC light (VZ-LL10E) HC-X900 / HC-X900M Stereo microphone (VW-VMS2E)*3 *1 Remove the lens hood (supplied) and set to the flash setting to ([OFF]). *2 HC-X900 / HC-X900M To use the VW-LDC103E, the battery pack/VW-VBG130, VW-VBG260 is required. [. . . ]