User manual PANASONIC HDC-SD800

[. . . ] Operating Instructions High Definition Video Camera Model No. HDC-SD800 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT3K58 Information for Your Safety About the recording format for recording motion pictures You can select from AVCHD, 1080/50p or iFrame recording formats to record motion pictures using this unit. (l 44, 55) AVCHD: You can record high definition quality images with this format. It is suitable for viewing on a large format TV or for saving to disc. 1080/50p: This is a 1080/50p (1920k1080/50 progressive) recording mode that can record in maximum quality*. [. . . ] *5 Only white balance can be used. Touch to display the manual icon. - 77 - Advanced (Playback) Playback operations Motion picture playback using operation icon For details on the basic playback operations, refer to page 28. Playback operation Playback display Operating steps Touch 5 during playback to fast forward. (Touch 6 to rewind. ) The fast forward/rewind speed increases if you touch 5/6 again. (The display on the screen changes from 5 to . ) Normal playback is restored when you touch . Slide the LCD screen display right to left (left to right) while touching it during playback. 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 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 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. - 78 - 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. 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. Picture size of the still picture to be recorded is 2. 1 M (1920k1080). 1 2 Pause at the scene you want to save as a still picture during playback. Press the button fully. It is convenient to use 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 29) 1 Touch . To display the next (previous) page: j Slide the thumbnail display upward (downward) while touching it. j Switch the touch menu, and then touch (up)/ (down) on the thumbnail scroll lever. 2 [3 SECONDS]/[6 SECONDS]/[12 SECONDS]/[MINUTES]/[FACE]*/[HIGHLIGHT]* * It is not displayed on iFrame scenes. When select [FACE], it will select the portion for which face recognition was performed from the scenes judged to be clearly recorded. This will then be displayed as a thumbnail. Touch the desired search condition. - 79 - 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. [. . . ] a heated swimming pool) Helpful hint If, for example, you have used this unit for recording on a ski slope and are taking it into a heated room, place the unit inside a plastic bag, remove as much of the air from inside the bag as possible, then seal the bag. Leave the unit for about an hour in the room so the temperature of the unit is close to the ambient temperature of the room, then use it. - 144 - Others About copyright Carefully observe copyright laws Recording of pre-recorded tapes or discs or other published or broadcast material for purposes other than your own private use may infringe copyright laws. Even for the purpose of private use, recording of certain material may be restricted. Other names of systems and products mentioned in these instructions are usually the registered trademarks or trademarks of the manufacturers who developed the system or product concerned. [. . . ]