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Panasonic AG-HMC150 manual

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    Panasonic Broadcast AG-HMC150 Menu Information[...]

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    82 Using the setup menus Use the setup menus to change the settings to suit the scenes you are shooting or what you are recording. Operation lever MENU button MENU PUSH-ENTER AUDIO MON/ADV EXEC Using the menus The menu items indicated in the gray characters cannot be changed its settings. • 1 When the unit is in other than playback or recording m[...]

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    83 Menu 7 Repeat steps 2 - 5 to change any other settings. Press the MENU button to complete settings and return to the normal screen. Initializing the menu settings The menu settings contain both the user file settings and the scene file settings. Y ou can initialize them separately . T o initialize the user file (i.e. all the settings other than [...]

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    84 Setup menu structure Camera mode menu CAM MENU SCENE FILE CARD READ/WRITE (Page 86) LOAD/SA VE/INIT SYNCRO SCAN DET AIL LEVEL SW MODE MID GAIN V DET AIL LEVEL (Page 88) HIGH GAIN DET AIL CORING A TW CHROMA LEVEL HANDLE ZOOM CHROMA PHASE IRIS DIAL COLOR TEMP Ach USER1 COLOR TEMP Bch USER2 MASTER PED USER3 A.IRIS LEVEL FOCUS ASSIST DRS WFM GAMMA L[...]

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    85 Menu Playback mode menu PB MENU PLA Y SETUP PB FORMA T (Page 97) REPEA T PLA Y RESUME PLA Y SKIP MODE THUMBNAIL SETUP THUMBNAIL MODE (Page 97) INDICA TOR DA T A DISPLA Y DA TE FORMA T OPERA TION DELETE (Page 98) INDEX CLIP PROTECT SW MODE USER1 (Page 88) USER2 USER3 LCD A V OUT SETUP HDMI OUT SEL (Page 93) CMPNT OUT SEL DOWNCON MODE VIDEO SETUP [...]

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    86 Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen Item Display mode Description of settings CARD READ/ WRITE (Camera) Reads and writes scene files on the SD Memory Card. READ: Reads scene files (all scenes, F1 to F6) saved on the SD Memory Card after setting values are selected. WRITE: Saves current scene file setting values (for all scenes, F1 to F6) on the SD[...]

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    87 Menu SCENE FILE screen (continued) Item Display mode Description of settings DRS (Camera) Selects the DRS (dynamic range stretcher) function. It enables the dynamic range to be expanded by compressing the level of the video signals in the high-brightness areas where overexposure results during normal shooting. OFF , 1, 2, 3 The higher the number[...]

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    88 Setup menu list (continued) SW MODE screen Item Display mode Description of settings MID GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the M position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB HIGH GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the H position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB A TW (Camera) Sets the operation of the A[...]

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    89 Menu SW MODE screen (continued) Item Display mode Description of settings USER3 (Camera) (PB) Assigns a function to the USER3 button. The setting contents are the same as USER1. INDEX FOCUS ASSIST (Camera) Assigns a function to the FOCUS ASSIST button. EXP ANDED: The central part of the screen will be enlarged by a factor of about 4 in the verti[...]

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    90 Setup menu list (continued) AUTO SW screen Item Display mode Description of settings A.IRIS (Camera) ON: Performs the auto iris control in auto mode. The IRIS button is deactivated. OFF: Deactivates the auto iris control in auto mode. This performs the iris control selected with the IRIS button. AGC (Camera) Sets the Auto Gain Control when the O[...]

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    91 Menu RECORDING SETUP screen Item Display mode Description of settings REC FORMA T (Camera) Selects the recording format. PH 1080/60i PH 1080/30P PH 1080/24P PH 720/60P PH 720/30P PH 720/24P HA 1080/60i HG 1080/60i HE 1080/60i PH 1080/24P and PH 720/24P represent native recording. • PREREC MODE (Camera) Sets PRE RECORDING to ON or OFF . (Page 4[...]

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    92 Setup menu list (continued) TC/UB SETUP screen Item Display mode Description of settings TC MODE (Camera) Selects the correction mode of the internal time code generator when the time code of the internal time code generator is recorded. DF: Uses the drop frame mode. NDF: Uses the non-drop frame mode. TC MODE is automatically set to NDF when you[...]

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    93 Menu A V OUT SETUP screen Item Display mode Description of settings HDMI OUT SEL (Camera) (PB) Sets the output video format of the HDMI OUT terminal. AUTO: Automatically determines the output resolution based on information of connected monitors. FIX: Fix the output at the recorded resolution. (Output in 1080 interlaced or 720 progressive mode) [...]

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    94 Setup menu list (continued) DISPLA Y SETUP screen Item Display mode Description of settings ZEBRA DETECT1 (Camera) Selects the brightness level of the left-leaning zebra patterns on the screen. 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%, 105% ZEBRA DETECT2 (Camera) Selects the brightness level of the right-leaning zebra patterns on t[...]

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    95 Menu Item Display mode Description of settings SELF SHOOT (Camera) Selects the LCD mirror mode for self-portrait shooting. Selecting MIRROR displays the left and right side of the LCD monitor image inverted during self- portrait shooting. (Page 41) NORMAL, MIRROR EVF COLOR (Camera) (PB) Switches viewfinder images to color or black and white. ON:[...]

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    96 Setup menu list (continued) CARD FUNCTIONS screen Item Display mode Description of settings CARD FORMA T (Camera) (PB) Formats the SD Memory Card. YES: Formats the card. NO: Returns to the last screen. CARD ST A TUS (Camera) (PB) Displays the SD Memory Card status. YES: Displays the card status. NO: Returns to the last screen. CLIP PROPERTY (PB)[...]

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    97 Menu Item Display mode Description of settings MET A INITIAL SET (Camera) Initializes the metadata which has been recorded in the unit. All the settings including the ON or OFF setting for RECORD are now cleared. YES NO PLA Y SETUP screen Item Display mode Description of settings PB FORMA T (PB) Sets the playback format. 1080/60i (30P), 1080/24P[...]

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    98 Setup menu list (continued) OPERA TION screen Item Display mode Description of settings DELETE (PB) Deletes clips. ALL CLIPS: Deletes all clips. SELECT : Deletes only the selected clips. Press the EXEC button to delete clips. NO: Returns to the last screen. Clips for which CLIP PROTECT is specified are not deleted. • INDEX (PB) Adds indexes to[...]

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    99 Menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued) Item Display mode Description of settings TIME ZONE (Camera) (PB) Adds to or deducts from GMT the time value of -12:00 to +13:00 in 30-minute steps. (Refer to the table below .) +00:00 Time difference Area Time difference Area + 00:00 Greenwich – 00:30 – 01:00 Azores Islands – 01:30 – 02:00 Mid-Atl[...]