Panasonic A F100 Manual

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Playback
Thumbnail screen
Video data created in one shooting session is called a clip. When the PB \
mode has been established, 
the clips will be displayed on the LCD monitor and the viewfinder as thu\
mbnails. (When there is a large 
number of clips, it will take some time for them to be displayed on the \
screen.)
You can perform the following operations using the thumbnail screen.Play and delete clips
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Format SD Memory Card
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Add or delete index
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Add or delete shot mark
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Basic thumbnail screen operations
To select thumbnail:
     Tilt the Operation lever in the     directions to select thumbnail 
(Orange frame moves).
To play back clips:  
    
Select the thumbnail, and push the Operation lever. 
(For details on playback, see page 28.)
To change the slot for playback:  
    Press the SLOT SELECT button to select the slot.To play back still images:  
    Press the SLOT SELECT button to select the slot. 
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1 Thumbnail display status (Page 34)
The types of clips displayed as thumbnails 
appear in this area.
2  Repeat playback indicator (Page 32)
Displayed during repeat playback.
3  Card status display
Displays status of SD Memory Card.
4 Battery remaining display (Page 24 of Vol.1)
Displays remaining battery capacity.
5  Cursor (Orange frame)
Displayed on currently selected thumbnail.
6  Recording mode display
Displays recording mode if clip currently 
highlighted by cursor has been recorded in PH 
mode.
7  Recording format display
Displays recording format of currently selected 
clip.
8  Duration display
Displays duration of currently selected clip.
9  Time display (Page 34)
Displays time code at start of clip recording/
user information at start of clip recording/time 
of recording/date of recording/date and time of 
recording – according to settings.
10  Clip number
Displayed in order of recording (up to 1000 
clips). Numbers of clips that cannot be played 
back (e.g. clips of different recording formats) 
are displayed in red. To play clips displayed 
in red, set the PB format in the settings menu 
PLAY SETUP screen to the appropriate 
recording format (Page 64).
11 
 : Clip protect display
Displayed on protected clips.
12  Indicators
M : Shot markThis indicates that a clip has a shot mark.   
(Next page)
I : Index
Displayed when indexes have been attached 
(Page 35).
 : Resume playback display
Displayed on clips on which resume playback 
setting has been applied.
Thumbnail screen (continued) 
						

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Playback
Adding shot marks to clips
Adding shot marks ( M ) will make it easier to find
the clips you are looking for.
1 Tilt the Operation lever in the     
directions to move the yellow frame to the 
clip for which a shot mark is to be added.
2  Press the USER button to which the shot 
mark function has been allocated. (Page 55)
To release a shot mark, repeat the above steps. It is not possible to add shot marks to clips 
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recorded using a consumer camcorder model.
 
Select the card slot for playback
You can switch the SD memory card slot for 
playback. 
1 Press the SLOT SELECT button when the 
THUMBNAIL screen is displayed in the PB 
mode.
2 Tilt the OPERATION lever in the up, down, 
left, and right directions to select the SD 
memory card slot for playback. You can play 
back still images as well.
VIDEO:
    Movie playback
PICTURE:
    Still picture playback
3 Push the OPERATION lever. 
						

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Playback settings (PLAY SETUP)
Make settings for playback format and method.
Set playback format (PB FORMAT)
Set format for playback.
1 Press the MENU button.
Menu operation (Page 44 of Vol.1)
2 Select the PB FORMAT item in the PLAY 
SETUP screen, and push the Operation 
lever (or tilt in the 
 direction). 
3 Tilt the Operation lever in the   directions 
to select the format for playback, and push 
the Operation lever. The setting for the REC FORMAT item on 
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the setting menu SCENE FILE screen is 
reflected as the initial setting.
Clip numbers will be displayed in black 
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where playback is possible, and in red where 
playback is not possible.
Even if the playback format is changed, the 
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format set in the REC FORMAT item on the 
settings menu SCENE FILE screen will be 
restored when the camera is switched to CAM 
mode.
If the playback format does not conform to the 
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clips created at the relay destination using the 
relay recording function, thumbnail images 
will not be displayed (! will be displayed). 
Thumbnail images will be displayed when the 
playback format is matched to the clips. 
Repeat playback (REPEAT PLAY)
Use this setting to repeatedly play back all 
available clips.
1 Press the MENU button.
Menu operation (Page 44 of Vol.1)
2 Set the REPEAT PLAY item in the PLAY 
SETUP screen to ON.
3 Press the MENU button to return to the 
thumbnail screen.
The repeat playback indicator will be displayed.
When the playback operation is performed, the 
playable clips are played back repeatedly.
Repeat playback will continue until playback 
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is paused.
To turn the repeat playback setting off, select 
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OFF in step 
2. 
						

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Playback
 
Resume playback (RESUME PLAY)
Use this setting to play back from where clip had 
previously been paused.
1 Press the MENU button.
Menu operation (Page 44 of Vol.1)
2 Set the RESUME PLAY item in the PLAY 
SETUP screen to ON.
3 Press the MENU button to return to the 
thumbnail screen.
4 Select a clip for playback.
If playback has previously been paused, the 
resume playback indicator will be displayed on 
the clip thumbnail, and the remainder of the clip 
will be played next time the clip is selected for 
playback.
To turn the resume playback setting off, 
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select OFF in step 
2.
Set skip method (SKIP MODE)
Select which skip (cue) operation is to be 
performed when playback is paused.
1 Press the MENU button.
Menu operation (Page 44 of Vol.1)
2 Select the SKIP MODE item in the PLAY 
SETUP screen.
3 Select skip method.
CLIP:
    Move to the beginning of the previous or next 
clip by tilting the Operation lever in the 
 or  direction while playback is paused.
CLIP & INDEX:
    Move to the beginning of the previous or 
next clip, or to the previous or next INDEX 
position, by tilting the Operation lever in the 
 or  direction while playback is paused.
4 Press the MENU button to return to the 
thumbnail screen. 
						

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Thumbnail operations
You can display the kind of clips you want to see 
as thumbnails.
You can also set more precisely how you want the 
thumbnails to appear on the screen.
1 Press the MENU button.
Menu operation (Page 44 of Vol.1)
2 Select the THUMBNAIL screen, and push the 
Operation lever (or tilt in the  direction).
3 Tilt the Operation lever in the   directions 
to select item, and push the Operation lever.
THUMBNAIL MODE:
  Select the clips to be displayed.
  ALL:
    Display all clips.
  SAME FORMAT:
      Display all clips of the same format as the 
current PB format.
  MARKER:
      Display all clips with shot marks.
  INDEX:
    Display all clips with indexes.
Selecting the thumbnail display method (THUMBNAIL)
INDICATOR:
   Set whether or not to display indicator (ON/
OFF). (Factory default setting is ON.)  
Clip protect display and resume playback 
display will still appear even if this setting is 
set to OFF.
DATA DISPLAY:
    Select format of clip time display – time code 
(TC)/user information (UB)/recording time 
(TIME)/recording date (DATE)/ recording 
date and time (DATE & TIME). If recording 
time (TIME) is selected, the display will be in 
the	format	“Month-Day		 Time”.	
DATE FORMAT:
  
Select display order for recording date - year-
month-date (Y-M-D)/month-date-year (M-D-
Y)/date-month-year (D-M-Y).
    This setting will not be reflected in CLIP 
PROPERTY.
4 Press the MENU button to return to the 
thumbnail screen. 
						

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Playback
 
Clips may be deleted or protected.
1 Press the MENU button.
Menu operation (Page 44 of Vol.1)
2 Select the OPERATION screen, and push the 
Operation lever (or tilt in the  direction). 
3 Tilt the Operation lever in the   directions 
to select item, and push the Operation lever.
DELETE:
  ALL CLIPS:
      Delete all clips.  
Select whether or not to delete (YES/NO), 
and push the Operation lever.
  SELECT:
      Delete selected clips.  
Select clips with the Operation lever. If 
clips are selected with the OPERATION 
lever, the selected clips appear within a 
red frame. (Repeat this operation to select 
multiple clips.)
      Press the EXEC button to confirm, tilt the 
Operation lever in the 
  directions to 
select whether or not to delete (YES/NO), 
and push the Operation lever.
  NO:
    Return to the previous screen.
Deleting and protecting clips (OPERATION)
Protected clips cannot be deleted.
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If selecting ALL CLIPS to delete all clips from 
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the memory, this operation may take some 
time to complete, depending on the volume of 
clips to be deleted.
Deletion cannot be performed via the remote 
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control.
To abort deletion, press the CANCEL button. 
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The already deleted clips cannot be restored 
even if the deletion process is aborted.
INDEX:
  YES:
     Attach indexes to selected clips.
    1)  Select clip to play, and push the 
Operation lever at the point for an index 
to be added.
    2)  Select YES on the confirmation screen 
to attach index.
	 	 •		 The	point	in	the	clip	at	which	the	index	
will actually be attached will be accurate 
to within an error of 0.5 seconds.
	 	 •		 To	delete	index,	select	INDEX→YES	in	
step 
3 before performing the following.
      1)   Select clip to play, tilt the Operation lever 
in the  direction, and pause the clip.     2)  
Tilt the Operation lever in the   directions to move the pointer 
between the points where indexes 
are attached. Move the pointer to the 
index to be deleted, and push the 
Operation lever.
      3)  Select YES on the confirmation 
screen.
  NO:
    Return to the previous screen.
It is not possible to add indexes to clips 
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recorded using a consumer camcorder model.
It is not possible to adjust the volume during 
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index playback. 
						

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Thumbnail operations (continued)
Clips recorded onto SD cards can be copied onto 
other SD cards.
1 Insert the SD card containing the clip you 
wish to copy into one of the SD card slots.
2 Insert the card you wish to copy the clip 
onto into the other SD card slot.
Clips cannot be copied if there is not enough 
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space available on the target card.
3 Select COPY from OPERATION of the PB 
MENU.
4 Select the type of data to be copied.
VIDEO&PICTURE:
  Video images and photograph data
VIDEO:
  Video images only
PICTURE:
  Photograph data only
5 Select copy method.
Copying VIDEO
ALL CLIPS:
  All scenes
SELECT CLIPS:
  Select scenes.
SAME FORMAT:
    Scenes of the same format as the current PB 
format
INDEX:
  Scenes with INDEX input
MARK:
  Scenes with scene MARK input
Copying clips (COPY)
Copying PICTURE
ALL SCENES:
 All scenes
SELECT CLIPS:
  Select scenes.
6 Select start copy.
Do not open the SD card slot covers or switch 
the camera off during copy operations.
The copy function will not operate if the 
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remaining battery capacity is insufficient. 
Exchange the battery for a charged one, or 
use the AC adaptor.
Clips recorded with AG-3DA1 cannot be 
selected for copying in this camera. Clips that 
cannot be played back in this camera cannot be 
selected as well. However, pictures that cannot 
be played back in this camera can be selected 
and copied.
CLIP PROTECT:
 
YES:
    Protect selected clips.  
      ( 
 mark will be displayed.)
	 	 •		 Cancel	protection	when	the	protected	
clip is selected.
    ( 
 mark will disappear.) 
      Executing a format of the memory card 
(see below) will delete all clips even if they 
are protected.
  NO:
    Return to the previous screen.
4 Press the MENU button to return to the 
thumbnail screen. 
						

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Playback
SD Memory Cards can be formatted, and clip and 
SD Memory Card information can be checked.
1 Press the MENU button.
Menu operation (Page 44 of Vol.1)
2 Select CARD FUNCTIONS, and push the 
Operation lever (or tilt in the  direction).
Format card and check clip and card information (CARD FUNCTIONS)
3 Tilt the Operation lever in the   directions 
to select item, and push the Operation lever.
CARD FORMAT: Insert card to be formatted into the camera.
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SD Memory Card will be formatted.
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    Proceeding will delete the entire data, 
including videos and picture data, from the 
card.
    Select whether or not to format (YES/NO), 
and push the Operation lever.
CARD STATUS:
    Display SD Memory Card information.   
(Next page)
CLIP PROPERTY:
    Display information of selected clip.  
(Next page)
Tilt the Operation lever in the 
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  directions 
to display information from previous or 
subsequent clips.
4  Press the MENU button to return to the 
thumbnail screen.
  
						

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Thumbnail operations (continued)
SD Memory Card information screen
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  USED SPACE :
  Used space
2 FREE SPACE :
    Available space Clip information screen
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  Clip number2 Thumbnail  (Thumbnail screen: Page 29)3 Clip information
   Displays data attached to the clip. 
  START TC:     Time code value at start of 
recording
  START UB:    User information value at 
start of recording
  DATE/TIME:     Date of recording at time at 
start of recording
  TIME ZONE:  Displays time zone.
  DURATION:  Clip length
  FORMAT:   Recording format
Clip meta data
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    Press the EXEC button while the clip 
information screen is being displayed to 
display more detailed information, including 
video and audio formats, and information 
about the videographer, etc.   
Tilt the Operation lever in the  
  directions 
to verify the desired information. (Please 
see page 22 for more information on clip 
metadata.)