Panasonic Hc V210 Owners Manual

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Basic camera positioning
1 Hold the unit with both hands.
2 Put your hand through the grip belt.
≥ When recording, make sure your footing is stable and there is no danger of colliding with another 
person or object.
≥ When you are outdoors, record pictures with the sunlight behind you. If the subject is backlit, it will 
become dark in the recording.
≥ Keep your arms near your body and separate your legs for better balance.
≥ Do not cover the microphones with your hand etc.
∫ Basic motion...

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The card and built-in memory can be selected separately to record motion pictures or still pictures.
1Change the mode to  .
2Select the menu. (l31)
3Select the media for recording the motion pictures and the media for 
recording the still pictures using  3/4 /2 /1, and press the ENTER button.
≥ The media is selected separately to motion pictur es or still pictures is highlighted in yellow.
≥ Select   and press the ENTER button to return to the previous screen. (settings will not be 
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≥Open the lens cover before turning on the unit. ( l6)
1Change the mode to   and 
open the LCD monitor.
2Press the recording start/stop 
button to start recording.
A When you begin recording,  ; changes to ¥.
3Press the recording start/stop button again to pause recording.
∫ About the screen indications in the motion picture recording
Basic
Recording motion pictures
Recording format/Recording mode
R1h20m Approximate remaining recordable time
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When the remaining time is less than 
1 minute, R...

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≥To change the recording format, change the [REC FORMAT] or [REC MODE]. ( l48, 49 )
≥ The images recorded between pressing the recording start/stop button to start recording and 
pressing it again to pause recording become one scene.
When you record with the [REC FORMAT] set to  [iFrame] or [MP4], the scenes longer than 
approximately 20 minutes will be automatically divided. (Recording will continue.)
≥ (Maximum recordable scenes on a single SD card or built-in memory)
≥ Maximum number of...

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≥Open the lens cover before turning on the unit. ( l6)
1Change the mode to   and 
open the LCD monitor.
2Press the   button.
≥ The still picture operating display ( ) will 
turn red while recording still pictures.
∫ About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording
≥During motion picture recording or when set to PRE-REC, you cannot record still pictures.
≥ Using a tripod is recommended when recording still pictures in dark places because the shutter 
speed becomes slow.
≥ The edges of still...

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The following modes (appropriate for the condition) are set just by pointing the unit to what you want 
to record.
≥Depending on the recording conditions, the unit may not enter the desired mode.
≥ In the Portrait, Spotlight and Low light mode, the face will be surrounded by white frame when 
detected. In the Portrait mode, a subject that is bigger and close to center of the screen will be 
surrounded by an orange frame. ( l50)
≥ Faces cannot be detected depending on the recording conditions, such...

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Intelligent Auto Mode
When switching to Intelligent Auto Mode, the Auto White Balance and Auto Focus operate and 
automatically adjust the color balance and focusing.
Depending on the brightness of the subject, etc., the aperture and shutter speed are automatically 
adjusted for optimum brightness.
≥Color balance and focus may not be adjusted automatically depending on light sources or 
scenes. If so, manually adjust these settings. ( l54, 56 )
Automatic White BalanceThe illustration shows the...

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1Change the mode to  .
2Select the play mode select icon A 
using 3/ 4/2 and press the 
ENTER button.
≥ This can also be set from the menu.
[VIDEO SETUP] or [PICT. SETUP]  # [MEDIA, VIDEO/PICTURE]
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Select still picture  B or motion picture  C to playback using  3/4/ 2/1 and 
press the ENTER button.
Select media D  and still picture  B or motion picture  C to playback using 3/
4 /2/ 1 and press the ENTER button.
≥If you press the MENU button, or select motion picture/still picture and press the...

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4Select the scene or the still picture 
to be played back using 3/4/ 2/1, 
then press the ENTER button.
≥ When you select  / and press the 
ENTER button, the next (previous) page is 
displayed.
5Select the operation icon using 
3/4/ 2/1.
E Operation icon
≥ Press the ENTER button to display/not display the 
operation icon.
* When pressed two times, the fast forward/fast rewind speed increases. (The screen display  changes / .)
∫ Change the thumbnail display
While the thumbnail is displayed, the...

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≥Sound will be heard only during normal playback.
≥ If pause play is continued for 5 minutes, the screen returns to the thumbnails.
≥ The elapsed time for playback indication will be reset to 0h00m00s for each scene.
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When played back with [ALL AVCHD] selected, the screen may become black momentarily at the 
time the scene switches.
Motion picture compatibility≥ //
This unit is based on AVCHD Progressive/AVCHD format/MPEG-4 AVC file format.
≥ This unit is based on AVCHD format/MPEG-4 AVC file...