Panasonic Hc V500 Owners Manual

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Use the image stabilizer to reduce the effects of shake during recording.
This unit is equipped with Hybrid Optical Image Stabilizer.
Hybrid Optical Image Stabilizer is a hybrid of optical and electrical image stabilizer.
∫Changing Image Stabilizer Mode
(Motion Picture Recording Mode)
When set to [ON], you can further improve image stabilization for recording while walking, or 
holding the unit and recording a distant subject with zoom.
≥This function’s default setting is [ON].
(Still Picture...

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This is a recording mode that can record in 1080/60p (1920k1080/60 progressive), which is 
the highest picture quality for this unit.
It is also possible to set from the menu.
≥ Please refer to page 149 for details about approximate recordable time.
Advanced (Recording)
1080/60p recording
: [RECORD SETUP]  # [REC MODE] # [1080/60p]
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1080/60p button
To set to 1080/60p recording mode, press and 
hold the button until   is displayed.
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To return to normal recording mode, press and...

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You can record using convenient functions just by the easy operation of touching the screen.
1Touch   (left side)/  (right side) of   on 
the Touch Menu to display Touch Function 
icons. (l27)
2Touch the Touch Function icon.
(e.g. AF/AE tracking)
≥ To cancel, touch the Touch Function icon again. (Optical 
Image Stabilizer Lock is canceled by releasing the finger 
touching .)
Touch function icons
*1 In Motion Picture Recording Mode only
*2 In Still Picture Recording Mode only
Zoom operation can...

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It is possible to set the focus and exposure to the subject specified on the touch 
screen.
The focus and exposure will keep following the subject automatically even if it moves. 
(Dynamic tracking)
1Touch .≥When [FACE RECOG.] ( l66) is [ON] and a registered face is detected, the target is 
automatically locked.
2 Touch the object and lock the target.≥ When you touch the head of the object, the target frame 
on the head gets locked and tracking starts.
≥ Touch the object to be changed again...

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In Motion Picture Recording Mode, you can further improve optical image stabilization 
by touching and holding  . With this function, you can further reduce the effects of 
the shake that tends to occur when using zoom.
1 Press the Optical Image Stabilizer button to turn the image stabilizer on.
2 Touch and hold  .
≥Icon is displayed in the  A while you are touching and holding  .
≥ Optical Image Stabilizer Lock is released when you remove your finger from the icon.
∫ To make the display of...

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Select the operation icons to add different effects to the images to be recorded.
1Touch   (left side)/  (right side) of   on the Touch Menu to 
display the operation icons. (l27)
2Touch an operation icon.
(e.g. PRE-REC)
≥ Select the operation icon again to cancel the function.
Refer to the respective pages for canceling the 
following functions.
jSmile Shot ( l58)
j Video light ( l59)
j Photo light ( l59)
j Self-timer ( l60)
j Guidelines ( l62)
≥ The icon is displayed in  A when the operation...

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When you start recording, the image/audio gradually 
appears. (Fade in)
When you pause recording, the image/audio gradually 
disappears. (Fade out)
≥The Fade setting is canceled when the recording stops.
∫ To select the color for fade in/out
≥The thumbnails of scenes recorded using fade in become black (or white).
This brightens parts that are in shadow and difficult to see and suppresses white 
saturation in bright parts at the same time. Both bright and dark parts can be recorded 
clearly.
≥...

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≥Images displayed on the thumbnail in Playback Mode will differ from the motion pictures 
displayed at the start of playback.
When a smiling face is detected during motion picture recording, the unit 
automatically records a still picture.
The icon changes each time it is touched. ([ON])  # ([FACE RECOG.])  # [OFF]
≥ During Smile Shot recording, the face detected as a smiling face is surrounded by a green 
frame and  /  are red.
≥ Smile Shot recording will not work in the following cases. ( /...

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It is possible to record with illumination even in dark places with Motion Picture 
Recording Mode. 
Each time the icon is selected, the indication changes by one setting in the following order. ([ON])  #  ([AUTO])  #  ([OFF])
≥When set to   ([AUTO]), the video light turns on in Low Light Mode in Intelligent Auto 
Mode.
≥ When the video light is in use, the recordable time when using the battery is shortened.
≥ The (approximate) available range of the video Light is approximately up to 1.2 m...

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∫To adjust the brightness of the Photo light
≥If the [AF ASSIST LAMP] is set to [AUTO] ( l76) and the Photo light is set to   
([AUTO]) or   ([OFF]), the Photo light will turn on when taking pictures at a dark place to 
make the focusing easier.
≥ If the   indication etc. flashes when the   button is pressed halfway, the Photo light 
is not activated.
≥ The subject should be within 1.2 m (3.9 feet) of the unit.
≥ When the Photo light flashes, the shutter speed is adjusted automatically by...