Panasonic Hc V550 Owners Manual

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Basic camera positioning
1 Hold the unit with both hands.
2 Put your hand through the grip belt.
3 It is convenient to use the Recording button icon  A when holding the unit at waist level.
≥ 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...

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≥Open the lens cover before turning on the unit. ( l9)
1Open the LCD monitor, and set this 
unit to Motion Picture Recording 
Mode. ( l17)
2Press the recording start/stop 
button to start recording.
3Press the recording start/stop 
button again to pause recording.
≥Recording can also be started/stopped by touching the recording button icon.
∫ Screen indications in the Motion Picture Recording Mode
≥Screen display will disappear when no touch operation is performed for a specific period of time....

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≥While recording is in progress, the recording will not stop even if the LCD monitor is closed.
≥ Please refer to page 199 for details about approximate recordable time.
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(Maximum recordable scenes of a single SD card)
Recording format[AVCHD][MP4/iFrame]
Recordable scenes Approx. 3900 Approx. 89100
 Different dates ( l82) Approx. 900 Approx. 900
≥ Maximum number of recordable scenes and maximum number of different dates will be less than 
above table when there are both MP4/iFrame scenes and...

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≥Open the lens cover before turning on the unit. ( l9)
1Open the LCD monitor, and set this unit 
to Still Picture Recording Mode. ( l17)
2Press the   button halfway. (For Auto 
Focus only)
Focus indication:
3Press the   button fully.
≥ If you set the Optical Image Stabilizer function ( l59) to   ([MODE1]), then the Image 
Stabilizer function will be more effective. (  (MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer) will be 
displayed when the   button is pressed halfway.)
If you set the Optical Image Stabilizer...

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About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording Mode
∫ About the focusing area
When there is a contrasting object ahead or behind the subject in the focus area, the subject may 
not be focused. If so, move the contrasting object out of the focus area.
Recording still pictures in Motion Picture Recording 
Mode
¬Set this unit to Motion Picture Recording Mode ( l17)
Press the   button fully (press to the bottom) to take the picture.
≥ It is possible to record still pictures while recording...

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1Set this unit to Playback Mode (l17).
2Touch the play mode select icon  A  (l 19).≥You can also set by touching  , selecting [VIDEO 
SETUP] or [PICT. SETUP]  # [MEDIA, VIDEO/
PICTURE]. ( l29)
3Select the still picture  C or the recording 
format of the motion picture  D you wish to 
play back.
≥ Touch [Enter].
4(When [AVCHD] or [MP4/iFrame] is touched)
Touch the desired recording format for playback.
≥When [AVCHD] is selected
≥ When [MP4/iFrame] is selected
≥ The recording mode icon  B is...

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6Select the playback operation by touching 
the operation icon.
≥Operation icons and screen display will disappear when 
no touch operation is performed for a specific period of 
time. To display them again, touch the screen.
* When touched two times, the fast rewind/fast forward speed increases. (The screen display  changes to  / .)
∫ Change the thumbnail display
While the thumbnail is displayed, the thumbnail display changes in the 
following order if the zoom lever is operated to   side or...

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Speaker volume adjustment
Operate the volume lever to adjust the speaker 
volume during Motion Picture Playback Mode.
≥Sound will be heard only during normal playback.
≥ If pause play is continued for approx. 5 minutes, the screen returns to the thumbnails.
≥ The elapsed time for playback indication will be reset to 0h00m00s each scene.
≥ When played back with [ALL AVCHD] or [ALL MP4/iFrame] selected, the screen may become 
black momentarily at the time the scene switches.
To w a r d s  “...

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≥Touch   (left side)/   (right side) of   on the Touch Menu to display  . ( l19)
1To u c h  .
2Touch the top menu  A.
3Touch the submenu B.
≥ Next (previous) page is displayed by touching 
/.
4Touch the desired item to enter the 
setting.
5Touch [EXIT] to exit the menu 
setting.
∫About  guide display
After touching  , touching the submenus 
and items will cause function descriptions and 
settings confirmation messages to appear.
≥After the messages have been displayed, the 
guide display is...

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Set the display method for the screen information display.
Please refer to page 20.
It is possible to display and record the time at the travel destination by selecting your home region 
and the travel destination.
1 Select the menu.
≥If the clock is not set, adjust the clock to the current time. ( l20)
≥ When the [HOME] (your home region) is not set, the message appears. Touch [ENTER] and 
proceed to Step 3.
2(Only when setting your home region)To u c h  [ H O M E ] .≥Touch [ENTER].3(Only when...