Panasonic Hc X900 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...

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≥If you use the Filter Kit (optional), the Conversion Lens (optional) or the 3D Conversion 
Lens (optional), remove the lens hood.
The card and built-in memory can be selected se parately to record motion pictures or still 
pictures.
1Change the mode to  or .
2Select the menu. (l 42)
3Touch the media to record motion 
pictures or still pictures.
≥The media is selected separately to motion pictures 
or still pictures is highlighted in yellow.
4Touch [ENTER].
Basic
Selecting a media to record...

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1Change the mode to  . (l27)
2Open the LCD monitor or extend the viewfinder.
3Press the recording start/stop button 
to start recording.
A Recording button icon
B When you begin recording,  ; changes to ¥.
4Press the recording start/stop button 
again to pause recording.
≥ Recording can also be started/stopped by 
touching the recording button icon. This icon functions in the same manner as the 
recording start/stop button.
∫ Screen indications in the Motion Picture Recording Mode
≥Screen...

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≥While recording is in progress, the recording  will not stop even if the LCD monitor is closed 
and the viewfinder is retracted.
While recording is in progress, the recording will not stop even if the LCD monitor is closed.
≥ Put the unit in Pause mode when connecting or disconnecting an external microphone with 
the MIC terminal.
≥ Please refer to page 163 for detail about the approximate recordable time.
About the compatibility of the recorded motion pictures
When motion picture is recorded...

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1Change the mode to  . (l27)
2Open the LCD monitor or extend the viewfinder.
3Press the   button halfway. (For Auto Focus only)
4Press the   button fully.
≥If you set the Optical Image Stabilizer function ( l55) to   ([MODE1]), then the Image 
Stabilizer function will be more effective. (  (MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer) will be 
displayed when the   button is pressed halfway.)
≥ The AF assist lamp lights in dark places.
≥ Using a flash or tri pod is recommended when recording  still pictures...

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∫About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording
∫ About the focus indication
≥The focus indication indicates the status of the Auto Focus.
≥ The focus indication does not appear in Manual Focus Mode.
≥ The focus indication does not appear or has difficulty focusing in the following cases.
jWhen close subjects and far subjects are included in the same scene
j When the scene is dark
j When there is a bright part in the scene
j When the scene is filled with only horizontal lines
∫ About...

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≥If simultaneous recording is used while recording a motion picture, the recordable time 
remaining will shorten. If the unit is turned off or the mode switch operated, the recordable 
time remaining may lengthen.
The following modes (appropriate for the condition ) are set just by pointing the unit to what 
you want to record.
*1 In Motion Picture Recording Mode only
*2 In Still Picture Recording Mode only
Basic
Intelligent Auto Mode
ModeEffect
Portrait Faces are detected and focused...

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≥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. (l72)
≥ Using a tripod is recommended in Night Portrait and Night Scenery Mode.
≥ Faces cannot be detected depending on the recording conditions, such as when faces are 
of certain sizes...

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1Change the mode to  . (l27)
2Touch the play mode select icon  A. ( l29)
3
Select the media type  D and then select 
the still picture  B or the recording format 
of the motion picture  C you wish to play 
back.
Select the still picture  B or the recording 
format of the motion picture  C you wish 
to play back.
≥ Touch [ENTER].
≥ The icon is displayed in the thumbnail display when the 
item for motion picture is touched. ( ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  )
≥  is displayed on the 1080/60p scene,   (B lue) is...

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5Select the playback operation by touching the operation icon.
≥Slide show will be played back only in 2D or only in 3D. It will play back in 2D if the still 
picture at the start of the slide show is 2D (3D still pictures are converted to 2D still pictures 
and played back), and it will play back in 3D if it is 3D (2D still pictur es are converted to 3D 
still pictures and played back).
∫ Change the thumbnail display
While the thumbnail is displayed, the thumbnail display changes in the...