Panasonic Hdc Sd900 Operating Instructions

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∫Attaching the conversion lens/
filter kit
Attach the wide conversion lens 
(VW-W4607H; optional), the wide end 
conversion lens (VW-WE08H; optional), ND 
filter or MC protector of the Filter kit 
(VW-LF46NE; optional) in front of the lens.
≥It is not possible to attach it to the front of 
the lens hood. ( l28)
≥ You will not be able to use the flash. Set 
the flash setting to  ([OFF]). ( l60)
Be careful about the following.
When 2 lens accessories, such as the ND 
filter and wide conversion lens, are fitted 
and the zoom lever is pressed toward the 
W side, the 4 corners of an image will be 
darkened. (Vignetting)
Attaching the lens cap of the 
Filter Kit (VW-LF46NE; optional)
≥ When the filter kit (VW-LF46NE; 
optional) is used, protect the lens 
surface while the unit is not used with 
the lens cap supplied with the filter kit.
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High Definition Video Camera
Information for your safety
Others
Specifications
Power source:DC 9.3 V (When using AC adaptor)
DC 7.2 V (When using battery)
Power consumption: Recording;
6.4 W
6.4 W
7.4 W Charging;
10.3 W
10.3 W
10.9 W
Signal system:
1080/50p, 1080/50i, 540/25p
Recording format:
[1080/50p]; Original format
[HA]/[HG]/[HX]/[HE]; AVCHD format compliant
[iFrame]; MPEG-4 AVC file format complaint (.MP4)
Image sensor:
1/4.1 type (1/4.1 z) 3MOS image sensor
Total; 3050 K k3
Effective pixels; Motion picture; 2530 K k3 (16:9)
Still picture; 2320 K k3 (4:3), 2630 K k3 (3:2), 2530 K k3 (16:9)
Lens:
Auto Iris, F1.5 to F2.8
Focal length; 3.45 mm to 41.4 mm
Macro (Full range AF)
35 mm equivalent; Motion picture; 35 mm to 420 mm (16:9)
Still picture; 38.8 mm to 466 mm (4:3), 35.7 mm to 428 mm (3:2), 35 mm to 420 mm (16:9)
Minimum focus distance; Normal; Approx. 4 cm (Wide)/Approx. 1.2 m (Tele)
Tele macro; Approx. 70 cm (Tele)
Intelligent auto Macro; Approx. 1 cm (Wide)/Approx. 70 cm (Tele)
Filter diameter:
46 mm
Zoom:
12 k optical zoom, 20 k i.Zoom, 30 k/700k  digital zoom
Image stabilizer function:
Optical (
hybrid optical image stabilizer, active mode, optical image stabilizer lock function)
HDC-SD900
HDC-TM900
HDC-HS900
HDC-SD900
HDC-TM900
HDC-HS900
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Monitor:
8.8 cm (3.5z) wide LCD monitor (Approx. 460 K dots)
Viewfinder:
0.61 cm (0.24 z) wide EVF (Approx. 263 K dots)
Microphone:
5.1 channel surround microphone (with a zoom microphone/focus microphone function)
Speaker:
1 round speaker, dynamic type
White balance adjustment:
Auto tracking white balance system
Standard illumination:
1,400 lx
Minimum required illumination:
Approx. 1.6 lx (1/25 with low light mode in the scene mode)
Approx. 1 lx with the colour night view function
AV multi connector video output level:
Component video out put level; Y; 1.0 Vp-p, 75 h
Pb; 0.7 Vp-p, 75 h
Pr; 0.7 Vp-p, 75 h
AV video output level; 1.0 Vp-p, 75 h, PAL system
HDMI mini connector video output level:
HDMI
™ (x.v.Colour™) 1080p/1080i/576p
AV multi connector audio output level (Line):
316 mV, 600 h, 2 ch
Headphone output:
77 mV, 32 h (Stereo mini jack)
HDMI mini connector audio output level:
[1080/50p], [AVCHD]; Dolby Digital/Linear PCM
[iFrame]; Linear PCM
MIC input:
j 70 dBV (Mic sensitivity  j50 dB equivalent, 0 dB=1 V/Pa, 1 kHz)
(Stereo mini jack)
USB:
Reader function
SD card; Read only (No copyright protection support)
 
Built-in memory; Read only
 
HDD; Read only
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0), USB terminal Type Mini AB
USB host function (for DVD burner)
Flash:
Available range; Approx. 1.0 m to 2.5 m
HDC-TM900
HDC-HS900
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∫3D Conversion Lens (optional)
∫ Motion pictures
Dimensions:
 /
66 mm (W) k72 mm (H) k146 mm (D)
(excluding projecting parts)
 
67 mm (W) k72 mm (H) k146 mm (D)
(excluding projecting parts)
Mass:
 
Approx. 395
g [without battery (supplied) and an SD card (optional)]
 
Approx. 395
g [without battery (supplied)]
 
Approx. 455
g [without battery (supplied)]
Mass in operation:
 
Approx. 460
g [with battery (supplied) and an SD card (optional)]
 
Approx. 460
g [with battery (supplied)]
 
Approx. 520
g [with battery (supplied)]
Operating temperature:
0 oCto40 oC
Operating humidity:
10%RH to 80%RH
Battery operation time:
See page 17
Lens:
F3.2 (f = 2.5 mm)
35 mm equivalent; 58 mm
Minimum recording distance; Approx. 1.2 m
Minimum illumination:
Approx. 28 lx (1/25 when [AUTO SLOW SHTR (3D)] is set to [ON])
Recording media:
SD Memory Card (FAT12 and FAT16 system compliant)
SDHC Memory Card (FAT32 system compliant)
SDXC Memory Card (exFAT system compliant)
Refer to page 20 for details on SD cards usable in this unit.
Built-in memory; 32 GB
HDD; 220 GB
Compression:
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
HDC-SD900HDC-TM900
HDC-HS900
HDC-SD900
HDC-TM900
HDC-HS900
HDC-SD900
HDC-TM900
HDC-HS900
HDC-TM900
HDC-HS900
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∫Still pictures
AC adaptor
Information for your safetyRecording mode and transfer rate:
[1080/50p]; Approx. 28 Mbps (VBR)
[HA]; Approx. 17 Mbps (VBR)
[HG]; Approx. 13 Mbps (VBR)
[HX]; Approx. 9 Mbps (VBR)
[HE]; Approx. 5 Mbps (VBR)
[iFrame]; Approx. 28 Mbps (VBR)
Refer to page 157 for the recordable time.
Picture size:
[1080/50p]; 1920
k1080/50p
[HA]/[HG]/[HX]/[HE]; 1920k 1080/50i
[iFrame]; 960 k540/25p
Audio compression:
[1080/50p], [AVCHD]; Dolby Digital/5.1 ch (built-in microphone), 2 ch (built-in microphone/
external microphone)
[iFrame]; AAC/2ch
Recording media:
SD Memory Card (FAT12 and FAT16 system compliant)
SDHC Memory Card (FAT32 system compliant)
SDXC Memory Card (exFAT system compliant)
Refer to page 20 for details on SD cards usable in this unit.
Built-in memory; 32 GB
HDD; 220 GB
Compression:
JPEG (Design rule for Camera File system, based on Exif 2.2 standard), DPOF corresponding
Picture size:
Picture aspect [4:3]; 4032 k3024/3200 k2400/2560k 1920/640k480
Picture aspect [3:2]; 4608 k3072/3600 k2400/2880k 1920
Picture aspect [16:9]; 4864 k2736/3840 k2160/3072 k1728/1920 k1080
Refer to page 158 for the number of recordable pictures.
Power source:
Power consumption:
DC output: AC 110 V to 240 V, 50/60 Hz
16 W
DC 9.3V, 1.2A
Dimensions:
52 mm (W) k26 mm (H) k86.3 mm (D)
Mass:
Approx. 115
g
Specifications may change without prior notice.
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HDC-HS900
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Index
∫Numerics1080/50p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51080/50p recording   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533D playback/viewing   . . . . . . . . . 109, 1533D recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 1535.1 channel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
∫AAC adaptor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 152Accessory shoe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14AF assist lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79AF/AE tracking   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Alert sound  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Anti-Ground-Shooting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Approximate number of recordable 
pictures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Aspect ratio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Auto focus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Auto protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Auto slow shutter (2D)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Auto slow shutter (3D)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Automatic face framing   . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Automatic white balance   . . . . . . . . . . . 35AV multi connector . . . . . . . . 11, 103, 122AV multi connector output   . . . . . . . . . 106AVCHD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
∫B
Backlight compensation  . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Bass setting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Battery   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 151Battery capacity indication  . . . . . . . . . . 19Built-in memory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
∫C
Cancel protect  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Card status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Changing the display style  . . . . . . . . . . 42Charging time   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Cleaning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Colour night view  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Component out   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Component terminal   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Conversion Assist Function   . . . . . . . . 127Copy
Disc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Dubbing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 122Dubbing (3D)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124From built-in memory to SD card . . 111From HDD to SD card  . . . . . . . . . .  111From SD card to built-in memory . . 111From SD card to HDD  . . . . . . . . . .  111Creating still picture from 
motion picture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
∫DDate and time display   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Date and time setting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Delete  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Deleting personal information  . . . . . . . . 99Demo mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Digital cinema   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Digital cinema colour   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Digital zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Direct playback   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Disc status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Divide   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97DPOF setting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100DVD burner  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
∫E
Economy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Extra optical zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Eyepiece corrector dial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
∫F
Face recognition   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Face-to-face recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Fade  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Fade colour  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Flash  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Flash level  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60Focus   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 83Focus microphone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Format disc   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Formatting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 118Frame-by-frame playback  . . . . . . . . . . . 87
∫GGain   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Grip belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Guide display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Guideline  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
∫H
HD Writer AE 3.0  . . . . . . . . . . . . 126, 137HDD   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5HDMI mini connector   . . . . . . 11, 103, 107HDMI resolution  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Headphone terminal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Headphone volume adjustment  . . . . . . . 62Highlight playback   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Highlight&Time frame index   . . . . . . . . .88Hi-speed burst shooting mode   . . . . . . .78Histogram   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75HYBRID O.I.S.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
∫I
i.Zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64iFrame  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Image stabilizer function  . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Indications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Initial setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Intelligent auto mode   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Intelligent contrast control  . . . . . . . . . . . 58Intelligent exposure   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Interval recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Iris  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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∫LLanguage   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48LCD monitor   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 28, 154LCD set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Lens cap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Lens hood  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Luminance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
∫MManual focus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Manual recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Media select   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Media status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Menu   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 39MF assist   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Microphone level  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Microphone setup   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Microphone terminal   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Mode switch   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Motion picture compatibility   . . . . . . . . . 38Multi manual ring  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
∫NName display   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Number reset   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
∫OO.I.S. LOCK   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Operation icons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Optical image stabilizer demo . . . . . . . . 48
∫PPicture adjustment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Picture quality  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Picture size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Playback Operations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Playback zoom   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Playing back motion pictures 
by date   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Power button  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Power LCD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44PRE-REC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Protect   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
∫QQuick menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Quick power on  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Quick start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
∫R
Recordable time   . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 157Recording format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 64Recording lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Recording modes   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Recording time elapsed  . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Red-eye reduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Relay information cancelling . . . . . . . . 102Relay recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Relay scene combining   . . . . . . . . . . . 101Remaining number of still pictures   . . . . 33Remaining time left for recording   . . . . . 30
Remote control   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 49Repeat playback   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Resume playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Ring zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
∫S
Scene mode   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Scene protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99SD Memory Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20SD Speed Class Rating   . . . . . . . . . . . . 20SDHC Memory Card   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20SDXC Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Self-timer recording   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Shoe adaptor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 160Shooting guide  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Shoulder strap fixture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Shutter sound   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Shutter speed   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Simultaneous recording   . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Skip playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Slide show  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 94Slow-motion playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Smile shot  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Soft skin mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Stereo microphone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Still picture compatibility  . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Stylus pen   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 48Sub recording start/stop button  . . . . . . . 27Surround microphone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
∫T
Te l e  m a c r o  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Touch menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Touch screen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Touch screen calibration  . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Touch shutter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Touch zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Tripod receptacle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12TV aspect   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
∫VVideo DC light   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160VIERA Link   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Viewfinder  . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 28, 45, 154Volume adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
∫WWhite balance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Wind noise canceller   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72World time setting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
∫ZZebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Zoom microphone   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Zoom mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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