Panasonic Hx Dc2 Owners Manual

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Cutting out a section of a panorama still 
picture
You can cut out and save a section of a panorama still picture you have 
recorded.
1Display the panorama still picture.
2Press the SET button to start scroll playback of the 
panorama still picture.
3Press the SET button to pause at the section you 
wish to cut out.
4Press the   button.≥The cut-out still picture is saved with picture size of 1280 k720. 
≥ The date and time of the recording of the panorama still picture are 
stored as the date and time of the cut-out picture.
≥ The cut-out still picture is saved with a new image number.
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Zooming in on a still picture during 
playback (Playback zoom)
You can zoom in on still pictures during playback.
1Move the zoom lever to  side.≥You can zoom in to a maximum of 68 k (6800%). (The 
maximum zoom magnification differs according to the 
size of the still picture.)
≥ The unit zooms in on the central portion of the image.
≥ If the still picture has been recorded using face detection 
(l 78), the unit zooms in on the detected face.
≥ When you zoom in on a rotated still picture with a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect 
ratio, the still picture before rotation is displayed. With a panorama still 
picture, the rotated picture is displayed.
≥ The more a picture is enlarged, the more its quality deteriorates.
2Shift the position of 
the zoomed portion 
using the SET button.
Zooming out from the zoomed still pictureMove the zoom lever to  side to zoom out.
Press the SET button to restore the normal display (100%) screen.
∫ Saving the zoomed still picture
Press the   button while zoomed in.
≥The rotation information is retained for the 4:3 and 16:9 rotated still 
pictures. The rotation information is not retained for the panorama still 
picture, but rotated still picture is saved.
≥ In the case of still pictures recorded using face detection, the face 
detection data is not retained.
≥The date and time of the recording of the original still picture are stored 
as the date and time of any picture stored after zooming.
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Changing the playback settings and 
playing back the slide show
≥Set to Playback mode. ( l30)
1Select the item to set using the SET button and press 
the SET button.
* These settings are only available when [ALL] or [PICTURE] has been 
selected in [MODE].
2(On selecting [MODE])
Select the type of file to play back using the SET 
button and press the SET button.
(On selecting [SLIDES INTERVAL])
Select an item using the SET button and press the 
SET button.
Advanced (Playback)
Various playback functions
[MENU]:   # [SLIDESHOW]  # desired setting
[MODE]:
Select the type ([ALL]/[VIDEO]/[PICTURE]) of the file to play back.
[SLIDES INTERVAL]*:
Select the display interval for still picture playback.
[EFFECT SETUP]*:
Select the effects for still picture playback.
[MUSIC SELECT]*:
Select the music for still picture playback.
[START]:
Start the slide show.
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(On selecting [EFFECT SETUP])
Select the desired effect using the SET button and 
press the SET button.
≥[EFFECT SETUP] is disabled for the playback of panorama still 
pictures.
(On selecting [MUSIC SELECT])
Select the desired music using the SET button and 
press the SET button.
≥When you are playing back scenes/audio files, the audio of the scenes/
audio files is played back without music.
3Select [START] using the SET button and press the 
SET button.
≥Panorama still pictures are played back as follows.
jHorizontal panorama still picture: the playback scrolls from left to 
right.
j Vertical panorama still picture: playback scrolls from down to up.
≥ To adjust the volume during a slideshow, operate the volume lever. 
(l 49)
≥ During playback, the slideshow will stop if you perform any operation 
except operations on the volume lever.
[SHORT]:approx. 1 second
[NORMAL]:approx. 5 seconds
[LONG]:approx. 15 seconds
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Displaying file information
You can display the information of files recorded with the unit.
≥Set to Playback mode. ( l30)
1Using the SET button, select file for which to display 
information.
2Press and hold down the MENU button for 1 second 
or more.
≥To make the information disappear, press the MENU button.
1Recording mode
Recording format
2 Recording start time and date
3 File number
4 Protection setting
5 File size
6 Recording time
7 Recording media
1Picture size
2 Scene mode
3 Color mode
4 IRIS: Aperture
SHUTTER: Shutter speed
EXPOSE: Exposure correction
ISO: ISO sensitivity
5 Recording start time and date
6 File number
7 Protection setting
8 File size
9 Recording media
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1Recording mode
Recording format
2 Recording start time and date
3 File number
4 Protection setting
5 File size
6 Recording time
7 Recording media
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≥Set to Playback mode. ( l30)
≥ Select the menu. ( l51)
Please refer to page 93.
Sets the playback volume for scene and audio files.
Tilt the SET button right or left and press the SET button.
Please refer to page 106 for details about protection setting.
Please refer to page 140 for details about selective forwarding.
Please refer to page 103.
You can rotate still pictures.
1 Select the still picture to rotate using the thumbnail screen.
≥ Move the yellow frame over the still picture you wish to rotate.
Advanced (Playback)
Using the playback menu
[MENU]:  or   # desired setting
PLAYBACK MENU 1
[SLIDESHOW]
[PLAY VOLUME]
[PROTECT] or 
[TRANSFER/PROTECT]
[DELETE]
[ROTATE]
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2 Select the menu.
≥To rotate another still picture, tilt the SET button left and right to select 
a still picture, select [RIGHT] or [LEFT], and press the SET button.
3 Press the MENU button to complete the settings.
≥ The still picture cannot be rotated if it has been protected. Turn off the 
protection before the rotation operation. ( l106)
You can reduce the size of the still picture and save as a new still picture.
1 Select the still picture to resize using the thumbnail screen.
≥ Move the yellow frame over the still picture you wish to resize.
2 Select the menu.
≥ The resized still picture is saved with a new image number.
≥ Still picture with picture size of   and panorama still picture cannot 
be resized.
* Cannot be selected when the size of the original image is  . [MENU]:  
# [ROTATE]  # [RIGHT] or [LEFT]
[RESIZE]
[MENU]:  # [RESIZE] # desired setting
Size of original imageResize settingSize after resizing
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640k 480
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1280k 720
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Corrects eye color when they appear red in still pictures (red-eye 
phenomenon). When [SAVE AS NEW] is set, the still picture is saved 
with a new image number.
1 Select the still picture to undergo red-eye correction using the thumbnail screen.
≥ Move the yellow frame over the still picture which is to undergo red-eye 
correction.
2 Select the menu.
≥ A correction confirmation screen appears. Check the correction 
location, which is surrounded by a red frame, and press the SET 
button.
3 Select the saving method and press the SET button.
≥ Red-eye cannot be corrected in panorama  still pictures or still pictures 
recorded with [COLOR MODE] set to   (HDR (Paint)).
≥ Because the unit automatically corrects the portion it recognizes as 
requiring correction, it may not always make the correction correctly.
You can cut unwanted sections from scenes. (scene splitting) You can 
also splice multiple scenes together. (Scene splicing)
∫ Splitting a scene
1 Select the scene to split using the thumbnail screen.
≥Move the yellow frame over the scene you wish to split.
PLAYBACK MENU 2
[RED-EYE CORRECT.]
[MENU]:   # [RED-EYE CORRECT.] #  [CORRECTION]
[SAVE AS NEW]:The corrected still picture is saved as a new still 
picture.
[OVERWRITE]:The original still picture is deleted and only the 
corrected still picture is saved.
[EDIT VIDEO]
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2 Select the menu.
3 Specify the starting position for the scene.
≥ Play back to near the position where you 
wish the scene to start, then pause 
playback and specify the starting position 
precisely using frame-by-frame playback. 
The pause position will be the starting position of the scene.
≥ If you wish the split scene to start from the beginning of the scene, go 
to Step 4.
Operations
4 Tilt the SET button up.
5 Specify the end position for the scene.
≥ The screen for specifying the end position of the scene appears.
≥ Set the end position by performing the same operations as when 
setting the start position.
≥ The portions displayed in green are saved.
≥ If you wish to splice a preceding section to 
a subsequent section, tilt the SET button 
down. Each downward tilt of the SET 
button changes the section to be deleted.
6 Press the   button or the  recording start/stop button.
[MENU]:  
# [EDIT VIDEO]  # [ (SPLIT)]
Play back With the unit paused, tilt the SET button to the 
right for approximately 2 seconds to play back 
normally, and to the left to play back in the 
reverse direction.
PauseDuring playback, press the SET button.
Fast forward/
rewindDuring playback, you can change the playback 
speed by tilting the SET button right or left.
Frame-by-frame
With the unit paused, tilt the SET button to the 
right to advance frame-by-frame, and to the left 
to reverse frame-by-frame.
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