Panasonic Hx Dc3 Owners Manual

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Displaying file information
You can display the information of files recorded with the unit.
≥Set to Playback Mode. ( l22)
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 Eye-Fi connection status
4 File number
5 Protection setting
6 File size
7 Recording time
8 Recording media
1Picture size
2 Scene Mode
3 Creative control
4 IRIS: Aperture
SHUTTER: Shutter speed
EXPOSE: Exposure correction
ISO: ISO sensitivity
5 Recording date and time
6 Eye-Fi connection status
7 File number
8 Protection setting
9 File size
: Recording media
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1Recording Mode
Recording format
2 Recording start time and date
3 Eye-Fi connection status
4 File number
5 Protection setting
6 File size
7 Recording time
8 Recording media
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≥Set to Playback Mode. ( l22)
Please refer to page 89.
You can add various types of filter effects when recording motion pictures 
and still pictures and play them back.
1 Select the file to add the filter  effects with the thumbnail screen.
2 Select the menu.
Advanced (Playback)
Using the playback menu
PLAYBACK MENU 1
[SLIDESHOW]
[CREATIVE CONTROL]
[MENU]:   # [CREATIVE CONTROL] #  desired setting
(OFF):
Cancel the setting.
(One Point Color (1CLR)):
Playback in black and white while keeping one selected color. ( l65)
(Old Movie (OLD)):
Playback motion pictures with a retro feel.
(Fish-eye Effect (FISH))*:
Playback motion pictures as if recorded through a fish-eye lens.
(Soft Skin (SKIN)):
Playback with skin softening effects.
(Monochrome (B/W)):
Playback in monochrome.
(Sepia (SEPIA)):
Playback with colors adjusted to sepia.
(Vivid (VIVID)):
Playback with reduced sharpness and increased color.
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* Disabled during panorama playback of still pictures.
3(when  (One Point Color (1CLR)) is selected only)Tilt the SET button up and down to select the color to keep and 
press the SET button.
≥The quality of motion pictures and still pictures recorded with 
[CREATIVE CONTROL] ( l64) is different.
≥ Turning the unit off or switching to the recording mode will cancel the 
setting.
Sets the playback volume for scene and audio files.
1 Select the menu.
2 Tilt the SET button right or left and press the SET button.
≥ Play volume can also be set with the volume lever. ( l41)
Please refer to page 103 for details about protection setting.
Please refer to page 136 for details about selective forwarding.
Please refer to page 100.
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.
2 Select the menu.
(Soft (SOFT)):
Playback with reduced sharpness for a softer image.
[PLAY VOLUME]
[MENU]:   # [PLAY VOLUME]
[PROTECT] or 
[TRANSFER/PROTECT]
[DELETE]
[ROTATE]
SOFT
1CLR
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≥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. ( l103)
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.
* Cannot be selected when the size of the original image is  .
≥ The resized still picture is saved with a new file number.
≥ Still picture with picture size of   and panorama still picture cannot 
be resized.
Corrects eye color when they appear red in still pictures (red-eye 
phenomenon). [MENU]:  
# [ROTATE]  # [RIGHT] or [LEFT]
PLAYBACK MENU 2
[RESIZE]
[MENU]:  # [RESIZE] # desired setting
Size of original imageResize settingSize after resizing
/// 1600k
1200
640k 480
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*1920k 1080
1280k 720
[RED-EYE CORRECT.]
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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 [CREATIVE CONTROL] set to   (HDR Paint (HDRP)).
≥ 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.
2 Select the menu. [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]
[MENU]:   # [EDIT VIDEO]  # [ (SPLIT)]
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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.
≥ The screen for specifying the end position of the scene appears.
5 Specify the end position for the scene.
≥ 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.
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/
fast-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 
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7 Select a saving method using the SET button and press the SET button.
∫Scene splicing
1 Select the scene with the thumbnail screen.
≥Move the yellow frame over the scene.
2 Select the menu.
3 Move the yellow frame over the scenes you wish to splice and  press the SET button.
≥ Scenes recorded using different Recording 
Modes cannot be spliced.
≥ Scenes recorded with [REC MODE] 
(l 62) set to   and scenes recorded 
with [CREATIVE CONTROL] ( l64) set to 
 [Time Lapse Rec (INTV)] cannot be 
spliced.
≥ The scenes you select for splicing are assigned numbers.
≥ The recording date of spliced scenes will be registered from the date of 
the scene that is selected first (the scene with   displayed).
≥ You can continue selecting up to maximum of 9 scenes.
≥ The scenes are spliced in numerical order according to the assigned 
numbers.
≥ To cancel a selection, press the SET button again.
4 Press the   button or the recording start/stop button.
[SAVE AS NEW]:The split scene is saved as a new scene.
[OVERWRITE]:The original scene is deleted and only the split 
scene is saved.
[REVIEW CLIP]:The scene is played back in the split state.
[MENU]:   # [EDIT VIDEO]  # [(SPLICE)]
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5 Select a saving method using the SET button and press the SET button.
≥Do not turn off the unit during motion picture editing process. If the unit 
is turned off, there is a risk that the edited files and original files will be 
lost.
≥ When editing ends, the unit returns to thumbnail display.
≥ If the total size of the file exceeds 4 GB, you cannot splice.
≥ If the original scene is protected, you cannot overwrite it when saving.
≥ Audio files cannot be split or spliced.
≥ To adjust the volume during a playback review, operate the volume 
lever. ( l41)
≥ When editing long motion pictures, the processing will take longer due 
to the time it takes to process large files. When editing scenes on the 
unit, make sure that the battery does not run out during the processing 
by using a battery with sufficient charge on it or the AC adaptor.
≥ For editing long scenes, we recommend using a PC (HD Writer VE 
3.0).
≥ It may not be possible to split short scenes.
≥ The actual splitting point may differ slightly from the specified position.
Please refer to page 111.
[SAVE AS NEW]:The spliced scenes are saved as a new scene.
[OVERWRITE]:The spliced scene is saved by writing over the 
file you initially selected.
[REVIEW CLIP]:The scene resulting from the splicing is played 
back.
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When an SD card is inserted, the files and folders on the SD card are 
deleted. When not inserted, the files and folders in the built-in memory 
are deleted.
≥Set to Playback Mode. ( l22)
≥ Switch from thumbnail display to 1-file display. ( l41)
1Select the file to delete using the SET button.
2Tilt the SET button up.
3Select [DELETE] using the SET button and press the 
SET button.
Advanced (Playback)
Deleting files/folders
Deleted files and folders cannot be restored, so perform 
appropriate confirmation of the contents before proceeding with 
deletion.
Deleting displayed file