Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-AC7P Operating Instructions

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4(Only when setting the region of your travel destination)
Select [DESTINATION] and press the button in the center.≥Select [ENTER] and press the button in the center.≥When the home region is set for the first time, the screen for selecting home/travel 
destination appears after setting the home region successively. If the home region has 
already been set once, execute the menu operation for step 1.
5(Only when setting the region of your travel 
destination)
Select your travel destination using...

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The unit is put into recording pause approx. 1 second when the unit is turned on with the 
mode set to   or  .
≥Depending on the recording conditions, start time may be longer than 1 second.
≥In the quick power on mode, the zoom magnification becomes 1k.
The recording lamp lights up during recording. When this is set to [OFF], it does not light 
during recording.
Touch screen operation, start and stop of recording and unit on/off can be confirmed with this 
sound.
(Volume low)/ (Volume high)
2...

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Please refer to page 81.
Please refer to page 81.
Please refer to page 82.
Please refer to page 80.
Set to [YES] for changing the menu settings back to the default condition.
≥Settings for [CLOCK SET] and [LANGUAGE] will not be changed.
Please be aware that if a medium is formatted, then all the data recorded on the medium will be 
erased and cannot be restored. Back up important data on a PC, DVD disc etc. (l86)≥When formatting is complete, select [EXIT] and press the button in the center to...

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Perform the touch screen calibration if a different object to the one touched is selected.
≥This function can be performed only by touch operation.
1 Open the LCD monitor.
2 Touch [CALIBRATION].
≥Touch [ENTER].3Touch the [_] that appears on the screen with the supplied stylus pen.≥Touch [_] in sequence (up left # down left # down right # up right # center).4 Touch [ENTER].
≥Calibration cannot be performed when the LCD monitor is turned 180o.
You can select the language on the screen display and...

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Advanced
Recording 
(Advanced)
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Zoom in/out function
The default setting of the [ZOOM MODE] is [i.Zoom 23k]. It can be extended to a maximum 
of 23k during motion picture recording mode. (l54)
¬Change the mode to   or  .
When in still picture recording mode, it is possible to zoom up to a maximum of 40k without 
degrading the picture quality by setting the picture size to [  0.3M]. (l61)
∫Extra optical zoom mechanism
When you set the picture size to [  0.3M], the maximum [  2.9M] area is...

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Advanced
Recording 
(Advanced)
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Image stabilizer function
Use the image stabilizer to reduce the effects of shake during recording.
This unit is equipped with HYBRID O.I.S.
HYBRID O.I.S. is a hybrid of optical and electrical image stabilizer.
¬Change the mode to   or  .
∫Motion picture recording mode
≥When recording with a tripod in motion picture recording mode, we recommend that you 
set to [OFF].
(When [O.I.S.] is set to [ON])
When set to [ON], you can further improve image stabilization...

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In motion picture recording mode, you can further improve optical image stabilization by 
touching and holding O.I.S. LOCK icon. With this function, you can further reduce the effects 
of the shake that tends to occur when using zoom.
≥This function can be performed only by touch operation.
AO.I.S. LOCK icon
≥Open the LCD monitor before using this function.
≥Set [O.I.S.] to [ON] to switch the image stabilizer to ON.
≥ is displayed while you are touching icon.
≥Optical image stabilizer lock is...

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Advanced
Recording 
(Advanced)
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Power LCD
This makes it easier to view the LCD monitor in bright places including outdoors.
≥These settings will not affect the images actually recorded.
≥When the AC adaptor is in use, the LCD monitor is set to   automatically.
≥The recordable time will become shorter when you use this unit with the LCD monitor lit up.
Power LCD buttonEach time the POWER LCD button is pressed, the indication changes by one setting in 
the following order.
No display (Normal) #...

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Advanced
Recording 
(Advanced)
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Recording functions of 
operation icons
Select the operation icons to add different effects to the images to be recorded.¬Change the mode to   or  .
1Select   using the cursor 
button and press the button in 
the center to display the 
operation icons on the screen.
≥Select 1 at the bottom right of the screen 
and press the button in the center to 
change the page.
≥Select / and press the button in 
the center to display/not-display the 
operation icon.
2(e.g....

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When you start recording, the image/audio gradually 
appears. (Fade in)
When you pause recording, the image/audio gradually 
disappears. (Fade out)
≥The fade setting is canceled when the recording stops.
∫To select the color for fade in/out
: [RECORD SETUP] # [FADE COLOR] # 
[WHITE] or [BLACK]
≥The thumbnails of scenes recorded using fade in become black (or white).
This brightens parts that are in shadow and difficult to see and suppresses white 
saturation in bright parts at the same time....