Panasonic AG-HMC152EN User Manual

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Shooting
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Using the Counter
Counter display
You can display a counter that indicates how much 
time has elapsed during shooting or playback.
1
  Press the COUNTER button.
Each time you press the button, the display 
changes as follows. (Page 76)
0 : 00. 00 (CAM mode only)
 Counter 
value
CLIP 0 : 00 . 00
   Displayed when CLIP is selected in the 
REC COUNTER item on the settings menu 
DISPLAY SETUP screen.
   Values are automatically reset when 
recording is started, and counter values are 
displayed for each individual clip.
TC 12 : 34 : 56 . 01
   Time code value (Display time code frame 
digits in 25 frames.)
UB 12   34   56   78
 User 
information
No display:
  Data is not displayed.
Resetting the counter
Press the RESET/TC SET button while the counter 
is displayed.
TC preset mode
When shooting using a multi-camera, you can 
synchronously set the initial values of time code. 
The camera used for synchronization is the 
MASTER and the camera being synchronized is the 
SLAVE.
1
  Connect the TC PRESET IN/OUT terminals 
(VIDEO OUT terminals) on the two devices 
with a pin cable, and turn on the power.
MASTER settings
2
  Check that the MASTER camera is set to the 
CAM mode, and set the EXT TC LINK item 
on the setting menu TC/UB SETUP screen to 
MASTER.
OUTPUTTING LTC SIGNAL is displayed on 
the screen, and the time code is output from 
the TC PRESET IN/OUT terminal (VIDEO OUT 
terminal).
Select the same REC FORMAT settings for 
both the MASTER and SLAVE cameras, 
and set the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUP 
screen to FREE RUN.
To cancel the time code output, press the 
MENU button.
SLAVE settings
3
  Set the EXT TC LINK item on the setting 
menu TC/UB SETUP screen to SLAVE.
4
  Press the COUNTER - RESET/TC SET 
button. TCG values will be reset to the TC 
values inputted from the MASTER.
TC LINK OK will be displayed for 
approximately 2 seconds when the menu 
screen is closed.
If the TC values cannot be set correctly, LINK 
NG will be displayed.
To cancel the SLAVE mode, press the MENU 
button.
∗  The COUNT value is indicated as a four-digit 
number. The COUNT value is incremented each 
time a new clip is captured if clip metadata has 
been read in and TYPE2 has been selected as 
the recording method. 
The COUNT value can be reset using the 
following procedure.
Press the MENU button, select META DATA→
CLIP COUNT RESET→YES, and push the 
Operation lever to reset the counter value to 1.