Panasonic SDR-SW20PC User Manual

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Focus, coloring, shutter speed and brightness can be manually adjusted.

indicates functions used with motion pictures and

functions used with

still pictures.

Using situation-specific settings (scene mode)

Already prearranged settings can be used.

After steps

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[BASIC][SCENE MODE]select from the five modes below:

Sports

For fast-moving scenes

• Avoids blurring during slow-motion playback or playback pause. (In normal

playback, image movement may not look smooth.)

• Avoid fluorescent, mercury, and sodium lighting. Such lighting conditions

may affect coloring and brightness.

• Horizontal bands of light may appear during playback on shining or highly

reflective objects.

• This function may not work if lighting is insufficient ([

] flashes).

• Screen may flicker if using indoors.

Portrait

Blurs background to make people stand out

• Screen may flicker if using indoors.

Low light

Brightens dark scenes such as evening skies

• May not function successfully in extremely dark scenes.

Spotlight

For people beneath spotlights, etc.

• Pictures may appear white when object is extremely bright. Peripheries may

also appear extremely dark.

Surf & snow

For bright locations such as beaches and ski slopes

• Pictures may appear white when object is extremely bright.

The icon of the selected scene mode
appears on the LCD monitor.

To cancel the setting

[BASIC][SCENE MODE][OFF] or