Panasonic NV DS 38 B User Manual

CARD Mode

Using a Card

A Card can be used to record still pictures.

ª Inserting a Card

Before inserting a Card, be sure to turn off the Movie Camera.

Slide the [OPEN] Lever and open the Card Compartment.

Hold the Card with its notch

facing left and insert it in the

Card Compartment.

Push the part

and close the Card Compartment securely.

ª [ACCESS] Lamp

While the Movie Camera is making an access to the Card (reading,
recording, playback, erasing, moving of images), the [ACCESS] Lamp lights
up.
≥While the [ACCESS] Lamp

is on, never attempt to open the Card

Compartment, to pull out the Card, to turn off the Movie Camera, or to
switch the [TAPE/CARD] Selector. Such actions will damage the Card,
cause loss of recorded data and cause the Movie Camera to malfunction.

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Recording on a Card

Still pictures can be recorded on a Card from the Movie Camera lens as well
as from scenes that have already been recorded on a cassette.

ª Card Photoshot

Recording from the Movie Camera Lens (CAMERA Mode)

Slide the [TAPE/CARD] Selector towards [CARD].

Press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button.

≥If nothing is recorded for approximately 6 minutes, the Movie Camera is

turned off automatically.

≥When the [TAPE/CARD] Selector is set to [CARD], you cannot record to the

Tape.

Recording from a Cassette (VCR Mode)

Slide the [TAPE/CARD] Selector towards [CARD].

Start playback and set the Movie Camera to Still Playback
Mode at the scene you wish to record, and press the [PHOTO
SHOT] Button.

Selecting the quality of Card Photoshot images

Set [CAMERA FUNCTIONS] or [VCR FUNCTIONS] >> [CARD
SETUP] >> [PICTURE QUALITY] >> a desired image quality.

Maximum number of images recordable on a Card (8MB)
[FINE] (high image quality): approximately 45 pictures
[NORMAL] (Normal): approximately 95 pictures
[ECONOMY] (low image quality): approximately 190 pictures

ª Automatically Copying Still Pictures That Have Already

Been Recorded on a Tape

The images with the Photo Index signals are automatically recorded to the
Card.

Set the Movie Camera to Still Playback Mode at the scene
immediately before you want to start moving images.

Set [VCR FUNCTIONS] >> [PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS] >>
[RECORD TO CARD] >> [YES].

≥Search starts from the current Tape position, and images with Photo

Index signals are recorded onto the Card sequentially.

≥During copying, the Indication

appears.

To Stop Automatic Recording

Press the [

∫] Button.

≥For other notes concerning this item, see page 42.

PHOTO

SHOT

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640

TAPE

CARD

FOCUS

/SH

UTTER/IR

MF/VOL/JOG

PRO

PUSH

MNL

AUTO

OPEN

ACCESS

NOW WRITING

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