Panasonic AG-HMC40P User Manual

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The method switches to AUTO IRIS or 

MANUAL IRIS with each press of the dial.

Adjust the iris automatically.

MANUAL IRIS:  Adjust the iris manually.

In the auto iris mode, the lens iris can be 

corrected using this dial.

Increase in brightness beyond the maximum 

aperture (OPEN) is performed via gain 

adjustment (CAMERA mode: 0 to 4 dB; 

PHOTO mode: 0 to 18 dB).

If further gain adjustment is necessary, 

assign HIGH GAIN to one of the USER 

buttons 1 to 3. The gain mode switches 

between normal and high with each press of 

the button. 

Gain can be set to up to 34 dB in high gain 

mode. 

In PHOTO mode, switching to high gain 

mode is disabled.

Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperture 

control in the setup menus, SW&DISP  SETUP 

screen, IRIS DIAL. 

The lens aperture can be adjusted in the focus 

ring by setting the RING switch to IRIS. The 

relationship between the direction of rotation 

and aperture control is based on the IRIS 

DIAL setting in the SW&DISP SETUP screen. 

However, as this will make it impossible to adjust 

the focus in the focus ring, please set the focus 

control method to A (AUTO) with the FOCUS 

switch. Zoom control can also be assigned to the 

FOCUS ring.(Page 40)

As you shrink the aperture to a near closed state, 

resolution will decrease due to light diffraction. 

You can prevent this by adjusting the shutter 

speed and increasing the aperture size.

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Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button enlarges 

the center of the viewfinder and LCD monitor 

screens, or displays a bar at the bottom center of 

the screen. These displays make aligning the focus 

easier and are particularly useful in manual focus 

mode. The display that appears when the FOCUS 

ASSIST button is pressed can be configured with 

the FOCUS ASSIST SW item in the setting menu 

SW&DISP SETUP screen. (Page 106)

The central part of the screen will be enlarged by 

a factor of about 4 in the vertical direction and by a 

factor of about 6 in the horizontal direction.

A blue box will appear in the viewfinder and LCD 

monitor screens during expanded display. Only the 

operation status display and counter will appear on 

the screen.

The center of the angle of view is shifted slightly 
from the center of the LCD monitor.

A bar will appear at the bottom center of the 

viewfinder and LCD monitor screens, indicating the 

level of focus alignment with its length.

The peak hold mark (▼) appears over the bar, and 

the bar expands to the right as focus is aligned.

Displays both the expanded display and focus bar.

This function cannot be used while the digital 

zoom function is in use.

Press the FOCUS ASSIST button again to return 

to the original screen.

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