Panasonic Hc W570 Owners Manual

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Basic camera positioning
1 Hold the unit with both hands.
2 Put your hand through the grip belt.
3 It is convenient to use the Recording button icon  A when holding the unit at waist level.
≥ When recording, make sure your footing is stable and there is n o danger of colliding with another 
person or object.
≥ When you are outdoors, record pictures with the sunlight behind  you. If the subject is backlit, it will 
become dark in the recording.
≥ Keep your arms near your body and separate your...

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1Open the LCD monitor, and set 
this unit to Motion Picture 
Recording Mode. (l17)
2Press the recording start/stop 
button to start recording.
3Press the recording start/stop 
button again to pause recording.
≥Recording can also be started/stopped by touching the recording  button icon.
∫Screen indications in the Motion Picture Recording Mode
≥Screen display will disappear when no touch operation is perfor med for a specific period of time. 
To display it again, touch the screen. ( l30)
≥ It will...

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≥If the recording/playback button is pressed during motion pictu re recording, the recording 
will stop and this unit will be switched to Playback Mode.
≥ To change the recording format, change the 
[REC FORMAT] or [REC MODE]. ( l71, 72 )
≥ Still pictures can be recorded while recording the motion pictu re. (l25)
≥ The images recorded between pressing the recording start/stop b utton to start recording and 
pressing it again to pause recording become one scene.
When you record scenes with [REC...

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1Open the LCD monitor, and set this 
unit to Still Picture Recording Mode. 
(l 17)
2Press the   button halfway. (For 
Auto Focus only)
Focus indication:
3Press the   button fully.
≥ If you set the Optical Image Stabilizer function ( l62) to   ([MODE1]), then the Image 
Stabilizer function will be more effective. (  (MEGA Optical Ima ge Stabilizer) will be 
displayed when the   button is pressed halfway.)
≥ Using a tripod is recommended when recording still pictures in  dark places because the...

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About the screen indications in  Still Picture Recording Mode
∫ About the focusing area
When there is a contrasting object ahead or behind the subject  in the focus area, the subject may 
not be focused. If so, move the contrasting object out of the f ocus area.
Recording still pictures in Motion Picture Recording 
Mode
¬Set this unit to Motion Picture Recording Mode ( l17)
Press the   button fully (press to the bottom) to take the pictu re.
≥It is possible to record still pictures while...

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1Set this unit to Playback Mode (l17).
2Touch the play mode select icon  A  (l 19).≥You can also set by touching  , selecting [VIDEO 
SETUP] or [PICT. SETUP]  # [MEDIA, VIDEO/
PICTURE]. ( l29)
3Select the still picture  C or the recording 
format of the motion picture  D you wish to 
play back.
≥ Touch [Enter].
≥ If you touch  , scenes recorded as Backup for Twin 
Camera will be displayed. The recording mode icon ( ) will be di splayed on the thumbnail 
screen, and each thumbnail will be displayed...

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≥The following icons are displayed on thumbnails when [ALL MP4/i Frame] is touched:
j MP4 [1080/60p] scene/
MP4 [1080/30p] scene: 
j MP4 [720/30p] scene: 
j MP4 [360/30p] scene: 
j iFrame scene: 
5Touch the scene or the still picture to be played back.≥To display the next (previous) page:
jSlide the thumbnail display upward (downward) while touching it .
j Switch the Touch Menu, and then touch   (up) /   (down) on the th umbnail scroll 
lever.
6Select the playback operation by touching 
the...

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Change the thumbnail display
While the thumbnail is displayed, the thumbnail display changes  in the 
following order if the zoom lev er is operated to   side or   side .
20 scenes  () 9 scenes  () 1 scene  () Highlight & Time Frame Index* 
( l 81)
* Highlight & Time Frame Index can only set in Motion Picture Pl ayback 
Mode.
≥ If the recording/playback button is pressed, the thumbnail disp lay will return to the one that 
displays 9 scenes.
≥ By displaying in 1 scene or touching and holding the...

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≥Touch   (left side)/   (right side) of   on the Touch Menu to disp lay  . (l19)
1To u c h   .
2Touch the top menu  A.
3Touch the submenu B.
≥ Next (previous) page is displayed by touching 
/.
4Touch the desired item to enter the 
setting.
5Touch [EXIT] to exit the menu 
setting.
∫About   guide display
After touching  , touching the submenus 
and items will cause function descriptions and 
settings confirmation messages to appear.
≥After the messages have been displayed, the 
guide display is...

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Set the display method for the screen information display.
Please refer to page 20.
It is possible to display and r ecord the time at the travel des tination by selecting your home region 
and the travel destination.
1 Select the menu.
≥When the [HOME] (your home region) is not set, the message appe ars. Touch [ENTER] and 
proceed to Step 3.
2(Only when setting your home region)To u c h   [ H O M E ] .≥ Touch [ENTER].3(Only when setting your home region)
Touch  /  to select your home 
region and...