Panasonic Hdc Hs250 Operating Instructions

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The automatic white balance function may not reproduce natural colors depending on the scenes or 
lighting conditions. If so, you can adjust the white balance manually. The unit can record pictures in a 
natural hue if it can recognize the reference color white.
≥ Press the MANUAL button. ( l70)
1Touch [WB].
2Touch  /  to select White 
Balance mode.
≥Select the optimal mode by confirming the 
color on the screen.
≥ Set the White Balance Mode to   or 
press the MANUAL button again to restore to...

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Shutter Speed:
Adjust it when recording fast-moving subjects.
Iris:
Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too dark.
≥Press the MANUAL button. ( l70)
1Touch [SHTR] or [IRIS].
2Touch  /  to adjust settings.
Shutter speed:
1/60 to 1/8000
≥ If [AUTO SLOW SHTR] is set to [ON], the 
shutter speed will be set between 1/30 and 
1/8000.
≥ If [DIGITAL CINEMA] is set to [ON], the shutter 
speed will be set between 1/48 and 
1/8000. (When [AUTO SLOW SHTR] is set to 
[ON], the range is 1/24 to...

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If auto focusing is difficult due to the conditions, 
then use manual focus.
≥Press the MANUAL button. ( l70)
1(When MF assist function is used)
Select the menu. ( l28)
≥This function’s default setting is [ON].
2Touch [MF] icon.
≥In Manual Focus Mode, [AF] icon appears on 
the screen. 
3Adjust the focus by touching  / .
The center of the screen is enlarged. The normal 
screen returns approximately 2 seconds after 
you finish bringing the subject into focus.
≥The center of the screen is not...

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Playback
Playback
1
Motion picture playback
1Change the mode to  .
2Touch the play mode select icon 
C to select desired media to be 
played back.
≥ Touch [VIDEO/SD CARD] to play back the SD 
card.
Touch [VIDEO/HDD] to play back the HDD.
3Touch the scene to be played 
back.
≥Next (previous) page can be displayed by 
touching / .
4Select the playback operation by 
touching the operation icon.
1/ ;: Playback/Pause
6 : Rewind playback
5 : Fast forward playback
∫: Stops the playback and shows the...

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∫Change the thumbnail display
During step 3, the thumbnail display changes in 
the following order if the zoom lever is operated 
to 
_ side or ` side.
20 scenes  () 9 scenes  () 1 scene
()  Highlight&Time frame index
≥ Refer to page 77 for information about 
Highlight&Time frame index.
≥ 9 scenes display returns if the power is turned 
off or the mode is changed.
≥ It is possible to operate with the zoom button.
∫ Speaker volume adjustment
Move the volume lever to adjust the speaker 
volume...

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∫Frame-by-frame playback
The motion picture is advanced one frame at a 
time.
1 Pause the playback.
≥When the operation icon disappears, touch 
the screen to display the icon again.
2Touch . (Touch   to advance the frames one at a 
time in the reverse direction.)
≥ Normal playback is restored when you touch 
.
≥ When the frames are advanced one at a time 
in the reverse direction, they will be shown in 
intervals of 0.5 seconds.
∫ Direct playback
1) Touch  1 to display the direct playback bar....

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A single frame from the recorded motion picture 
can be saved as a still picture.
Picture size of the still picture to be recorded is  (1920k 1080).
1Pause at the scene you want to 
save as a still picture during 
playback.
≥It is convenient to use slow-motion playback 
and frame-by-frame playback.
2Press the   button fully.
Still picture is recorded and will be saved on the 
same media as the motion picture.
≥Date the motion picture was recorded will be 
registered as date of the still...

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Scenes recorded on the same day can be played 
back in succession.
1Touch the date select icon.
ADate select icon
2Touch the playback date.
The scenes recorded on the date selected are 
displayed as thumbnails.
3Touch the scene to be played 
back.
≥Playing back of all the scenes returns if the 
power is turned off or the mode is changed.
≥ Even if scenes are recorded on the same day, 
they are grouped separately in the following 
cases.
jWhen the number of scenes exceeds 99
j When the media is...

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Part that was recognized as clearly recorded is 
extracted from a long recording, and it can be 
played back in short time with music added.
1Touch .
2Touch [HIGHLIGHT].
3Touch the desired item.
[SCENE SETUP]:
Select the scene or date to be played back.
[PLAYBACK TIME]:
Select the time to play back.
 (l80)
[MUSIC SELECT]:
Select the music to be played on playback. (l80)
4Touch [START].
≥ The playback time is displayed, and the unit is 
put into playback pause.
5Select the playback operation....

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∫Playback time setting
1) Touch the playback time to set.
≥The playback time of [AUTO] is a maximum of 
approx. 5 minutes.
≥ Playback time may become shorter than the 
setting, or it may not even play back if the part 
recognized as clearly recorded is short.
∫ Music setting
1) Touch your favorite music.
≥When [NO MUSIC] is selected, the audio 
recorded at the time of shooting is played back.
2) Touch [ENTER].
To test the music audio:
Touch [START] and start the audio testing.
≥ Touch the other...