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 
the automatic adjustment.
∫ To set the white balance 
manually
1 Select  , fill the screen with a white 
subject.
2 Touch and set the blinking  .
≥ When the screen turns black instantly and the 
 display stops flashing and then lights 
constantly, the setting is complete.
≥ If the   display continues flashing, the white 
balance cannot be set. In this case, use other 
white balance modes.
≥When the   display flashes, the manual white 
balance previously  adjusted is stored.
Whenever recording conditions change, re-set 
the white balance.
≥ When setting both the white balance and the 
iris/gain, set the white balance first.
≥  is not displayed on the screen when 
 is being set.
White balance
IconMode/Recording conditions
Auto white balance adjustment
Sunny mode
Outdoors under a clear sky
Cloudy mode
Outdoors under cloudy sky
Indoor mode 1
Incandescent light, video lights like 
in the studio, etc.
Indoor mode 2
Color fluorescent lamps, sodium 
lamps in gymnasiums etc.
Manual adjustment mode
≥Mercury-vapor lamps, sodium 
lamps, some fluorescent lights
≥ Lights used for wedding 
receptions at hotels, stage 
spotlights in theaters
≥ Sunrise, sunset, etc.
MFFIRISSHTRWB
AW B
AW B
AW B
FIRISSHTRWBMF
FIRISSHTRWBMF
AW B
AW B
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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 1/8000.)
≥ The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster.
≥ The shutter speed will be set between 1/2 and 
1/2000 in Still Picture Recording Mode.
Iris/Gain value:
CLOSE  # (F16 to F2.0) #  OPEN # (0dB to 
18dB)
≥ Value closer to [CLOSE] darkens the image.
≥ Value closer to [18dB] brightens the image.
≥ When the iris value is adjusted to brighter than 
[OPEN], it changes to the gain value.
≥ Press the MANUAL button again to restore to 
the automatic adjustment.
≥When setting both the shutter speed and the 
iris/gain value, set the shutter speed and then 
set the iris/gain value. Manual shutter speed adjustment
≥
When the shutter speed is set lower than 1/15 
in the Still Picture Recording Mode, using a 
tripod is recommended. Also, white balance 
cannot be set. The shutter speed will be set to 
1/30 when the power is turned on again or 
when the Quick Start is performed.
≥ If you increase the shutter speed manually, the 
noise on the screen may increase.
≥ You may see a band of light around an object 
that is shining very bright, or highly reflective.
≥ During normal playback, image movement 
may not look smooth.
≥ If you record an extremely bright object or 
record under indoor lighting, color and screen 
brightness may change or a horizontal line 
may appear on the screen. In this case, record 
in Auto Mode or set the shutter speed to 1/60 
in areas where the power supply frequency is 
60 Hz, or 1/100 in areas of 50 Hz.
Manual iris/gain adjustment
≥ If the gain value is increased, the noise on the 
screen increases.
≥ Depending on the zoom magnification, there 
are iris values that are not displayed.
Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment
MFFIRISSHTRWB
1/100100
1/100
SHTR
IRIS
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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 enlarged when 
[MF ASSIST] is [OFF].
≥ To return to Auto Focus, touch [AF] icon or 
press the MANUAL button again.
≥MF Assist does not work when the Digital 
Zoom is used.
≥ The part of the screen that is enlarged is not 
enlarged on the image actually recorded. Adjust the quality of the image while recording.
Adjust by outputting to a TV while adjusting the 
quality of the image.
≥
Press the MANUAL button. ( l70)
1Select the menu. ( l28)
2Touch the desired setting items.
[SHARPNESS]:
Sharpness of the edge
[COLOR]:
Depth of the color of the image
[EXPOSURE]:
Brightness of the image
3Touch  /  to adjust settings.
≥After adjustments are made, if no operations 
are performed for about 2 seconds, the bar will 
disappear.
4Touch [ENTER].
≥Touch [EXIT] or press the MENU button to 
complete the settings.   appears on the 
screen.
Manual focus adjustment
[RECORD SETUP]  # [MF ASSIST]  # [ON]
FIRISSHTRWBMF
MFMF
FIRISSHTRWBMF
MF MF
MF
MF
AF
Picture adjustment
[RECORD SETUP] 
# [PICTURE ADJUST] 
# [YES]
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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 
thumbnails.
1: Displays the direct playback bar. ( l76)
≥ Operation icon disappears if no playback 
operation is performed for about 3 seconds. It 
will be displayed again if you touch the screen.
OFF
≥Rotate the mode dial while at the same 
time pressing in the lock release button  A 
if changing from OFF to another mode.
≥ Align with the status indicator  B.
0h00m00s 0h00m00s
0h00m00s
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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 during playback.
To w a r d s  “ r”:
Increases the volume
To w a r d s  “ s”:
Decreases the volume
≥ It is possible to operate with the zoom button.
∫ Fast forward/rewind playback
Touch  5 during playback to fast forward.
(Touch  6 to rewind.)
≥ The fast forward/rewind speed increases if you 
touch  5/6  again. (The display on the 
screen changes from  5 to  .)
≥ Normal playback is restored when you touch 
.
∫Skip playback
(to the start of a scene)
(Operation is possible with the remote 
control only.)
Press the  : or 9  button during playback.
∫Slow-motion playback
1 Pause the playback.
≥When the operation icon disappears, touch 
the screen to display the icon again.
2 Continue touching  . (  is for slow rewind playback)
Playback is slow while touching.
≥ Normal playback is restored when you touch 
.
≥ When slow-motion pictures are played back in 
reverse, they will be shown continuously at 
approximately 2/3
rd the speed of normal 
playback (intervals of 0.5 seconds).
VOL
WT
VOL
WT
SEARCH
STILL ADV STILL ADV SEARCHPLAY
STOP
SKIP SKIP
PAUSE
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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.
2) Touch the direct playback bar  A.
≥ The playback is paused and the image is 
skipped until the position you touched.
≥ Playback starts again when you release the 
touch screen.
≥ Touch  2 to display the operation icon.
≥ If no operations are performed for about 
3 seconds, the bar will disappear. Touch the 
screen again to display the bar.
≥ Direct playback bar cannot be operated with 
the remote control.
≥Sound will be heard only during normal 
playback.
≥ If pause play is continued for 5 minutes, the 
screen returns to the thumbnails.
≥ Any scenes where the thumbnails are 
displayed as   cannot be played back.
≥ During motion picture playback, the power will 
not turn off even if the LCD monitor is closed.
≥ The elapsed time for playback indication will be 
reset to “0h00m00s” for each scene.
Motion picture compatibility
≥This unit is based on the AVCHD format.
≥ The video signal that can be played back on 
this unit is 1920 k1080/60i, 1920 k1080/24p 
or 1440k1080/60i.
≥ This unit may degrade or not play back 
motion pictures recorded or created on 
other products, and other products may 
degrade or not play back motion pictures 
recorded on this unit, even if the products 
support AVCHD.
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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 picture.
≥ Quality will be different from the normal still 
picture. An image of one scene is displayed as a 
thumbnail at set time interval. Scene can be 
played back from any midway point of the scene 
you wish to see.
≥
Move the zoom lever to  i side and change 
over the thumbnail display to 
Highlight&Time frame index. ( l75)
1Touch the set time selection.
A Set time selection
B Scene selection
≥ Next (previous) scene can be displayed by 
touching / .
2Touch and select time to be set.
≥A portion judged to be clearly recorded will be 
detected and displayed in thumbnail if you 
select [HIGHLIGHT]. The thumbnail may not 
be displayed if the part recognized as clearly 
recorded cannot be detected.
3Touch the thumbnail to be played 
back.
≥Next (previous) thumbnail can be displayed by 
touching / .
Creating still picture from 
motion picture
2.1M
Highlight&Time frame index
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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 repaired
j When the setting of [DIGITAL CINEMA] is 
turned on/off*
j When the recording mode is changed from 
HA/HG/HX to HE
* or HE to HA/HG/HX*
* –1, –2... is added after the recording date 
displayed on the screen. Play back the scenes excluding a portion of the 
scene judged to have failed to shoot due to fast 
movement of this unit, camera shake, or focus 
error.
1Touch .
2Touch [INTEL. SCENE].
3Touch the scene to be played 
back.
≥
Up to 9 sections can be skipped for a single 
scene.
≥ When motion pictures are skipped, the image 
stops momentarily.
≥ The position of sections to be skipped may 
vary depending on the type of recording, with 
some having no skipped parts.
≥ Divided scene will not be skipped.
≥ Playing back all the scenes returns if the power 
is turned off or the mode is changed.
≥ For data that are edited with the editing 
function of HD Writer AE 1.0, the Intelligent 
scene selection is disabled.
≥ Deletion of scenes cannot be done during the 
Intelligent scene selection.
≥ Highlight&Time frame index display does not 
appear.
Playing back motion 
pictures by date

Intelligent scene selection
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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. 
(l 74)
≥When the playback is finished or stopped, the 
screen to select [REPLAY], [SELECT AGAIN] 
or [EXIT] is displayed.
Touch the desired item.
∫ Scene setting
1) Touch [SELECT SCENES] or 
[SELECT DATE].
2) (When [SELECT SCENES] is selected) Touch the scene to be played back.
≥ Up to 99 scenes can be selected in 
succession.
≥ When touched, the scene is selected and   is 
displayed. Touch the scene again to cancel the 
operation.
(When [SELECT DATE] is selected)
Touch the date to be played back.
≥ A maximum of 7 days can be selected.
≥ When touched, the date is selected and 
surrounded by red.
Touch the date again to cancel the operation.
3) Touch [Enter]/[ENTER] to complete the  settings.Highlight playback
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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 music option to change the 
music to be tested.
≥ When you touch [STOP], the music playback 
stops.
≥ When you touch [ENTER], the music being 
tested is set.
≥The scene in the vicinity of the split may not 
play back when the scene is split.
≥ Playing back of all the scenes returns if the 
power is turned off or the mode is changed. Playback of the first scene starts after playback 
of the last scene finishes.
Select the menu. (
l28)
The   indication appears on the full screen 
views.
≥All the scenes are played back repeatedly. 
(When playing back motion pictures by date, 
all the scenes on the selected date are played 
back repeatedly.)
If playback of a scene was stopped halfway, the 
playback can be resumed from where it was 
stopped.
Select the menu. ( l28)
If playback of a motion picture is stopped,   
appears on the thumbnail view of the stopped 
scene.
≥This function’s default setting is [ON].
≥The memorized resume position is cleared if 
you turn off the power or change the mode.
(The setting of [RESUME PLAY] does not 
change.)
Repeat playback
[VIDEO SETUP]  # [REPEAT PLAY]  # [ON]
Resuming the previous 
playback
[VIDEO SETUP]  # [RESUME PLAY]  # [ON]
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