Panasonic AG-HPX250EN User Manual
Operating instructions, Volume

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Operating Instructions
Vol.2
Memory Card Camera-Recorder
Model No.
AG-HPX250P
AG-HPX250EN
Note that Operation Instructions Vol. 2 describes advanced
operations of the Memory Card Camera-Recorder.
For instructions on basic operations of the Memory Card
Camera-Recorder, refer to Operating Instructions Vol. 1 (printed
documents) contained in the supplied CD-ROM.
Volume
2
Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and
save this manual for future use.
■ This product is eligible for the P2HD
5 Year Warranty Repair Program.
For details, see page 8 of Vol. 1.
This manual is related to the following products:
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Shooting
- Viewfinder
- Using the viewfinder
- Using the LCD monitor
- Emphasizing Image Outlines
- Adjusting the screen display
- Changing backlight brightness
- Tally lamp
- Basic shooting operations
- Preparing to shoot
- Shooting in auto mode
- Checking photos taken (REC CHECK)
- P2 card access lamps
- Protecting against a possible erasure
- Formatting P2 cards
- P2 card recording times
- Remove the P2 card
- Using SD/SDHC memory cards
- Installing and removing the SD memory card
- Formatting SD memory card
- Cautions in using SD memory cards
- Using the zoom function
- Digital zoom function
- Shooting in progressive mode
- Standard recording (pull-down recording)
- Native recording
- Recording with Variable Frame Rate (VFR)
- Native VFR recording
- Standard VFR recording (pulldown recording)
- Using progressive mode and VFR recording function
- Flow effect shooting
- Shooting in manual mode
- Switching to manual mode
- Manual focusing
- Using focus assist function
- Iris adjustments
- Adjusting the gain
- Using super gain
- Light intensity adjustments
- Adjusting the white balance and black balance
- Adjusting the white balance
- Adjusting the black balance
- Shooting techniques for different targets
- Low-angle shooting
- Self-portrait shooting
- Scan reverse shooting
- Zebra pattern
- Center marker display
- Safety zone markers
- Checking and displaying shooting status
- Changing the image size
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- DRS (Dynamic Range Stretcher) function
- FBC (Flash Band Compensation)
- Using the USER buttons
- Backlight compensation
- Color bars
- Waveform monitor function
- Adjusting the volume while shooting
- Backup recording
- 2-slot continuous recording
- Shot mark function
- Text memo recording
- Time stamp function
- LAST CLIP DELETE function
- Using special recording modes
- Pre-recording (PRE REC)
- Interval recording (INTERVAL REC)
- One-shot recording (ONE SHOT REC)
- Loop recording (LOOP REC)
- One-clip recording (ONE CLIP REC)
- Adjusting the shutter speed
- Using SHTR/F.RATE dial
- Setting SHUTTER mode
- Setting SYNCHRO SCAN mode
- Setting FRAME RATE mode
- Switching audio input
- Using the built-in microphone
- Using another microphone and audio equipment
- Adjusting the audio recording level automatically
- Adjusting the recording level
- CH3 and CH4 recording levels
- Audio level meter magnification
- Using scene files (Scene File Data)
- Changing scene file settings
- Saving scene files and other settings on SD memory cards
- Configuration of setup data files
- Using time data
- Counter setting and display
- Time data overview
- Setting user bits
- Entering the user bits
- Setting the time code
- Externally locking the time code
- Outputting the time code externally
- Recording time codes and user bits
- Viewfinder
- Playback
- Basic playback operations
- Thumbnail operations
- Thumbnail manipulations overview
- Thumbnail screen
- Selecting thumbnails
- Playing back clips
- Switching the thumbnail display
- Changing thumbnails
- Shot mark
- Text memo
- Deleting clips
- Restoring clips
- Reconnection of incomplete clips
- Copying clips
- Setting of clip meta data
- Formatting a P2 card
- Formatting SD memory cards
- Setting the thumbnail display mode
- Properties
- Useful playback functions
- Variable speed search
- Slow playback
- Fast forward/rewind playback
- Frame-by-frame playback
- Clip skip
- Adjusting the volume
- Viewing images on a TV/monitor
- Checking the date and time
- Editing
- Connecting external units
- Headphones
- External microphone
- Personal computer (non-linear editing/file transfer)
- Hard disk drive (data copying)
- Digital video equipment (Dubbing)
- TV/Monitor (playback/dubbing)
- Connections to the DVCPRO/DV connector
- Recording signals input to the DVCPRO/DV connector
- Control of external devices through 1394 connection
- Precautions in 1394 connections
- Nonlinear editing with P2 card (PC mode: USB device)
- Procedures for making connections to a personal computer
- Using a hard disk drive (PC mode: USB host)
- Switching to the USB HOST mode
- Using the USB HOST mode
- Viewing hard disk drive information
- Formatting a hard disk drive
- Writing data on a hard disk drive
- Writing data back to P2 cards
- Direction for using a hard disk drive
- Warning and error display for thumbnail operation and USB HOST MODE
- Connecting external units
- Displays
- Screen displays
- Viewfinder screen status displays
- Screen displays
- Center information display
- MODE CHECK indication
- Screen displays
- Menu
- Setup menu list
- SCENE FILE screen
- SYSTEM SETUP screen
- SW MODE screen
- AUTO SW screen
- RECORDING SETUP screen
- AUDIO SETUP screen
- OUTPUT SEL screen
- DISPLAY SETUP screen
- CARD FUNCTIONS screen
- OTHER FUNCTIONS screen
- DIAGNOSTIC screen
- OPTION MENU screen
- Setup menu list
- Reference
- Before calling for service
- Updating the firmware incorporated into the unit
- Cleaning
- Storage precautions
- How to handle data recorded on P2 cards
- Checkpoints for using memory cards
- Information on software for this product
- Recording format list
- Index