Panasonic 2008 - Manual (Page 9)

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Intelligent Shooting Guide / Selection Playback
Magnificent shots every time – when shooting, when viewing
*The camera must be aimed at the subject in advance.
This clever function records three seconds of
images even before you actually begin shooting.
The images are held temporarily in the camcorder's internal memory,
before recording onto the SDHC/SD Memory Card or hard disk begins.
This ensures that you won't miss the start of a moment you want to
record, such as when an event begins all of a sudden.
When Shooting
Intelligent Shooting Guide
This convenient function helps you choose the best
shooting settings. It displays a text message in the LCD monitor,
telling you which settings are best for the current conditions.
In Playback
Intelligent Shooting Selection Playback
Poor or accidental shots (such as shots of the ground or overly dark
scenes) are skipped, and all normal scenes are played.
Examples of detectable shooting mistakes:
•Dark scenes •Fast panning/tilting •Hand swinging •Low light
•Ground shooting •Poorly focused shots
It is so dark, the subject
looks dull and unattractive. When set to Low Light
mode, the shot is beautiful. A message is displayed telling
you to use Low Light mode.
Fast Pan/Tilt:
CAMERA PANNING IS TOO FAST
Low Light:
USE LOW LIGHT MODE
Backlighting:
USE INTELLIGENT CONTRAST Cancel Backlighting:
CANCEL INTELLIGENT CONTRAST
Hand Swing:
USE O.I.S.
Cancel Low Light:
CANCEL LOW LIGHT MODE
Starts backing up in the internal memory
3 seconds prior Time REC Button On!
OFF
ON
Cut Cut
0.6 sec Quick Start
No more missed shooting opportunities!
In Quick Start mode*, the SD9 and HS9 are ready to record 0.6 second
after the LCD is opened. You’re always ready to capture the moment,
even when the unexpected occurs.
*This mode can be selected from the menu.
Power turns on
automatically
when you open the LCD!
OFF
Open
ON
Without
Pre-Rec.
With
Pre-Rec.
NEW
The starting
scene is missing.
HS9 SD9
HS9 SD9
Pre-Rec Function
Images are recorded
even before you begin shooting
With the SD9 and HS9, setting the time is as easy as selecting a city
from the displayed map. The World
Timer function lets you set the time
for two cities, home and destination.
You don't have to figure out the time
difference at your destination, and
it's easy when you get home.
NEW
World Timer
Easy time setting –
Both on the road and at home
HS9 SD9
HS9 SD9
HS9 SD9
It's difficult to shoot scenes with deep shadows or
large differences between light and dark areas.
The subject often looks too dark, and faces can be
hard to see. Panasonic solves this problem with
Face Detection, a function that automatically adjusts the exposure
according to the ambient brightness, so faces are bright and easy to
see. When the camcorder detects a face in the scene, a square frame
appears around it in the LCD monitor and the exposure is adjusted
to correct the brightness level. The skin tone is also smoothed. Face
Detection can detect up to five faces at once. With Face Detection –
offered for the first time for recording moving pictures with a video
camera – Panasonic makes it easy to capture beautiful faces and clear
backgrounds even in dim or backlit scenes.
NEW
Face Detection
Panasonic's face detection function for recording moving pictures with a video camera
Faces are beautiful - Even in backlit or dark places
Faces are bright and sharp.
The backlit faces are hard
to make out.
FULL HIGH DEFINITION