Panasonic AG-DVC30 User Manual

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18A p p e n d i xDemonstrating the AG-DVC30The new Panasonic AG-DVC30 is loaded with professional features in a small,lightweight mobile package. Built tough, with a die cast Magnesium Alloy chassis &handle. It sports a Leica Dicomar 16x Zoom Lens that will surprise you. Clearly, theDVC30 is the "pro-fordable" choice in the 1/4" three-CCD palm-sized camcordercategory.PreparationOn Switch Mode Menu1. Set USER1 to Push AF + ZOOM2. Set USER2 to Lumi-Flik3. Set USER3 to White FadeOn the Other Functions Menu, Set Tape Protect to STBY (Standby).With the DVC30 on the tripod, connect a VariZoom VZDVR130 or VZDVX100 controlat the rear and mount on the tripod handle. No DV tape is required, open the sidescreen and put a charged battery or AC adapter DC power plug on the back.Start:The AG-DVC30’s 16 times Leica lens is a major competitive advantage. Feel theZoom Rocker control or VariZoom yourself. It’s fast when you need it to be fast! Forsports you can go right in on the ball in one second. But even more impressive, is howslowly it zooms! For shooting dramatic work it can take you from wide to telephoto inas slow as 100 seconds. Surprisingly, it has the feel of an expensive professional lenscosting as much as the entire AG-DVC30 which already has a price that isincomparably affordable.Note the smooth start/stops this precision zoom gives you...very professional. Theend user who views the images made with the DVC30 will think the video was madewith a large shoulder mounted camcorder with an expensive lens. The AG-DVC30’squiet lens motor won’t affect the soundtrack as much as other camcorders in its class.And as an added feature, the Switch Mode menu allows a choice for Zoom speedcurve favoring Fast, Slow or Normal. What’s more, the fastest and slowest speeds arestill available whichever choice you make, so it’s the taper of the control or the zoomcurve that’s being selected, again a trait of a very expensive lens.Digital Auto FocusPull back to Wide Angle and put your watch and sleeve in front of the lens (allowing alittle light to get in there). Watch the lens sharpen all the way in to the Macro focusmode. Drop your hand down, the lens will quickly and accurately focus on the subjectin the distance. Raise your hand in front of the camera again. Watch the auto focusreturn to Macro. Fast & accurate Auto Focus with no hunting! Notice the DVC30 isfocusing better and faster than many end users could and to prove it, zoom in all theway to telephoto (most critical) and scan the across different subjects at differentdistances and see how accurate the auto focusing is.Since the Auto Focus function is so accurate, we will be using it more often than not,and typically that would mean our Focus Ring is wasted. Well the AG-DVC30 is not atypical camcorder! With the DVC30 we can go to the Switch Mode Menu and chooseFocus Ring - Zoom. Now try the Focus ring. The zoom now has a touch and feelthat’s a delight to the senses. So smooth!Our factory engineers were able to add a servo momentum feel to its movement. It’s adampened response that allows you to do those quick reverse moves so populartoday. It’s especially useful when standing on the left side of the camera with the 3.5"side screen folded back. Your video footage will never look jumpy, like an amateurmade it, because the DVC30 yields results that are smooth and professional.Manual FocusSlide the Auto / Manual slide switch over to Manual. Press the Focus button andMF (Manual Focus) will appear in the upper right hand side of the LCD screen.Now let’s turn the focus ring which feels very smooth. Let’s say you’re shooting in fullManual Mode. Watch how smoothly and quickly one can focus with this Focus Ring.While we’re in Manual Focus I’d like to show you a quick way of touching up focus ona subject automatically. Press in and hold the USER 1 button on the top of thecamera. The lens will Zoom in all the way, Focus Automatically (even though you’restill in Manual Focus mode), and then return to the exact framing you had before youpressed the User 1 button. In the upper right hand corner of the LCD Screen (or EVF),note the Zoom #. This represents the relative Zoom position.Move from 44 to 99 and back to 44, 12 to 99 and back to 12. There is a similar featurefound in expensive lenses. However, the DVC30 returns to your original framing anddoes the focus for you as well!(Reminder: the User1 button can be set to 16 different functions by pushing Menu,Switch Mode and User 1.) Customizing the DVC30 to your needs is easy. Most times,you will be shooting in Auto mode so slide the switch over to Auto. Now Focus, ShutterSpeed, Iris, Gain, & White Balance will all be handled automatically.What if you’re going to use Auto Focus and be hand held using the Rocker lever forZoom? The Focus/Zoom Ring will be again wasted? Go to the Switch Mode Menuand choose Focus Ring - Iris. For this to work you must slide the Auto/Manual switchover to Manual, press the menu roller dial in two times (one for Shutter and a secondtime for Iris) until you see the F stop on the right side of the LCD Screen. Now roll thatsmall jog wheel down and show how smoothly the fade in/out gradations are.Admittedly, using this little wheel found on the smaller camcorders is a littleinconvenient because my finger isn’t 12" long (then it would be a foot). Wouldn’t it begreat if I could use the larger Focus Ring to do this? Now roll the Focus Ring Downand the Iris will close and then up to open and notice after it hits Open the gainsautomatically activate and will add +3, +6, +9, +12, +15 all the way to +18 dB. Shoot adarker area with the Iris on Open and no Gain.Then roll the Focus Ring (Iris) up to +3, +6, +9, +12, +15 and all the way to +18 dB asneeded. Very little noise very impressive! Then ask doesn’t this look better than whatwe saw at Open?Suppose the customer is accustomed to a broadcast lens that goes up to close anddown to open? Go to the Switch Mode Menu and change Up Open to Down Openand that will allow the customer to go up to close or down to close. This is truly anamazing camera considering its size and price.Infra Red (SNS Super Night Shooting)Now for seeing in total darkness! Make sure to go to the Switch Mode Menu andchoose SNS - IR.Shut the lights off and looking at the black LCD monitor say: Here’s what you would getwith any other camcorder. Now press the SNS button on the LCD side of the camera.Remove the lens hood by twisting off about 10 degrees or else the hood will block aportion of the internal IR LED’s located under the lens. Then Zoom in slightly because theIR LED’s are targeted for a smaller area. Shoot something about 10’ away with goodcontrast (Black on white print etc.). The Auto/Manual slide switch should be in Auto. Whenyou press the SNS button you’ll hear the IR filter being removed from the light path. Thepicture will turn B&W with high detail, not green and noisy as in some camcorders with IRcapability. The Auto focus will be active, even in total darkness.

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