Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC81E Operating Instructions Manual

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60Chapter 2: Operations in DV modeMarkerIf you press the ZEBRA button while zebra patternsare displayed, a marker appears near the centerof the display (if you have set the setup menu,SW&DISP SETUP, MARKER to ON).The brightness of the areas near the screen centercan be checked as a percentage (0 % to 99 %).“99%↑” appears if the percentage is over 99.99%Image level detection areaImage levelMarkerThe normal display reappears if you press theZEBRA button again.The marker does not appear when the facedetection function is set to ON.Checking and displaying shootingstatusDISP/MODE CHK buttonIf you press and hold the DISP/MODE CHK buttonin recording standby mode or while recording, theconfiguration status of all recording functions, alist of USER button function assignments, focusring function, and all other camera information willbe displayed. Release the button to return to thenormal display.Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button duringrecording or while recording is paused willremove all displays from the screen except for theoperation status, counter, marker, and safety zonedisplay. Press the button again to return to thenormal display. (Page 98)The display mode selected using the DISP/MODECHK button is retained even if you turn off thecamera by setting the POWER switch to OFF, orchange the operating mode.•Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)PRE RECRecord video and audio from three seconds beforethe time of the operation to begin recording.Operation to startrecordingOperation to stoprecordingActual recordingtimePRE REC time(Time)1 Select ON for the PREREC MODE item in thesetting menu RECORD SETUP screen, andthen press the ENTER button.PRE REC is displayed on the screen.2 Press the START/STOP button.Video and audio from approximately 3 secondspreviously will be recorded.Recording of the previous 3 seconds of videoand audio may not be possible if recording isstarted immediately in the following cases.Immediately after switching from anothermode to CAMERA modeImmediately after turning power onImmediately after changing to PRERECMODE itemThe thumbnail for clips recorded using thePREREC function will display the image fromwhen the START/STOP button was pressed.Optical Image StabilizerUse the Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) to reducethe effects of camera shake when shooting byhand.Press the OIS button to turn the function on andoff. The appears on the viewfinder when thisfunction is on. Turn the function off when using atripod for more natural images.•��•