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New P2 Instructions 7/11/10 

 

  

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NOTE* - EACH CAMERA COMES WITH ONLY ONE CARD. PLACE THE CARD IN 
THE LOWEST NUMBERED SLOT.  ADDITIONAL CARDS MAY BE AVAILABLE IF 
NECESSARY. 
 

Erasing all clips (formatting the P2 card

 

Before shooting be sure that the person using the camera before you has erased all 

of the clips so you will have room to shoot your footage. (NOTE – New video will NOT 
overwrite what is already on the P2 cards)  

 

Open the LCD display and VCR 
panel. 

 

Press the MODE button to change 
to MCR mode. 

 

Press the THUMBNAIL MENU 
button to open the menu. 

 

Use the cursor buttons to select 
OPERATION 

Æ

 FORMAT. 

 

Use the cursor buttons to select the 
SLOT#. 

 

Press CURSOR AND SET. 

 

Confirm format.  

 

Use cursor to select YES. 

 

Repeat for all cards if more than one used. 

 

Deleting Some Clips 

 

Open the LCD display and VCR 
panel. 

 

Press the MODE button to change 
to MCR mode 

 

Select the clip to delete by using the 
cursor to highlight it. 

 

Press the THUMBNAIL button to 
select OPERATION 

Æ

.DELETE. 

 

Use the cursor and set buttons to 
select YES. 

 

Repeat for all clips you wish to 
delete 

 

 

To Set Camera for DVCPro 25, 16:9 aspect ratio 

 

Open the LCD display and VCR panel. 

 

Press the MODE button to change to CAM mode 

 

Use cursor and set buttons to select Item #2, Camera Setup. 

 

Make sure Aspect is set to SQUEEZE and Setup to 7.5. 

 

Use cursor and set buttons to select Item #4, Recording Setup. 

Содержание P2HD AG-HPX500P

Страница 1: ...ight To remove the battery press the release button and slide the battery to the left The AC power supply is attached to the camera in the same manner as the battery The AC power supply is also a battery charger It will charge a battery when the charger is not attached to the camera and a battery is attached to the power supply A bar graph located in the viewfinder indicates the charge remaining f...

Страница 2: ...elect OPERATION Æ FORMAT Use the cursor buttons to select the SLOT Press CURSOR AND SET Confirm format Use cursor to select YES Repeat for all cards if more than one used Deleting Some Clips Open the LCD display and VCR panel Press the MODE button to change to MCR mode Select the clip to delete by using the cursor to highlight it Press the THUMBNAIL button to select OPERATION Æ DELETE Use the curs...

Страница 3: ... balances settings Set White BAL Switch to A or B to do a white balance using a white card Perform a white balance by holding a white card in the light which will illuminate your subject zooming in and focusing the camera on it Carefully reach under the lens and push UP on the AWB auto white balance switch The viewfinder will display AWB A OR AWB B OK depending on if you have the preset set to A o...

Страница 4: ...ot is complete press the record button a second time to pause the recording The gray button to the left of VTR labeled Q Z C Z is a quick zoom that will allow you to quickly zoom in and focus when it is depressed The lens will zoom back out when released Audio The camera mic mounted on the top of the camera can and should be used ONLY to record natural or ambient sound in the field Microphones can...

Страница 5: ...When you see a vertical line displayed you are peaking and audio will become distorted if not corrected The MONITOR pot on the front left side of the camera will adjust the level of the speaker or headphone Note do not use this to determine recording levels Headphones should always be used to monitor field audio The headphone jack can be found on the rear left of the camera Camera Mic A camera mic...

Страница 6: ...ffload the footage you shot onto a DVCPro tape as well as make DVD copies This should be done prior to handing in your camera so where possible plan on this extra time when signing out your equipment and determining its return time LC 31 will be the room for this process Place the battery pack on the camera and power it up Open the LCD door and along with the door housing the playback controls Mov...

Страница 7: ...e student worker Using the Panasonic P2HD AG HPX300P Camcorder The HPX300P series camcorders are a scaled down version of the HPX500 series They use 1 3 inch chips rather than 2 3 inch which allows for a smaller lens and a lighter less expensive camera overall The video quality may be slightly less than with the 500s but these are still network quality camcorders used by NBC News Battery installat...

Страница 8: ... 5 A Set other menu functions as discussed above for the 500 series cameras When you are satisfied with the setup press the recessed button on the side of the camera to exit menu mode Shooting in High Definition 16 9 aspect ratio While both the 300 and 500 series P2 cameras will shoot in a huge variety of formats including 1080i we do not have Blu Ray burners at present so standard definition 16 9...

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