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Panasonic Broadcast
AG-HMC150
Menu Information
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Using the setup menus Use the setup menus to change the settings to Tilt the Operation lever in the directions 2 suit the scenes you are shooting or what you are to move the yellow cursor to the function recording. you wish to set. MENU EXEC Push the Operation lever (or tilt in the 3 MENU button PUSH-ENTER direction) to display the setting items. Operation Example: lever AUDIO MON/ADV Tilt the Operation lever in the directions 4 to move the yellow cursor to the item you Using the
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Repeat steps 2 - 5 to change any other 7 settings. Press the MENU button to complete settings and return to the normal screen. Initializing the menu settings The menu settings contain both the user file settings and the scene file settings. You can initialize them separately. To initialize the user file (i.e. all the settings other than the scene file settings) Select INITIALIZE in LOAD/SAVE/INIT of the USER FILE screen. The current menu settings of user file will return to the factory
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Setup menu structure Camera mode menu CAM MENU SCENE FILE CARD READ/WRITE (Page 86) LOAD/SAVE/INIT SYNCRO SCAN DETAIL LEVEL SW MODE MID GAIN V DETAIL LEVEL (Page 88) HIGH GAIN DETAIL CORING ATW CHROMA LEVEL HANDLE ZOOM CHROMA PHASE IRIS DIAL COLOR TEMP Ach USER1 COLOR TEMP Bch USER2 MASTER PED USER3 A.IRIS LEVEL FOCUS ASSIST DRS WFM GAMMA LCD KNEE MATRIX SKIN TONE DTL NAME EDIT AUTO SW A.IRIS (Page 90) AGC ATW RECORDING SETUP REC FORMAT AF (Page 91) PREREC MODE TIME STAMP TC/UB SETUP TC MODE MIC
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Playback mode menu PB MENU PLAY SETUP PB FORMAT (Page 97) REPEAT PLAY RESUME PLAY SKIP MODE THUMBNAIL SETUP THUMBNAIL MODE (Page 97) INDICATOR DATA DISPLAY DATE FORMAT OPERATION DELETE (Page 98) INDEX CLIP PROTECT SW MODE USER1 (Page 88) USER2 USER3 LCD AV OUT SETUP HDMI OUT SEL (Page 93) CMPNT OUT SEL DOWNCON MODE VIDEO SETUP AUDIO OUT DISPLAY SETUP VIDEO OUT OSD (Page 94) DATE/TIME LEVEL METER CARD & BATTERY OTHER DISPLAY LCD BACKLIGHT LCD SET EVF SET EVF COLOR CARD FUNCTIONS CARD FORMAT (Pa
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Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen Display Item Description of settings mode CARD READ/ (Camera) Reads and writes scene files on the SD Memory Card. WRITE READ: Reads scene files (all scenes, F1 to F6) saved on the SD Memory Card after setting values are selected. WRITE: Saves current scene file setting values (for all scenes, F1 to F6) on the SD Memory Card. NO: Returns to the last screen. LOAD/SAVE/ (Camera) LOAD: Loads the scene file settings which is saved by this camera. INIT SAVE: Sav
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SCENE FILE screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode DRS (Camera) Selects the DRS (dynamic range stretcher) function. It enables the dynamic range to be expanded by compressing the level of the video signals in the high-brightness areas where overexposure results during normal shooting. OFF, 1, 2, 3 • The higher the number of the setting, the higher the compression level of the high-brightness areas. • The higher the number of the setting, the greater the interference in
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Setup menu list (continued) SW MODE screen Display Item Description of settings mode MID GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the M position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB HIGH GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the H position of the GAIN switch. 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB ATW (Camera) Sets the operation of the ATW (Auto Tracking White) function assigned to the WHITE BAL switch. When the ATW function is allocated to the AUTO/MANUAL switch or USER button, the op
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SW MODE screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode USER3 (Camera) Assigns a function to the USER3 button. (PB) The setting contents are the same as USER1. INDEX FOCUS (Camera) Assigns a function to the FOCUS ASSIST button. ASSIST EXPANDED: The central part of the screen will be enlarged by a factor of about 4 in the vertical direction and by a factor of about 6 in the horizontal direction. “EXPANDED” is displayed on the screen during the expanded display. GRAPH: Display
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Setup menu list (continued) AUTO SW screen Display Item Description of settings mode A.IRIS (Camera) ON: Performs the auto iris control in auto mode. The IRIS button is deactivated. OFF: Deactivates the auto iris control in auto mode. This performs the iris control selected with the IRIS button. AGC (Camera) Sets the Auto Gain Control when the ON is selected in A.IRIS. 6dB: Performs the Auto Gain Control (max. 6 dB) in auto mode. 12dB: Performs the Auto Gain Control (max. 12 dB) in auto
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RECORDING SETUP screen Display Item Description of settings mode REC FORMAT (Camera) Selects the recording format. PH 1080/60i PH 1080/30P PH 1080/24P PH 720/60P PH 720/30P PH 720/24P HA 1080/60i HG 1080/60i HE 1080/60i • PH 1080/24P and PH 720/24P represent native recording. PREREC (Camera) Sets PRE RECORDING to ON or OFF. (Page 42) MODE ON OFF TIME STAMP (Camera) Specifies whether date and time information is superimposed over recorded images. ON: Superimposes date and time information o
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Setup menu list (continued) TC/UB SETUP screen Display Item Description of settings mode TC MODE (Camera) Selects the correction mode of the internal time code generator when the time code of the internal time code generator is recorded. DF: Uses the drop frame mode. NDF: Uses the non-drop frame mode. • TC MODE is automatically set to NDF when you set recording frame rate of recording format to 24P. TCG (Camera) Sets the mode in which you advance the internal time code generator. FREE RUN:
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AV OUT SETUP screen Display Item Description of settings mode HDMI OUT SEL (Camera) Sets the output video format of the HDMI OUT terminal. (PB) AUTO: Automatically determines the output resolution based on information of connected monitors. FIX: Fix the output at the recorded resolution. (Output in 1080 interlaced or 720 progressive mode) 480P: Output in 480 progressive mode. • Simultaneous HDMI and component output is possible only in FIX mode. • There will be no VIDEO OUT output whe
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Setup menu list (continued) DISPLAY SETUP screen Display Item Description of settings mode ZEBRA (Camera) Selects the brightness level of the left-leaning zebra patterns on the screen. DETECT1 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%, 105% ZEBRA (Camera) Selects the brightness level of the right-leaning zebra patterns on the screen. DETECT2 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%, 105%, OFF • The zebra patterns do not appear if you select OFF. MARKER (Camera) Select
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DISPLAY SETUP screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode SELF SHOOT (Camera) Selects the LCD mirror mode for self-portrait shooting. Selecting MIRROR displays the left and right side of the LCD monitor image inverted during self- portrait shooting. (Page 41) NORMAL, MIRROR EVF COLOR (Camera) Switches viewfinder images to color or black and white. (PB) ON: Color OFF: Black and white indicates the factory setting. 95 Menu
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Setup menu list (continued) CARD FUNCTIONS screen Display Item Description of settings mode CARD (Camera) Formats the SD Memory Card. FORMAT (PB) YES: Formats the card. NO: Returns to the last screen. CARD STATUS (Camera) Displays the SD Memory Card status. (PB) YES: Displays the card status. NO: Returns to the last screen. CLIP (PB) Displays information about the selected clip. PROPERTY YES: Displays clip information. NO: Returns to the last screen. USER FILE screen Display Item Desc
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META DATA screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode META INITIAL (Camera) Initializes the metadata which has been recorded in the unit. All the settings SET including the ON or OFF setting for RECORD are now cleared. YES NO PLAY SETUP screen Display Item Description of settings mode PB FORMAT (PB) Sets the playback format. 1080/60i (30P), 1080/24P, 720/60P(30P), 720/24P • The REC FORMAT setting in the CAM mode prior to transfer to the PB mode becomes the initial setting
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Setup menu list (continued) OPERATION screen Display Item Description of settings mode DELETE (PB) Deletes clips. ALL CLIPS: Deletes all clips. SELECT: Deletes only the selected clips. Press the EXEC button to delete clips. NO: Returns to the last screen. • Clips for which CLIP PROTECT is specified are not deleted. INDEX (PB) Adds indexes to clips or deletes them. YES: Adds or deletes indexes. NO: Returns to the last screen. CLIP PROTECT (PB) Protects clips to prevent accidental dele
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OTHER FUNCTIONS screen (continued) Display Item Description of settings mode TIME ZONE (Camera) Adds to or deducts from GMT the time value of -12:00 to +13:00 in 30-minute (PB) steps. (Refer to the table below.) +00:00 Time Time Area Area difference difference + 00:00 Greenwich – 00:30 – 01:00 Azores Islands – 01:30 – 02:00 Mid-Atlantic – 02:30 – 03:00 Buenos Aires – 03:30 Newfoundland Island – 04:00 Halifax – 04:30 – 05:00 New York – 05:30 – 06:00 Chicago – 06:30 – 07:00 Denver – 07:30 – 0
