Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC150P User manual

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PANASONIC AG-HMC150P
QUICK START GUIDE

CAMERA BAG CONTENTS:
AG-HMC150P PANASONIC CAMERA
AC POWER SUPPLY CORDS/ DC CORD
BATTERY CHARGER/ POWER ADAPTER
LENS HOOD CAP
LENS CLOTH
WHITE BALANCE SHEET
GETTING STARTED:
Aer pung the camera onto the tripod (stabilizer), aach either a
baery or power adapter.

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Put the SD Chip into the bay/slot at the rear of the camera
The SD Chip bay/slot is located at
the rear of the camera.
Open, by pushing the door to the
le, then gently pulling down on
the door.
Push your card into the slot, then
close the door, in the reverse order
that you opened the door.
Turn on the camera.
NOTE
Do not open the card door when the camera is on.
If you need to swap cards:
1. Stop recording.
2. Turn o the camera.
3. Swap cards.
To remove/swap the card:
1. turn o the camera.
2. Open the card door.
3. Push lightly on the card to ‘pop’ it out.
4. Remove the card by gently pulling on the piece now scking out.
Camera O Posion. Camera On Posion.

Enter the Menus, and setup the camera
First, setup the format that you want to record your producon at.
Use the Menu Buon to call up the menus.
Use the toggle sck to navigate through the
menus.
Up, Down - Move through the Main menus
Le, Right - Move into sub menus
Push toggle sck in to select a funcon
Our Default recording format is: HE 1080/60i.
This allows a 8GB chip to record up to 180min.
BASIC CAMERA SETUP:

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Format the SD Chip.
Formang the SD Chip must be done everyme, it allows the camera to write the
necessary les to the chip. It also makes sure that there is room on the card for
the producon.
Formang erases all content on the SD Chip, be sure to use a card that you are
not storing informaon on.
Push MENU to Exit the menu screens.

FOCUS SETTING:
Check the focus seng.
Automac (A) will focus on the closest object
in the center of the eld of view.
Manual (M) will allow the user to focus the
camera using the outer ring when the ring
selecon switch is set to FOCUS.
In this picture, the Outer ring on the camera would control the IRIS.
WHITE BALANCE:
At the front of the camera, just underneath
the lens, you will nd the Auto White Balance
(AWB) buon.
Point your camera at a white source, zoom in
to ll the frame, then hold the AWB buon
down.
When you see ABB ACTIVE, the white balance
has been set.

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IRIS CONTROL:
Pushing the Iris buon will switch between Manual Iris and Auto Iris.
Auto Iris will set the camera to automacally adjust the iris depending upon the
light available within the eld of view.
Manual Iris will allow you to adjust the iris.
When in Manual Iris mode, the wheel to the le of the buon will control the iris.
Seng the Iris - Zebra Stripes
Zebra stripes appear on areas of the image that are overexposed. In those areas,
no detail is recorded because the light is too intense.
A picutre is properly exposed when there are no, or very few, zebra striped areas
in the image.
Do not rely on how the image “looks” in the LCD monitor to determine correct
exposure because the LCD monitor shows brightness inaccurately. Always use
zebra stripes.
Push the ZEBRA Buon unl
ZEBRA2 100% appears in the LCD moni-
tor.
Now use the dial to close the iris unl
the zebras are nearly gone.

Sound
Selecng sound inputs
Two sources of audio can be recorded to the camera simultaneously.
Audio signals is controlled by two switches
behind the LCD monitor and two switches
on the front of the camera.
Seng the audio level
Use the Audio dials on the side of the
camera to set the level of sound coming
into each channel.
Monitoring the audio level
Use the Audio meter on the boom of the LCD monitor to view the audio levels.
If the audio is bouncing above the white hash marks, adjust the audio dials down
to lower the input level.
ALWAYS USE HEADPHONES
To monitor audio quality, plug headphones into the jack on the back of the cam-
era. You can adjust the headphone level by pushing the
- AUDIO MON/ADV + buons.

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Scene Files - Rear Dial
• F1: SCENE
Normal Shooting.
• F2: SCENE FLUO.
Fluorescent Lighting.
• F3: SCENE SPARK
Fuller variations of resolution, coloring and contrast.
• F4: SCENE B-STR
Broadens contrast of dark parts, sunsets, low level lighting.
• F5: SCENE CINE V
Movie like scenes, contrast is emphasized.
• F6: SCENE CINE D
Movie like scenes, Dynamic range is emphasized.
Trouble shoong
If image appears dark:
• Check ND Filter Switch
• Check Iris seng
• Check Gain Switch
Zoom toggle not working:
• Check Zoom Control Switch
default is SERVO
No informaon shows on LCD panel
• Push DISP/MODE CHK buon