Panasonic AG-CX350 4K Camcorder - Manual (Page 8)

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Chapter 1 Overview 10
Before using the camera 11
Accessories 14
When turning on the power for the first time 15
[AREA SETTINGS] 15
[TIME ZONE] 16
[CLOCK SETTING] 16
Use of the camera on a system 17
Basic configuration devices 17
Expanded configuration devices 17
What you can do with this camera 18
Recording to the memory card 18
Linking to external devices 18
Connecting to the network 19
Chapter 2 Description of Parts 20
Camera 21
Left side 21
Right side 22
Front side 24
Rear side 25
Top side 26
Basic operation 28
Multidial operation 28
Touch operation of the LCD monitor 28
Chapter 3 Preparation 29
Power supply 30
Charging the battery 30
Attaching and removing the battery 32
Using the AC adaptor 33
Mounting accessories 34
Adjusting the grip belt 34
Attaching the shoulder strap 34
Mounting the lens hood 34
Mounting the eye cup 35
Mounting the external microphone 36
Attaching a tripod 36
Mounting accessories 37
Turning on/off the power 38
How to turn on the power 38
How to turn off the power 38
Charging the built-in battery 39
Setting the date/time of the internal clock 40
Preparing the memory card 41
Memory cards supported by the camera 41
Preventing unintentional erasing 42
Status of the card access lamp and memory card 42
Inserting/removing the memory card 42
Formatting the memory card 43
Recording time of the memory card 43
Handling the recording data 44
Setting of time data 48
Definition of time data 48
User bits settings 48
Setting the time code 49
Presetting the time code to external 50
Supplying the time code externally 51
Assigning function to the USER buttons 52
Functions assigned to USER buttons 52
Checking the function assigned to the USER buttons 53
Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor 54
Using the LCD monitor 54
Adjusting the LCD monitor 54
Mirror shooting 54
Adjusting and setting the viewfinder 55
Using the viewfinder 55
Adjusting the viewfinder 55
Tally lamp 56
Chapter 4 Operation 57
Basic operation of the screen 58
Major button operation and screen display 58
Major button operation and switching screen 59
Operating each screen 60
Camera image screen 60
Thumbnail screen 60
Operation icon screen 60
Basic operation of the menu 61
Configuration of the menu 61
Displaying the menu 62
Operating the menu 63
Initializing the menu 64
Menu settings 65
[THUMBNAIL] menu 65
[CAMERA] menu 65
[SCENE FILE] menu 69
[AUDIO] menu 79
[VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu 81
[RECORDING] menu 90
[NETWORK] menu 92
[SYSTEM] menu 98
[OTHERS] menu 99
[OPTION] menu 101
Factory setting value of the scene file 102
[SCENE FILE] menu 102
Target items for scene file/setup file/initialization 105
[THUMBNAIL] menu 105
[CAMERA] menu 105
[SCENE FILE] menu 106
[AUDIO] menu 108
[VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu 108
[RECORDING] menu 109
[NETWORK] menu 110
[SYSTEM] menu 111
[OTHERS] menu 111
[OPTION] menu 111
Handling setting data 112
Scene files 112
Setup file 113
Chapter 5 Shooting 115
Shooting 116
Selecting the resolution, codec, and frame rate for recording
video 117
Adjustable settings when shooting 119
Iris 119
Gain 119
Super gain 119
Brightness adjustment 119
Macro 119
Focusing (manual focus) 119
Area mode function 120
Adjusting the white and black balance 121
White balance adjustment 121
Black balance adjustment 122
Using the zoom function 124
Adjusting the zoom position 124
Image quality adjustment 125
Detail function 125
Skin tone function 125
RB gain control function 125
Chroma setting function 126
Matrix function 126
Color correction function 127
Black control function 127
Gamma function 127
Knee function 128
White clip function 128
Variable frame rate (VFR) recording function/super slow
recording function 129
Variable frame rate (VFR) 129
Super slow 129
Audio input 130
Switching the audio input 130
When using the built-in microphone 130
When using an audio device or an external microphone 130
Adjusting the audio recording level 131
Monitoring the audio 131
Confirming audio input setting 132
Special recording function 133
Pre-recording 133