Panasonic HC-VX981K Manuale utente
PANASONIC HC-VX981K
4K CAMCORDER
This is a written tutorial on how to use the Panasonic HC-VX981 4K Camcorder. If you have not
watched our video tutorial on it, this document will teach you the basics of how to use the
device. This is not a video on filming fundamentals…only how to operate the camera…as well
as a few other more advanced things you can do to help heighten your filming experience.
BASIC OPERATIONS
The Panasonic HC can be turned on by opening the flap on the side here and pressing the power
button. The camera roughly has a 2-3 hour battery life, but this can vary depending on how much
of the functions you use as well as how long it is running. It is recommended that when you are
not using the Panasonic to turn it off to conserve battery life. This can be done by closing the
flap, or pressing the power button in the same manner to turn it on.
The side panel has various buttons on it that do different things. The power button is first located
there. The Wi-Fi button will take you the Wi-Fi menu on the Panasonic. The HDR button on the
side is a function used primarily if you have the Panasonic hooked into a compatible High Depth
TV. This function is disabled in 4K mode on the Panasonic…we will be talking later on how to
turn this off and on. The top button with the camera and arrow box will take you the SD card
storage mode…where you can see all photos and videos taken on the Panasonic. The inputs at
the bottom of the Panasonic is where you will connect the various cords to connect to the devices
listed. For example, the HDMI slot is where you would hook in the cord to connect the
Panasonic to an HDMI…A/V is where you would connect in an A/V slot, etc, etc. All the cords
are available to rent.
The camera function wheel is located on the bottom left of the camera; which will allow you to
manually make adjustments to various parts of the camera…such as contrast and brightness.
However…you can also make adjustments on the touchscreen itself…which I find far easier to
do.
On the back and top of the camera, there is the Camera, Record, and zoom in functions. The
camera button at the top is where you will take pictures from, as well switches the camera from
video to photo mode. Please keep that in mind: this button is only for taking pictures. The button
directly on the 5 o clock from it is the video button. This does the opposite of what I mentioned:
it turns on the video camera, as well as switches the Panasonic from photo to video mode. Press
the button once in video mode to turn on recording…press it again to turn off the recording. The
W and T slider at the top controls zoom in, and microphone volume. Push it to the right and left
to make the adjustments.
On the other side of where the main panel is, you will find the power input for the Panasonic.
Plug the AC adapter into it to recharge the Panasonic. We ask that when you are done with your
recordings, that you plug it into the socket. On the lower right hand corner, you will see an
attachment to plug in a pair of headphones to the Panasonic…so you can better hear the volume
as you record.
The bottom area holds the area where the SD card is installed in. You can take this SD card out
by pushing up on it and then retrieving it from there. There is also the area of where you can
screw in the Pansonic into the tripod that will out and available for use.
The front part of the Panasonic features where the lens is, as well as where you install the wind
shield for outside productions. At this time, there is no plans to allow the equipment to be rented
out of the library, so you will more than likely not need this attachment. However, should this
change, this will protect the Panasonic from wind damage.
Attaching the wind shield is very simple. Simply hold the wind shield so the Unlock and Lock
parts are facing the top part of the camera. Then, push it in. You can check to be certain that the
Wind shield is facing the right direction by making sure hole where the backlight should be
shining is not obscured.
TOUCHSCREEN MENUS
Most of the functions of the Panasonic are controlled from the touchscreen. Some of the icons
shown on the Panasonic is merely relevant data you may need to refer to when conducting a
recording, such as battery, date/time codes, format you are recording in, etc. The information
displayed on screen will not be shown during a recording or photo, so don’t be concerned too
much on that. In the lower right hand of the screen, you can swap between video and photo mode
with a press on the touchscreen.
The left side of the screen is where all the video and photo functions can be found to tweak video
recordings/photo mode. Pressing the arrows on the bottom left corner will bring up the first
round of menus. The menus have different options depending on whether you are in Photo or
Video mode. There are a total of 5 different menus to go through on this tab. We’ll go through
these menus individually.
The first menu will feature screens similar to that of the top buttons on the Panasonic. These
screens adjust the Panasonic’s Zoom in fuctions on the touchscreen, as well as let you record
from there as well.
VIDEO MODE SIDE MENU OPTIONS
MENU 1
T and W: Adjusts the volume of the microphone and the zoom in options, except on the
touchscreen
This red dot on the touchscreen turns on the recording as if you pressed the
video record button.
MENU 2
Hand Waving Option: This menu turns off and on the O.I.S (Optical Image Setting)
setting for video recording. This reduces small shakes and other possible interruptions
when using the camera. There is no reason to not have this on.
Finger Point Option: This turns on and off the AF tracking on the camera. This is used
to lock the camera on a specific subject and let it try and keep its tracking on the subject
as best as possible.
Hand Option: This option allows you to touch a subject in specific in order to select
what area the camera is supposed to focus on.
MENU 3
Menu 3 is different than the other menus shown here. Menu Three can be customized with
various options that will be showcased when we talk about the Setup Menu of the Panasonic. For
the moment, these are the options that we have left on the Panasonic as default. You may when
using it customize them how you see fit.
White rectangle box with arrow on left: This option lets you turn off and on the fading
options. With this selected, the video will fade from and to black when doing recordings.
Sun Symbol: This symbol turns off and on the Backlight compensation options. It will
increase the backlight when this is selected based on needs of the area.
Line box symbol: This will turn on the gridlines so you can better analyze shots on
where to level the camera and such.
MENU 4 AND THE VIDEO MODE ICON
Before we go into the fourth menu on the option menu to the left, we need to go into the Menu 4
will vary from time to time depending on what recording setting you have the camera in. In some
cases with these video options, the fourth menu will not even appear if there is no need for it to
be there. The camera has various recording settings that can be adjusted on the touch screen
menu.
These video options are different than the menus shown earlier. To access these video settings,
press the button shown here
Once you press this button, this menu should appear. We will go into what each menu option
does
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