Panasonic AG-AF100A Operating Instruction - Page 63

Shooting Optical Image Stabilizer Use the Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) to reduce the effects of camera shake when shooting by hand. Press the OIS button to turn the function on and off. appears on the viewfinder and the LCD monitor when this function is on. Turn the function off when using a tripod for more natural images. BARS ZEBRA OIS EVF DTL CH1 SEL CH2 SEL INT(L) INPUT1 INPUT2 INPUT1 INPUT2 WFM AUDIO INPUT1 INPUT2 COUNTER-RESET/TC SET ON ON OFF OFF MIC POWER +48V FOCUS PO.W.ER • For lenses that have an OIS button, only the lens button is active and the button on the camera is deactivated. Also, some lenses do not have an OIS function. • This function will not be as effective when the vibration is severe or when tracking a moving subject. Adding effects to images Press the USER button you have allocated to the BLACKFADE or WHITEFADE feature to add fading effects to your images. The button's function is forcibly canceled during playback or REC CHECK and also when thumbnails are displayed. BLACKFADE: Press the button to fade out to black. Audio also fades out. Fade-in starts after fade-out, when the button is released. WHITEFADE: Press the button to fade out to white. Audio also fades out. Fade-in starts after fade-out, when the button is released. Using the USER buttons You can allocate one of thirteen features to each of the three USER buttons. Use these buttons to change shooting settings quickly or add effects to the images you are shooting. The following features are allocated to the buttons at the time of shipping. USER1: FA USER2: ATW LOCK USER3: REC CHECK For details, see the setup menus, SW MODE screen, USER1 SW to USER3 SW. (Page 55) If you press a USER button to which one of the functions has been assigned, and then turn OFF the power or change the mode during operation of the USER button function, the effect added to the image will not be retained. Backlight compensation Press the USER button you have allocated to the BACKLIGHT feature when shooting subjects lit from the back. BACK appears on the screen. Backlight compensation adjusts the iris so the subject doesn't come out dark. Press the same USER button to turn the feature off. (In the manual iris mode, the iris status is retained at the corresponding point even when backlight compensation is canceled.) • The backlight compensation function does not operate with lenses in which AUTO IRIS is not functioning. Color bars Press the BARS button in the CAM mode to output a color bar screen to a television or monitor so you can adjust them. Press the button again to turn the feature off. • While the color bar is displayed, a test tone of 1 kHz will be output from the headphone terminal or the AUDIO OUT terminal. There will be no speaker output. • The color bar can be recorded by pressing the START/STOP button. • The color bar display is canceled when the power is turned off. 11