Panasonic AG-HPX170 camcorder
PANASONIC AG-HPX170 MANUAL
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• Read this first! »
• IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS »
• Recommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery Pack... »
• Software information for this product »
• Outline of operations »
• Precaution for use »
• Accessories »
• Optional units »
• About this manual »
• Description of parts »
• Right side and rear side »
• Left side »
• Terminals and mounting parts »
• Remote control »
• The battery »
• Charging »
• Installing and removing the power supply »
• Installing and removing the battery »
• Connecting and disconnecting the power cord »
• Adjusting the hand strap »
• Attaching the shoulder strap »
• Detaching and attaching the lens hood »
• The remote control »
• Insert the battery »
• Remote control setup »
• Turn on/off the camera »
• Tally lamp »
• Viewfinder »
• Using the viewfinder »
• Using the LCD »
• Emphasizing outlines »
• Adjusting the screen display »
• Adjusting the backlight »
• Flipping images vertically and horizontally »
• Switching between overscan and underscan »
• Setting the calendar »
• Basic shooting operations »
• Preparing to shoot »
• Shooting in auto mode »
• Checking photos taken (REC CHECK) »
• Protecting against a possible erasure »
• Recording times »
• Using SD/SDHC memory cards »
• Installing and removing the SD memory card »
• Formatting SD memory card »
• Cautions in using SD memory cards »
• Using the zoom function »
• Digital zoom function »
• Variable frame rates (VFR) »
• Native recording »
• Standard recording »
• Using variable frame rates (VFR) »
• Shooting in 1080i/480i progressive mode »
• Shooting in manual mode »
• Switching to manual mode »
• Manual focusing »
• Using focus assist »
• Iris adjustments »
• Adjusting the gain »
• Light intensity adjustments »
• Adjusting the white balance »
• Black balance adjustments »
• Auto Tracking White (ATW) »
• Shooting techniques for different targets »
• Low-angle shooting »
• Self-portrait shooting »
• Marker »
• Checking and displaying shooting status »
• Changing the image size »
• Optical Image Stabilizer »
• Adding effects to images »
• Using the USER buttons »
• Backlight compensation »
• Color bars »
• Waveform monitor function »
• Adjusting the volume while shooting »
• Backup recording »
• slot continuous recording »
• Shot mark function »
• Text memo recording »
• Time stamp function »
• LAST CLIP DELETE function »
• Using the special recording functions »
• Pre-recording (PRE REC) »
• Interval recording (INTERVAL REC) »
• One-shot recording (ONE-SHOT REC) »
• Loop recording (LOOP REC) »
• Adjusting the shutter speed »
• Synchro scan »
• Switching Audio Input »
• Using the built-in microphone »
• Using another microphone and audio equipment »
• Adjusting the recording level »
• Using scene files »
• Changing scene file settings »
• Saving scene files and other settings on SD memory cards »
• Clip metadata »
• Using the Counter »
• Counter display »
• Charging the built-in battery/Setting the time data »
• Recharging the built-in battery »
• Setting the time code »
• Specifying the time code (TC PRESET) »
• Setting user information »
• Basic playback operations »
• Thumbnail screen »
• Basic thumbnail screen operations »
• Adding shot marks to clips »
• Clearing the thumbnail screen »
• Direct shooting functions »
• Thumbnail operations »
• Selecting the thumbnail display method (THUMBNAIL) »
• Deleting clips and formatting cards (OPERATION) »
• Checking the clip or card information (PROPERTY) »
• Editing the recorded clip metadata »
• Uploading the metadata (META DATA) »
• Useful playback functions »
• Variable speed search »
• Slow playback »
• Fast forward/rewind playback »
• Frame-by-frame playback »
• Clip skip »
• Adjusting the volume »
• Viewing images on a monitor »
• Checking the date and time »
• Connecting external units »
• Headphones »
• External microphone »
• Computer (non-linear editing/file transfer) »
• Hard disk drive (data copying) »
• Digital video equipment (Dubbing) »
• Video deck (Dubbing) »
• TV/Monitor (playback/dubbing) »
• Nonlinear editing with P card (PC mode) »
• Copying from P cards to the hard disk drive (19 HOST... »
• Warnings »
• Dubbing »
• Digital input/output »
• Analog output »
• Screen displays »
• Regular displays »
• Warnings »
• Setting the DISPLAY items »
• Using the setup menus »
• Using the menus »
• Initializing the menu settings »
• Setup menu structure »
• CAM (camera) mode menu »
• MCR (playback) mode menu »
• Setup menu list »
• SCENE FILE screen »
• CAMERA SETUP screen »
• SW MODE screen »
• AUTO SW screen »
• RECORDING SETUP screen »
• PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen »
• AV IN/OUT SETUP screen »
• DISPLAY SETUP screen »
• CARD FUNCTIONS screen »
• OTHER FUNCTIONS screen »
• OPTION MENU screen »
• Before calling for service »
• Operating precautions »
• Updating the driver in the camera »
• Cleaning »
• Storage Precautions »
• How to handle data recorded on P cards »
• Checkpoints for using memory cards »
• Recording format list »
• Appendix »
• Specifications »
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PANASONIC AG-HPX170 SUPPORT & TROUBLESHOOTING
digitalcontentproducer.com
The AG-HPX170 offers a zoom focus assist with two focus guides?a focus bar and a histogram?that remain on while you?re a recording...Overall, the HPX170 is ideal for multiple markets, with the exception of the budget event shooter...The HPX170 sets a usability bar that you'll use to judge all future camcorders...
www.freefilmschool.org
New Panasonic AG-HPX170 has vectorscope & waveform monitors. » Online Film School Blog...I don’t know if they are big and detailed enough to be useful but this is still a nice development...A very close cousin to the popular AG-HVX200 that now includes both a vectorscope and waveform monitor...
wetpixel.com
Building on the success of the Panasonic HVX200's tapeless camcorder system, Panasonic announced the AG-HPX170, a 1/3" CCD DVCPRO HD camcorder without the tape drive of the HVX200...The P2 system is a proven production codec used in broadcast...On the AVCHD front, Panasonic released a 1/3" 3 CCD camcorder, which is a mini-me version of the HPX170,...
www.dvinfo.net
Professionals can select from six advanced gamma modes including CineGammaTM, which produces the warm tones characteristic of film recordings...It was on the dealer press release to us...I had a play with a preprod HPX171 a month ago...
www.dvxuser.com
PANASONIC AVAILABITY AND PRICING for AG-HPX170 - Page 4 - DVXuser.com -- The online community for filmmaking...RED has certainly rocked the expectations as to what a camera should be and how much it should cost...The difference isn't astronomical enough to infuse the fever...
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