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PANASONIC PV-GS500 MANUAL

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Operating Instruction for Panasonic PV-GS500

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• Before using

• Quick Guide

• Accessories

• Parts identification and handling

• Attaching the lens cap

• The one-touch free-style grip belt

• Power supply

• Charging time and recordable time

• Turning the Camcorder on

• Setting date and time

• Using the LCD monitor

• Using the viewfinder

• Quick Start

• Inserting/removing a cassette

• Inserting/removing a card

• Selecting a mode

• How to use the joystick

• Help mode

• Switching the language

• Using the menu screen

• Adjusting LCD monitor/viewfinder

• Using the remote control

• Magic Wire Remote Control

• Record mode

• Check before recording

• Recording on a tape

• Recording check

• Blank search function

• Recording still pictures on a card while recording image...

• Recording still pictures onto a card (Photoshot)

• Zoom in/out function

• Recording yourself

• Backlight compensation function

• MagicPix functions

• Soft skin mode

• Tele macro function

• Fade in/fade out function

• Wind noise reduction function

• Adjusting the Microphone Sensitivity Level

• Auto Ground-Directional Standby (AGS)

• Using the built-in flash

• Self-timer recording

• Wide/Pro-Cinema Function

• Optical image stabilizer function

• RapidFire Consecutive Photoshot

• Recording in various situations (Scene mode)

• Recording in natural colors (White balance)

• Manual focus adjustment

• Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment

• Playback mode

• Playing back tape

• Slow-motion playback/ frame-by-frame playback

• Variable-speed search function

• Playback on TV

• Playing back card

• Deleting files recorded on a card

• Formatting a card

• Protecting files on a card

• Writing the printing data on a card (DPOF setting)

• Edit mode

• Recording from a tape onto a card

• Copying onto a DVD recorder or a VCR (Dubbing)

• Using the DV Cable for Recording (Digital Dubbing)

• Audio dubbing

• Printing pictures by directly connecting to the printer...

• With a PC

• Check before Use

• Using the Camcorder with a PC

• Connecting Computer and Camcorder

• Using as a Web camera

• Using Quick Movie Magic or MotionDV STUDIO

• Using on Macintosh

• To disconnect USB cable safely

• If you no longer need software or driver (Uninstall)

• Notes

• Menu

• Menu list

• Menus related to recording Menus related to playback

• Other menus

• Others

• Indications

• Warning/alarm indications

• Functions that cannot be used simultaneously

• Before requesting repair (Problems and solutions)

• Cautions for Use

• Explanation of terms

• Specifications

• Camcorder Accessory System

• Camcorder Accessory Order Form (For USA Customers)

• Request for Service Notice (USA Only)

• Limited Warranty (For USA Customers)

• Customer Services Directory

• Warranty (For Canadian Customers)

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PANASONIC PV-GS500 FORUMS & BLOGS

Panasonic 3CCD User - Is the GS500 better outdoors? Opinions??

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Just wanted some user opinions from my friends on here...I have the PV GS500 and these days am pretty much "poor boying it" with lighting gear...For simple highly directional lighting on one or two people, a hardware store clamp on 10" reflector (parabolic shape) seems to work well, if I need it a tad softer I "feather" the beam (turn the light a bit so the edge...

Panasonic 3CCD User - FS: Panasonic PV GS500

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Lens, Rode Stereo Video Mic, Azden Stereo Mic, Velbon and SunPak tripods with PH368 heads...About 15 hours on the tape mechanism and heads, in just about as new condition (no marks, blemishes, scuffs, or scratches) it has never given me a lick of trouble...I've used it on the Panasonic twice and although modern ones will be a tad sharper, this one did what I needed...

Panasonic 3CCD User - GS500 questions; comparing vs Sony HC3

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Yes, I KNOW, it is a SD camera and yes, I know it won't have as good a picture as the HC3...the GS500, in some reviews, is rated as having a little better picture quality than the GS400 (I know that's subjective...the GS500 is a dam good camera...the GS500 is a dam good camera...

FS: Panasonic PV-GS500 - Mac-Forums.com

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I just bought a new camcorder, (the Panasonic DVX100) and I want to sell my Panasonic PV-GS500...I purchased at a local video store, with an extended warranty with Comerco ( http://www.comerco.com...I should be able to include the wide angle lens for a bit extra...

Panasonic 3CCD User - Brown Brought my GS500 Yesterday!

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Got the battery charged and started getting used to it...Doesn't look bad at all in auto, but once I put it in manual and started playing with iris changes I got the impression that one could almost count on the internal viewfinder to give a fairly accurate representation of what the exposure was going to look like...Overall it looks like the 3 chip design is almost TWICE as detailed and crisp as either...

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