Panasonic SDR-S26 camcorder
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Table of contents
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• Accessories »
• Quick Guide »
• Parts identification and handling »
• Power supply »
• Inserting the battery »
• Charging the battery »
• Charging time and recordable time »
• About SD cards »
• About SD cards »
• Access lamp »
• Inserting/removing an SD card »
• Turning the unit on/off Selecting a mode »
• Using the menu screen »
• Language selection »
• Menu list »
• Setting date and time »
• World time setting (Displaying the time of the travel... »
• Adjusting LCD monitor »
• Before recording »
• Intelligent auto mode »
• Recording motion pictures »
• Record motion picture to be uploaded to YouTube »
• Recording modes and recordable time »
• Recording still pictures »
• Number of pixels »
• Recording functions »
• Zoom in/out function »
• Recording yourself »
• Quick start »
• Optical image stabilizer function »
• Recording functions of operation icons »
• Operation icons »
• Menus »
• Scene mode »
• Manual focus adjustment »
• White balance »
• Manual shutter speed/ aperture adjustment »
• Motion picture playback »
• Still picture playback »
• Deleting scenes/files »
• Deleting scenes/files one at a time »
• Deleting multiple scenes/ files »
• Deleting the copied scenes collectively »
• Editing scenes »
• Editing still pictures »
• Formatting an SD card »
• Playback on TV »
• With a DVD burner »
• Connecting this unit to the DVD burner »
• DVD COPY function »
• FAVORITE SCENES function »
• Notes for copying data to discs using the DVD burner »
• Playing back a disc inserted in the DVD burner »
• With other video devices »
• Recording (dubbing) images onto other video devices »
• With a printer (PictBridge) »
• What you can do with a PC »
• Operating environment »
• End User License Agreement »
• Installation »
• Installing VideoCam Suite »
• Uninstalling the software »
• Connection and recognition »
• About the PC display »
• To disconnect USB cable safely »
• Using VideoCam Suite »
• Reading the operating instructions of the software »
• Upload to YouTube »
• If using a Macintosh »
• Indications »
• Messages »
• Functions that cannot be used simultaneously »
• Troubleshooting »
• Cautions for use »
• Explanation of terms »
• Specifications »
• Number of recordable pictures »
• Optional accessories »
• Accessory Order Form (For USA and Puerto Rico Customers) »
• Request for Service Notice (USA and Puerto Rico Only) »
• Limited Warranty (United States and Puerto Rico) »
• Customer Services Directory (United States and Puerto Rico) »
• Warranty (For Canadian Customers) »
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I have looked at the Panasonic SDR-S26K with a 70x optical, 3500 digital and the Sony DCR-SR47 with a 60x optical and 2000 digital, They are in the price range that I can spend...At a distance in the store, the Panasonic seemed a little sharper/clear than the Sony, but wondered about outside on open water/sunlight...