Manual for panasonic hdc-tm80

Table of Contents. Before use, please read these instructions completely. Previous Page. Next Page. Page 7: Table Of Contents About the touch menu Page Accessories Accessories Check the accessories before using this unit.

Keep the accessories out of reach of children to prevent swallowing. Product numbers correct as of Jan. These may be subject to change. Page Power Supply Panasonic products and batteries manufactured by other companies and certified by Panasonic. Batteries which do not support this function cannot be used. Panasonic cannot in any way guarantee the quality, performance or safety of batteries which have been manufactured by other companies and are not genuine Panasonic products.

The actual time can vary depending on your actual use. Once the data is deleted, it cannot be restored. A clicking sound is heard when the unit is shaken.

This sound will no longer be heard when the unit is turned on and change the mode to Turning the unit on and off with the power button Open the LCD monitor and press the power button to turn on the unit.

Operate the mode switch to change the mode to Motion picture recording mode l 26 Still picture recording mode l 28 Playback mode l 32, 72 Preparation How to use the touch screen You can operate by directly touching the LCD monitor touch screen with your finger. Touch to return to the previous screen such as when setting menus. Page Setting Date And Time 4 months. The battery is still being recharged even if the unit is off.

Change the mode to Select the menu. To change the recording format, change the recording mode. Press the button halfway. For auto focus only Press the button fully. Mode Scene Effect Depending on the brightness of the subject etc.

Touch the scene or the still picture to be played back. Page 33 Select the playback operation by touching the operation icon. To display them again, touch the screen. Select the menu. The travel C The local time at the selected destination time and time difference from travel destination the home region time are set forward by one Check the sentence displayed on the screen.

Page Image Stabilizer Function Advanced Recording Image stabilizer function Use the image stabilizer to reduce the effects of shake during recording. This unit is equipped with hybrid optical image stabilizer. Hybrid optical image stabilizer is a hybrid of optical and electrical image stabilizer. Page Recording With The Touch Function Advanced Recording Recording with the Touch function You can record using convenient functions just by the easy operation of touching the screen.

Page 46 Touch zoom Zoom operation can be performed by touching the touch zoom bar. The focus and exposure will keep following the subject automatically even if it moves. Page Optical Image Stabilizer Lock Optical image stabilizer lock In motion picture recording mode, you can further improve optical image stabilization by touching and holding optical image stabilizer lock icon.

With this function, you can further reduce the effects of the shake that tends to occur when using zoom. A Optical image stabilizer lock icon Press the optical image stabilizer button to turn the image stabilizer on. Page Recording Functions Of Operation Icons Advanced Recording Recording functions of operation icons Select the operation icons to add different effects to the images to be recorded. Page Video Light Video light It is possible to record with illumination even in dark places with motion picture recording mode.

Each time the icon is selected, the indication changes by one setting in the following order. Page Red Eye Reduction Red eye reduction Reduces the phenomena where human eyes become red from photo light.

Page Tele Macro Tele macro A more impressive image can be obtained by focusing on the object only in close-up and shading off the background. Zoom OFF] It allows you to record only to SD card from built-in memory. Page Auto Slow Shtr [AGS] If the unit continues to be tilted upside down from the normal horizontal position while recording motion pictures, it is automatically put into recording pause. Adjust by outputting to a TV while adjusting the quality of the image.

Priority is given to the number of still pictures recorded. Still pictures are recorded in normal picture quality. Page White Balance White balance The automatic white balance function may not reproduce natural colours depending on the scenes or lighting conditions. If so, you can adjust the white balance manually.

Iris: Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too dark. Touch to adjust settings. Page Manual Focus Adjustment Manual focus adjustment If auto focusing is difficult due to the conditions, then use manual focus.

Page Advanced Playback Advanced Playback Playback Operations Motion picture playback using operation icon For details on the basic playback operations, refer to page Playback Playback display Operating steps operation Touch 5 during playback to fast forward. During Playback Touch 6 to rewind. Scene can be played back from any midway point of the scene you wish to see.

Page Resuming The Previous Playback Resuming the previous playback If playback of a scene was stopped halfway, the playback can be resumed from where it was stopped.

Touch the date select icon. Page Highlight Playback Highlight playback Part that was recognised as clearly recorded is extracted from a long recording, and it can be played back in a short time with effects and music added. Unfortunately, decisively is not the same thing as accurately; it has trouble maintaining a lock on a given subject against a busy background if the subject is even a little off-center.

I also saw some odd intermediate white-balance shifts when panning in bright light and zooming in dim light. While the microphone has a nice, warm quality compared with some competing tinny-sounding models, it's a lot more front-directional than most, even without turning on the zoom mic.

Normally, my running commentary stands out loud and clear; with this camcorder, it was so muffled at times I couldn't even make out what I was saying. But it still picked up plenty of ambient noise.

As with a lot of these models, the LCD is difficult to view in direct sunlight. You can jack up the LCD's power and brightness separately, but increasing the brightness just washes it out and decreases the contrast, while increasing the power burdens the battery.

At least at its defaults, however, the battery seems to last a decently long time. There's not much notable about the design; it's pretty typical for a compact camcorder. The lens cover has a physical switch, but can open automatically when you power on, which is a nice touch. Like most compacts, if you've got large hands you may find it a touch small.

That's the primary reason to consider the HS80, because the hard drive gives you a little extra bump to grab onto. However, if you're looking for manual features--specifically control over shutter speed and aperture--Panasonic delivers them at low price points. And the implementation works very well, despite a display that's usually too small for comfortable touch-screen use.

The camcorder also has useful features that are uncommon in lower-end models, like peaking an edge-detection display in manual focus, which actually makes it possible to use the manual focus on the low-resolution display. Conclusion I'm slightly annoyed about the naming convention here: you'd think an xx80 designation in the model name and a similar price would imply that it's a step-up or replacement model for the xx60 series, which I really liked.

But thanks to the sensor, it's actually a step backward; the true replacement models are the xx90 series. There really are better choices than this series. For many people it might be worth spending a little extra to get better video quality with the manual features; if you don't care about the manual features, you might as well go a little cheaper and get the same so-so video. Lori Grunin.

The sub-HD resolution sensor produces merely satisfactory video. A functional trio of camcorders, the Panasonic HDC-SD80, TM80, and HS80 are notable for their manual exposure controls unusual for their price class and well-designed touch-screen interface, but otherwise you can find better options.