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from changing during the shot, e.g. making sure the

auto focus does not respond to someone crossing the

frame while the camera is focused on your subject.

Focus assist

Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button magni es the

center of the screen or displays a frequency

distribution graph in the top right of the screen,

enabling you to focus more easily. e screen display

that appears after pressing the FOCUS ASSIST is

determined by the FOCUS ASSIST setting in the

SW MODE settings menu. (see page 89 in the

manual). e display can be in one of three modes:

• EXPANDED. e central part of the screen will

be magni ed (4X in the vertical direction and 6X

in the horizontal direction). EXPANDED is

displayed on the screen during the expanded

display.

• GRAPH. A frequency distribution graph will be

displayed in the top right of the view nder or the

LCD monitor. Adjust the lens focus ring so that

the graph area expands toward right as shown in

the graph. For example, the graph shown on the

right is more

in focus than

the graph on

the left. e

graph cannot

be displayed

in both the view nder and the LCD monitor at

the same time, so to display the graph in the

view nder, close the LCD monitor.

• BOTH. Displays both the expanded screen and

the graph at the same time.

Press the FOCUS ASSIST button again to return

to the original screen.

Iris adjustment

To enable manual iris (aperture) adjustment, set the

AUTO/MANUAL switch on the side

of the camera to MANUAL.

While in manual mode, pressing the

IRIS button changes how the

aperture will be adjusted:

AUTO IRIS: the aperture is

adjusted automatically by

the camera, or

MANUAL IRIS: the

aperture is adjusted

manually using the IRIS

dial

To adjust the aperture while in

Introduction to the Panasonic AG-HMC150 AVCHD camcorder (rough draft)

manual mode, simply turn the IRIS dial on the side

of the camera.

e direction of the IRIS dial and it's eﬀect on the

aperture is determined in the setup menus: SW

MODE screen -> IRIS DIAL. If you have set the

A.IRIS item ON in the AUTO SW menu, the

manual iris mode will be deactivated. Since the

default is ON, you will want to turn this setting OFF

in order to be able to select between automatic and

manual mode using the IRIS button.

e zoom lens on the camera does not have a

continuous aperture through the zoom range,

therefore, when the lens is set to the minimum focal

length (full wide angle), the aperture is f/1.6. When

the lens is set to the maximum focal length (full

telephoto) the aperture is f/3.0.

e lens aperture can be adjusted using the focus ring

by setting the RING (FOCUS/IRIS) switch to IRIS.

However, is a pretty strange thing to do, as you want

in most cases to have access to both manual exposure

and manual focus, so I suggest avoiding using this

mode. Get used to using the IRIS dial for exposure

and the focus ring for focus. It's nice to be able to

choose between manual focus or automatic focus on

the y, just as it's possible to choose between manual

exposure and automatic exposure at the same time.

Exposure adjustment using the zebras

Press the ZEBRA button while in CAM mode to

show the zebra pattern on the view nder or the

marker on the view nder so you can check to see

what portions of the scene are too bright. Parts of the

scene that may be overexposed are shown as a zebra

pattern.

In manual mode you can then adjust the IRIS knob

to adjust the aperture of the lens in order to increase

or reduce the exposure of the scene. e idea is to

Manual exposure controls

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