Panasonic PV-DV950 - Zooming Operations; Wide-Angle and Telephoto Zoom; Digital Zoom Features; Macro Close-up Function

Enlarging
Your
Subject or
Widening
the
Recording
Angle
(Zooming
In/Out)
Recording close-ups
of your subjects
and recording wide-
angle shots
add
special
effects
to your
videos.
1 To
record
a
wider
view
(Zooming-out):
Push
the
[W/T]
Zoom Lever
toward [W].
To
enlarge
your
subject
(Zooming-in):
Push the
[W/Tj Zoom
Lever
toward [T].
•
The
Zoom
Magnification
Indication
appears for a
few seconds.
•
The
farther you push
the
[W/T] Zoom
Lever
toward
[W] or
[T], the
faster
the zooming speed
becomes.
+
During recording,
the
zooming speed is
slower
than during
recording pause.
Enlarging
Your Subjects
Even
More
(Digital
Zooming)
Selecting
one of the
two
settings for
[D.ZOOM]
on the
Menu
makes it
possible
to
further enlarge
the subject.
(-»
62, 63)
•
x30:
Digital
zooming up to
30x.
•
x120: Digital
zooming
up
to
120x.
•
Up
to
12
x,
the
zooming is
done
optically.
+
The higher the
Digital
Zoom
Magnification is,
the
lower
is the
picture
quality.
+
If
you
set
[D.ZOOM] on
the Menu
to
[30
x]
or
[120x],
the
[D.ZOOM]
Indication
appears.
Recording
Extra Close-up
Shots of
Small
Subjects
(Macro Close-up
Function)
When
the zoom
magnification
is
1 x, the
Movie
Camera
can
focus
on subjects
down
to a
distance of
approximately
30 mm
between lens
and subject.
This
allows
recording
very small
subjects such
as insects.
•
When
you
have
zoomed
to the tele
setting,
precise
focusing
is only
possible on
subjects no
closer
than 1 .2
metres.