Panasonic HDC-HS300 User manual

Brand: Panasonic

Model: HDC-HS300

Category: Camcorders

Type: User manual

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HDC-TM300

Panasonic HDC-HS300 is a high-definition camcorder with advanced features for capturing stunning videos and images. With its 3MOS sensor, Leica Dicomar lens, and HD Crystal Engine, the HDC-HS300 delivers exceptional image quality in both bright and low-light conditions. The camcorder also features intelligent auto mode, which automatically adjusts settings for optimal results, and a variety of shooting functions such as time-lapse recording, color night view, and digital cinema mode.

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HDC-HS300 HDC-TM300

★★★★★

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HDC-HS300

CAMCORDER A S 2009

HDC-TM300

“This could well be the

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★★★★★

“The TM300’s outdoor shootin tential

is remarkable, with movies full of vivid

colour and exceptional detail.”

“Stellar images when outdoors

and countless manual modes

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PANASON C MODEL No & COLOURS

HDC HS300

BLACK

HDC TM300

BLACK

RECORD NG

FORMAT

MEMORY

FORMAT

SD Card

HDD 120GB

Flash 32GB

P CTURE

QUAL TY

Sensor 3MOS 3MOS

Lens Leica Dicomar* Leica Dicomar*

Image Processing LSI HD Crystal HD Crystal

5.1 Channel Surround Sound & Zoom Mic YES YES

FUNCT ONAL TY

AF Tracking

Face Detection

O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabiliser

Intelligent Scene Selector

Intelligent Contrast Control

SHOOT NG

FUNCT ONS

Optical Zoom x 12 x 12

YES YES

Time Lapse Recording YES YES

Colour Night View / Soft Skin Mode YES YES

Digital Cinema Mode YES YES

Scene Mode YES YES

Manual Control

(Manual Ring / On Screen Assist

YES YES

EVF / Mic Input YES YES

ST LL P CTURE

FUNCT ON

MegaPixels 10.6 10.6

Simultaneous Movie and

Still Picture Recording

YES YES

Create Picture from Movie Picture YES YES

High Speed Burst Shooting YES YES

EASE OF USE

FUNCT ONS

Touch Panel YES YES

LCD Frameside Control YES YES

Highlight Playback YES YES

World Time YES YES

Quick Power On 1.9 Sec 1.9 Sec

Quick Start (LCD open from power on 0.6 Sec 0.6 Sec

Anti Ground Shooting Mode YES YES

Wide Angle Viewing LCD YES YES

Auto Power LCD YES YES

2m Waterproof / 5ft Shockproof / Dustproof NO NO

NETWORK NG

WEB Mode NO NO

You Tube Uploader YES YES

DVD Copying (USB Host YES YES

VIERA Link YES YES

Technology that Produces

Image Quality You'll Enjoy for

Years to Come

CREATING BEAUTIFUL

HD IMAGES

*In HG (high image quality mode. 1920 x 1080 full HD recording with a Panasonic home use camcorder refers to recording with 1,920 pixels in the horizontal direction and 1,080 pixels in the vertical direction.

Full-HD images that bring out all the beauty of your memories.

High Deﬁ nition vs. Standard Deﬁ nition: What's the Difference?

HD images contain 5 times as much info mation as standa d

images HDTV has 080 ho izontal scan lines SDTV has 576

That t anslates into much highe esolution and much fine

detail With HD images on an HDTV pictu es a e so clea and

sha p that you can see textu es The shift in the indust y

f om SDTV to HDTV is well unde way Fo shooting once-in-a

lifetime scenes that you want to captu e in full beauty an HD

camco de is the best choice

• AVCHD is a new standard for recording HD signals onto memory cards, DVD discs, and hard disks. It uses the H.264 standard to achieve more than twice the compression of conventional MPEG-2 and

MPEG-4 standards. • AVCHD motion images recorded onto an SD Memory Card or a DVD disc cannot be played from a device that does not support the AVCHD standard. • Do not insert a disc containing

AVCHD-recorded images into a device that does not support the AVCHD standard. The disc cannot be played on such a device, and it may not be possible to remove the disc once inserted.

Each strand of hair and individual

eyelash is captured in clear, distinct detail.

Standard Deﬁ nitionStandard Deﬁ nitionStandard Deﬁ nition High Deﬁ nitionHigh Deﬁ nitionHigh Deﬁ nition

3MOS System for Beautiful Images

For videos of impor an momen s you wan o preserve, you wan high image

quali y. Tha 's wha Panasonic's 3MOS Sys em delivers, wi h a combina ion of

op ical echnologies ha fur her enhance he quali y of full HD images. The

3MOS Sys em produces ex remely accura e images wi h superb rendi ion of differences in darkness

and ligh , rich colour expression, and a

full 1,080 lines of horizon al resolu ion.

This advanced echnology helps urn

once in a life ime momen s in o vivid,

beau iful images.

iA (Intelligent Auto) for Smart Control

There's no hing more disappoin ing han shoo ing a once in a life ime even on

video, only o discover ha he images are blurry or poorly exposed because of

backligh ing. Panasonic's iA helps avoid problems in difﬁ cul shoo ing si ua ions

by au oma ically making he op imal camera se ings and ac iva ing cer ain func ions. For example, iA

now includes AF Tracking, a new func ion

ha "locks" on and follows a subjec as i

moves, so images are sharply focused and

properly exposed. This echnology is a huge

help for everyone.

Dual Technologies that Enhance the Quality of Full-HD Images

*3MOS System Unique to Panasonic this advanced optical system combines 3MOS sensors the Leica Dicomar lens and Panasonic's HD Crystal Engine

3MOS Sensor

Still Picture Recording at 10.6 Megapixels*

Shoot in Lighting as Low as 1.6 lx

xpress ve performance w th deta ed mages and fe- ke co our ng

Beaut fu st mages even when en arged

ake beautiful shots even by candlelight.

The HS300 TM300 HS200 and SD200 feature three of Panason c s

new 1/4 1- nch 3 050 000-p xe MOS sensors One sensor s used

for each of the three pr mary co ours (red green and b ue) w th

each sensor conta n ng an effect ve 2 070 000 mot on- mage p xe s

mak ng t fu -HD s ze The three sensors team up to capture a the co our nformat on

n the scene (see d agram) and produce fu -HD (1920 x 1080) mages V rtua y no ght

s ost so mages are r ch and v v d W th ts tota of 9 150 000 p xe s ( nc ud ng an

effect ve 6 210 000 mot on- mage p xe s) the 3MOS System captures a huge amount

of v sua data wh ch trans ates nto accurate true-to- fe mages w th v v d co our and

stunn ng deta And thanks to 1 080 nes of hor zonta reso ut on deta s except ona

Th s advanced system uses the same approach as the 3-sensor systems that were ﬁ rst

n st - mage mode the HD camcorder can record st s w th up

to 10 6 megap xe s When s mu taneous y shoot ng a mov ng

p cture t can record st mages w th up to 8 3 megap xe s **

Th s h gh p xe count and Advanced O S mean that mages ook dense and beaut fu A so

when p ay ng back the mov ng p ctures you shot you can capture 2 1-megap xe st mage of

any scene you want Panason c s HD camcorder ets you enjoy h gh qua ty n both mot on and

st mages

*For images recorded with a 3 2 aspect rat o ** For images recorded with a 16 9 aspect ratio

deve oped for use n profess ona broadcast

equ pment W th a Panason c 3MOS

camcorder you can capture prec ous events

n beaut fu mages that you enjoy v ew ng

aga n and aga n

HS200HS300

TM300 SD200

HS200HS300

TM300 SD200

W th Panason c s new 3MOS sensor mode you can shoot c ear shots n

ght ng as ow as 1 6 x W th the 3MOS Sensor there s m n ma oss of

co our nformat on Th s ets you shoot even n fa r y dark p aces Together

w th the h gh-performance HD Crysta ng ne the 3MOS System ets you capture c ear

ow-no se mages even when the ghts are ow

his would be a nice shot but it's too dark to see.

High 1.6 lx sensitivity captures great shots

even by candlelight.

8.3 megapixels

(Simultaneous Motion/Still Image recording)

10.6 megapixels (Still Image Recording)

Each individual eyelash is clearly visible.

3MOS Sensor

Op ical Axis

Dichroic Mirrors

MOS

HD Crystal Engine

Advanced O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabiliser)

ffect ve y he p compensate for b urr ng of both mov ng and st mages

Panason c s advanced O S he ps suppress the effects of hand-shake as

you shoot for both mot on and st mages Th s system uses gyrosensors

to detect even t ny amounts of hand-shake then sh fts a ens and adjusts

the opt ca ax s to compensate – a at an astound ng 4 000 t mes per second t a so

covers approx mate y 3 t mes the stab sat on area of our prev ous SD9 mode Because the

system s opt ca there s on y m n ma oss of mage qua ty even when v ewed on a arge-

screen TV n add t on to shoot h gh-reso ut on st mages the norma O S Mode 1 s

jo ned by an O S Mode 2* wh ch has a h gher stab sat on capab ty The O S correct ve

ens sh fts and stab ses the mage the nstant that the shutter button s pressed to

enab e greater prec s on n stab sat on You get a the beauty and m n ma b urr ng

We took the advanced mag ng c rcu try used n Panason c

profess ona equ pment and adapted t for home use The

resu t s the HD Crysta ng ne a h gh-speed process ng un t that hand es huge vo umes of

data and v rtua y doub es the dynam c range Th s advanced mag ng eng ne he ps prevent

b own h gh ghts and b ocked shadows so the mages you capture on v deo ook just the

way they do n rea fe

HD Crystal Engine

H gh-speed process ng and w de tona express on

Mode 1 (Normal O. .S.)

he O.I.S. corrective lens

constantly shifts for

continuous stabilisation.

Mode 2 (Still- mage O. .S.)*

he O.I.S. corrective lens shifts and

stabilises the image the instant that the

shutter button is pressed.

Advanced O.I.S. OFF Advanced O.I.S. ON

New Leica Dicomar Lens

A powerfu new ens for u tra ﬁ ne mage render ng

The HD camcorders a so ntroduce a new h gh-performance e ca ens n

wh ch both reso ut on and contrast have been mproved by reﬁ nements

to our ow-d spers on ens and aspher ca ens A mu t -coat ng process

app ed to a ens surfaces he ps suppress ghosts and f ar ng so you get sharp cr sp

mages even n strong outdoor ght ng The superb render ng ab ty of th s advanced

camcorder ens makes t dea for captur ng express ve fu -HD mages

*Leica is a registered trademark

of Leica Microsystem IR GmbH and Dicomar is a registered trademark of Leica Camera AG

Image washed out due to bright lighting.

With multi coated lenses, images are clear and

there's virtually no colour bleeding.

All HD

Camcorders

All HD

Camcorders

All HD

Camcorders

*Only the HS300 M300 HS200 and SD200 are equipped with Mode 2

Blurry!

Clear!

Craft mages w th ntu t ve ease

Manual Ring

The manual r ng g ves you easy ﬁ ngert p control over

the focus zoom and exposure sett ngs. You ll ﬁ nd us ng

the r ng a much more ntu t ve comfortable user fr endly process than

access ng a menu screen. W th the manual r ng and manual operat on the

HS300 and TM300 are a pleasure to use and g ve you the freedom to craft

unusually express ve mages.

Zoom

Just rotate the r ng to zoom n and out You have fu contro of the zoom ng speed and can

zoom n or out to the prec se degree you want

r s

se the r ng to adjust the aperture to regu ate the amount of ght et n

n d m ght ng use a ower aperture sett ng (wh ch corresponds to a arger

aperture open ng) and n br ght ght ng use a h gher sett ng

*Only when using the EVF

Wh te Balance

e ect fro Auto ndoor

Outdoor an Wh te Set accord ng

to the ocat on weather or type

of ght ng You a ways get the best poss b e co our ng even f the ght source changes

*Only when using the EVF

Focus

Just rotate the r ng to focus

You can focus on the exact po nt

you want even f t s not n the

centre of the frame You can a so change the focus as you shoot to get the k nd of creat ve

shots you somet mes see n mov es

HS300

TM300

Shutter Speed

he shutter speed

an be adjusted

rom 1/25 to

/8 000 of a second Use a h gh shutter speed when shoot ng sports events or

fast-mov ng subjects and you can get c ear sharp ncred b e act on shots

Only when using the EVF

e ect fro

utdoor and

o t

e ocat o

ght ng Yo

Only when usin

the E

On-Screen Assist

A prec se way to check the ght ng

H stogram

The h stogram d sp ays n graph form the

exposure and contrast cond t ons over the

ent re frame Th s ets you determ ne f ne

gradat on deta s that are d ff cu t to te by

just ook ng at the screen

Br ghtness Level

The ght eve s metered at the centre of the

frame and d sp ayed as a percentage (%) Th s

serves as a gu de when you re shoot ng a subject

that s back t or when you want to keep the

ght eve the same even though the ght ng

cond t ons change

Zebra Pattern

A "zebra pattern" s d sp ayed n areas of the

frame where the ght ng s excess ve and the

mage s over-exposed

HS300

TM300

S ow events that take p ace over ong per ods of t me can be condensed nto short smooth mages

Time Lapse Recording

The t me apse funct on uses onger frame nterva s than standard shoot ng You can use

th s funct on to capture shortened or condensed footage of events that actua y take p ace

over a much onger t me per od or examp e t me apse record ng s dea for shoot ng a

ﬂ ower n the process of b oom ng or a ong s ow sunset W th t me apse record ng you

have an nterest ng new v deo techn que to exp ore

* he maximum continuous recording time is 12 hours

When recorded at a 1-sec interval a sunset scene that is recorded for 10 minutes can be played back as a smooth 24-sec image

Standard

Recording

ime Lapse

Recording

Records frames at the set

nterva

1 frame

HS300

TM300

Handy Functions and Interfaces

Accessor ze your camcorder system

HS300

TM300

• Electronic Viewﬁ nder:

The extendab e e ectron c v ewﬁ nder s easy

to use and conven ent for focus ng and other

adjustments

• Accessory Shoe:

Opt ona accessor es can be attached here

to ncrease shoot ng versat ty

* M300 Use of the

included shoe adaptor is required

• Mic Input and Headphone Jack:

There s a m c nput term na and a

headphone jack on the s de of the camcorder

P ug n an externa m c or headphones (both

opt ona ) f des red

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