Software for panasonic hdc-tm10

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Panasonic also has a useful Info button inside the menu system that is designed to assist users who are learning their way around the HDC-TM When the Info button is engaged, a message box pops up whenever you select an option from the menu. These message boxes provide information about the menu option being selected.

A less useful feature is the Shooting Guide function. This option displays a message on the LCD screen giving you tips about how to shoot a good video. So, if you pan too fast the camcorder will let you know. The feature is more annoying than anything else and the tips it gives aren't helpful in any way. Menus on the HDC-TM10 share the same organizational structure as the rest of Panasonic's high definition camcorders this year.

They are simple to navigate, but offer a wealth of options that could overwhelm the casual videographer. To make things even more intimidating, most options are distributed among three different places: the Function Menu, the main menu, and a number of dedicated buttons on the body of the camcorder itself. The main menu is where the meat of your options reside. There are four choices in the main menu: two submenus for altering video or photo recording, a media select option, and a Setup submenu for administrative functions.

Controls for video and photo recording are located in the Record Setup and Picture submenus. The former has six pages of options like scene modes, guide lines, recording quality, and Picture Adjust—the exceedingly inaccessible sub-submenu that contains the exposure tool. The latter is a simple Picture submenu for photo options. There are only two pages here, including features like hi-speed burst, self-timer, and flash options.

For more administrative functions, you'll need to turn to the main menu's other offerings: Media Select and Setup. You will not find the Relay Record option here; if you want to automatically switch to memory card once you've filled the internal memory, that option is in the Record Setup menu—and only available if you've chosen internal memory in Media Select.

This is also where you can go to adjust LCD brightness and menu language. While the main menu is easy to navigate, it isn't always easy to find what you're looking for. We can thank Panasonic's multi-menu structure for this. You might spend five minutes poking around in the main submenus before realize that the option you seek is located in an entirely separate Function menu. Conversely, some options you expect to see in the Function menu are actually in the Record Setup submenu.

Sound confusing? Sometimes it is. The Function menu houses mostly manual image controls. It's access by touching the small F in the lower-let corner of the LCD. In Manual mode, these options are white balance, shutter speed, iris, manual focus, backlight compensation, intelligent contrast, faders, soft skin mode, telemacro, and MagicPix. When not in Manual mode, white balance, shutter speed, iris, and manual focus are swapped out for the new AFAE touch control, while the last six options are all still available.

One of the frustrations with this setup is that you cannot simultaneously access manual white balance and AFAE. We wish Panasonic would make this excellent control available in both Manual and auto mode. In addition to the options you'll find in the Function menu and the three submenus, there are a number of options arranged on the body of the camcorder: there are physical buttons dedicated to Manual mode, iA mode, Pre-Record, and image stabilization.

If you're starting to feel like the TM10 might be more than you can handle, there is good news for less experienced camcorder users. There's also an Info button located in all the main submenus. If you highlight the button, then touch on any feature in the menus, a box will pop up explaining the purpose of this particular feature. The Info box can be a very handy tool for getting to know the options of the camcorder.

Our greatest regret about this feature is that it is not available in the Function menu, where ambiguous icons could confuse beginners.

This year, we've written extensively about Panasonic's new Intelligent Auto iA features. Face Detection is what it is—it allows the camcorder to detect faces on the screen and automatically and to adjust focus and exposure accordingly. You can set the camcorder to detect all faces within the frame or just primary faces.

According to Panasonic, up to fifteen faces can be detected in a frame. With this, you manually select a subject on the screen by touching a portion of the LCD , and the camcorder will 'track' this subject as it moves throughout the frame—adjusting exposure and focus along the way. Now, it doesn't work perfectly, of course.

The HDC-TM10 has trouble retaining a track when the subject leaves the screen for more than a few seconds, and often the tracking will get mixed up if multiple people are moving around in the frame.

Still, it is a pretty cool feature to play around with and we found the system to work fairly well in adjusting for various lighting conditions and focal lengths. Intelligent Contrast and Scene Selection are far less exciting. The former allows the camcorder to adjust contrast levels so scenes aren't blown-out or overexposed, and the latter lets the camcorder automatically choose the best scene mode for your shooting conditions.

Of course, you can use the camcorder in regular auto mode, without any iA controls. Just press the iA button to turn Intelligent Auto on and off.

You can still use most of the iA features like tracking and contrast , but you need to turn them on manually. To turn manual controls on, you must press the Manual button on the inside of the LCD cavity. Here, the aforementioned trails and choppy motion are definitely noticeable, but the camcorder gets a significant boost in low light performance because more light is hitting the sensor.

This means, if you shoot with MagicPix in very low light situations, your footage will have significant trailing and look choppy—but the image will be very bright. MagicPix also appears to reduce the LCD brightness because the camcorder assumes you're using the mode in near-darkness where a bright LCD is not needed.

You can select them manually in the menu, or, if you have Intelligent Auto mode engaged, the camcorder will pick them for you. The touchscreen operation and auto controls handle basically the same, however, so the TM10 doesn't really offer anything new on that front. We can't recommend the HDC-TM10 to anyone who loves making manual adjustments because the touchscreen simply doesn't do the job. The lens ring on Panasonic's high-end models or the control dials featured on high-end Canons and Sonys offer a much better user experience.

The construction of its right side is quite good. The surface feels smooth, comfortable, and the shape is ergonomic. There is a big problem with the TM10's hand strap, though. The strap is flimsy, about as thick as a piece of paper, and doesn't feel comfortable on the back of your palm.

It also doesn't provide much support, which is the primary function of the hand strap. In fact, some users may decide the camcorder is better off without any hand strap at all.

Since the TM10 is so small, there are also some issues with the placement of certain features and buttons. Most obvious is the built-in mic, which often finds itself completely smothered by your pinky finger when you wrap your hand around the camcorder especially if you have big hands. This can result in muffling or unwanted noises being picked by the mic if you accidentally rub against it with your pinky.

Since the battery loads inside the LCD cavity, there's no room for a larger, longer-lasting battery to be inserted. So, your basically stuck with the provided battery, unless you want to get a large one and not be able to close the LCD all the way. We call them 'membrane buttons' because they are built into the body of the LCD panel. You must pinch them or use your fingernail to poke at them in order to press them fully. Essentially, they don't provide the haptic feedback a regular button gives you, so often you're left wondering if you pushed them hard enough.

Since there aren't any special new features on the TM10, its size and design is probably its most exciting element. The camcorder weighs only g 0. The SD20 is also a good 20mm thicker than the TM10, which makes the latter model far more portable. In fact, the HDC-TM10 is small enough to fit in a loose pocket, although it probably wouldn't be that comfortable. The camcorder can easily fit in a purse or small bag and it is light enough to take almost anywhere.

Still, the camcorder isn't as portable or as compact as a tiny budget camcorder like the Flip UltraHD. The HDC-TM10's 8GB of internal flash memory does help out with the camcorder's portability—you don't need to worry about finding a memory card if you're in a hurry. Everything you need to capture video is right in the camcorder itself. This isn't a very good performance, especially since the compact design of the TM10 doesn't really allow you to upgrade to a larger, longer-lasting battery pack the battery compartment is inside the LCD cavity.

Not surprisingly, however, the Panasonic HDC-SD20 had a nearly identical battery life, lasting 88 minutes in our test. More on how we test battery life. Even though the Panasonic HDC-TM10 can't capture high-resolution photos, the camcorder is equipped with a decent amount of still features. There are no photo size options on the camcorder—all images will be taken at x except when using the 60fps continuous shooting mode. There are two quality options for still photos, Normal and High.

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