Panasonic

Support for Digital Shotgun Microphone (DMW-DMS1: optional)

character_bullet-large[Sound Rec Quality]

character_bullet-large[DMS1 Button Backlight]


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Digital Shotgun Microphone (DMW-DMS1: optional) is now supported.

By connecting a Digital Shotgun Microphone, it is possible to make high quality audio recordings and high resolution audio recordings.


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(A) Hot shoe


Getting started:

bullet02Turn off the camera, and remove the hot shoe cover. (character_referenceRemoving the Hot Shoe Cover)


  1. Attach the Digital Shotgun Microphone to the hot shoe, and then turn on the camera.

character_bullet-largebutton_menu-set character_arrow [icon_movie] character_arrow [icon_video-audio] character_arrow [Hot Shoe Audio Input]


bullet02When the Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [Hot Shoe Audio Input] automatically turns [ON].


[ON]

Records the audio of the Digital Shotgun Microphone.


[OFF]

Records audio using the built-in microphone of the camera.


  1. Make settings for the sound quality of the audio to be recorded in [Sound Rec Quality]. (character_reference[Sound Rec Quality])


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bullet02You can change the directionality of CH1/CH2 on the Digital Shotgun Microphone itself.

bullet02While a Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [icon_dms1-info-disp-vm] is displayed on the screen.

bullet02While a Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [4ch Mic Input] is fixed to [OFF].

bullet02There are the following limitations when a Digital Shotgun Microphone is connected.

– When [Hot Shoe Audio Input] is set to [ON], the following settings are fixed:

[Sound Rec Level Limiter]: [OFF]

[Wind Noise Canceller]: [OFF]

[Sound Output]: [REC SOUND]

– When [Hot Shoe Audio Input] is set to [ON], [Sound Rec Gain Level] and [Sound Rec Level Adj.] are not available.

bullet02When the Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [Sound Rec Level Disp.] automatically turns [ON], and the recording level is displayed on the screen.

bullet02When the Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, do not carry the camera by holding the Digital Shotgun Microphone. It may become detached.

bullet02If noises are recorded when using the AC adaptor, use the battery.

bullet02If you start video recording immediately after turning on the camera, a period with no sound may be recorded at the beginning.

bullet02For details, refer to the operating instructions for the Digital Shotgun Microphone.


[Sound Rec Quality]

Sound quality for video can be set when the [Rec. File Format] is [MOV].


button_menu-set character_arrow [icon_movie] character_arrow [icon_video-audio] character_arrow Select [Sound Rec Quality]


[96kHz/24bit]

Audio is recorded using 96 kHz/24 bit high resolution audio.

bullet02This is available when a Digital Shotgun Microphone (DMW-DMS1: optional) is connected.


[48kHz/24bit]

Audio is recorded using 48 kHz/24 bit high quality audio.



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bullet02The setting is fixed to [48kHz/16bit] in the following case:

– When [Rec. File Format] is set to [MP4(Lite)]/[MP4]



[DMS1 Button Backlight]

You can set the brightness when the directivity buttons on the Digital Shotgun Microphone light.


button_menu-set character_arrow [icon_movie] character_arrow [icon_video-audio] character_arrow [Hot Shoe Audio Input] character_arrow [SET] character_arrow Select [DMS1 Button Backlight]


Settings: [H]/[M]/[L]