If you don't feel like thinking about settings, switch to iA and the H85 will adjust depending on the subject and recording environment as it corresponds to one of five scene modes. Intelligent Contrast improves overly dark and bright areas. Color Night is, too, for that matter, allowing you to record color video in low-light conditions down to about 2 lux. While Manual gives you control over focus, shutter speed, aperture, and white balance, it also gives you access to 10 scene modes, Soft Skin and Color Night modes, and Intelligent Contrast. Panasonic included both full-manual and full-auto shooting options-just press the iA/Manual button to toggle between the two. Sports, Portrait, Low Light, Spotlight, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Fireworks, Scenery, Night Scenery

Pressing in on the joystick brings up mode-specific shooting options like accessing focus, white balance, shutter speed, and aperture in Manual mode.Īuto, Indoor 1, Indoor 2, Sunny, Cloudy, Custom There is no need to change to a photo mode to take a still picture-just press the shutter release.įlip open the LCD and to the left of the screen you'll find a button for activating the tracking autofocus, a five-way joystick for navigation and making manual shooting adjustments, and a Menu button. The movie record button is positioned under your thumb to the right of the battery pack, which juts from the back of the camcorder. Slip your right hand into the strap and your fingers will be in reach of the zoom rocker and shutter release on top, buttons for going between Intelligent Auto (iA) and Manual shooting modes and activating the optical image stabilization, and a slider on back for going from record to playback and back again. However, the bump caused by the hard drive on the right side makes it a bit larger than the flash-memory-based T50 and S50 models.Ĭontrols are pretty typical of this type of camcorder-at least of those without a touch screen-and everything is well positioned. The body is compact enough to slip in a large, coat pocket or handbag. (It's available in blue and silver versions, too) The handstrap is attached low on the body, but with the camcorder being so small and lightweight it doesn't flop over to the left if you release your grip. The top and left sides are a mix of shiny black and chrome plastic, while the right side is matte black plastic. There's nothing out of the ordinary about the design of the H85 other than it being very small for having such a long zoom lens and an 80GB hard drive.

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