Toshiba PDR-4300 Review



Record Screens & Menus
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Move up or down to select Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Scene or
16-shot mode. You can also select a focus mode from Macro, 1m, 3m or infinity.
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In Manual Record mode you have access to the full range of exposure control and
capture modes. There's an onscreen histogram as well as display of the shutter
speed, aperture and exposure compensation.
![]() Here's an animated look at the Manual Record options:
WB - White balance (Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Fluorescent 1 or 2, Incandescent AE - Metering mode, Matrix or Spot S/C - Single, Continuous or AE Bracketing FOCUS - Auto Focus, Macro, 1m, 3m, infinity
![]() Pressing the MENU button in Auto or Manual Record brings up this screen of options:
COLOR - Color mode: Standard, Vivid, Monochrome or Sepia ISO - Normal (100), 2X (200), or 4X (400) SHARPNESS - Normal, Soft or Hard CONTRAST - Normal, Strong or Soft DIGITAL ZOOM - On or Off LCD* - Adjust brightness of LCD display QUALITY - Set default image size and quality for both still and movies ![]() The PDR-4300 is capable of capturing motion video without audio at 15 frames per second. The image size is selectable between Full (320 x 240) and Half (160 x 120) and in either resolution you can select one, two or three "stars" quality.
Maximum video clip lengths for 320x240 are: 30, 45 and 60 seconds ![]() Turning the Mode Dial to the Setup position gives you access to:
SOUND - Turn beep sounds On or Off TIME&DATE - Set the internal clock OSD LANGUAGE - Set the menu language VIDEO OUT - Video out format: NTSC or PAL QUALITY - Set the image size/quality FRAME NUMBER - Enable or reset image file numbering SYSTEM INFO - Submenu with Firmware version number, Card Info, Reset all camera parameters to default. |
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