Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Before use
- Preparations
- Basics
- Sequence of operations
- Taking pictures with your own settings [Program AE] Mode
- How to adjust focus
- Touching the screen and recording (Touch Shutter function)
- Touching the screen and adjusting the focus and exposure (Touch AF/AE function)
- Taking pictures with automatic settings [Intelligent Auto] Mode
- Recording motion pictures
- Viewing your pictures
- Viewing motion pictures
- Deleting pictures
- Setting the menu
- Using the [Setup] menu
- [Clock Set]
- [Auto Clock Set] DMC-TZ40/DMC-TZ41
- [World Time]
- [Travel Date]
- [Airplane Mode]
- [Beep]
- [Speaker Volume]
- [Cust.Set Mem.]
- [Monitor Display]
- [Calibrate compass] DMC-TZ40/DMC-TZ41
- [Monitor Luminance]
- [Guide Line]
- [Histogram]
- [Video Rec Area]
- [Remaining Disp.]
- [Zoom Resume]
- [Economy]
- [Auto Review]
- [No.Reset]
- [Reset]
- [Reset Wi-Fi Settings]
- [USB Mode]
- [Output]
- [VIERA Link]
- [3D Playback]
- [Rotate Disp.]
- [Version Disp.]
- [Format]
- [Language]
- [Demo Mode]
- Application (Record)
- Switching the display of recording information, etc.
- Using the level gauge DMC-TZ40/DMC-TZ41
- Using Zoom
- Taking pictures with flash
- Taking close-up pictures
- Taking pictures with self-timer
- Taking pictures with Exposure Compensation
- Determine aperture and shutter speed and record
- Taking Pictures with different picture effects [Creative Control] mode
- Recording panorama pictures [Panorama Shot] Mode
- Taking pictures according to the scene [Scene Mode]
- Register your own settings and record [Custom] Mode
- Burst function
- Recording with the Face Recognition function [Face Recog.]
- Useful features for travel
- Entering Text
- Using the [Rec] menu
- [Aspect Ratio]
- [Picture Size]
- [Quality]
- [Sensitivity]
- [Extended ISO]
- [White Balance]
- [AF Mode]
- [Quick AF]
- [Face Recog.]
- [Metering Mode]
- [i.Exposure]
- [Min. Shtr Speed]
- [i.Resolution]
- [Digital Zoom]
- [Burst]
- [Color Mode]
- [AF Assist Lamp]
- [Red-Eye Removal]
- [Motion Deblur]
- [iHandheld Nite Shot]
- [iHDR]
- [Stabilizer]
- [Date Stamp]
- [Clock Set]
- Using the [Motion Picture] menu
- Application (View)
- Changing the picture information display, etc.
- Playing back still pictures recorded using the burst function
- Different playback methods [Playback Mode]
- Selecting pictures to play back [Filtering Play]
- Narrowing down by selecting picture type
- Narrowing down by selecting place name or landmark name of the location where the pictures were taken DMC-TZ40/DMC-TZ41
- Narrowing down by selecting the location where the pictures were taken DMC-TZ40/DMC-TZ41
- Narrowing down by selecting pictures recorded at a destination
- Narrowing down by selecting picture category or a person in the picture
- Narrowing down by selecting recording date
- Narrowing down by selecting favourite pictures
- Playing back pictures in order automatically [Slide Show]
- Searching by recording date [Calendar]
- Retouching pictures
- Using the [Playback] menu
- GPS and map functions DMC-TZ40/DMC-TZ41
- Using the GPS function to record the location of a picture
- Changing the place name information to be recorded
- Changing the recorded GPS information
- Adjusting the time using GPS
- Reducing the time required for positioning
- Using the map function
- Using the map data on the disc (supplied)
- Registering my landmark
- Using the compass
- Using the GPS log
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi® function
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi function
- Sequence of connecting operation
- Remote Shooting
- Easily connect to a smartphone (NFC)
- Connecting via a wireless access point
- Connecting directly
- Playback on TV
- Send Images While Recording
- Send Images Stored in the Camera
- Connecting with a setting you used before (Connect from History)
- Connect with frequently used settings (Connect from Favourites)
- Transferring pictures automatically [Smart Transfer]
- Using “LUMIX CLUB”
- How to Use the [Wi-Fi Setup] Menu
- Connecting with other devices
- Others
Application (Record)
Using the [Rec] menu
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Focus is fixed to (1-area-focusing) in the following cases:
• Scene Modes ([Starry Sky], [High Speed Video])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Miniature Effect])
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Use (1-area-focusing) if focus is difficult to align with (Spot-focusing).
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Cannot set to (Face Detection) in the following cases:
• Scene Modes ([Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot], [Food], [Underwater])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus])
• [Panorama Shot] Mode
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If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in (Face Detection)
setting, switch to another setting.
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If conditions prevent the face from being recognised, such as when the movement of
the subject is too rapid, the [AF Mode] setting switches to (23-area-focusing).
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Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or dark, (AF
Tracking) may not operate correctly.
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When (AF Tracking) does not work, focus will be on (23-area-focusing).
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Cannot set to (AF Tracking) in the following cases.
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Sepia], [Dynamic Monochrome], [High Dynamic],
[Toy Effect], [Soft Focus])
• [Panorama Shot] Mode
• [B&W] and [SEPIA] in [Color Mode]
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When (23-area-focusing) or (Spot-focusing) is set, the [AF Mode] setting at the
time of motion picture recording switches to (1-area-focusing).
• For the setting procedures of the menu. (→54)
[Quick AF]
The focus is automatically adjusted when camera blurring is small even when
the shutter button is not pressed. (Increases battery consumption)
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Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
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Focus alignment may take time if zoom is suddenly changed from max. W to max. T,
or if suddenly moving closer to subject.
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Press shutter button halfway if focus is difficult to align.
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The function will turn [OFF] in the following cases.
[Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot], [Starry Sky] and [High Speed
Video] Scene Modes
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[Quick AF] will not work while AF Tracking is operating.