Operating Instructions

Table Of Contents
Contents
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Before use
Before use .............................................. 8
About GPS
DMC-TZ40
DMC-TZ41
.........10
About the compass
DMC-TZ40
DMC-TZ41
............................ 11
Standard Accessories ......................... 12
Names and Functions of Main Parts
... 13
Cursor button ..............................................14
Touch operations ................................. 15
Preparations
Charging battery .................................. 16
Inserting the battery ....................................17
Charging the battery ....................................18
Remaining battery .......................................20
Guidelines for number of recordable
pictures and operating time .........................20
Inserting and removing the card
(optional) .............................................. 22
Saving your pictures
(cards and built-in memory) ............... 23
Recording capacity guidelines
(pictures/recording time) .............................24
Setting the clock .................................. 26
To change time setting ................................27
Basics
Sequence of operations ...................... 28
Taking pictures with your own settings
[Program AE] Mode ............................. 30
How to adjust focus ............................ 31
Touching the screen and recording
(Touch Shutter function) ..................... 32
Touching the screen and adjusting
the focus and exposure
(Touch AF/AE function) ....................... 33
Taking pictures with automatic settings
[Intelligent Auto] Mode ........................ 34
About flash ..................................................34
Automatic Scene Detection .........................35
About the Happy colour setting ...................35
[Motion Deblur] ............................................36
[iHandheld Nite Shot] ..................................36
[iHDR] ..........................................................37
AF Tracking .................................................38
[Intelligent Auto] Mode restrictions ..............39
Recording motion pictures ................. 40
About recording modes ...............................41
Recording still pictures while a motion
picture is being recorded .............................44
Viewing your pictures ......................... 45
Zooming in and viewing
“Playback Zoom” .........................................46
Viewing a list of pictures
“Multi Playback” ...........................................47
Viewing pictures by their recording date
[Calendar] ....................................................48
Viewing motion pictures ..................... 49
Capturing still pictures from motion
pictures ........................................................51
Deleting pictures ................................. 52
To delete multiple (up to 100)/
To delete all pictures ...................................53
Setting the menu ................................. 54
Menu type ...................................................55
Using Quick menu .......................................56