Operating Instructions

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Taking pictures by automatically changing the
aspect ratio
‘MULTI ASPECT’
Mode:
Taking pictures according to the scene
‘SCENE MODE’
Mode:
In this mode, pressing the shutter button once automatically takes three pictures in each
of three aspect ratios: 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9. (The shutter sound is made only once.)
After MULTI ASPECT is set, is displayed on the left side of the screen.
Shutter speed, aperture, focus, ‘EXPOSURE’, ‘WHITE BALANCE’, and ‘SENSITIVITY’
settings will be constant for all three pictures.
MULTI ASPECT is disabled when the number of recordable pictures is two or less. It is
also cancelled when the power is turned off.
When MULTI ASPECT is set, AUTO BRACKET and BURST are cancelled.
MULTI ASPECT cannot be set in the ‘TRANSFORM’, ‘PANORAMA ASSIST’, ‘HIGH
SENS.’, ‘HI-SPEED BURST’, ‘FLASH BURST’, ‘STARRY SKY’, ‘PIN HOLE’, and ‘FILM
GRAIN’ scene modes.
Display ‘AUTO BRACKET’
Press ▲ twice to switch
‘EXPOSURE’ to
‘AUTO BRACKET’.
Display ‘MULTI ASPECT’
Each time ‘DISPLAY’ is
pressed, the displayed
indicator switches between
‘AUTO BRACKET’ and ‘MULTI
ASPECT’.
Select ‘ON’ and set.
display
Picture size combinations
10M 9.5M 9M
7M 6.5M 6M
5M 4.5M 4.5M
3M
3M 2.5M
(Example)
when is set to 6.5 M, the image
sizes and corresponding resolutions
are with 7 M, with 6.5 M,
and with 6 M.
If a smaller picture size is set, the
resolution is temporarily set to this
value.
‘MULTI ASPECT’ is not available in the DMC-TZ6/DMC-ZS1.
Using SCENE MODE enables you to take pictures with optimum settings (exposure,
colouring, etc.) for given scenes.
Set to
Set to ‘SCN’ (SCENE MODE)
Select scene
(Press ‘MENU/SET’ and then press ►, if
scene menu is not displayed)
SCENE MENU
Zoom lever
can also be
used to switch
to next screen.
To see description of each scene:
Select scene, and press display button.
To take motion pictures
(P.59)
Setting frequently-used
scenes to the mode dial
MY SCN MODE (P.58)
MY SCENE MODE (P.58)
DISPLAY
Zoom lever
Selecting a scene mode inappropriate for the actual scene may affect the colouring of
your picture.
Following REC menu settings will be automatically adjusted and cannot be selected
manually (available settings vary according to scene setting).
‘INTELLIGENT ISO’,’SENSITIVITY’, ‘METERING MODE’, ‘I.EXPOSURE’, ‘COLOR
MODE’, ‘MIN. SHTR SPEED’
‘I.EXPOSURE’ is operated automatically in the following scene modes, according to
picture conditions.
‘PORTRAIT’, ‘SOFT SKIN’, ‘TRANSFORM’, ‘SELF PORTRAIT’, ‘SCENERY’,
‘SPORTS’, ‘NIGHT PORTRAIT’,‘PARTY’, ‘CANDLE LIGHT’, ‘BABY’, ‘SUNSET’, ‘HIGH
SENS.’, ‘FLASH BURST’, ‘BEACH’
‘WHITE BALANCE’ can be set to the following.
‘PORTRAIT’,‘SOFT SKIN’, ‘TRANSFORM’, ‘SELF PORTRAIT’,‘PANORAMA ASSIST (First
picture only)’, ‘SPORTS’,‘BABY’,‘PET’,‘HIGH SENS.’, ‘HI-SPEED BURST’, ‘PIN HOLE’
(Setting is restored to ‘AWB’ when scene is changed.)
The types of flash available (P.42) vary according to the scene.
The scene mode flash setting is reset to the default setting when the scene mode is
changed.
Guidelines displayed in grey in ‘NIGHT PORTRAIT’, ‘NIGHT SCENERY’, ‘STARRY
SKY’, and ‘FIREWORKS’ scene modes.
MENU/SET