Digital Camera User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Before Use
- Preparation
- Basic
- Selecting the Recording Mode
- Tips for taking good pictures
- Taking a Still picture
- Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)
- Taking Pictures with Defocus Control Function
- Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings (Program AE Mode)
- Recording Motion Pictures
- Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
- Deleting Pictures
- Setting the Menu
- Setting the Quick Menu
- About the Setup Menu
- Recording
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- Taking Pictures with the Zoom
- Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
- Compensating the Exposure
- Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
- Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
- Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
- Taking Pictures with Auto Focus
- Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
- Adjusting the White Balance
- Setting the Light Sensitivity
- Using the function button
- Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
- Taking Pictures that match the Scene being recorded (Scene Mode)
- Taking Pictures with different image effects (Creative Control Mode)
- Taking Pictures in Custom Mode
- Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures
- Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function
- Entering Text
- Using the [REC] Mode Menu
- [PHOTO STYLE]
- [ASPECT RATIO]
- [PICTURE SIZE]
- [QUALITY]
- [FACE RECOG.]
- [FOCUS MODE]
- [QUICK AF]
- [METERING MODE]
- [FLASH]
- [RED-EYE REMOVAL]
- [FLASH SYNCHRO]
- [FLASH ADJUST.]
- [I.RESOLUTION]
- [I.DYNAMIC] (Intelligent dynamic range control)
- [ISO LIMIT SET]
- [ISO INCREMENTS]
- [LONG SHTR NR]
- [SHADING COMP.]
- [EX. TELE CONV.]
- [DIGITAL ZOOM]
- [BURST RATE]
- [AUTO BRACKET]
- [SELF-TIMER]
- [COLOR SPACE]
- [STABILIZER]
- Using the [MOTION PICTURE] Mode Menu
- Using the [CUSTOM] Menu
- Playback/Editing
- Connecting to other equipment
- Others

Others
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• Is it a picture that has been recorded with other equipment? In such cases, these pictures may
be displayed with a deteriorated picture quality.
• When Digital Red-Eye Correction ([], [], []) is in operation, if you take a picture
of subject with red color surrounded by a skin tone color, that red part may be corrected to
black by the Digital Red-Eye Correction function.
> It is recommended to take pictures with the flash closed, Flash Mode set to [‡] or [‰], or
[RED-EYE REMOVAL] set to [OFF]. (P128)
• Playback of motion pictures recorded with this unit (Motion JPEG) may not be possible with
other companies' digital cameras. Also, Panasonic's digital cameras (LUMIX)
¢
may also not be
able to play them back.
¢ Introduced prior to December 2008, and FS and LS series introduced in 2009.
• Motion pictures recorded with [AVCHD] cannot be played back with devices that are not
compatible with AVCHD. Some AVCHD compatible devices may not be able to play them
correctly.
• Is the camera connected to the TV correctly?
> Set the TV input to external input mode.
• Depending on the TV model, the pictures may be extended horizontally or vertically or they
may be displayed with their edges cut off.
• Are you trying to play back the motion pictures by directly inserting the card in the card slot of
the TV?
> Connect the camera to the TV with the AV cable (supplied), or with the HDMI mini cable
(optional), and then play back the motion pictures on the camera. (P168)
> Check [TV ASPECT] setting. (P66)
[THUMBNAIL IS DISPLAYED] appears on the screen.
Red part of the recorded image has changed color to black.
Motion pictures recorded with this model can not be played back on other
equipment.
TV, PC and printer
The picture does not appear on the television.
The display areas on the TV screen and the camera’s LCD monitor are different.
The motion pictures cannot be played back on a TV.
The picture is not displayed fully on the TV.










