User manual PANASONIC DMC-3D1E

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-3D1 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT3U45 Contents Before Use Main features of the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Care of the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Names and Functions of Main Parts . . . . . . . . . 8 How to Use the Touch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Preparation Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 About the Built-in Memory/the Card . . . . . . . . 16 Approximate number of recordable pictures and available recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Turning the Power On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Changing the Clock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Playing Back Pictures ([Normal Play]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Forward or rewind the image . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Playing Back Motion Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Creating Still Pictures From a Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 To delete a single picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Setting the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Setting menu items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Call up commonly used menus with ease (Shortcut setting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 About the Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Recording About the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Taking pictures using the touch operation (Touch Shutter function). . . . . . . . . . 62 Match the focusing and exposure to a desired subject using touch operations (Touch AF/AE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Using the Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/ Using the Intelligent Zoom/ Using the Digital Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Zooming with touch operation . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Recording Images with Differing Angles of View (Wide & Zoom Dual-Shooting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Taking Pictures that Match the Scene Being Recorded (Scene Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 [Portrait]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 [Soft Skin] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [Transform] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [Self Portrait] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [Scenery] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [Panorama Assist] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [Sports] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Basic Tips for taking good pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Fit the strap and hold the camera carefully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Preventing jitter (camera shake) . . . . . . . 23 Focusing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Taking 3D pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Recording 3D motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Viewing 3D pictures and 3D motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Selecting a 2D Recording Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Recording 2D Pictures (Normal Picture Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Taking Pictures Using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Recording 2D Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 -2- [Night Portrait] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [Night Scenery] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [Handheld Night Shot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [Food] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [Party]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [Candle Light] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [Baby1]/[Baby2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 [Pet]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 [Sunset] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 [High Sens. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 [Flash Burst] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 [Starry Sky] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 [Fireworks] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 [Beach] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [Snow] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [Aerial Photo] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [Pin Hole] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [Film Grain] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [High Dynamic]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [Photo Frame] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Face Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Entering Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Using the [Rec] Mode Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 [Flash] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 [Selftimer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 [Aspect Ratio]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 [Picture Size] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 [Quality] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 [Sensitivity] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 [White Balance] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 [AF Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 [Macro Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 [Quick AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [Face Recog. ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [Exposure] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 [i. Exposure] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [Min. Shtr Speed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [i. Resolution] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 [Digital Zoom] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 [Burst]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 [Color Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 [AF Assist Lamp] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 [Red-Eye Removal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 [Stabilizer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 [Date Stamp] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 [3D Adjustment] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [Clock Set] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Using the [Motion Picture] Mode Menu. . . . . 107 [Rec Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 [Rec Quality]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [Continuous AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 [Wind Cut] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Playback/Editing Various methods to playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 [Slide Show] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 [Filtering Play] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 [Dual Play] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 [Calendar]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Using the [Playback] Mode Menu. . . . . . . . . . 115 [Upload Set] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 [Title Edit] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 [Text Stamp] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 [Video Divide] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 [Resize] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 [Cropping]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 [Favorite] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [Print Set] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 [Protect] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 [Face Rec Edit]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 [Copy] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Connecting to other equipment Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen . . . . . 128 Playback using VIERA Link (HDMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Copy by inserting the SD card into the recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Copy the playback image using an AV cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Copying to a PC using "PHOTOfunSTUDIO" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Acquiring of still pictures and [MP4] motion pictures (other than 3D motion pictures and [AVCHD] motion pictures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 -3- Uploading the images to sharing sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Others Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Cautions for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Message Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 -4- Before Use Before Use Main features of the camera This unit has two lenses built-in so that you can enjoy making a variety of different recordings. You can switch between the following functions using the 3D/2D switch. When the 3D/2D switch is set to [3D] You can easily record 3D pictures and 3D motion pictures. 3D 2D (P26, 28) When you connect this unit to a television that supports 3D, you can view the 3D images you have recorded using the unit. [. . . ] Balance using []. - 93 - Recording [AF Mode] Applicable modes: For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P48. This allows the focusing method that suits the positions and number of the subjects to be selected. [s] ([Face Detection]) [ ] ([AF Tracking]) ([23-Area]) The camera automatically detects the person's face. The focus and exposure can then be adjusted to fit the face no matter what portion of the picture it is in. 15 areas) Focus can be adjusted to a specified subject. Focus will keep on following the subject even if it moves. (Dynamic tracking) Refer to P64 for details. Up to 23 points for each AF area can be focused. This is effective when the subject is not in the centre of the screen. (AF area frame will be same as image aspect ratio setting. ) The camera focuses on the subject in the AF area on the centre of the screen. The camera focuses on a limited narrow area in the screen. [ ] [] [] ([1-Area]) ([Spot]) [] will be used during motion picture recording. Note It will be fixed to [s] when the [Face Recog. ] is set to [On]. The AF Mode is fixed to [] in [Starry Sky], [Fireworks] in Scene Mode. It is not possible to set [s] in the following cases. In [Panorama Assist], [Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot], [Food], and [Aerial Photo] in For 3D recording, [ Scene Mode. ] and [] cannot be set. - 94 - Recording About [s] (Face Detection) The following AF area frames are displayed when the camera detects the faces. Yellow: When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns green when the camera is focused. White: Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other faces that are the same distance away as faces within the yellow AF areas are also focused. Note Under certain picture-taking conditions including the following cases, the face detection function may fail to work, making it impossible to detect faces. [AF Mode] is switched to [ ([] while motion pictures are taken). When the face is not facing the camera When the face is at an angle When the face is extremely bright or dark When there is little contrast on the faces When the facial features are hidden behind sunglasses, etc. When the face appears small on the screen When there is rapid movement When the subject is other than a human being When the camera is shaking When Digital Zoom is used If the camera is registering something other than someone's face, change the settings to something other than [s]. ] - 95 - Recording [Macro Mode] Applicable modes: For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P48. [. . . ] If you do not use the camera for a long time, the clock may be reset. When using the Extra Optical Zoom or the Intelligent Zoom, the zooming action will stop temporarily. > [Please set the clock] message will be displayed; please re-set the clock. (P21) - 161 - Others Zoom does not go up to maximum magnification. [. . . ]