User manual PANASONIC DMCFT2

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-FT2 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT2Q90 Contents Before Use Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (Important) About the waterproof/ dustproof and anti-shock performance of the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Maintenance and waterproof performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the camera underwater . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Causes of water leak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Caring of the camera after using it underwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Preparation Attaching the hand strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Attaching the silicon jacket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures . . . . . . . . . . 22 Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 About the Built-in Memory/the Card . . . . . . . . 27 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Changing the clock setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Setting the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Setting menu items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Using the quick menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 About the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Selecting the [REC] Mode, and record still picture or motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Playback the recorded still pictures or motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 When the subject is not in focus (such as when it is not in the centre of the composition of the picture you want to take). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Preventing jitter (camera shake) . . . . . . . 51 Direction detection function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Taking Pictures with the Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/ Using the Intelligent Zoom/ Using the Digital Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Playing back Pictures ([NORMAL PLAY]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode . . . . . 57 Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 To delete a single picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Advanced (Recording pictures) About the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Switching to the appropriate flash setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Taking Close-up Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 [AF MACRO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 [MACRO ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . 69 Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket . . . . . . . . 71 Take the outdoors scene expressively . . . . 72 [SPORTS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [SNOW] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [BEACH & SURF]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Taking pictures that match the scene being recorded (Scene Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 [SOFT SKIN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 [TRANSFORM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 [SELF PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 [SCENERY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 [PANORAMA ASSIST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 [NIGHT PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [NIGHT SCENERY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [FOOD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [PARTY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [CANDLE LIGHT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [BABY1]/[BABY2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 [PET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 [SUNSET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 [HIGH SENS. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Basic Taking pictures using the automatic function (Intelligent Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Scene detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 AF Tracking Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 [Happy] colour ([COLOR MODE]) . . . . . 47 Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode . . . . . . 48 Taking pictures with your favourite settings (Normal Picture Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Focusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 -2- [HI-SPEED BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 [FLASH BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 [STARRY SKY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 [FIREWORKS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 [AERIAL PHOTO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 [PIN HOLE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 [FILM GRAIN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 [HIGH DYNAMIC] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 [PHOTO FRAME]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 [UNDERWATER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Recording Motion Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Changing [REC MODE] and [REC QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Taking a picture with Face Recognition function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Face Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Setting Auto Registration/ Sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Auto Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Useful Functions at Travel Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Recording Dates/Times at Overseas Travel Destinations (World Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Using the [REC] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [PICTURE SIZE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 [ASPECT RATIO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [INTELLIGENT ISO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [SENSITIVITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [WHITE BALANCE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [AF MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [PRE AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 [I. EXPOSURE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 [MIN. SHTR SPEED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 [BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 [I. RESOLUTION]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 [DIGITAL ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 [COLOR MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 [STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 [AUDIO REC. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 [AF ASSIST LAMP] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 [RED-EYE REMOVAL] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 [CLOCK SET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Using the [MOTION PICTURE] Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [REC MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [REC QUALITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [CONTINUOUS AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [WIND CUT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 [LED LIGHT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Taking and viewing clipboard pictures (Clipboard Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Taking clipboard pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Viewing clipboard pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Advanced (Playback) Playing Back Pictures in Sequence (Slide Show) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back ([MODE PLAY]/[CATEGORY PLAY]/ [FAVORITE PLAY]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 [MODE PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 [CATEGORY PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 [FAVORITE PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Playing Back Motion Pictures/ Pictures with Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Pictures with audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Creating still pictures from a motion picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Using the [PLAYBACK] Mode menu . . . . . 137 [CALENDAR]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 [TITLE EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 [VIDEO DIVIDE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 [TEXT STAMP]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 [RESIZE] Reducing the picture size (number of pixels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 [CROPPING] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 [LEVELING]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 [ROTATE DISP. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 [FAVORITE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 [PRINT SET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 [PROTECT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 [FACE REC EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 [COPY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 -3- Connecting to other equipment Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Playing back pictures using the AV cable (supplied). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Playing back on the TV with HDMI socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Saving the recorded still pictures and motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Copy the playback image using an AV cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Copying to a PC using "PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5. 0 HD Edition" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Others Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Cautions for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Message Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 -4- Before Use Please be sure to read "(Important) About the waterproof/dustproof and anti-shock performance of the camera" (P7) and "Maintenance and waterproof performance" (P8) before using this unit underwater to prevent the unit from being mishandled, which may cause water to seep in. Before Use Quick Guide This is an overview of how to record and play back pictures with the camera. For each step, be sure to refer to the pages indicated in brackets. (P19) The battery is not charged when the camera is shipped. [. . . ] (P192) [INTELLIGENT ISO] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P32. The camera automatically sets the optimum ISO sensitivity and shutter speed to suit the movement of the subject and brightness of the scene to minimise the jitter of the subject. Applicable modes: [OFF]/[ ISOMAX ]/[ ISOMAX ]/[ ISOMAX ] 400 800 1600 The upper limit of the ISO sensitivity can be set. The higher the value set for the ISO sensitivity, the more the jitter is reduced but the greater the amount of picture noise. Note Depending on the brightness and how fast the subject is moving, jitter may not be avoided. Movements may not be detected when a moving subject is small, when a moving subject is at the edge of the screen or when a subject has moved at the very moment when the shutter button was pressed fully. To avoid picture noise, we recommend decreasing maximum ISO sensitivity level or setting [COLOR MODE] to [NATURAL]. (P119) - 108 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [SENSITIVITY] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P32. This allows the sensitivity to light (ISO sensitivity) to be set. Setting to a higher number enables pictures to be taken even in dark places without the resulting pictures coming out dark. Applicable modes: [AUTO]/[80]/[100]/[200]/[400]/[800]/[1600] ISO sensitivity Recording location (recommended) Shutter speed Noise 80 When it is light (outdoors) Slow Less 1600 When it is dark Fast Increased Note When setting to [AUTO], the ISO sensitivity is automatically adjusted to a maximum of [ISO400] according to the brightness. (It can be adjusted to a maximum of [ISO1000] when using the flash. ) The setting is not available when [INTELLIGENT ISO] is being used. ([ ] is displayed. ) To avoid picture noise, we recommend that you either reduce the ISO sensitivity level or set [COLOR MODE] to [NATURAL], and then take pictures. (P119) - 109 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [WHITE BALANCE] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P32. In sunlight, under incandescent lights or in other such conditions where the colour of white takes on a reddish or bluish tinge, this item adjusts to the colour of white which is closest to what is seen by the eye in accordance with the light source. Applicable modes: [AWB]: Automatic adjustment [V]: []: []: []: []: When taking pictures outdoors under a clear sky When taking pictures outdoors under a cloudy sky When taking pictures outdoors in the shade When taking pictures under incandescent lights Value set by using [] []: Set manually Note The optimal White Balance will differ depending on the type of halogen lighting being recorded The White Balance setting is memorised even if the camera is turned off. (However, the White White balance is fixed to [AWB] in following conditions. [SNOW] [BEACH & SURF] In [SCENERY], [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [PARTY], Balance setting for a Scene Mode returns to [AWB] when the Scene Mode is changed. ) under so use [AWB] or []. [CANDLE LIGHT], [SUNSET], [FLASH BURST], [STARRY SKY], [FIREWORKS], [AERIAL PHOTO], [FILM GRAIN] or [UNDERWATER] in scene mode Setting the White Balance manually Set the White Balance value. Use to match the condition when taking photographs. 2 Aim the camera at a sheet of white paper etc. so that the frame in the centre is filled by the white object only and then press [MENU/SET]. White Balance may not be set correctly when the subject is too bright or too dark. Set the White Balance again after adjusting to appropriate brightness. - 110 - Advanced (Recording pictures) Finely adjusting the White Balance [ ] You can finely adjust the White Balance when you cannot acquire the desired hue by setting the White Balance. [. . . ] Press a button to return the camera to the original screen. - 194 - Others Others Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time The number of recordable pictures and the available recording time are an approximation. The number of recordable pictures and the available recording time varies depending on the subjects. (These vary depending on the recording conditions and the type of card. ) Number of recordable pictures Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. 40 MB) A 7 41 83 165 340 660 1010 1360 2050 2740 3980 5500 8090 10980 > 10 61 120 240 490 980 1490 1990 3010 4010 5830 8050 11740 15940 A 9 55 110 220 450 880 1340 1800 2720 3630 5270 7280 10710 14530 ( ) > 14 82 160 320 660 1310 1990 2660 4020 5370 7790 10770 15830 21490 A 11 68 135 270 550 1090 1660 2230 3360 4490 6520 9010 13000 17650 X ( ) > 19 105 210 430 870 1720 2620 3500 5290 7050 10250 14160 20230 27460 A 14 80 155 320 650 1280 1950 2610 3940 5250 7630 10540 15170 20590 ( ) > 25 140 280 560 1130 2230 3390 4540 6860 9150 13280 18350 26010 35300 Card 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 24 GB 32 GB 48 GB 64 GB - 195 - Others Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. [. . . ]