User manual PANASONIC DMCFX70EP

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-FX70 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT2V80 Contents Before Use Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How to Use the Touch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 · Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 · Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 · Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode . . . . . 51 Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 · To delete a single picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 · To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Advanced (Recording pictures) About the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Taking Pictures Using the Built-in Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 · Switching to the appropriate flash setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Taking Close-up Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 · [AF MACRO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 · [MACRO ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . 63 Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket. . . . . . . . 65 Taking Pictures using Burst Mode. . . . . . . . . . . 67 Taking pictures while changing the skin texture (Cosmetic Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Taking Pictures that Match the Scene Being Recorded (Scene Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 · [PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 · [TRANSFORM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 · [SELF PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 · [SCENERY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 · [PANORAMA ASSIST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 · [SPORTS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 · [NIGHT PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 · [NIGHT SCENERY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 · [FOOD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 · [PARTY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 · [CANDLE LIGHT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 · [BABY1]/[BABY2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 · [PET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 · [SUNSET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 · [HIGH SENS. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 · [HI-SPEED BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 · [FLASH BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 · [STARRY SKY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 · [FIREWORKS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 · [BEACH] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 · [SNOW] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 · [AERIAL PHOTO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 · [PIN HOLE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 · [FILM GRAIN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 · [HIGH DYNAMIC]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 · [PHOTO FRAME] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Recording Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 · Changing [REC MODE] and [REC QUALITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Preparation Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 · Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures . . . . . . . . . . 14 Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 About the Built-in Memory/the Card . . . . . . . . 18 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 · Changing the Clock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Setting the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 · Setting menu items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 · Using the Quick Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 About the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Selecting the [REC] Mode, and Record Still Picture or Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Basic Taking Pictures Using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 · Scene Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 · AF Tracking Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 · Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode . . . . . . 37 Taking Pictures with Your Favourite Settings (Normal Picture Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 · Focusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 · 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 · Preventing jitter (camera shake) . . . . . . . 42 · Direction Detection Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Taking Pictures with Focus and Exposure Set on Subject (Touch AF/AE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Taking Pictures with the Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 · Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/ Using the Intelligent Zoom/ Using the Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Playing Back Pictures ([NORMAL PLAY]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 -2- · Face Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 · Setting Auto Registration/ Sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 · Auto Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Useful Functions at Travel Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 · Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 · Recording Dates/ Times at Overseas Travel Destinations (World Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Using the [REC] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 · [ASPECT RATIO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 · [PICTURE SIZE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 · [QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 · [SENSITIVITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 · [ISO LIMIT SET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 · [WHITE BALANCE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 · [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 · [AF MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 · [PRE AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 · [I. EXPOSURE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 · [MIN. SHTR SPEED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 · [I. RESOLUTION]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 · [DIGITAL ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 · [COLOR MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 · [STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 · [AUDIO REC. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 · [AF ASSIST LAMP] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 · [RED-EYE REMOVAL] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 · [CLOCK SET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Using the [MOTION PICTURE] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 · [REC MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 · [REC QUALITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 · [CONTINUOUS AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 · [WIND CUT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Entering Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 · [TEXT STAMP]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 · [RESIZE] Reducing the picture size (number of pixels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 · [CROPPING] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 · [LEVELING]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 · [ROTATE DISP. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 · [FAVORITE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 · [PRINT SET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 · [PROTECT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 · [FACE REC EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 · [COPY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Connecting to other equipment Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 · Playing back pictures using the AV cable (supplied). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 · Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 · Playing back on the TV with HDMI socket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 · Copy the playback image using an AV cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 · Copying to a PC using "PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5. 0 HD Edition". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 · Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 · Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 · Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Advanced (Playback) Playing Back Pictures in Sequence (Slide Show). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 · [CALENDAR] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 · [MODE PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 · [CATEGORY PLAY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 · [FAVORITE PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Playing Back Motion Pictures/ Pictures with Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 · Motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 · Pictures with audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Creating Still Pictures From a Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Using the [PLAYBACK] Mode Menu . . . . . 132 · [TITLE EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 · [VIDEO DIVIDE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Others Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Cautions for Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Message Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 -3- Before Use 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. (P11) · The battery is not charged when the camera is shipped. [. . . ] · The Extra Optical Zoom does not work when Macro Zoom is set or in [TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS. ], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST], [PIN HOLE] and [PHOTO FRAME] in Scene Mode so the picture size for [ ] is not displayed. · Pictures may appear in mosaic depending on the subject and the recording conditions. · Refer to P189 for information about the number of recordable pictures. [QUALITY] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P23. Set the compression rate at which the pictures are to be stored. Applicable modes: [A]: [>]: · ¿ Fine (when giving priority to the picture quality) Standard (when using the standard picture quality and increasing the number of pictures to be recorded without changing the number of pixels) Note · Refer to P189 for information about the number of recordable pictures. - 105 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [SENSITIVITY] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P23. 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] 80 When it is light (outdoors) Slow Less ISO sensitivity AUTO (Intelligent) 80/100/200/400/800/1600 1600 When it is dark Fast Increased ISO sensitivity Recording location (recommended) Shutter speed Noise Settings The ISO sensitivity is automatically adjusted according to the brightness. The ISO sensitivity is adjusted according to the movement of the subject and the brightness. The ISO sensitivity is fixed to various settings. About [ ] (Intelligent ISO sensitivity control) 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. · The shutter speed is not fixed when the shutter button is pressed halfway. It is continuously changing to match the movement of the subject until the shutter button is pressed fully. Confirm the actual shutter speed on the information display for the picture being played back. 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 [ISO1600] when using the flash. ) · When setting to [ ], ISO sensitivity will adjust automatically depending on brightness within the maximum setting of [ISO1600]. · The ISO sensitivity will be set to [AUTO] when recording motion pictures. · The higher the value set for the ISO sensitivity, the more the jitter is reduced but the greater the amount of picture noise. · Refer to P59 for the flash range. · Depending on the brightness and how fast the subject is moving, jitter may not be avoided even if [ ] is selected. · 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. · The setting is fixed to [ ] in the following cases. ­ In [SPORTS], [BABY1]/[BABY2], [PET] and [FLASH BURST] in Scene Mode · To avoid picture noise, we recommend that you either reduce the ISO sensitivity level or set [COLOR MODE] to [NATURAL], and then take pictures. (P116) - 106 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [ISO LIMIT SET] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P23. [. . . ] · 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 · [i99999] is displayed if there are more than 100000 pictures remaining. Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. 40 MB) A 7 84 165 340 670 1030 1370 2080 2770 4030 5560 8090 10980 > 10 120 240 500 990 1510 2020 3060 4080 5920 8190 11740 15940 A 9 110 220 450 890 1360 1830 2760 3680 5350 7390 10710 14530 ( ) > 14 165 330 680 1340 2030 2720 4110 5490 7970 11010 15830 21490 A 12 135 270 560 1110 1690 2270 3420 4570 6640 9170 13490 18300 X ( ) > 19 220 440 900 1770 2690 3610 5440 7260 10550 14570 21420 29070 A 14 160 320 660 1310 1990 2660 4020 5370 7790 10770 15830 21490 ( ) > 26 290 580 1180 2320 3520 4720 7120 9500 13790 19060 28020 38020 Card 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 24 GB 32 GB 48 GB 64 GB - 189 - Others Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. 40 MB) A 18 200 400 820 1630 2470 3310 5000 6670 9690 13390 19170 26010 ( ) > 36 390 790 1610 3170 4820 6460 9740 13000 18880 26080 36420 49430 X ( A 230 2510 5030 10240 20110 30580 40930 61740 82360 119590 ) > 390 4310 8630 15360 30170 45870 61400 92610 123540 179380 Card 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 24 GB 32 GB 48 GB 64 GB 165220 247830 182130 364270 247150 494310 - 190 - Others Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. 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