User manual PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-TS1

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-TS1 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT2A99 Contents Before Use Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (Important) About the waterproof/ dustproof and anti-shock performance of the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Preparation Attaching the hand strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 About the Battery (charging/ number of recordable pictures). . . . . . . . . 17 Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 About the Built-in Memory/the Card . . . . . . . . 22 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Changing the clock setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Setting menu items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the quick menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 About the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Selecting the [REC] mode, and record still picture or motion picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Playback the recorded still pictures or motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Preventing jitter (camera shake) . . . . . . . 46 Direction detection function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Taking Pictures with the Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/ Using the Digital Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Playing back Pictures ([NORMAL PLAY]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 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 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . 63 Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket . . . . . . . . 65 Take the outdoors scene expressively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [SPORTS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [SNOW] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [BEACH & SURF]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Taking pictures that match the scene being recorded (Scene mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 [PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 [SOFT SKIN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 [TRANSFORM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 [SELF PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 [SCENERY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 [PANORAMA ASSIST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Basic Taking pictures using the automatic function (Intelligent Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Scene detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Face Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 AF Tracking Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 About the flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Settings in Intelligent auto mode. . . . . . . 43 Taking pictures with your favourite settings (Normal picture mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Focusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 -2- [NIGHT PORTRAIT]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [NIGHT SCENERY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [FOOD]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [PARTY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [CANDLE LIGHT]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [BABY1]/[BABY2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [PET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [SUNSET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [HIGH SENS. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [HI-SPEED BURST]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 [FLASH BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 [STARRY SKY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 [FIREWORKS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 [AERIAL PHOTO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [PIN HOLE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [FILM GRAIN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [UNDERWATER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Recording Motion Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Changing [REC MODE] and [REC QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 [CONTINUOUS AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 [WIND CUT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 [LED LIGHT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Taking a picture with Face Recognition function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Face Recognition functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Face settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Useful Functions at Travel Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture . . . . . . . . . 95 Recording Dates/Times at Overseas Travel Destinations (World Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Using the [REC] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [PICTURE SIZE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 [ASPECT RATIO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 [INTELLIGENT ISO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 [SENSITIVITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 [WHITE BALANCE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [AF MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 [PRE AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 [I. EXPOSURE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 [BURST]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [DIGITAL ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 [COLOR MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 [STABILIZER]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 [MIN. SHTR SPEED]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 [AUDIO REC. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 [AF ASSIST LAMP] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 [CLOCK SET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Taking and viewing clipboard pictures (Clipboard mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Taking clipboard pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Viewing clipboard pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Advanced (Playback) Playing Back Pictures in Sequence (Slide Show) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back ([CATEGORY PLAY]/ [FAVORITE PLAY]). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 [MODE PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 [CATEGORY PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 [FAVORITE PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Playing Back Motion Pictures/ Pictures with Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Pictures with audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Using the [PLAYBACK] mode menu . . . . . 131 [CALENDAR]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 [TITLE EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 [TEXT STAMP]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 [RESIZE] Reducing the picture size (number of pixels). . . . . . . . 136 [TRIMMING] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 [LEVELING]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 [ROTATE DISP. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 [FAVORITE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 [PRINT SET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 [PROTECT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 [AUDIO DUB. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 [COPY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Playing back pictures using the AV cable (supplied). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 -3- Playing back on the TV with HDMI socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Connecting to other equipment Saving the recorded still pictures and motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Copy the playback image using an AV cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Copying to a PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Others Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Cautions for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Message Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 -4- 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. (P14) The battery is not charged when the camera is shipped. [. . . ] Refer to P189 for information about the number of recordable pictures. [QUALITY] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P27. 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. - 101 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [ASPECT RATIO] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P27. This allows you to select the aspect ratio of the pictures to suit printing or the playback method. Applicable modes: [X]: [ASPECT RATIO] of a 4:3 TV [Y]: [ASPECT RATIO] of a 35 mm film camera [W]: [ASPECT RATIO] of a high-definition TV, etc. [X] [Y] [W] Note The ends of the recorded pictures may be cut at printing so check before printing. (P186) [INTELLIGENT ISO] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P27. 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]. (P113) - 102 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [SENSITIVITY] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P27. This allows the sensitivity to light (ISO sensitivity) to be set. Setting to a higher figure 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. (P113) - 103 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [WHITE BALANCE] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P27. 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. [. . . ] 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 6 3 8 17 35 70 140 290 570 860 1160 1750 2340 4690 > 12 8 17 35 70 135 280 560 1110 1690 2270 3420 4570 9170 A 8 5 12 25 50 99 200 400 800 1220 1630 2460 3290 6600 ( ) > 18 11 24 50 98 195 390 790 1560 2380 3180 4810 6410 12870 A 13 8 18 37 73 145 290 590 1170 1780 2380 3590 4790 9620 X ( ) > 26 16 35 72 140 280 560 1130 2230 3390 4540 6860 9150 18350 A 28 18 37 77 150 300 600 1220 2410 3660 4910 7400 9880 19820 ( ) > 54 35 73 145 290 580 1160 2360 4640 7050 9440 14240 19000 38120 Card 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 32 GB - 189 - Others Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. 40 MB) A 45 29 60 120 240 470 950 1910 3770 5730 7670 11570 15440 30970 ( ) > 84 54 110 220 440 880 1770 3610 7090 10790 14440 21790 29060 58310 X ( A 200 130 270 550 1080 2150 4310 8770 17240 26210 35080 52920 70590 ) > 320 200 420 860 1690 3350 6710 12290 24130 36700 49120 74090 98830 Card 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 32 GB 141620 198260 - 190 - Others Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. 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