User manual PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-ZX3

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-ZX3 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT2Q18 Contents Before Use Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Playing Back Pictures ([NORMAL PLAY]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode . . . . . 46 Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 To delete a single picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Preparation Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures . . . . . . . . . . 12 Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 About the Built-in Memory/the Card . . . . . . . . 16 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Changing the Clock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Setting the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting menu items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Using the Quick Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 About the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Selecting the [REC] Mode, and Record Still Picture or Motion Picture . . . . . 31 Taking the still picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Recording the motion picture . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Advanced (Recording pictures) About the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Taking Pictures Using the Built-in Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Switching to the appropriate flash setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Taking Close-up Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 [AF MACRO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 [MACRO ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . 58 Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket. . . . . . . . 60 Taking Pictures that Match the Scene Being Recorded (Scene Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Registering scenes in Scene Mode (My Scene Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Selecting the Scene Mode for each recording (Scene Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 [PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 [SOFT SKIN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 [TRANSFORM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 [SELF PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 [SCENERY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 [PANORAMA ASSIST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 [SPORTS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [NIGHT PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [NIGHT SCENERY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [FOOD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 [PARTY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 [CANDLE LIGHT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 [BABY1]/[BABY2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 [PET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 [SUNSET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 [HIGH SENS. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 [HI-SPEED BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 [FLASH BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [STARRY SKY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [FIREWORKS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 [BEACH] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [SNOW] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [AERIAL PHOTO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [PIN HOLE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [FILM GRAIN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [HIGH DYNAMIC]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 [PHOTO FRAME]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 [UNDERWATER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Basic Taking Pictures Using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Scene Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 AF Tracking Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 [Happy] colour ([COLOR MODE]). . . . . 36 Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode . . . . . . 37 Taking Pictures with Your Favourite Settings (Normal Picture Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Focusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Preventing jitter (camera shake) . . . . . . . 40 Direction Detection Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Taking Pictures with the Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/ Using the Intelligent Zoom/ Using the Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 -2- Recording Motion Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Changing [REC MODE] and [REC QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Face Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Setting Auto Registration/ Sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Auto Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Useful Functions at Travel Destinations (Travel Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 [TRAVEL DATE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 [LOCATION]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 [WORLD TIME] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Using the [REC] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 [PICTURE SIZE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 [QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 [ASPECT RATIO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [INTELLIGENT ISO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [SENSITIVITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 [WHITE BALANCE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 [AF MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 [PRE AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 [I. EXPOSURE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 [MIN. SHTR SPEED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 [BURST]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [I. RESOLUTION]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 [DIGITAL ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 [COLOR MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [AUDIO REC. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 [AF ASSIST LAMP]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 [RED-EYE REMOVAL] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 [CLOCK SET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Using the [MOTION PICTURE] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [REC MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [REC QUALITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [CONTINUOUS AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [WIND CUT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Taking and Viewing Clipboard Pictures (Clipboard Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Taking Clipboard Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Viewing Clipboard Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Entering Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Playing Back Motion Pictures/ Pictures with Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Pictures with audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Creating Still Pictures From a Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Using the [PLAYBACK] Mode Menu . . . . . 128 [CALENDAR]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 [TITLE EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 [VIDEO DIVIDE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 [TEXT STAMP]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 [RESIZE] Reducing the picture size (number of pixels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 [CROPPING] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 [LEVELING]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 [ROTATE DISP. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 [FAVORITE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 [PRINT SET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 [PROTECT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 [FACE REC EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 [COPY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Connecting to other equipment Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Playing back pictures using the AV cable (supplied). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Playing back on the TV with HDMI socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Copy the playback image using an AV cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Copying to a PC using "PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5. 0 HD Edition". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Advanced (Playback) Others Playing Back Pictures in Sequence (Slide Show). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 [MODE PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 [TRAVEL PLAY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [CATEGORY PLAY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 [FAVORITE PLAY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Cautions for Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Message Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 -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. [. . . ] [SCENERY]/[NIGHT PORTRAIT]/[NIGHT SCENERY]/[FOOD]/[PARTY]/[CANDLE LIGHT]/ [SUNSET]/[FLASH BURST]/[STARRY SKY]/[FIREWORKS]/[BEACH]/[SNOW]/ [AERIAL PHOTO]/[FILM GRAIN]/[UNDERWATER] Balance setting for a Scene Mode returns to [AWB] when the Scene Mode is changed. ) under so use [AWB] or []. 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. - 99 - 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. Set the White Balance to [V]/[]/[]/[]/[]. 1 Press 3 [] several times until [WB ADJUST. ] appears and then press 2/1 to adjust the White Balance. 1 [BLUE]: Press when the hue is reddish. Select [0] to return to the original White Balance. You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish. The White Balance icon on the screen turns red or blue. You can finely adjust the White Balance independently for each White Balance item. The White Balance fine adjustment setting is reflected in the picture when using the flash. The White Balance fine adjustment setting is memorised even if the camera is turned off. The White Balance fine adjustment level in [] returns to [0] when you reset the White In the [UNDERWATER] in Scene Mode, the White Balance is fixed at [AWB], but it can be White Balance fine adjustment cannot be set for [B/W], [SEPIA], [COOL] and [WARM] in [COLOR MODE]. Balance using []. 2 Auto White Balance Depending on the conditions prevailing when pictures are taken, the pictures may take on a reddish or bluish tinge. Furthermore, when a multiple number of light sources are being used or there is nothing with a colour close to white, Auto White Balance may not function properly. In this case, set the White Balance to a mode other than [AWB]. 1 Auto White Balance will work within this range 2 Blue sky 3 Cloudy sky (Rain) 4 Shade 5 TV screen 6 Sunlight 7 White fluorescent light 8 Incandescent light bulb 9 Sunrise and sunset 10 Candlelight KlKelvin Colour Temperature 2) 3) 4) 1) 6) 7) 5) 8) 9) 10) - 100 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [FACE RECOG. ] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P22. Specify a person's face and use the Face Recognition functions. Applicable modes: [OFF]/[ON]/[MEMORY]/[SET] Note Refer to P84 for details. [AF MODE] For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P22. This allows the focusing method that suits the positions and number of the subjects to be selected. Applicable modes: The camera automatically detects the person's face. [. . . ] Press a button to return the camera to the original screen. - 183 - 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 - 184 - Others Aspect ratio Picture size Quality Built-in Memory (Approx. [. . . ]