User manual PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-FX40

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-FX40 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT1X81 Contents Before Use Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Playing back Pictures ([NORMAL PLAY]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode . . . . . 44 Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 To delete a single picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Preparation Advanced (Recording pictures) Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 About the Battery (charging/ 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using the quick menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 About the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Selecting the [REC] Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 About the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Switching to the appropriate flash setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Taking Close-up Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . 56 Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket . . . . . . . . 58 Taking pictures that match the scene being recorded (Scene mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 [PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 [SOFT SKIN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 [TRANSFORM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 [SELF PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 [SCENERY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 [PANORAMA ASSIST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 [SPORTS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 [NIGHT PORTRAIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 [NIGHT SCENERY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 [FOOD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 [PARTY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 [CANDLE LIGHT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 [BABY1]/[BABY2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 [PET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [SUNSET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [HIGH SENS. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 [HI-SPEED BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 [FLASH BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 [STARRY SKY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 [FIREWORKS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 [BEACH] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 [SNOW] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 [AERIAL PHOTO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 [PIN HOLE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [FILM GRAIN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 [UNDERWATER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Basic Taking pictures using the automatic function (Intelligent Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Scene detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Face Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 AF Tracking Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 About the flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Settings in Intelligent auto mode. . . . . . . 36 Taking pictures with your favourite settings (Normal picture mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Focusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Preventing jitter (camera shake) . . . . . . . 39 Direction detection function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Taking Pictures with the Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/ Using the Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 -2- Motion Picture Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Taking a picture with Face Recognition function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Face Recognition functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Face settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Useful Functions at Travel Destinations . . . 79 Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture . . . . . . . . . 79 Recording Dates/Times at Overseas Travel Destinations (World Time) . . . . . 82 Using the [REC] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 [PICTURE SIZE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 [QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 [ASPECT RATIO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 [INTELLIGENT ISO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 [SENSITIVITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 [WHITE BALANCE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 [I. EXPOSURE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 [AF MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 [QUICK AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 [BURST]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 [DIGITAL ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 [COLOR MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 [STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 [MIN. SHTR SPEED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 [AUDIO REC. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [AF ASSIST LAMP]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [CLOCK SET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Taking and viewing clipboard pictures (Clipboard mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Taking clipboard pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Viewing clipboard pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [RESIZE] Reducing the picture size (number of pixels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 [TRIMMING] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 [LEVELING]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 [ROTATE DISP. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 [FAVORITE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 [PRINT SET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 [PROTECT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 [AUDIO DUB. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 [COPY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Connecting to other equipment Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Playing back pictures using the AV cable (supplied). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot . . . . . . . . . 134 Playing back on the TV with component socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Others Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Cautions for Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Message Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Advanced (Playback) Playing Back Pictures in Sequence (Slide Show). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back ([CATEGORY PLAY]/ [FAVORITE PLAY]). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [CATEGORY PLAY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [FAVORITE PLAY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Playing Back Motion Pictures/ Pictures with Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Pictures with audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Using the [PLAYBACK] mode menu . . . . . 109 [CALENDAR] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [TITLE EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 [TEXT STAMP] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 -3- Before Use Before Use Quick Guide This is an overview of how to record and play back pictures with the camera. Charge the battery before use. 90 inlet type Insert the battery and the card. [. . . ] 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 a case like this, set the white balance to a mode other than [AWB]. 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) - 89 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [I. EXPOSURE] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P21. Contrast and exposure will be adjusted automatically when there is a big difference in brightness between the background and subject, to bring the image close to how you see. When [ON] is set, [ Even when the [SENSITIVITY] is set to [ISO80]/[ISO100], [SENSITIVITY] may be set higher Compensation effect may not be achieved depending on the conditions. [ ] in the screen turns to yellow when [I. EXPOSURE] is in effect. than [ISO80]/[ISO100] if the picture is taken with [I. EXPOSURE] set to valid. [FACE RECOG. ] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P21. Applicable modes: [OFF]/[ON]/[SET] Note Refer to P76 for details. [AF MODE] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P21. This allows the focusing method that suits the positions and number of the subjects to be selected. Applicable modes: [s]: Face detection [ [ ]: AF Tracking ]: 11-area-focusing The camera automatically detects the person's face. The focus and exposure can then be adjusted to fit that face no matter what portion of the picture it is in. This is effective when the subject is not in the centre of the screen. The camera quickly focuses on the subject in the AF area on the centre of the screen. 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-focusing (High speed) []: 1-area-focusing []: Spot-focusing - 90 - Advanced (Recording pictures) Note The camera is focusing on all the AF areas when multiple AF areas (max. If you want to determine the focus position to take pictures, switch the AF mode to [], [] or []. If the AF mode is set to [ ], the AF area is not displayed until the picture is brought into focus. In this case, switch the AF mode to any modes other than [s] and then take a picture. In [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [STARRY SKY], [AERIAL PHOTO] and [UNDERWATER] in scene mode. About [s] The following AF area frames are displayed when the camera detects the faces. [. . . ] This does not affect the performance or quality of the camera. The lens clicks. When the brightness changes due to zoom or camera movement etc. , the lens may click and the picture on the screen may drastically change. If you do not use the camera for a long time, the clock may be reset. > When the message [PLEASE SET THE CLOCK] appears, set the clock again. (P18) When pictures are taken using the zoom, they are slightly distorted and the areas around the subject contain colours which are not actually present. [. . . ]