Panasonic DMC-SZ9 manual 202, Recorded picture looks rough. Noise appears on the picture

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The recorded picture looks rough. Noise appears on the picture.

•Is the ISO sensitivity high or the shutter speed slow?

(ISO sensitivity is set to [AUTO] when the camera is shipped. Therefore, when taking pictures indoors etc. noise will appear.)

>Decrease the ISO sensitivity. (P83)

>Take pictures in bright places.

•Have you set [High Sens.] in Scene Mode, or [Burst] in [Rec] menu to [ ] or [ ]? If so, the resolution of the recorded picture decreases slightly because of high sensitivity processing, but this is not a malfunction.

Striping or flicker may appear under lighting such as fluorescent lighting and LED lighting fixture.

•This is characteristic of MOS sensors which serve as the camera’s pickup sensors.

This is not a malfunction.

The brightness or the hue of the recorded picture is different from the actual scene.

•When recording under fluorescent or LED lighting fixture etc., increasing the shutter speed may introduce slight changes to brightness and colour. These are a result of the characteristics of the light source and do not indicate a malfunction.

•When recording subjects in extremely bright locations or recording under fluorescent lighting, LED lighting fixture, mercury lamp, sodium lighting etc., the colours and screen brightness may change or horizontal striping may appear on the screen.

Reddish horizontal streaks appear on the LCD monitor during recording.

•This is characteristic of MOS sensors which serve as the camera’s pickup sensors. It appears when the subject has a bright part. Some unevenness may occur in the surrounding areas, but this is not a malfunction.

It is recorded in still pictures or motion pictures.

•It is recommended that when you take pictures you take care not to expose the screen to sunlight or any other source of strong light.

Motion picture recording stops in the middle.

•Use a card with SD Speed Class with “Class 4” or higher when recording motion pictures.

•Depending on the type of the card, recording may stop in the middle.

>If motion picture recording stops during use of a card of at least “Class 4” or if you use a card that has been formatted on a PC or other equipment, the data-writing speed is lower. In such cases, we recommend that you make a backup of the data and then format (P54) the card in this unit.

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