Panasonic DMCFZ1000 owner manual Recording motion pictures is not possible, Flash is not activated

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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 color. 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 colors and screen brightness may change or horizontal striping may appear on the screen.

Recording motion pictures is not possible.

•You may not be able to record for a short while after turning this unit on when using a large capacity card.

The screen may be blacked out momentarily, or the unit may record noise.

•Depending on the environment at the time of motion picture recording, the screen may be blacked out momentarily or the unit may record noise due to static electricity or powerful electromagnetic waves (radio towers, high voltage power lines, etc.).

The flash is not activated.

•Is the flash closed?

>Open the flash. (P55)

•When the electronic shutter is used, the flash is not activated.

>Set [Shutter Type] to [AUTO] or [MSHTR].

•When [Silent Mode] is set to [ON], the flash is not activated. (P52)

>Set [Silent Mode] to [OFF].

The picture is not played back.

There are no recorded pictures.

•Is the card inserted?

•Is there a picture on the card?

•Is this a folder or picture which was processed in the PC? If it is, it cannot be played back by this unit.

>It is recommended to use the “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” software in the DVD (supplied) to write pictures from PC to card.

•Has [Playback Mode] been set for playback?

>Change to [Normal Play].

The folder number and the file number are displayed as [—] and the screen turns black.

•Is this a non-standard picture, a picture which has been edited using a PC or a picture which was taken by another make of digital camera?

•Did you remove the battery immediately after picture-taking or did you take the picture using a battery with a low remaining charge?

> To delete such pictures, make a backup of the data and format the card.

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