Panasonic DMC-S5, DMC-FH4 owner manual Troubleshooting

Q&A Troubleshooting

Recording (Continued)

Brightness or coloring of recorded picture different from real life.

●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.

Red banding may appear on the LCD monitor or part or the entire screen may have a reddish tint, when recording or pressing the shutter button halfway.

●This is a characteristic of CCD and may appear if subject contains brighter areas. Some blurring may occur around these areas, but this is not a fault. This will be recorded in motion pictures, but not in still pictures.

●We recommend keeping the screen away from strong light sources such as sunlight when taking pictures.

Motion picture recording stops midway.

●With some cards, access display may appear briefly after recording, and recording may end midway.

●When recording motion picture, use a card rated with an SD speed class∗ of “Class 6” or higher. ∗ SD speed class refers to a specification for sustained write speeds.

●If recording stops even when using a card with speed of “Class 6” or faster, the data writing speed is low. We recommend backing up the data on the memory card and reformatting it. (→39)

Panorama picture recording stops before finishing.

●If the pan motion of the camera is too slow, the camera assumes that the operation has been aborted and stops recording.

●If the pan motion of the camera is too shaky when it is moved toward the recording direction, the camera stops recording.

→To record panorama pictures, pan the camera in a small circular motion, as in parallel with the recording direction, at a speed that turning halfway around in approx. 4 seconds (guideline).

The beep volume is low.

●The speaker is blocked.

LCD monitor

Monitor sometimes shuts off even though power is on.

●After recording, monitor shuts off until next picture can be recorded. (Approx. 6 seconds (max.) when recording to the built-in memory)

Brightness is unstable.

●Aperture value is set while shutter button is pressed halfway. (Does not affect recorded picture.)

Monitor flickers indoors.

●The LCD monitor may flicker for a few seconds after turning on. This is an operation to correct flicker caused by lighting such as fluorescent lights, LED lights etc. and is not a malfunction.

The LCD monitor is too bright or too dark.

●Use [LCD Display] to adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor. (→36)

Black/blue/red/green dots or interference appears. Monitor looks distorted when touched.

●This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures, so there is no need to worry.

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