Panasonic DMC-FS20 Battery indication, Battery life, Recording conditions by Cipa standard

Preparation

•When the operating time of the camera becomes extremely short even after properly charging the battery, the life of the battery may have expired. Buy a new battery.

•Do not leave any metal items (such as clips) near the contact areas of the power plug. Otherwise, a fire and/or electric shocks may be caused by short-circuiting or the resulting heat generated.

About the Battery (charging/number of recordable pictures)

∫Battery indication

The battery indication is displayed on the LCD monitor.

[It does not appear when you use the camera with the AC adaptor (DMW-AC5PP; optional) connected.]

•The indication turns red and blinks if the remaining battery power is exhausted. (The status indicator blinks when the LCD monitor turns off.) Recharge the battery or replace it with a fully charged battery.

∫ The battery life

Number of recordable	Approx. 280 pictures (Approx.140 min)
pictures	(By CIPA standard in normal picture mode)

Recording conditions by CIPA standard

•CIPA is an abbreviation of [Camera & Imaging Products Association].

•Temperature: 23 oC (73.4 oF)/Humidity: 50% when LCD monitor is on.¢

•Using a Panasonic SD Memory Card (16 MB).

•Using the supplied battery.

•Starting recording 30 seconds after the camera is turned on. (When the optical image stabilizer function is set to [MODE2].)

•Recording once every 30 seconds with full flash every second recording.

•Rotating the zoom lever from Tele to Wide or vice versa in every recording.

•Turning the camera off every 10 recordings and leaving it until the temperature of the battery

decreases.

¢The number of recordable pictures decreases in Auto Power LCD mode, Power LCD mode and High angle mode (P22).

The number of recordable pictures varies depending on the recording interval time. If the recording interval time becomes longer, the number of recordable pictures decreases. [e.g. When recording once every 2 minutes, the number of recordable pictures decreases to about 70.]

Playback time

Approx. 300 min

The number of recordable pictures and playback time will vary depending on the operating conditions and storing condition of the battery.

∫Charging

Charging time Approx. 120 min maximum

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