Panasonic DMC-FS20 operating instructions Useful Functions at Travel Destinations

Advanced (Recording pictures)

If you selected [X] on the screen shown in step 3

Item	Picture size	fps
÷¢	640k480 pixels	30
ö¢		10
ù	320k240 pixels	30
ø		10
If you selected [W] on the screen shown in step 3

Item	Picture size	fps
û¢	848k480 pixels	30
ú¢		10

•fps “frames per second”; This refers to the number of frames used in 1 second.

•You can record smoother motion pictures with “30 fps”.

•You can record longer motion pictures with “10 fps” although the picture quality is lower.

•The file size with [ø] is small so it is suitable for e-mails.

¢Cannot be recorded in the built-in memory.

6 Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.

Note

•Refer to P106 for information about the available recording time.

•The available recording time displayed on the screen may not decrease regularly.

•When you set the picture quality to [÷] or [û], we recommend using a high-speed card with “10MB/s” or greater displayed on the package.

•Depending on the type of the card, the card access indication may appear for a while after recording motion pictures. This is not a malfunction.

•Motion pictures can be recorded continuously up to 2 GB.The maximum available recording time for up to 2 GB only is displayed on the screen.

•When motion pictures recorded with the camera are played back on other equipment, the quality of the picture and sound may deteriorate and it may not be possible to play them back. Also the recording information may not be displayed correctly.

•In motion picture mode, the following functions cannot be used.

–[š] in [AF MODE]

–Direction detection function

–[MODE2] on the optical image stabilizer function

•This unit does not support recording motion pictures on MultiMediaCards.

[REC] mode: ñ·½¾n

Useful Functions at Travel Destinations

Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture

For details on the [SETUP] menu settings, refer to P19.

If you set the departure date of the vacation in advance, the number of days that have passed since the departure date (which day of the vacation it is) is recorded when you take the picture. You can display the number of days that have passed when playing back the pictures and stamp it on the recorded pictures with [TEXT STAMP] (P74).

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