Panasonic DMC-FX12 Motion Picture Mode, Press the shutter button fully to stop recording

Advanced (Recording pictures)

Motion Picture Mode

1 Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to start recording.

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3s

A: Audio recording

•The available recording time B is displayed on the top right and the elapsed recording time C is displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

•When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights.

•The focus, zoom and aperture value are fixed to the setting when recording starts (the first frame).

•The available recording time and the elapsed recording time are approximations.

•The audio is also recorded simultaneously from the built-in microphone on this unit. (Motion pictures cannot be recorded without audio.)

•When using the stabilizer function, it is fixed to [MODE1].

2 Press the shutter button fully to stop recording.

•If the built-in memory or the card becomes full in the middle of recording, the camera stops recording automatically.

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∫Changing the settings for the aspect ratio and the picture quality

1 Press [MENU/SET].

2 Press 3/4 to select [ASPECT RATIO] and then press 1.

REC		1/2
W.BALANCE		AWB
ASPECT RATIO
PICT.MODE
AF MODE
AF ASSIST LAMP		ON
SELECT	SET MENU

3 Press 3/4 to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].

4 Press 3/4 to select [PICT.MODE] and then press 1.

REC	1/2
W.BALANCE	AWB
ASPECT RATIO
PICT.MODE
AF MODE
AF ASSIST LAMP

SELECT SET MENU

5 Press 3/4 to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].

If you selected [ ] on the screen shown in step 2

Item	Picture size	fps
[30fpsVGA]	640k480 pixels	30
[10fpsVGA]		10
[30fpsQVGA]	320k240 pixels	30
[10fpsQVGA]		10

If you selected [		] on the screen
shown in step 2
Item	Picture size		fps
[30fps16:9]	848k480 pixels		30
[10fps16:9]			10

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

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