About the Battery

•Charging starts when the [CHARGE] indicator A lights green.

•Charging is complete when the [CHARGE] indicator A turns off (after about 120 minutes).

•When the [CHARGE] indicator flashes, read P12.

3 Detach the battery after charging is completed.

•After charging is completed, be sure to disconnect the charger from the electrical outlet.

•The battery becomes warm after using it and during and after charging. The camera also becomes warm during use. This is not a malfunction.

•The battery will be exhausted if left for a long period of time after being charged. Recharge the battery when it is exhausted.

•Use the dedicated charger and battery.

•Charge the battery with the charger indoors.

•Do not disassemble or modify the charger.

∫The battery life

The number of recordable pictures (By CIPA standard in normal picture mode [ ])

•Temperature: 23 °C (73.4 °F)/

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 [MODE1].)

•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 when the power LCD function or high angle mode (P33) are

used.

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

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.]

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