Panasonic DMC-FX30, DMCFX30K operating instructions Contents

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety	2
Preparation
Standard Accessories	8
Names of the Components	8
Quick Guide	9
Charging the Battery with the Charger	10
About the Battery (charging/
number of recordable pictures)	11
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery	12
About the Built-in Memory/
the Card (optional)	13
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)	14
• Changing the clock setting	15
About the Mode Dial	15
Setting the Menu	16
About the Setup Menu	18
LCD Monitor Display/Switching
the LCD Monitor Display	21
Basic
Taking Pictures	22
Taking Pictures in Simple Mode	24
Taking Pictures with the Zoom	26
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)	26
• Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom	27
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review)	28
Playing back/Deleting Pictures	29
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor	31
• Changing the information displayed ....	31
• Brightening the LCD Monitor
(Power LCD/High angle mode)	33

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Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash	34
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer	38
Compensating the Exposure	39
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket	40
Changing the sensitivity according to
the movement of the subject
being recorded	41
Taking Close-up Pictures	42
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode)	43
– [PORTRAIT]	44
– [SOFT SKIN]	44
– [SELF PORTRAIT]	44
– [SCENERY]	45
– [SPORTS]	45
– [NIGHT PORTRAIT]	45
– [NIGHT SCENERY]	45
– [FOOD]	46
– [PARTY]	46
– [CANDLE LIGHT]	46
– [BABY1]/[BABY2]	46
– [PET]	47
– [SUNSET]	47
– [HIGH SENS.]	48
– [STARRY SKY]	48
– [FIREWORKS]	49
– [BEACH]	49
– [SNOW]	49
– [AERIAL PHOTO]	49
– [UNDERWATER]	50
Motion Picture Mode	51
Recording which Day of the Vacation
You Take the Picture	53
Displaying the Time at the Travel
Destination (World Time)	55
Using the [REC] Mode Menu	57

•[W.BALANCE]

Adjusting the hue for a more natural

picture	58
• [SENSITIVITY]
Setting the light sensitivity	60
• [ASPECT RATIO]
Setting the aspect ratio of pictures ....	60

•[PICT.SIZE]/[QUALITY] Setting a picture size and quality

that match your use of the pictures 61

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