Panasonic DMC-FX33 operating instructions About the Mode Dial

Preparation

•You can set the year from 2000 to 2099. The 24-hour system is used.

•If the clock is not set, the correct date cannot be printed when you stamp the date on the pictures with [TEXT STAMP] (P81) or order a photo studio to print the pictures.

•If the clock is set, the correct date can be printed even if the date is not displayed on the screen of the camera.

About the Mode Dial

If you turn on this unit and then rotate the mode dial, you can not only switch between recording and playback but also switch to macro mode to take a close-up picture of a subject or to a scene mode that matches your recording purpose.

∫Switching the mode by rotating the

mode dial

Align a desired mode with part A. Rotate the mode dial slowly and surely to adjust to each mode. (Do not adjust it to parts where there is no mode.)

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•The above screen B appears on the LCD monitor if the mode dial is rotated. (P20) The mode currently selected appears on the LCD monitor when the camera is turned on.

∫Basic

Normal picture mode (P22)

Use this mode for normal recording.

Intelligent auto mode (P24)

Use this mode to have the camera automatically handle all settings for taking pictures.

Playback mode (P28)

This mode allows you to play back recorded pictures.

∫Advanced

Macro mode (P40)

This allows you to take close-up pictures of a subject.

Scene mode (P41)

This allows you to take pictures that match the scene being recorded.

Motion picture mode (P50)

This mode allows you to record motion pictures.

Clipboard mode (P66)

Use this to take pictures, and play them back, as clipboard pictures.

Print mode (P94)

Use this to print pictures.

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