Panasonic DMC-FX38 Flash, Playback, The LCD monitor becomes darker or brighter for a moment

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The LCD monitor becomes darker or brighter for a moment.

•This phenomenon appears when you press the shutter button halfway to set the aperture value and does not affect the recorded pictures.

•This phenomenon also appears when the brightness changes when the camera is zoomed or when the camera is moved. This is because of operation of the automatic aperture of the camera, and it is not a malfunction.

The LCD monitor flickers indoors.

•The LCD monitor may flicker for a few seconds after turning the camera on indoors under fluorescent light. This is not a malfunction.

The LCD monitor is too bright or dark.

>Adjust the brightness of the screen. (P20)

•[POWER LCD] is activated. (P21)

Black, red, blue and green dots appear on the LCD monitor.

•This is not a malfunction.

These pixels do not affect the recorded pictures.

Noise appears on the LCD monitor.

•In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness of the LCD monitor. This does not affect the pictures you are recording.

Flash

The flash is not activated.

•Is the flash setting set to [Œ]?

>Change the flash setting. (P37)

•Flash mode is not available when auto bracket (P43) or [BURST] (P64) in [REC] mode menu has been set.

Flash is activated several times.

•The flash is activated twice when red-eye reduction (P37) has been set.

•Has [FLASH BURST] (P49) in scene mode been set?

Playback

The picture being played back is rotated and displayed in an unexpected direction.

•[ROTATE DISP.] (P83) is set to [ON].

•You can rotate pictures with the [ROTATE] function. (P83)

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