Panasonic DMC-FX38 operating instructions Contents

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety	2
Quick Guide	7
Standard Accessories	8
Names of the Components	9
Preparation
Charging the Battery	11
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures)	12
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery	13
About the Built-in Memory/the Card	14
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)	16
• Changing the clock setting	17
Setting the Menu	17
• Setting menu items	18
• Using the quick menu	19
About the Setup Menu	20
Selecting the [REC] Mode	24
Basic
Taking pictures using the automatic
function
(ñ: Intelligent Auto Mode)	25
• Scene detection	26
• AF Tracking Function	26
• About the flash	27
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode	27
Taking pictures with your favourite
settings (·: Normal picture mode)	28
• Focusing	28

•When the subject is not in focus (such as when it is not in the centre

of the composition of the picture you
want to take)	29
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)	29
• Direction detection function	29
Taking Pictures with the Zoom	30
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Digital Zoom	30
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY])	31
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback)	32
• Using the Playback Zoom	32
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode ....	33

Deleting Pictures		33
• To delete a single picture		33
• To delete multiple pictures
	(up to 50) or all the pictures	34
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor		35
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash		37
• Switching to the appropriate flash
	setting	37
Taking Close-up Pictures		40
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer		41
Compensating the Exposure		42
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket		43
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (¿: Scene mode)		44
• * [PORTRAIT]		44
• + [SOFT SKIN]		45
•	[TRANSFORM]	45
• 0 [SELF PORTRAIT]		45
• , [SCENERY]		46
• - [SPORTS]		46
• . [NIGHT PORTRAIT]		46
• / [NIGHT SCENERY]		46
• 1 [FOOD]		47
• 2 [PARTY]		47
• 3 [CANDLE LIGHT]		47
• : [BABY1]/; [BABY2]		47
• í [PET]		48
• ï [SUNSET]		48
• 9 [HIGH SENS.]		48
• ô [HI-SPEED BURST]		49
•	[FLASH BURST]	49
• 5 [STARRY SKY]		50
• 4 [FIREWORKS]		50
• 6 [BEACH]		50
• 8 [SNOW]		51
• 7 [AERIAL PHOTO]		51
•	[PIN HOLE]	51
•	[FILM GRAIN]	52
• < [UNDERWATER]		52
Motion Picture Mode		53
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations		55
• Recording which Day of the
	Vacation You Take the Picture	55
• Recording Dates/Times at Overseas
	Travel Destinations (World Time)	56
Using the [REC] Mode Menu		58
• @ [PICTURE SIZE]		58
• A [QUALITY]		59
• ? [ASPECT RATIO]		59
•	[INTELLIGENT ISO]	59
• > [SENSITIVITY]		60
• = [WHITE BALANCE]		60

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