Panasonic DMC-FX38 operating instructions Press MENU/SET to close the menu

Advanced (Recording pictures)

Changing the settings for the picture quality

•When you set the picture quality to [ ], [ ] or [ ], we recommend using a high-speed card with “10MB/s” or greater displayed on the package.

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Press [MENU/SET].

Press 3/4 to select [PICTURE MODE] and then press 1.

3	Press 3/4 to select the item and then press
	[MENU/SET].

Item	Picture size	fps	Aspect ratio
¢	1280k720 pixels	30
			16:9
¢	848k480 pixels	30
¢	640k480 pixels	30
	320k240 pixels	30	4:3
		10

•fps “frames per second”; This refers to the number of frames used in 1 second.

•You can record smoother motion pictures with “30 fps”.

•You can record longer motion pictures with “10 fps” although the picture quality is lower.

•[ ] can be enjoyed on the TV as high quality motion picture by using the component cable (DMW-HDC2; optional). Refer to “Playing back on the TV with component socket” (P97) for details.

•The file size with [ ] is small so it is suitable for e-mails.

¢Cannot be recorded in the built-in memory.

4 Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.

Note

•Refer to P116 for information about the available recording time.

•The available recording time displayed on the screen may not decrease regularly.

•Depending on the type of the card, the card access indication may appear for a while after recording motion pictures. This is not a malfunction.

•Motion pictures can be recorded continuously up to 2 GB. The maximum available recording time for up to 2 GB only is displayed on the screen.

•When motion pictures recorded with the camera are played back on other equipment, the quality of the picture and sound may deteriorate and it may not be possible to play them back. Also the recording information may not be displayed correctly.

•LUMIX models sold after August 2008 have improved sound quality, so motion picture cannot be played back on previous models.

•In motion picture mode, the following functions cannot be used.

–[š] and [ ] in [AF MODE]/Direction detection function/[AUTO] and [MODE2] on the optical image stabilizer function

•This unit does not support recording motion pictures on MultiMediaCards.

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