Digital Camera
VQT1J59
Operating Instructions
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THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IN CANADA
THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IN THE U.S.A FCC Note
If you see this symbol
∫ About the battery pack
∫ About the battery charger
Declaration of Conformity
Battery charger
∫ About Condensation When the lens is fogged up
∫ Care of the camera
Do not strongly shake or bump the camera by dropping it etc
Contents
Before Use
Basic
Advanced Recording pictures
Connecting to other equipment
Advanced Playback
Others
Standard Accessories
Names of the Components
The card is optional
1 Charge the battery. P10
Quick Guide
Charging the Battery with the Charger
2 Insert the battery and the card P12
1 Attach the battery with attention to the direction of the battery
3 Detach the battery after charging is completed
About the Battery
charging/number of recordable pictures
Use the dedicated charger and battery
Charge the battery with the charger indoors
Inserting and Removing the Card optional/the Battery
2 Battery
Close the card/battery door
Insert it fully being careful about the direction you insert it
About the Built-in Memory/the Card optional
We recommend using a Panasonic card
You can copy the recorded pictures to a card. P89 ∫ Built-in Memory
The built-in memory capacity is about 27 MB
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Changing the clock setting
1 Press MENU/SET
2 Move 3/4/2/1 to select the date and time
About the Mode Dial
∫ Switching the mode by rotating the mode dial
∫ Basic Normal picture mode P22
Intelligent auto mode P24
Setting the Menu
2 Move 3 Move 3/4 to select the setting 4 Press MENU/SET to set
Press MENU/SET
1 Move 3/4 to select the menu item
About the Setup Menu
1 Move 2 on a menu screen 2 Move 4 to select the SETUP menu icon
3 Move
∫ Switching to the SETUP menu
POWER SAVE Turning off this unit automatically
1MIN., 2MIN., 5MIN., 10MIN., OFF
ECONOMY Turning off the LCD monitor automatically
WORLD TIME P53
VOLUME
NO.RESET
RESET
VIDEO OUT Playback mode only
LCD Monitor Display Switching the LCD Monitor Display
SCENE MENU
DIAL DISPLAY
ON, OFF LANGUAGE
When using the built-in memory When using the card
Taking Pictures
2 Aim the AF area at the point you want to focus on
3 Press the shutter button halfway to focus
4 Press the halfway pressed shutter button fully to take a picture
∫ Focusing P23
Try the AF/AE lock technique or macro mode
∫ Exposure P39
For information on the face detection function, read P61 ∫ Color P56
Taking pictures using the automatic function Intelligent Auto Mode
∫ Preventing jitter camera shake
∫ Stabilizer function P62 Jitter is detected and stabilized
∫ Face detection P61
Move
∫ Changing the settings
∫ Other settings in intelligent auto mode
∫ Quick AF
Using the Optical Zoom/Using the Extended Optical Zoom EZ
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele
Rotate the zoom lever towards Wide
Using the Digital Zoom
2 Move 3/4 to select D.ZOOM and then move
3 Move 4 to select ON and then press MENU/SET
4 Press MENU/SET to close the menu
Checking the Recorded Picture Review
Playing back/Deleting Pictures
1 Move4 REV
2 Move 2/1 to select the picture
Move 2/1 to select the picture
1 Press while the picture is being played back
2 Move 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
1 Press twice 2 Move 3/4 to select MULTI DELETE or
ALL DELETE and then press MENU/SET
3 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then move 4 to set
4 Press 5 Move 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET to set
About the LCD Monitor
Changing the information displayed
Press DISPLAY to change
In Intelligent auto mode
In playback mode
∫ Out-of-frame display
∫ Recording guide line
∫ Histogram
1 Press LCD MODE for 1 second
2 Move 3/4 to select a mode
Brightening the LCD Monitor
Examples of histogram
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
3 Press MENU/SET
∫ Canceling setting
1 Move 2 Move 3/4 to select a mode
∫ Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Use this when your subject is back-lit or under fluorescent light
3 Press MENU/SET
∫ Available flash settings by recording mode
∫ The available flash range to take pictures
ISO sensitivity
AUTO
∫ Shutter speed for each flash setting
Flash setting
ISO1250
Wide
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
1 Move 2 Move3/4 to select a mode
3 Press MENU/SET
Compensating the Exposure
Under exposed
Properly exposed Overexposed
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
1 Move 3 until EXPOSURE appears, compensate the exposure with 2/1
2 Press MENU/SET to finish
2 Press MENU/SET to finish
Taking Close-up Pictures
∫ Focus range
Taking pictures that match the scene being recorded Scene mode
1 Move 3/4/2/1 to select the scene mode
2 Press MENU/SET to set
∫ About the information
PORTRAIT
SOFT SKIN
SELF PORTRAIT
∫ Technique for Portrait mode
SCENERY
SPORTS
NIGHT PORTRAIT
NIGHT SCENERY
FOOD
PARTY
BABY1/BABY2
CANDLE LIGHT
∫ Display the age/name
SUNSET
HIGH SENS
HI-SPEED BURST
∫ Picture size and aspect ratio
STARRY SKY
∫ Setting the shutter speed
∫ Technique for Starry sky mode
FIREWORKS
BEACH
SNOW
AERIAL PHOTO
Motion Picture Mode
2 Press the shutter button fully to stop recording
2 Move 3/4 to select ASPECT RATIO and then move
3 Move 3/4 to select the item and then press MENU/SET
Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture
6 Press MENU/SET to close the menu
2 Move 4 to select the SETUP menu icon and then move
1 Press MENU/SET and then move
3 Move 3/4 to select TRAVEL DATE and then move
4 Move 4 to select SET and then press MENU/SET
2 Move 4 to select the SETUP menu icon and then move
Displaying the Time at the Travel Destination World Time
3 Move 3/4 to select WORLD TIME and then move
1 Press MENU/SET and then move
∫ Finishing setting the home area
∫ Setting the travel destination area Perform steps 1, 2 and
Using the REC Mode Menu
1 Press and hold FUNC when recording
∫ Setting from the menu screen
∫ Using the quick setting
W.BALANCE
Adjusting the hue for a more natural picture
∫ Setting the white balance manually
Auto white
INTELLIGENT ISO
About the white balance fine adjustment
Settings
2 Press MENU/SET to finish
SENSITIVITY
Setting the light sensitivity
ISO sensitivity
1600
ASPECT RATIO
PICT.SIZE/QUALITY
Setting the aspect ratio of pictures
You can only set the picture size in intelligent auto mode
AUDIO REC
∫ When the aspect ratio is
∫ When the aspect ratio is
4.5M EZ
AF MODE
Setting the focus method
5-area-focusing
3-area-focusing High speed
STABILIZER
∫ About or
Detecting jitter and compensating for it
desired
BURST
Taking Pictures using Burst
∫ Number of pictures recorded in burst mode
When the burst mode setting is set to Unlimited
AF ASSIST LAMP
SLOW SHUTTER
Focusing in low light conditions becomes easier
Recording bright pictures in dark places
Taking and viewing clipboard pictures Clipboard mode
COL.MODE
1 Move 4 to select REC and then press MENU/SET
2 Take the pictures
2 Move 3/4 to select the setting and then press MENU/SET
1 Move 3/4 to select the menu item and then move
3 Press MENU/SET to close the menu
1 Move 3 to choose PLAY and then press MENU/SET
1 Move 2/1 to display the picture with the zoom mark
2 Rotate the zoom lever to T
CANCEL MARK
Description of
∫ Deleting clipboard pictures
Please bear copyrights and other such matters in mind. P2
Displaying Multiple
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date
Screens Multi Playback
Calendar Playback
Using the Playback Zoom
2 Move 3/4/2/1 to select the date to be played back
4 Move 3/4/2/1 to select a picture and then press MENU/ SET
1 Rotate the zoom lever towards T to enlarge the picture
Playing Back Motion Pictures/Pictures with Audio
Move 2/1 to select a picture with a motion picture icon
and then move 4 to play back
∫ To stop using the playback zoom
Creating still pictures from a motion picture
Move 2/1 to select a picture with
the audio icon and then move 4 to play back
1 Move 2/1 to select a picture with a motion picture icon
3 Press the shutter button
4 Move 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
When a motion picture with or was selected
When a motion picture with or was selected
Using the PLAY mode menu
1 Press MENU/SET 2 Move 3/4 to select the menu item and then move
SLIDE SHOW
Items that can be set
1 Move 3/4 to select ALL, or and then press MENU/SET
2 Move 3 to select START and then press MENU/SET
3 Move 4 to finish
∫ Setting the audio, duration and effect
CATEGORY
Move 1 to search the categories
3 Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu
2 Move 2/1 to select the picture
1 Move 4 to select SLIDESHOW SETUP and then press MENU/ SET
3 Move 4 to finish the slide show
4 Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu
3 Move 2 to return to the category playback screen
ROTATE DISP./ROTATE
1 Move 4 to select ON and then press MENU/SET
2 Press MENU/SET to close the menu
1 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then move
FAVORITE
3 Move 2/1 to select the picture then move
TITLE EDIT
Move 3/4 to select SINGLE or MULTI and then press MENU/ SET
1 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then move 4 to SET CANCEL
1 Move 2/1 to select a picture and then move
2 Move 3/4/2/1 to select text and then press MENU/SET to register
2 Press MENU/SET
TEXT STAMP
1 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then move4
∫ Single setting
Move 3/4 to select SINGLE or MULTI and then press MENU/ SET
4 Move 3/4 to select YES or NO and then press MENU/SET
5 Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu
3 Press MENU/SET
SHOOTING DATE
Move 3/4 to select SINGLE, MULTI or CANCEL and then press MENU/SET
DPOF PRINT
1 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then move 4 to SET CANCEL
∫ Multi setting
2 Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu
1 Move 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
∫ Single setting
∫ Multi setting
PROTECT
Move 3/4 to select SINGLE, MULTI or CANCEL and then press MENU/SET
1 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then move 4 to SET CANCEL
∫ Single setting
AUDIO DUB
2 Move 4 to stop recording
RESIZE
2 Move 2/1 to select the size and then move
TRIMMING
2 Enlarge or decrease the parts to be trimmed with the zoom lever
3 Move 3/4/2/1 to move the position of the part to be trimmed
4 Press the shutter button
ASPECT CONV
1 Move 3/4 to select or and then press MENU/SET
2 Move 2/1 to select a picture and then move
4 Move 3/4 to select YES or NO and then press MENU/SET
COPY
1 Move 3/4 to select the copy destination and then press MENU/SET
2 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then move
3 Move 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
FORMAT
Move 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
Initializing the built-in memory or a card
Connecting to a PC
1 Turn on the camera and the PC
2 Connect the camera to a PC via the USB connection cable A supplied
Windows
∫ About motion picture playback on a PC
∫ Folder Composition
≥Built-in memory
∫ Conditions under which a different folder number is used
connect in PTP mode if you set the camera
1 Turn on the camera and the printer 2 Set the mode dial to
Printing the Pictures
1 Move 2/1 to select the picture and then press MENU/SET
2 Move 3 to select PRINT START and then press MENU/SET
3 Disconnect the USB connection cable after printing
1 Move
4 Disconnect the USB connection cable after printing
∫ Setting the date printing with the DPOF print in advance
When printing a picture several times on 1 sheet of paper
layout
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
1 Connect the AV cable A supplied to the AV OUT socket on the camera
3 Turn the TV on and select external input 4 Turn the camera on
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
∫ Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot
Screen Display
In recording Recording in normal picture mode Initial setting
In recording after settings
In playback
Cautions for Use
Do not use benzine, thinner or alcohol for cleaning the camera
∫ Optimal use of the camera
Do not extend the cords or the cables
∫ Battery
Bring charged spare batteries when going out
Dispose of unusable battery
∫ About the Lens
∫ When not using the camera for a long period of time
∫ About the picture data
∫ About tripods
Message Display
BUILT-IN MEMORY ERROR FORMAT BUILT-IN MEMORY?
MEMORY CARD ERROR FORMAT THIS CARD?
MEMORY CARD PARAMETER ERROR Use a card compatible with this unit. P5
WRITE ERROR PLEASE CHECK THE CARD
USB MODE CHANGED. PLEASE REMOVE THE USB CABLE
A FOLDER CANNOT BE CREATED
PICTURE IS DISPLAYED FOR 43 TV/ PICTURE IS DISPLAYED FOR 169 TV
Troubleshooting
Select RESET in the SETUP menu. P19 ∫ Battery and power source
1 The camera cannot be operated even when it is turned on
2 The LCD monitor turns off while the camera is turned on
10Motion picture recording stops in the middle
∫ LCD monitor
2 The LCD monitor becomes darker or brighter for a moment
3 The LCD monitor flickers indoors
∫ Playback
2 The picture is not played back
∫ TV, PC and printer 1 The picture does not appear on the television
2 The setting for the auto review function is disabled
3 The motion pictures cannot be played back on a TV
4 The picture is not displayed fully on the TV
6 The card is not recognized by the PC
7 The clock is reset
8 The displayed picture is slightly distorted
10 The file numbers are not recorded consecutively
11 The file numbers are recorded in ascending order
Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time
∫ Number of recordable pictures
Aspect ratio
Card
Aspect ratio
Picture size
Quality
Card
∫ Available recording time when recording motion pictures
Aspect ratio
30fps
10fps
¢ Motion pictures can be recorded continuously up to 2 GB
Specifications
Power Source
Power Consumption
Digital Camera
Metering mode
Hi-speed burst
Number of recordable
ISO sensitivity
Dimensions
Mass Weight
Battery Charger
Battery Pack
Digital Camera Accessory System
Accessory#
Description
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Panasonic Digital Still Camera Limited Warranty
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RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
Carry-In or Mail-In Service
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Centralized Factory Service Center
Service in Puerto Rico
MAIL TO
Précautions à prendre
AVERTISSEMENT
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Avertissement
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Chargeur de batterie
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