Panasonic DMC-FX55 operating instructions Food, Party, BABY1/BABY2, Candle Light

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[FOOD]

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [SCENE MODE] menu and select a scene mode. (P42)

This mode allows you to take pictures of food with a natural hue without being affected by the ambient light in restaurants etc.

•The focus range becomes the same as

macro mode. [5 cm (0.16 feet) (Wide)/ 30 cm (0.98 feet) (Tele) to ¶]

•The white balance cannot be set.

[PARTY]

∫Technique for Candle light mode

•If you make the most of the candle light, you can take successful pictures without using the flash.

•We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer for taking pictures.

•The focus range becomes the same as

macro mode. [5 cm (0.16 feet) (Wide)/ 30 cm (0.98 feet) (Tele) to ¶]

•The flash setting can be set to Slow sync./

Red-eye reduction [ ] or Forced ON/

Red-eye reduction [ ].

•The white balance cannot be set.

• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [ ].

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [SCENE MODE] menu and select a scene mode. (P42) Select this when you want to take pictures

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[BABY1]/[BABY2]

at a wedding reception, an indoor party etc. This allows you to take pictures of people and the background with near real-life brightness.

∫Technique for Party mode

• Use the flash.

• We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer for taking pictures.

• We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide (1k) and being about 1.5 m

(4.92 feet) from the subject when taking pictures.

•The flash setting can be set to Slow sync./

Red-eye reduction [ ] or Forced ON/

Red-eye reduction [ ].

•The white balance cannot be set.

•The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [ ].

[CANDLE LIGHT]

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [SCENE MODE] menu and select a scene mode. (P42) This mode allows you to take pictures with a candle-lit atmosphere.

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [SCENE MODE] menu and select a scene mode. (P42)

This takes pictures of a baby with a healthy complexion. When you use the flash, the light from it is weaker than usual.

It is possible to set different birthdays and names for [BABY1] and [BABY2]. You can select to have these appear at the time of playback, or have them stamped on the recorded image using [TEXT STAMP] (P81).

•The age of the baby can be printed out using the [LUMIX Simple Viewer] or [PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] software on the CD-ROM (supplied). To print out the baby’s name, use [PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-]. [For details on printing, refer to the operating instructions (PDF file) of the software.]

∫Birthday/Name setting

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