Advanced (Recording pictures)

Motion Picture Mode

1 Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to start recording.

AAudio recording

The available recording time B is displayed on the top right and the elapsed recording time C is displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights.

The focus, zoom and aperture value are fixed to the setting when recording starts (the first frame).

The audio is also recorded simultaneously from the built-in microphone on this unit. (Motion pictures cannot be recorded without audio.)

When using the stabilizer function, it is fixed to [MODE1].

2 Press the shutter button fully to stop recording.

If the built-in memory or the card becomes full in the middle of recording, the camera stops recording automatically.

Changing the settings for the aspect ratio and the picture quality

1 Press [MENU/SET].

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2 Move 3/4 to select

[ASPECT RATIO] and then move 1.

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

4 Move 3/4 to select [PICT.MODE] and then move 1.

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

If you selected [ ] on the screen shown in step 2

Item

Picture size

fps

[30fpsVGA]

640k480 pixels

30

 

 

[10fpsVGA]

10

 

 

 

 

[30fpsQVGA]

320k240 pixels

30

 

 

[10fpsQVGA]

10

 

 

 

 

If you selected [ ] on the screen shown in step 2

Item

Picture size

fps

[30fps16:9]

848k480 pixels

30

 

 

[10fps16:9]

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”.

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Panasonic DMC-FX55 operating instructions Motion Picture Mode, Press the shutter button fully to stop recording