Operating Instructions
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Following Applies only in the U.S.A
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Declaration of Conformity
Battery pack Lithium ion battery pack
About the battery pack
About the battery charger
Battery charger
Care of the camera
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Contents
Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
Travel Destinations World Time Using the REC Mode Menu
Taking a picture with Face Recognition
Useful Functions at Travel
Insert the battery and the card. P16
Charge the battery. P14
Quick Guide
Turn the camera on to take pictures
Hand Strap Battery Case Stylus pen
Standard Accessories
Software Use it to install the software to your PC
DE-A59B
Names of the Components
Press
22 23
Touch
How to Use the Touch Panel
Drag
About the Stylus pen
What can be done by touch operation
Charging the Battery
Detach the battery after charging is completed
Maximum
Battery indication
When the Charge indicator flashes
Battery life
Recording conditions by Cipa standard
Always use genuine Panasonic batteries DMW-BCF10PP
Inserting and Removing the Card optional/the Battery
Do not touch the connection terminals of the card
Approx min maximum
Ensure that the card/battery door is closed
Built-in Memory
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
Card
Sdhc Memory Card 4 GB to
Clock is not set when the camera is shipped
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Turn the camera on
Press MENU/SET
Changing the clock setting
Setting the Menu
Select Clock SET in the REC or Setup menu, and press 1. P21
Playback Mode menu P100 to REC Mode menu P73 to
Press Press 4 to select the Setup menu icon
Setting menu items
REC/PLAYBACK selector switch Mode button
Touch Program AE Press MENU/SET to display the menu
Using the quick menu
Press 3/4 to select AF Mode
Press
Press 3/4 to select š Press MENU/SET to set
About the Setup Menu
Change the display size of some icons and menu screens
Pattern setting is fixed to in the Intelligent Auto Mode
STANDARD/LARGE
REC. Info Pattern
OFF/2MIN./5MIN./10MIN
Power Save
Auto LCD OFF
OFF/15SEC./30SEC
Reset
NO.RESET
USB Mode
Select on Connection
Press MENU/SET to finish
Press MENU/SET
ENGLISH/DEUTSCH¢/FRANÇAIS¢/ESPAÑOL/ ITALIANO¢/繁體中文¢/¢¢
JITTER, SUBJ. Move Demo
Selecting the REC Mode
Switch to Press Mode Touch the Mode
Slide the REC/PLAYBACK selector
Taking pictures using the automatic function
REC Mode ñ
Press the shutter button halfway to focus
Scene detection
Face detection
Backlight Compensation
REC Mode menu
Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode
Setup menu
Face Recognition
Touch Program AE
Taking pictures with your favorite settings
DE F G
Focusing
Preventing jitter camera shake
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Direction detection function
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele
Digital zoom cannot be set when õ has been selected
Feature Optical zoom Extended optical zoom Digital zoom
Types of zooms
Extended optical zoom mechanism
To return to Wide using the easy zoom
Using the Easy zoom
Press E.ZOOM
Press E.ZOOM at Tele Maximum zoom position
Using the Touch Zoom
Slide the REC/PLAYBACK selector switch a to
Playing back Pictures Normal Play
Touch the part to enlarge
Press Mode during playback
Switching the Playback Mode
Touch the mode
Mode button
Multi Playback P86
Slide Show P84
Category Play P89
Favorite Play P90¢
Deleting Pictures
To delete a single picture
To delete multiple pictures up to 50 or all the pictures
Playback Mode
Recording Mode
About the LCD Monitor
Press Display to change
About the Histogram
Properly Exposed Underexposed
Examples of histogram
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Press 1 ‰ Touch the item
About the digital red-eye correction
Available flash settings by Recording Mode
Shutter speed for each flash setting
Adjust the flash output
Available flash range to take pictures
Press 3È several times to display Flash Touch the slide bar
Taking Close-up Pictures
REC mode ³±´²n
Press 4 # Touch the item
Displayed during zooming. Zoom range will be displayed
Press 2 ë Touch the item
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Touch Touch the subject
Taking Pictures with Focus and Exposure Set on
Taking Pictures with Set Aperture
REC Mode ±
Taking Pictures with Set Shutter Speed
REC Mode ´
Take the pictures
Aperture-priority AE
Taking Pictures with Exposure Set Manually
REC Mode ²
Shutter-priority AE
Available Shutter Speed Sec Per 1/3 EV Aperture Value W
Manual exposure
Press the shutter button halfway
Manual Exposure Assistance
Hide the slide bar
Press 3 È until Exposure appears Touch the slide bar
Compensating the Exposure
Touch Exit
Properly exposed
When you do not use auto bracket, select OFF
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket Color Bracket
Auto Bracket
With auto bracket d1 EV 1st picture 2nd picture 3rd picture
REC Mode ³±´²
Registering scenes in Scene Mode My Scene Mode
REC Mode ¿
Taking pictures that match the scene being
Selecting the Scene Mode for each recording ¿ Scene Mode
Touch the Scene Mode to select
About the information feature
Above, touch Scene Mode Touch the Scene Mode
Portrait
+ Soft Skin
Transform
Self Portrait
Scenery
Panorama Assist
Technique for Night Scenery Mode
Touch Exit Flash setting is fixed to Œ
Sports
Night Portrait
Party
Food
Candle Light
BABY1/ BABY2
PET
To cancel AGE and Name
High Sens
3M 43, 2.5M 32 or 2M 169 is selected as the picture size
HI-SPEED Burst
Flash Burst
Number of recordable pictures
Fireworks
Starry SKY
Sunset
Technique for Aerial Photo Mode
Beach
Snow
Film Grain
PIN Hole
REC mode n
Motion Picture Mode
Changing the settings for the recording quality
Press the shutter button fully to stop recording
For details on REC mode menu settings, refer to P21
Taking a picture with Face Recognition function
Face Recognition functions
Take the picture adjusting the face with the guide
Face settings
Registering from the REC mode menu
Press 2 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
SET
AF Mode is fixed to š
For details on the Setup menu settings, refer to P21
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations
Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture
Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu Take a picture
Canceling the travel date
Area or the home area is displayed
Select World Time from the Setup menu, and then press
Applicable modes ñ³±´² ¿ When the aspect ratio is
Using the REC Mode Menu
When the aspect ratio is Y
@ Picture Size
Quality
When the aspect ratio is W
? Aspect Ratio
Applicable modes ³±´² ¿
Intelligent ISO
Sensitivity
ISO Limit SET
= White Balance
Face Recog
Setting the color temperature
Auto white balance
Applicable modes ñ³±´² ¿ OFF/ON/SET Note
About š
AF AF Mode
Quick AF
Metering Mode
About ƒ
Applicable modes ³±´² ¿ OFF/ON Note
˜ Burst
Exposure
Applicable modes ³±´² OFF/LOW/STANDARD/HIGH Note
Number
Digital Zoom
Color Effect
PICT.ADJ
MIN. Shtr Speed
Stabilizer
Applicable modes ³ 250/1/125/1/60/1/30/1/15/1/8/1/4/1/2/1
250
AF Assist Lamp
Audio REC
Clock SET
Applicable modes ³±´² ¿ OFF
Playing Back Pictures in Sequence Slide Show
Touch Start Touch Exit to finish the slide show
Normal playback resumes after the slide show finishes
Changing the slide show settings
Operate control panel by touching
Duration or Repeat etc. can be set
Touch the picture to select
Displaying Multiple Pictures Multi Playback
You can display pictures by recording date
Touch the date to play back
Previous month Next month
Slide bar
Touch a picture to select from above or below
Playing Back Pictures on the Dual Display
Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back
Category Play
Recording information
Easy ORG. Screen
Playback mode ¸
Favorite
Edit
Touch Touch Resize Touch the picture size
Resize Reducing the picture size number of pixels
Trimming
Touch SET Touch YES
Touch Enlarge Touch Reduce Drag P12 Move
ReductionEnlargement Move the position
Touch
Minute tilting of the image can be adjusted
Leveling
Clockwise Counter-clockwise
Delete the title , delete all the texts Touch Exit
Touch OK Enter characters
Text Stamp
Touch SET
Shooting Date
Travel Date
Aspect ratio setting Picture size
Protect
Picture becomes slightly rougher
‚ Delete
Playing Back Motion Pictures/Pictures with Audio
Motion pictures
Select motion picture and touch To play back
Select still picture with audio and touch Play back
This is same function as Edit in Easy ORG. P92
Press MENU/SET to close the menu
Press ‚ to return to the menu screen
Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET
To print the date
Press MENU/SET to close the menu
Press MENU/SET to stop recording
Audio DUB
Face Recog
You can add the audio after taking a picture
Copy
Then set USB Mode to PC again
Connecting to a PC
Press 3/4 to select PC, and then press MENU/SET
USB connection cable supplied
Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely
Double-click on Removable Disk in My Computer
Double-click Dcim folder
Press 3/4 to select PictBridgePTP, and then press MENU/SET
Printing the Pictures
Selecting a single picture and printing it
Press 3 to select Print Start and then press MENU/SET
Selecting multiple pictures and printing them
Print with Date
Print Settings
NUM. of Prints
You can set the number of prints up to
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
Paper Size
Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
Playing back pictures using the AV cable supplied
Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot
Align the marks, and insert. B AV cable supplied
R
Playing back on the TV with component socket
Recording Recording in program AE Mode » Initial setting
Recording after settings
Screen Display
Playback mode P37 Protected picture P97 Favorites P91
Playback
Folder/File number P105
About the LCD monitor
Always remove the battery after use
Battery
Bring charged spare batteries when going out
Dispose of unusable battery
Do not bend or drop the card
When not using the camera for a long period of time
About the personal information
Disclaimer
Message Display
Memory Card Error Format this CARD?
BUILT-IN Memory Error Format BUILT-IN MEMORY?
Please Turn Camera OFF and then on AGAIN/SYSTEM Error
Memory Card Parameter Error
Battery and power source
Troubleshooting
Recording
Lens
Recorded picture looks rough Noise appears on the picture
Motion picture recording stops in the middle
Flash
LCD monitor
Picture is not played back
Playback
Recorded pictures are not displayed
Red part of the recorded image has changed color to black
TV, PC and printer
Others
AGE is not displayed correctly
File numbers are recorded in ascending order
Lens barrel is retracted
Different thing gets selected from what you touched
Number of recordable pictures
Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time
128 MB
32 MB
256 MB
512 MB
Available recording time when recording motion pictures
Specifications
Hi-speed burst
Metering mode
ISO sensitivity
Shutter speed
AV OUT/DIGITAL
Component OUT
DMW-BCF10PP
Charge 4.2
Accessory#
Digital Camera Accessory System
For USA and Puerto Rico Customers
Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
Request for Service Notice For USA and Puerto Rico Only
Rechargeable Battery
Limited Warranty Coverage
Pack Exchange for Defective Battery Pack
Except Items Listed Below
Carry-In or Mail-In Service
Centralized Factory Service Center
Customer Services Directory
Propos du bloc-batterie
Précautions à prendre pour le Canada
Batterie batterie au lithium-ion
Avertissement
Chargeur de batterie
Propos du chargeur de batterie
Brightness of the LCD Monitor
Index
Recording Quality Setting Motion Picture
Playback Pictures on TV 110
USB Connection Cable 104
F0109TU0 800