Advanced (Recording pictures)

B[AUDIO REC.]

For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P21.

Audio can be recorded simultaneously with the image. You can record the conversation during the shooting or the situation as a memo.

Applicable modes: ³±´²¿

[OFF]: Audio will not be recorded.

[ON]: [B] is displayed on the screen.

Audio will be recorded as soon as the image is recorded. (It will stop in 5 seconds.)

• If you press [MENU/SET] during audio recording, the audio recording is canceled.

Note

Audio is recorded from the built-in microphone on the camera.

Audio recorded with this unit may not playback on other equipment.

Sound from motion pictures or pictures with audio recorded by this camera cannot be played back by older models of Panasonic digital camera (LUMIX) launched before July 2008.

[AUDIO REC.] cannot be set in the following cases.

When auto bracket/color bracket has been set

When the Burst Mode is set

[PANORAMA ASSIST], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST] and [STARRY SKY] in Scene Mode

F[AF ASSIST LAMP]

For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P21.

Illuminating the subject makes it easier for the camera to focus when recording in low light conditions that make focusing difficult.

Applicable modes: ³±´²¿

[OFF]:

The AF assist lamp does not turn on.

 

 

[ON]:

When taking pictures in dark places, the AF assist lamp lights while the shutter

 

button is pressed halfway. (Larger AF areas are now displayed.)

 

 

Note

 

 

 

• The effective range of the AF assist lamp is 1.5 m (4.92 feet).

• When you do not want to use the AF assist lamp A (e.g. when taking

 

 

 

 

pictures of animals in dark places), set the [AF ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In

 

 

this case, it will become more difficult to focus on the subject.

 

 

[AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed to [OFF] in [SELF PORTRAIT], [SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], [SUNSET], [FIREWORKS] and [AERIAL PHOTO] in Scene Mode.

U[CLOCK SET]

For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P21.

To set the year, month, day and time.

It functions in exactly the same way as [CLOCK SET] (P23) in the [SETUP] menu.

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