Panasonic DMC-FZ18 operating instructions Press the shutter button fully to stop recording

Advanced (Recording pictures)

•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].

2 Press ￿/￿ to select [ASPECT RATIO] and then press

￿.

3 Press ￿/￿ to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].

4 Press ￿/￿ to select [PICT.MODE] and then press ￿.

5 Press ￿/￿ to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].

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

Item	Picture size	fps
[30fpsVGA]	640￿480 pixels	30
[10fpsVGA]		10
[30fpsQVGA]	320￿240 pixels	30
[10fpsQVGA]		10

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

Item	Picture size	fps
[30fps16:9]	848￿480 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”.

•You can record longer motion pictures with “10 fps” although the picture quality is lower.

•The file size with [10fpsQVGA] is small so it is suitable for e-mails.

•You can only record motion pictures

to the built-in memory when the

[ASPECT RATIO] is [ ] and the picture size is [30fpsQVGA] or [10fpsQVGA] (320￿240 pixels).

6 Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.

•Refer to P132 for information about the available recording time.

•The available recording time displayed on the LCD monitor/Viewfinder may not decrease regularly.

•This unit does not support recording motion pictures on MultiMediaCards.

•When you set the picture quality to [30fpsVGA] or [30fps16:9], we recommend using a high speed SD Memory Card with “10MB/s” or greater displayed on the package.

•Depending on the type of the card, recording may stop in the middle.

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