Panasonic DMC-FZ30EB operating instructions 134

Others

∫LCD monitor

1:The brightness of the screen becomes dark or bright for a moment.

•This phenomenon appears when pressing the shutter button halfway to set the aperture value and does not affect the recorded pictures.

2:The picture is not displayed on the LCD monitor.

•Does the picture appear on the Viewfinder?

–Press the [EVF/LCD] button to switch to LCD monitor display.

3:The screen is too bright or dark.

•Adjust the brightness of the screen.

4:Some pixels are inactive or always lit on the LCD monitor.

•These pixels do not affect the recorded pictures.

This is not a malfunction.

5:Noise appears on the LCD monitor.

•In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness of the LCD monitor.

This does not affect the pictures you are recording.

6:A vertical line appears on the LCD monitor.

•This is called smear. It is specific to CCD, not a malfunction. It appears when the subject has a bright part. Horizontal line distortion may also appear around the smear. It is recorded on motion pictures, but not recorded on still pictures.

7:Distortion in the LCD monitor.

•When holding the edge of the LCD monitor, there may be some distortion, however this is not a malfunction. Moreover, this has no affect on the taken pictures or playback.

∫Flash

1:Flash is not activated.

•Is the flash closed?

–Slide the [ OPEN] lever to open the flash.

•In motion picture mode [ ] and [SCENERY] (P73), [NIGHT SCENERY]

(P74), [FIREWORKS] (P77) or [STARRY SKY] (P79) in scene mode, the flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF [ ] even if the flash is opened.

2:The flash is activated 2 times.

•When you select AUTO/Red-eye

reduction [ ], the first flash is activated for red-eye prevention on the

subject (red-eye phenomenon) before actually recording pictures. After the first flash, the flash is activated again for recording.

∫Playback

1:Pictures being played are rotated and displayed in an unexpected direction. The camera has a function to automatically rotate and display pictures recorded by holding the camera vertically.

(If you take pictures aiming the camera up or down, the camera may recognise that it is held vertically.)

•When [ROTATE DISP.] (P104) is set to [OFF], you can display the pictures without being rotated.

•You can rotate pictures with [ROTATE] function (P105).

2:The picture is not played back.

•Is the mode dial set to playback [ ]?

•Is the card inserted?

•Is there a picture in the card?

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