Operating Instructions
Information for Your Safety
Dear Customer
FCC Note U.S. only
DMC-FZ30
Before Use
If you will not be using the camera for a long time
About the Lens
About These Operating Instructions
About indications in these operating instructions
About illustrations in these operating instructions
About illustrations of the cursor button
Contents
Metering Mode
Slide Show
Rotate Disp
Dpof Print
Standard Accessories
RP-SD032B
CGR-S006A
VYK1P30
Self-timer Indicator P53
Lens P5
AF Assist Lamp P90
Flash P49
Tripod is stable with the camera
Attached to it
Charging the Battery with the Charger
About the Battery Charging/number of recordable pictures
Inserting/Removing the Battery
Check that the camera is turned off Close the flash
Card may be damaged if it is not fully inserted
Inserting/Removing the Card
Slide the card door to open it
About the Card
Removing the Lens Cap/Attaching the Strap
Pinch the lens cap and remove it
Strap Eyelet
Pass the strap through the stopper and fasten the strap
Make sure the lens hood is properly attached
When attaching the lens hood
Attaching/Removing the Lens Hood
Attach the lens cap
Ensure that the lens cap is firmly attached
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Initial setting
Select M/D/Y, D/M/Y or Y/M/D
Set date and time
About the Setup Menu
Setup menu Refer to P21 for the setting method
MONITOR/VIEWFINDER
Auto Review
Play on LCD
Volume
Beep
Shutter
Clock SET
Reset
USB Mode
Highlight
Video OUT
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder
Switching the LCD monitor/ Viewfinder
Recording mode P37
Playback mode P59
You can switch between the LCD monitor and the Viewfinder
LCD Monitor
Taking pictures at a normal angle
About the Viewfinder
You can use the LCD monitor only
LCD monitor rotation direction
Direction detection function
Diopter adjustment
Out-of-frame display
Recording guide line
Highlight display
Under Exposed B Properly Exposed C Over Exposed ¢Histogram
Histogram
Example of histogram
Approximate number of recordable pictures and the size
Quality
5M EZ
Using the Optical Zoom
About the zoom
Indicated zoom magnification is an approximation
Zoom ring
Digital zoom and extended optical Zoom can be used together
Using the Digital Zoom
Using the Extended Optical Zoom EZ
Picture size and maximum zoom magnification
± Available, Not available
P34
Extended optical zoom mechanism
Mode Dial
SCN
Turn the camera on Set the mode dial to program AE mode
Taking Pictures
Take a picture
Program AE
Press the shutter button fully
When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights
Focusing
Jitter camera shake
Night Portrait P74 Night Scenery P74 Candle Light P76
Fireworks P77
Program shift
Example of Program shift
AE Lock Button
Exposure
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode
Auto Mode Settings
Flash Output Adjustment Zoom
Audio REC
COL.EFFECT PICT.ADJ
AE Lock
Checking the Recorded Picture Review
Press 4 REV
Enlarge and shift the picture
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Focus range
Set the focus switch to AF Macro
Taking Close-up Pictures AF Macro
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
MF assistance appears on the center of the screen
When pressing the shutter button halfway
MF Assist
Technique for Manual focus
One shot AF
Prefocus
Changing the zoom area
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
ISO80
Available flash settings by recording mode
30 cm 0.98 feet to 7.0 m 30 cm 0.98 feet to 5.3 m Feet
Adjusting flash output
30 to 1/2000
Do not stare at the photo flash from close proximity
Take the picture
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Select the self-timer mode
Compensating the Exposure
Under exposed
Compensate the exposure toward positive
Properly exposed Over exposed
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
MODE2
Optical Image Stabilizer
MODE1
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
Select the burst mode
Number of pictures recorded in burst mode
When the burst mode setting is set to Unlimited
Recording pictures basic
Playing Back Pictures
Select the picture
Select the pictures
Examples of 16 screens and 25 screens
Screens
To return to the normal playback
To delete a picture during playback zoom
Using the Playback Zoom
Shift the picture
Delete the picture
Play back the previous picture Play back the next picture
Select the pictures to be deleted
Delete the pictures
Set the aperture value and take the picture
Using the Mode Dial
Aperture-priority AE
Shutter-priority AE
Set the shutter speed and take the picture
Manual exposure
Set the aperture value and the shutter speed
Press the shutter button halfway
Aperture value Shutter speed
Recording pictures advanced
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed Aperture-priority AE
Manual exposure
Motion picture mode
This mode allows you to record motion pictures with audio
When the subject is focused, the focus indication a lights
Select PICT.MODE
Available recording time seconds
VGA Qvga
Scene Mode menu
Night Portrait P74 Night Scenery P74
Technique for Sports mode
Rotate the zoom ring to Tele as far as possible
Food mode
Technique for Night portrait mode Use the flash. P49
Technique for Night scenery mode
Age display setting
Birthday setting
Soft skin mode
Technique for Candle light mode
Party mode
Technique for Party mode Open the flash. P49
Snow mode
Press 3/4 to select the exposure time and press
Technique for Starry sky mode
Setting the shutter speed
Panning mode
Technique for Panning mode
Conversion P95
Using the REC mode menu
Metering Mode P87
Auto White Balance
REC mode menu Refer to P81 for the setting method
White Balance W.BALANCE
Setting the White Balance manually White set
About the white balance fine adjustment
About the white balance
Is insufficient
ISO Sensitivity Sensitivity
ISO sensitivity 400
Use in bright Not Places Suitable Outdoors Use in dark
Noise
When the aspect ratio is
Picture Size PICT.SIZE
Quality Quality
Audio DUB Resize Trimming
Metering Mode
Audio Recording Audio REC
High speed AF H mode
AF Mode AF Mode
Area-focusing Camera focuses on any
When selecting 1-area-focusing or
Set the Focus switch to AF or
Selecting the AF area
AF Macro
Auto mode , the CONT.AF setting is fixed to OFF
Continuous AF CONT.AF
AF Assist Lamp
AF assist lamp does not turn
Digital Zoom D.ZOOM
Color Effect COL.EFFECT
Cool
Warm
Picture Adjustment PICT.ADJ Flip Animation Flip Anim
Contrast High
LOW
Noise High
Select Create Motion
Select Flip Anim Capture images for flip animation
Select Picture Capture
Select Frame Rate and set the number of frames
Select Create Motion Picture and create a flip animation
5fps
10fps
Conversion Lens
Conversion
Set to or
Rotate the lens slowly and carefully OFF
Recordable range when using the conversion lens
Time required for focusing may become longer than usual
Set to Tele or Wide
Stabilizer function may not work sufficiently
Extra Flash EXT.FLASH
Switch the extra flash forced off setting
Icon Setting
Manual
Extra Flash Burst Mode EX.FLASH Burst
Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion Pictures
100
Cursor displayed during playback corresponds to 3/4/ 2/1
Fast forwarding/Fast rewinding
Using the Play mode menu
101
102
Playing Back with Slide Show
Setting Favorites Favorite
103
Select the picture and set it
Select on to set it
104
Example When rotating clockwise
105
Rotating the Picture Rotate
Select the picture to be rotated and set it
Select SINGLE, Multi or
Setting the Picture to be Printed and the Number
106
To print the date
To cancel all settings Select YES to cancel all settings
107
Preventing Accidental Erasure of the Picture Protect
Select SINGLE, Multi or Cancel
108
Recording
109
Adding Audio to Recorded
Are displayed When the aspect ratio setting is
110
Resizing the Pictures Resize
Select the size and set it
111
Select YES or no and set it
Trimming the Pictures
Select the picture to trim and set
Shift the picture and press the shutter button to set
112
Enlarge or decrease the picture
113
Aspect ratio conversion
114
Clean-up Clean UP
Select YES to start the clean-up
115
Initializing the Card Format
Select YES to format
During formatting, do not turn the camera off
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
116
Playing back pictures with AV cable supplied
Turn the camera and the TV off
Before Connecting to the PC or the Printer
USB Mode
Select USB Mode
117
Connecting to a PC
118
Windows
Macintosh
Conditions under which a different folder number is used
119
Folder Composition
PictBridge PTP setting
120
Connecting to a PictBridge-compliant Printer
121
Select a picture to be printed
Set the print settings
122
123
Select Print Start and then print out the picture
Select Dpof Picture
Layout
Setting the date printing with the Dpof print in advance
124
Focus on the subject and take a picture
Using the Remote Shutter
125
MCuMulti-coated NDuNeutral Density
Using the MC Protector/ND Filter
126
127
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25 24 23 21 20 19 Backlight 21 17 19, 24 11, 23
Recording
128
Flip animation P92 Favorites P103
129
When you go out, bring charged spare batteries
Dispose of an unusable battery
130
Charger
Message Display
131
Read Error Please Check the Card
Write Error Please Check the Card
132
Folder Cannot be Created
Troubleshooting
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AV OUT/DIGITAL
138
Remote
Digital Camera Accessory System
139
For USA Customers
Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
140
Request for Service Notice For USA Only
141
142
Limited Warranty For USA Only
Limited Warranty Coverage
Carry-In or Mail-In Service
143
144
Customer Services Directory For USA Only
Centralized Factory Servicenter
Index
145
146
Numerics
Spanish Quick Use Guide/Guía rápida en español
147
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