One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ | Panasonic DMC-FZ30PP specs

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Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company,

Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America

One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094

Panasonic Puerto Rico, Inc.

Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5, San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985

Panasonic Canada Inc.

5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 2T3

C2005 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

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Panasonic DMC-FZ30PP One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ, Panasonic Puerto Rico, Inc, Panasonic Canada Inc

Contents

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 Long time About the Lens About These Operating Instructions About indications in these operating instructionsAbout illustrations in these operating instructions About illustrations of the cursor button Contents Metering Mode Slide ShowRotate Disp Dpof Print Standard Accessories RP-SD032BCGR-S006A VYK1P30 Self-timer Indicator P53 Lens P5AF 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 Slide the card door to open it Inserting/Removing the CardCard may be damaged if it is not fully inserted About the Card Removing the Lens Cap/Attaching the Strap Remove the lens cap Attaching the strap supplied Attaching/Removing the Lens Hood When attaching the lens hoodMake sure the lens hood is properly attached Attach the lens cap Ensure that the lens cap is firmly attached Setting Date/Time Clock Set Initial settingSelect 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/VIEWFINDERAuto Review Play on LCD Volume BeepShutter Clock SET Reset USB ModeHighlight Video OUT Recording mode P37 Switching the LCD monitor/ ViewfinderAbout the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Playback mode P59 You can switch between the LCD monitor and the ViewfinderLCD Monitor Taking pictures at a normal angle LCD monitor rotation direction You can use the LCD monitor onlyAbout the Viewfinder Direction detection function Diopter adjustment Out-of-frame displayRecording guide line Highlight display Example of histogram HistogramUnder Exposed B Properly Exposed C Over Exposed ¢Histogram Approximate number of recordable pictures and the size Quality 5M EZ Using the Optical Zoom About the zoomIndicated zoom magnification is an approximation Zoom ring Using the Digital Zoom Using the Extended Optical Zoom EZOptical zoom Digital zoom 35 mm ± Available, Not available Picture size and maximum zoom MagnificationExtended optical zoom mechanism Mode Dial SCN Turn the camera on Set the mode dial to program AE mode Taking PicturesTake a picture Program AE Focusing When the subject is focused, the focus indication lightsPress the shutter button fully Jitter camera shake Night Portrait P74 Night Scenery P74 Candle Light P76Fireworks P77 Program shift Example of Program shift AE Lock Button Exposure Taking Pictures in Auto Mode Auto Mode Settings Flash Output Adjustment Zoom Audio RECCOL.EFFECT PICT.ADJ AE Lock Checking the Recorded Picture Review Press 4 REVEnlarge and shift the picture 1k4k8k 8k4k1k Taking Close-up Pictures AF Macro Set the focus switch to AF MacroFocus range Taking Pictures with Manual Focus MF assistance appears on the center of the screen When pressing the shutter button halfway MF AssistTechnique for Manual focus One shot AF Prefocus Changing the zoom area Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash 30 cm 0.98 feet to 7.0 m 30 cm 0.98 feet to 5.3 m Feet Available flash settings by recording modeISO80 Adjusting flash output 30 to 1/2000 Do not stare at the photo flash from close proximity Select the self-timer mode Taking Pictures with the Self-timerTake the picture Compensating the Exposure Under exposedCompensate the exposure toward positive Properly exposed Over exposed Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket MODE1 Optical Image StabilizerMODE2 Taking Pictures using Burst Mode Select the burst modeNumber 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 screensScreens To return to the normal playback Shift the picture Using the Playback ZoomTo delete a picture during playback zoom Delete the picture Play back the previous picture Play back the next picture Repeat the above procedure Canceled After selecting pictures, press to deleteWhen using ALL DELETE, Delete ALL PICTURES? is displayed Select the pictures to be deleted Aperture-priority AE Using the Mode DialSet the aperture value and take the picture Shutter-priority AE Set the shutter speed and take the picture Manual exposure Set the aperture value and the shutter speedPress 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 audioWhen 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 Setting the shutter speed Technique for Starry sky modePress 3/4 to select the exposure time and press Panning mode Technique for Panning mode Metering Mode P87 Using the REC mode menuConversion P95 White Balance W.BALANCE REC mode menu Refer to P81 for the setting methodAuto White Balance Setting the White Balance manually White set About the white balance fine adjustmentAbout the white balance Is insufficient ISO Sensitivity Sensitivity ISO sensitivity 400Use in bright Not Places Suitable Outdoors Use in dark Not Suitable Places Shutter speed When the aspect ratio is Picture Size PICT.SIZE Quality Quality Audio DUB Resize Trimming Metering Mode Audio Recording Audio REC Area-focusing Camera focuses on any AF Mode AF ModeHigh speed AF H mode When selecting 1-area-focusing or Set the Focus switch to AF orSelecting the AF area AF Macro Auto mode , the CONT.AF setting is fixed to OFF Continuous AF CONT.AFAF Assist Lamp AF assist lamp does not turn Digital Zoom D.ZOOM Color Effect COL.EFFECTCool Warm Picture Adjustment PICT.ADJ Flip Animation Flip Anim Contrast HighLOW Noise High Select Picture Capture Select Flip Anim Capture images for flip animationSelect Create Motion Select Frame Rate and set the number of frames Select Create Motion Picture and create a flip animation5fps 10fps Conversion Conversion LensRotate the lens slowly and carefully OFF Using a wide conversion lens Recordable range when using the conversion lensTime required for focusing may become longer than usual Set to Tele or Wide Icon Setting Switch the extra flash forced off settingExtra Flash EXT.FLASH Manual Extra Flash Burst Mode EX.FLASH Burst Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion Pictures 100Cursor 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 103Select the picture and set it Select on to set it 104 Example When rotating clockwise 105Rotating the Picture Rotate Select the picture to be rotated and set it 106 Setting the Picture to be Printed and the NumberSelect SINGLE, Multi or 107 To cancel all settings Select YES to cancel all settingsTo print the date 108 Select SINGLE, Multi or CancelPreventing Accidental Erasure of the Picture Protect Adding Audio to Recorded 109Recording Are displayed When the aspect ratio setting is 110Resizing the Pictures Resize Select the size and set it 111 Select YES or no and set itTrimming the Pictures Select the picture to trim and set Enlarge or decrease the picture 112Shift the picture and press the shutter button to set 113 Aspect ratio conversion Select YES to start the clean-up Clean-up Clean UP114 Initializing the Card Format 115Select YES to format Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen 116Playing back pictures with AV cable supplied Turn the camera and the TV off Before Connecting to the PC or the Printer USB ModeSelect USB Mode 117 Connecting to a PC 118Windows Macintosh Folder Composition 119Conditions under which a different Folder number is used PictBridge PTP setting 120 Connecting to a PictBridge-compliant Printer 121 122 Set the print settingsSelect a picture to be printed 123 Select Print Start and then print out the pictureSelect Dpof Picture Layout Setting the date printing with Dpof print in advance 124 125 Using the Remote ShutterFocus on the subject and take a picture 126 Using the MC Protector/ND FilterMCuMulti-coated NDuNeutral Density 127 5 6 725 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 battery130 Charger Message Display 131 Read Error Please Check the Card Write Error Please Check the Card132 Folder Cannot be Created Troubleshooting 133 134 135 136 Specifications 137 Remote 138AV OUT/DIGITAL Digital Camera Accessory System 139 140 Digital Camera Accessory Order FormFor USA Customers Request for Service Notice For USA Only 141 Limited Warranty Coverage Limited Warranty For USA Only142 Carry-In or Mail-In Service 143 Centralized Factory Servicenter Customer Services Directory For USA Only144 Index 145 146 Numerics Spanish Quick Use Guide/Guía rápida en español 147Inserte la batería y la tarjeta Reproduzca las imágenes One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ Panasonic Puerto Rico, IncPanasonic Canada Inc Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 2T3