Panasonic DMC-FZ50 Motion Picture Mode, Press the shutter button fully to stop recording

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Motion Picture Mode

1 Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to start recording.

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•When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights.

•The aperture value is fixed to the

setting when recording starts (first frame).

• The available recording time is displayed on the top right and the

elapsed recording time is displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

For example, 1 hour 20 minutes and 30 seconds is displayed as [1h20m30s].

•The available recording time and the elapsed recording time are approximations.

•Audio recording starts simultaneously from the camera’s built-in microphone.

•If you rotate the focus ring or zoom ring while recording motion pictures, a grinding noise may be recorded.

2 Press the shutter button fully to stop recording.

•If the card becomes full in the middle of recording, the camera stops recording automatically.

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w Changing the settings for the aspect ratio and the picture quality

1 Press [MENU/SET].

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

.

REC		1/3
W.BALANCE		AUTO
WB ADJUST.
ASPECT RATIO
PICT.MODE
METERING MODE
SELECT	SET MENU

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

[PICT.MODE] and then press .

REC		1/3
W.BALANCE		AUTO
WB ADJUST.
ASPECT RATIO
PICT.MODE
METERING MODE
SELECT	SET MENU

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

If you selected [			] on the screen
shown in step 2
Item		Picture size			fps
[30fpsVGA]	640M480 pixels			30
[10fpsVGA]				10
[30fpsQVGA]	320M240 pixels			30
[10fpsQVGA]				10
If you selected [			] on the screen
shown in step 2
Item		Picture size			fps
[30fps16:9]	848M480 pixels				30
[10fps16:9]					10

•fps “frames per second”; This refers to the number of frames used in 1 second.

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