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Contents

Before Use

Care of the camera......................................................................................................7
Standard Accessories.................................................................................................8
Names and Functions of Main Parts................ ................................. .........................9

Preparation

Attaching the Lens Cap/Shoulder Strap..................................................................16
Attaching the Lens Hood (DMC-FZ200) ...................................................................17
Charging the Battery.................................................................................................18
• Charging.................................................. .................................. .........................18
• Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures ........................ 20
Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery....................................... 22
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........................................................................23
• Approximate number of recordable pictures and available recording time......... 25
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)..................................................................................27
• Changing the clock setting..................................................................................28
Tips for taking good pictures...................................................................................29
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)........................................................ .................29

Basic

Selecting the Recording Mode............................. ....................................................30
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings
(Program AE Mode)................................................................................................... 31
• Program Shift......................................................................................................32
Focusing....................................................................................................................33
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic Function
(Intelligent Auto Mode).............................................................................................35
• Taking Pictures with Defocus Contr o l Fu n ction .. .................................. ..............37
• Changing the settings.........................................................................................38
• Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus Mode....................................................... 39
Recording Motion Pictures...................................................... .................................41
• Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures......................... ............44
Playing Back Pictures ([Normal Play]).................................................................... 45
• Selecting a picture............................................................................. .................45
• Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback)..................................................... 46
• Using the Playback Zoom.............................................................. .....................46
Playing Back Motion Pictures.................................................................................. 47
• Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture. . .. ..................................................48
Deleting Pictures.......................................................................... .............................49
• To delete a single picture....................................................................................49
• To delete multiple pictures or all the pictures...................................................... 50
Setting the Menu.......................................................................................................51
• Setting menu items............................................................................................. 52
• Using the Quick Menu........................................................................................54
About the Setup Menu...................................................................................... ........55