Panasonic DMC-FZ8, DMCFZ8K operating instructions Contents

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety	2
Preparation
Standard Accessories	8
Names of the Components	9
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap	11
Attaching the Lens Hood	12
Quick Guide	14
Charging the Battery with the Charger ...	15
About the Battery (charging/
number of recordable pictures)	16
Inserting and Removing the Battery/
the Card (optional)	17
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
(optional)	18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)	19
• Changing the clock setting	19
About the Mode Dial	20
Setting the Menu	21
About the Setup Menu	22
LCD Monitor Display/Switching
the LCD Monitor Display	26
Basic
Taking Pictures	27
Taking Pictures in Simple Mode	30
Taking Pictures with the Zoom	32
• Using the Optical Zoom	32
• Using the Extended Optical Zoom
(EZ)	33
• Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom	34
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review)	35
Playing back/Deleting Pictures	36
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder	38
• Changing the information displayed ....	38
• Brightening the LCD Monitor
(Power LCD/High angle mode)	41

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Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash	43
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer	47
Compensating the Exposure	48
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket	49
Optical Image Stabilizer	50
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode	51
Changing the sensitivity according to
the movement of the subject being
recorded	52
Taking Close-up Pictures	54
Aperture-priority AE	56
Shutter-priority AE	56
Manual exposure	57
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed	58
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus	59
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode)	62
– [PORTRAIT]	63
– [SOFT SKIN]	63
– [SCENERY]	63
– [SPORTS]	63
– [PANNING]	64
– [NIGHT PORTRAIT]	64
– [NIGHT SCENERY]	65
– [FOOD]	65
– [PARTY]	65
– [CANDLE LIGHT]	65
– [BABY1]/[BABY2]	66
– [PET]	67
– [SUNSET]	67
– [HIGH SENS.]	67
– [STARRY SKY]	67
– [FIREWORKS]	68
– [BEACH]	69
– [SNOW]	69
– [AERIAL PHOTO]	69
Motion Picture Mode	70
Recording which day of
the vacation you take the picture	72
Displaying the time at
the travel destination (World Time)	74
Using the [REC] Mode Menu	76
• [W.BALANCE]
Adjusting the hue for
a more natural picture	77
• [WB ADJUST.]
Finely adjusting the white balance ...	78
• [SENSITIVITY]
Setting the light sensitivity	79
• [ASPECT RATIO]
Setting the aspect ratio of pictures ....	80

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