Operating Instructions
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DMC-LX1
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About Condensation When the lens Is fogged up
About the Lens
 About illustrations in these operating instructions
About These Operating Instructions
About illustrations of the cursor button and the joystick
 Contents
 Others
Connecting to a PC or Printer
Playback advanced
Shooting with the extended optical Zoom
 SD Memory Card 32 MB
Standard Accessories
Battery Pack CGA-S005A
RP-SD032BVE0
 AF Assist Lamp P77
Names of the Components
Lens part
Flash P32
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 Quick Guide
Charge the battery. P13
Insert the battery and the card. P15
Turn the camera on to take pictures
 Charging the Battery with the Charger
 About the Battery
 Inserting/Removing the Battery
 Inserting/Removing the Card
 About handling a card
Access to the card
About the Card
SD Memory Card supplied MultiMediaCard optional
 Approximate number of recordable pictures and the size
 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB
Aspect ratio Picture size
2048×1360 pixels
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 Attach the lens cap
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap
Pass the strap through the hole at the Strap Eyelet
Lens Cap
 Select M/D/Y, D/M/Y or Y/M/D
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Initial setting
Set date and time
 Remove the lens cap and turn the camera on
Setup Menu
Press the Menu button Select the Setup Menu
Select the desired item
 Menu Functions
5POWER Save 1 MIN./2 MIN./5 MIN./10 MIN
XMF Assist
 Reset
9VOLUME
2NO.RESET
4USB Mode
 OFF
Xvideo OUT
TV Aspect
Language
 Selecting the screen to be used
Playback mode P49
About the LCD Monitor
LCD monitor LCD
 No highlight display
Recording guide line
Highlight display
With highlight display
 Example of histogram
Histogram
Under Exposed B Properly Exposed C Over Exposed *Histogram
 Auto mode P35
Mode Dial
Program AE mode P31
Taking Pictures
 Take a picture
Program AE
 Correct posture for taking good Pictures
Focusing
To take pictures without blurring
 Direction detection function
Jitter camera shake
Exposure
 Program shift
Example of Program shift
 Zoom P78 Other Settings in Auto mode
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode
Settings in Auto mode
Select the desired item and set the desired value
 Video OUT TV Aspect
You cannot set the following items in the Auto mode
COL.EFFECT
 Press r
Checking the Recorded Picture Review
Enlarge and shift the picture
 Tele
Using the Optical Zoom
To make subjects appear further away use Wide
To further increase the zoom
 Optical zoom is set to Wide 1× when the camera is turned on
 Switching to the appropriate flash Setting
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Slide the Open switch a
To open the flash
 Forced on Forced OFF
Auto
Flash is not activated in any recording condition
 Available flash settings by recording mode
ISO80
 If you bring the flash too close to
Do not stare at the photo flash from
Close proximity
Discolored by its heat and lighting
 Switch the self-timer setting
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Focus on the subject to take the picture
 Compensate the exposure toward negative
Compensating the Exposure
Over exposed
Properly Exposed Under exposed
 Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
 MODE1
Optical Image Stabilizer Stabilizer
MODE2
 Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
Transfer speed of the card has no effect on the burst speed
 Playing Back Pictures
Select the picture
 16/25 Pictures Multi Playback
Switch to multi screen
Select the pictures
 Using the Playback Zoom
To delete a picture during the playback zoom
 Select Multi Delete
Deleting Pictures
Select the picture to be deleted
Select the pictures to be deleted
 Delete all of the pictures
Delete the pictures
Select ALL Delete
It is possible to delete up to 50 pictures all at once
 Set the aperture value and take the picture
Using the Mode Dial
Aperture-priority AE
Aperture value e Increase Decrease
 Set the shutter speed and take the picture
Shutter-priority AE
Shutter speed e Faster Slower
 Press the shutter button halfway
Manual exposure
Set the aperture value and the shutter speed
Manual Exposure Assistance
 Recording pictures advanced
 Aperture Value and Shutter Speed Aperture-priority AE
Shutter-priority AE
 Select PICT.MODE
Motion picture mode
Press the shutter button fully to start the recording
 16 MB 32 MB
Available recording time seconds
Card
Motion pictures cannot be recorded without audio
 Baby P65 Soft Skin P66 Candle Light P66 Party P67
RS Scene mode
Night Portrait P64 Night Scenery P64
Fireworks P67
 Portrait mode Sports mode
Technique for Sports mode
 Food mode Scenery mode
 Technique for Night portrait mode
Technique for Night scenery mode
 Birthday setting
Age display setting
To not show age, select Without AGE, and press q
 Soft skin mode Candle light mode
Technique for Candle light mode
 Technique for Party mode
Technique for Fireworks mode
 Setting the shutter speed
Technique for Starry sky mode
 This mode allows you to take a picture of yourself
Technique for Self-portrait mode
 Sensitivity P73
Using the REC mode menu
Metering Mode P75
AF Assist Lamp P77
 White Balance W.BALANCE
For auto setting auto
Auto White Balance
 About the white balance
Setting the White Balance manually White set p
About the white balance fine adjustment
About the white set
 ISO Sensitivity Sensitivity
Picture Size PICT.SIZE
 Quality Quality
Audio REC Audio DUB Resize Trimming
 Metering Mode
Audio Recording Audio REC
 AF Mode AF Mode
High speed AF H mode
 Continuous AF CONT.AF
AF Assist Lamp
 Cool
Digital Zoom D.ZOOM
Color Effect COL.EFFECT
Warm
 Picture Adjustment PICT.ADJ
Flip Animation Flip Anim
 Select Picture Capture
Select Flip Anim
Capture pictures for flip animation
Select Create Motion Picture
 File number appears after creating a flip animation
Select Frame Rate and set the number of frames
Select Create Motion Picture and create a flip animation
Playing back created flip animations
 Quick setting menu appears
Using the Quick setting
Select the menu and press to enter
 Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Slide the focus switch to MF
AF Auto focus AFw Macro mode MF Manual focus
Take the picture
 Technique for Manual focus
MF assistance
Prefocus
 AF/AE Lock
AF/AE Lock AF Auto focus/AE Auto exposure
Press AF/AE Lock button a
AF Lock
 Select AF w with the focus switch
AF Macro mode
Focus range
 Setting the aspect ratio
 Shooting with the extended optical zoom
Move the zoom lever toward T
 Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion pictures
To pause
 Using the Play mode menu
 Select ALL or
Playing Back with Slide Show
Select Start
 During playback, select ALL
Favorites setting Favorite
Select on to set it
To delete all pictures except those in your favorites list
 Select on to set it
 Select the picture to be rotated and set it
Example When rotating clockwise a
Rotating the Picture Rotate
Select the direction to rotate the picture
 Setting the Picture to be
Select SINGLE, Multi or Cancel
 To cancel all settings Select YES to cancel all settings
To print the date
 SET
Multi setting/To cancel all settings
Cancel The protect icon c disappears
Protect icon c
 Stop audio recording
Select the picture and start audio recording
You can record the audio after taking a picture
 Resizing the Pictures Resize
Select the size and set it
Select the picture and set it
 Trimming the Pictures
100
Select YES or no and set it
Select the picture to trim and set it
 Enlarge or decrease the picture
101
Shift the picture and press the shutter button fully to set
 Changing the Aspect Ratio
When you select YES, the picture is overwritten
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Select Or h and set it
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Clean up the Card Clean UP
Select YES to clean up
Initializing the Card Format
 Playing back pictures with Supplied cable
Playing Back Pictures with a TV Screen
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Turn the camera and the TV off Set the TV ASPECT. P26
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Before Connecting with USB Connection Cable
Select USB Mode
Select PC or PictBridge PTP
 Windows
Connecting to a PC
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Macintosh
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Folder numbers are updated when
About PictBridge PTP setting
Folder Composition
 Connecting to a PictBridge-compliant Printer
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Set the print settings
Select a picture to be printed
 Select Dpof Picture
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Select Print Start and then print out the picture
Layout
 Setting the date printing with Dpof print in advance
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 Recording
Screen Display
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AF-L AF/AE Lock display P85
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When you go out, bring charged spare batteries
Dispose of an unusable battery
Do not bend or drop the card
 Please Check the Card Data writing error
This Memory Card is Protected Cancel the card lock
Please Check the Card Data reading error
Message Display
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 Troubleshooting
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 Specifications
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 Digital Camera Accessory System
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Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
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 Request for Service Notice For USA Only
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 Limited Warranty Coverage
Limited Warranty For USA Only
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 Carry-In or Mail-In Service
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Customer Services Directory For USA Only
Centralized Factory Servicenter
1705 N. Randall Road
 Index
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