Panasonic DMC-LX1PP operating instructions 119

	Others
n LCD
Conditions	Causes
The picture is not	Is the power save mode (P24) activated? Press the shutter
displayed on the LCD	button halfway to disactive these modes.
monitor.
	Is the battery charge insufficient to operate the camera? Use
	a battery that has been sufficiently charged.
The brightness of the	This phenomenon appears when pressing the shutter button
screen becomes dark or	halfway to set the aperture value and does not affect the
bright for a moment.	recorded pictures.
The screen is too bright	Adjust the brightness of the screen. (P24)
or dark.
	Is the Power LCD function activated? (P28)
Some pixels are inactive	This is not a malfunction.
or always lit on the LCD	These pixels do not affect the recorded pictures.
monitor.
Noise appears on the	In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness
LCD monitor.	of the LCD monitor. This does not affect the pictures you are
	recording.
A vertical red spectrum	This is called smear. It is specific to CCD, not a malfunction.
appears on the LCD	It appears when the subject has a bright part. It is recorded
monitor.	on motion pictures, but not recorded on still pictures.
n Flash
Conditions	Causes
Flash is not activated.	Make sure the flash is open.
	Slide the [<OPEN] switch. (P40)
	The flash is not activated when motion picture mode [i],
	[SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], [FIREWORKS] or
	[STARRY SKY] in scene mode (P61) is selected.
The flash is activated 2	With AUTO/Red-eye reduction [s], Forced ON/Red-eye
times.	reduction [q], and Slow-sync./Red-eye reduction
	[u], the first flash is preparatory in order to reduce the
	redeye effect. The flash for shooting goes off after that.

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