Panasonic DMC-LX1PP operating instructions Contents

Contents

Before Use

Information for Your Safety . . . . . . . . . . .2 About These Operating Instructions . . . . .6

Preparation

Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . .10 Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Charging the Battery with the Charger . .13 About the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Inserting/Removing the Battery . . . . . . .15 Inserting/Removing the Card . . . . . . . . .16 About the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Approximate number of recordable

pictures and the size . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap . . . . . . . .21 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) . . . . . . . .22 Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 About the LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Recording pictures (basic)

Taking Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Taking Pictures in Auto Mode . . . . . . . .35 Checking the Recorded Picture

(Review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Taking Pictures using the

Built-in Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer . . . . .44 Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . .45 Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket . . . .46 Optical Image Stabilizer

[STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Taking Pictures using Burst Mode . . . . .48

Playback (basic)

Playing Back Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

9/16/25 Pictures Multi Playback . . . . . . .50

Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . .51

Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Recording pictures (advanced)

Using the Mode Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

• Aperture-priority AE . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

• Shutter-priority AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

• Manual exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

• Motion picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

• Scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

– Portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

– Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

– Food mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

– Scenery mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

– Night portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . 64

– Night scenery mode . . . . . . . . . . 64

– Baby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

– Soft skin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

– Candle light mode . . . . . . . . . . . 66

– Party mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

– Fireworks mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

– Snow mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

– Starry sky mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

– Self portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Using the [REC] mode menu . . . . . . . . 70

• White Balance [W.BALANCE] . . . . 71

• ISO Sensitivity [SENSITIVITY] . . . . 73

• Picture Size [PICT.SIZE] . . . . . . . . 73

• Quality [QUALITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

• Audio Recording [AUDIO REC.] . . . 75

• Metering Mode

[METERING MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

• AF Mode [AF MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . 76

• Continuous AF [CONT.AF] . . . . . . . 77

• AF Assist Lamp

[AF ASSIST LAMP] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

• Digital Zoom [D.ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . 78

• Color Effect [COL.EFFECT] . . . . . . 78

• Picture Adjustment [PICT.ADJ.] . . . 79

• Flip Animation [FLIP ANIM.] . . . . . . 79 Using the Quick setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Taking Pictures with Manual Focus . . . 83 AF/AE Lock (AF: Auto focus/AE: Auto

exposure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 AF Macro mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Setting the aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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