Panasonic DMC-LX2 operating instructions 124

	Others
Conditions	Causes
Noise appears on the	In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness of the
LCD monitor.	LCD monitor. This does not affect the pictures you are recording.
A vertical line appears	This is a phenomenon called smear. It is a characteristic of
on the LCD monitor.	CCD and appears when the subject has a bright part.
	Uneven colors may also appear around the smear. This is not
	a malfunction. It is recorded in motion pictures but is not
	recorded on still pictures.
Distortion in the LCD	When holding the edge of the LCD monitor, there may be
monitor.	some distortion, however this is not a malfunction. Moreover,
	this has no effect on the pictures taken or playback.
n Flash
Conditions	Causes
Flash is not activated.	Make sure the flash is open.
	Slide the [<OPEN] switch. (P43)
	The flash is not activated when motion picture mode [i],
	[SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], [FIREWORKS], [STARRY
	SKY], [AERIAL PHOTO] or [HIGH SENS.] in scene mode
	(P62) is selected.
The flash is activated 2	When you select red-eye reduction (P43), the flash is
times.	activated once before the actual recording to reduce the
	red-eye phenomenon (eyes of the subject appearing red in
	the picture) and then activated again for the actual recording.
n Playback
Conditions	Causes
Pictures rotate	One of the features of this unit can automatically detect when
unexpectedly.	you have turned the camera side on to take a picture, then
	rotate that picture for you when you play it back.
	In some cases, the unit may detect that you have turned the
	camera side on, when in fact you are facing it up or down.
	• Set [ROTATE DISP.] (P97) to [OFF] so that the camera does
	not rotate these kinds of pictures for you.
	• You can use [ROTATE] (P97) to rotate the pictures when
	necessary.
The picture is not played	Is the mode dial set to playback [Q]?
back.
	Is there a picture on the built-in memory or the card?
	• The pictures on the built-in memory appear when a card is
	not inserted. The picture data on the card appears when a
	card is inserted. (P17)

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