Operating Instructions
Safety
Information for Your
FCC Note U.S. only
DMC-LX2
If you see this symbol
About Condensation When the lens is fogged up
When not using the camera for a long period of time
About the Lens
About cards that can be used in this Unit
About The Mode dial
Contents
Others
Menu Settings
Connecting to other equipment
Standard Accessories
Battery Pack CGA-S005A
Text, it is indicated as Battery
Text, it is indicated as Charger
Names of the Components
18 19 2728
Charge the battery. P13
Insert the battery and the card. P15
Quick Guide
Turn the camera on to take pictures
Charging the Battery with the Charger
Detach the battery after charging is complete
About the Battery charging/number of recordable pictures
Inserting/Removing the Battery
Slide the lock a to remove the battery
Insert
Remove
Slide the card/battery door to open it Insert
Inserting/Removing the Card Optional
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
Icons displayed on the screen
About handling a card
MultiMediaCard optional
SD Memory Card
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap
Pass the strap through the hole at the Strap Eyelet
Lens Cap supplied
Strap supplied
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Changing the clock setting
Initial setting
Press MENU/SET Press e/r/w/q to select the date and time
Setup Menu
Press r to select the Setup menu icon and then press q
Press MENU/SET and then press w
Press e/r to select the menu item
Menu Functions
World Time
Guide Line
Pattern
Economy
XMF Assist
9VOLUME
2NO.RESET
Reset
6BEEP
SET
TV Aspect
Language
Taking Pictures
Take a picture
Focus range Wide Tele
Press the shutter button fully to take the picture
Program shift
Example of Program shift
Tips for taking good pictures
Direction detection function
Exposure
Focusing
Preventing jitter camera shake
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode
Basic menu settings
Settings in Auto mode
Other Settings in Auto mode
You cannot set the following items in the Auto mode
Video OUT TV Aspect
Using the Optical Zoom
When the setting for picture size is 10M 10M
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Indicated zoom magnification is an approximation
Using the Extended Optical Zoom EZ
Resolution and maximum zoom
Pixels
EZ/ 2 M EZ
Using the Digital Zoom Further extending the zoom
Checking the Recorded Picture Review
Press r REV
Rotate the zoom lever towards 3 T to enlarge the picture
Press e/r/w/q to move the position
Playing Back Pictures
Press w/q to select the picture
Deleting Pictures
Select the picture with w/q
Press a Press e to select YES and then press MENU/SET
To delete a single picture
Press w/q to select the picture and then press r to set
Only when selecting Multi Delete
Screen when selecting Multi Delete
Recording mode P26
Playback mode P36
About the LCD Monitor
Changing the information displayed
When is selected
About guide line display
Highlight display
No highlight display
Under Exposed B Properly Exposed C Over Exposed *Histogram
Brightening the LCD Monitor Power LCD/High angle mode
Example of histogram
Power LCD
Power LCD High Angle
Canceling High angle mode or Power LCD mode
High Angle
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Press e/r or q to switch the flash setting
To close the flash Press the flash until it clicks
You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish
Flash setting Auto
Available flash settings by recording mode
Forced on
Forced OFF
Shutter speed for each flash mode Flash mode Sec
Available flash range to take pictures
Available flash range
Night Scenery P64
Adjusting flash output
Press MENU/SET to finish
Press w
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Press e/r or w to switch the self-timer mode
Compensating the Exposure
Over exposed
Properly Exposed
Under exposed Joystick operations
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
Optical Image Stabilizer Stabilizer
MODE1
MODE2
Demonstration of the optical image
Number of pictures recorded in burst mode
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
OFF No display canceled High speed Low speed Unlimited
Advanced
Aperture-priority AE Shutter-priority AE
Move the joystick towards e/r to set the aperture value
Move the joystick towards e/r to set the shutter speed
Aperture value Increase r Decrease
Taking pictures by setting the exposure manually
Manual exposure
Take the picture
Press the shutter button halfway
Manual exposure
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed Shutter-priority AE
Aperture Value
Slide the focus switch to MF
AF Auto focus AFw AF Macro mode MF Manual focus
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Move the joystick e/r to focus
Press e/r to select MF1 or MF2 and then press Menu
Press e/r to select MF Assist
Then press q
Technique for Manual focus
Prefocus
Focus range
Select AFw with the focus switch
Taking Close-up pictures
Computer monitor
Setting the aspect ratio
Slide the aspect ratio switch to change the setting
Setting the items to lock
AF/AE Lock AF Auto focus/AE Auto exposure
Press MENU/SET Press e/r to select AF/AE Lock and press q
Press e/r to select the item and press MENU/SET
Scene mode
Press e/r to select the scene mode
Press r at a to switch to the next menu screen
About menu operations using Joystick
Mode more effective
Technique for Soft skin mode
To make this mode more effective
Technique for Sports mode
This mode allows you to take a picture of yourself
Technique for Night portrait mode Open the flash. P43
Technique for Night scenery mode
Technique for Party mode Open the flash. P43
Focus range is 5 cm 0.16 feet Wide/30 cm 0.98 feet Tele to Z
Technique for Candle light mode
Technique for Fireworks mode
Technique for Beach mode
Recording audio
Take a picture
Use the flash
Technique for Aerial photo mode
Turn the camera off when taking off or landing
Age display setting
Please SET the Birthday
Press e/r to select Travel
Date and then press q
Press r to select SET and then
Press e/r/w/q to select the date
Canceling the travel date
Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu
Press e/r to select World Time and then press q
Displaying the time at the travel destination
Press MENU/SET Press w
Finishing setting the home area
Cities that are displayed Press MENU/SET to close the menu
Location candidates for World Time settings
Listed location name
Press e/r to select the item and then press MENU/SET
Motion picture mode
Press the shutter button fully to stop recording
SD Memory
Displaying Multiple Screens Multi Playback
Rotate the zoom lever towards To display multiple screens
Press e/r/w/q to select a picture
Examples of 25 screens
Press e/r/w/q to select the date to be played back
Press e/r/w/q to select a picture Then press MENU/SET
Calendar is displayed monthly
Select the date Select the month
To delete a picture during Playback zoom
Using the Playback Zoom
To stop using the playback zoom
Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion pictures
Motion pictures
To pause
Pictures with audio
Using the REC mode menu
About menu operations using the joystick
Press MENU/SET Press e/r to select the menu item
There are 4 menu screens 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
Keep pressing the joystick when recording
Using the Quick setting
Adjusting the hue for a more natural picture
Balance
Setting the white balance manually White set
Auto White Balance
On the center of the screen turns white
Then press MENU/SET
WB Adjust
Press e/r/w/q to adjust the white balance finely
Finely Adjusting the White Balance
Setting the light sensitivity
30 ISO200
ISO sensitivity Setting contents
125 ISO800
PICT.SIZE/QUALITY
Number of pixels
3168×2376 pixels
Quality
Recording still pictures with audio
Audio REC
Audio DUB Resize Trimming
Metering Mode
AF Mode
Setting the focus method
Deciding the method to measure brightness
About AF area selection
Spot-focusing
This is fixed to 1-area-focusing in Auto mode
Continuously focusing on a subject
Focusing in low light conditions becomes easier
CONT.AF
AF Assist Lamp
Setting color effects for the recorded pictures
Adjusting the picture quality for the recorded pictures
COL.EFFECT
PICT.ADJ
Connecting images to create a motion picture file
Flip Anim
Press e/r to select Flip ANIM. and then press q
Select Picture Capture and then press q
Setting the date, time and display
Select Frame Rate and then press q
Press e/r to select 5fps or 10fps and then press MENU/ SET
Clock SET
Using the Play mode menu
Press q
There are 3 menu screens 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3
3Press the joystick to close the menu
Slide Show
Press e/r to select ALL or and then press MENU/SET
Press e to select Start and then press MENU/SET
By pressing the r, the Slide Show stops
Press r to select on and then press MENU/SET
Setting your favorite pictures
Favorite
MENU/SET
Canceling all favorites
Press w/q to select the picture then press e
Rotate Picture is rotated manually
Example When rotating clockwise a
Press w/q to select the picture and then press r
Dpof Print
Single setting
Multi setting
100
Press e to select YES and then
Protect
Preventing Accidental Erasure of the Picture
Multi setting/To cancel all settings
101
Audio DUB
Press r to stop recording
102
Resize
Press e/r to select YES or no and then press MENU/SET
Press w/q to select the size and then press r
Press the shutter button
103
Trimming
104
Aspect Conv
Press e/r to select or h and then press Menu
Press w/q to select a picture and then press r
Copying the picture data
105
Copy
Initializing the built-in memory or a card
106
Format
Connecting to a PC
107
Conditions under which a different folder number is used
108
Folder Composition
109
Connecting to a PictBridge-compliant Printer
Turn on the camera and the printer Set the mode dial to
110
To connect
111
Press w/q to select the picture and then press MENU/SET
Press e to select Print Start and then press MENU/SET
Disconnect the USB connection cable after printing Press e
Setting the date printing with the Dpof print in advance
112
Disconnect the USB connection cable after printing
Layout
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
113
Card Size
Letter
Playing Back Pictures with a TV Screen
114
Turn the TV on and select external input Turn the camera on
Playing back pictures with the supplied cable
Recording
Screen Display
115
116
Age display P69
Picture In Motion picture mode P80 Flip animation P92
117
Motion picture recording time P80
Audio playback P80
118
Optimal Use of the Camera
Charger
Dispose of an unusable battery
119
Cancel the card lock. P18
Message Display
120
Remove Lens CAP and Press q
121
Please Check the Card Data reading error
Please Check the Card Data writing error
Troubleshooting
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Number of recordable pictures
Number of recordable pictures and available recording time
128
129
130
Available recording time In Motion picture mode
131
30fps 10fps 15fps
169L 169H
Specifications
132
133
134
Digital Camera Accessory System
135
Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
Accessory # Description Price Each Quantity Total Price
136
For USA Customers
Request for Service Notice For USA Only
137
138
Limited Warranty For USA Only
Limited Warranty Coverage
Carry-In or Mail-In Service
139
Customer Services Directory For USA Only
Centralized Factory Servicenter
Service in Puerto Rico
140
Index
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Spanish Quick Use Guide/Guía rápida en español
143
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Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 2T3