Advanced (Recording pictures)

Motion Picture Mode

1 Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to start recording.

R 50s

3s

A: Audio recording (DMC-LZ7 only)

The available recording time B is displayed on the top right and the elapsed recording time C is displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights.

The focus, zoom and aperture value are fixed to the setting when recording starts (the first frame).

The audio is also recorded simultaneously from this unit’s built-in microphone. (Motion pictures cannot be recorded without audio.) (DMC-LZ7)

When using the stabilizer function, it is fixed to [MODE1].

2 Press the shutter button fully to stop recording.

If the built-in memory or the card becomes full in the middle of recording, the camera stops recording automatically.

Changing the settings for the aspect ratio and the picture quality

1 Press [MENU/SET].

2Press 3/4 to select

[ASPECT RATIO] and then press

1.

REC

 

1/2

W.BALANCE

AWB

ASPECT RATIO

 

PICT.MODE

 

AF MODE

 

STABILIZER

MODE1

SELECT

SET MENU

 

3 Press 3/4 to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].

4Press 3/4 to select [PICT.MODE] and then press 1.

REC

 

1/2

W.BALANCE

AWB

ASPECT RATIO

 

PICT.MODE

 

AF MODE

 

STABILIZER

ON

SELECT

SET MENU

 

5 Press 3/4 to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].

If you selected [ ] on the screen shown in step 2

Item

Picture size

fps

 

 

 

[30fpsVGA]

640k480 pixels

30

 

 

[10fpsVGA]

10

 

 

 

 

[30fpsQVGA]

320k240 pixels

30

 

 

[10fpsQVGA]

10

 

 

 

 

If you selected [

] on the screen

shown in step 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

Picture size

fps

 

 

 

 

 

[30fps16:9]

848k480 pixels

 

30

 

 

 

[10fps16:9]

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fps “frames per second”; This refers to the number of frames used in 1 second.

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Panasonic DMC-LZ6, DMC-LZ7 operating instructions Motion Picture Mode, Press the shutter button fully to stop recording