Taking pictures with your favorite settings

Basic

Taking pictures with your favorite settings

(Normal Picture Mode)

Recording Mode:

The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and the aperture value according to the brightness of the subject.

You can take pictures with greater freedom by changing various settings in the [Rec] menu.

1 Press [MODE].

A Shutter button

2 Press 3/4/2/1 to select [Normal Picture], and then press [MENU/SET].

Aim the AF area at the point you want to focus on.

Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to take the picture.

BISO sensitivity C Aperture value D Shutter speed

•Aperture value and shutter speed is displayed in red when correct exposure is not achieved. (Exclude when using a flash)

ISO F3.1 1/60

B C D

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Panasonic DMC-SZ3 owner manual Taking pictures with your favorite settings, Normal Picture Mode

Contents

Customers only F1212HH0 Digital Camera Contents Digital Zoom Switching to the appropriate flash settingTaking Pictures Using the Built-in Flash Using the Rec Menu 109 104Selecting multiple pictures and printing them 106 About Condensation When the lens is fogged up Care of the cameraDo not subject to strong vibration, shock, or pressure Standard Accessories Or Press Names and Functions of Main Parts Zoom lever P46 Microphone Card/Battery door P10 Release lever P10Strap eyelet P22 Lens barrel AV OUT/DIGITAL socket P11, 98, 102 Charging the Battery Insert the battery into the camera to charge it Inserting the Battery Check that this unit is turned off Charging Battery indication About the charging lampOff Charging time Preparation Approx min When recording with picture quality set to HDRecording still pictures Recording conditions by Cipa standard Playback time Playback Do not touch the connection terminals of the card Inserting and Removing the Card optional Card Following operations can be performed using this unitAbout the Built-in Memory/the Card Built-in Memory Preparation Picture size Available recording time when recording motion picturesQuality setting Number of recordable pictures Press MENU/SET to set Setting Date/Time Clock SetClock is not set when the camera is shipped Press camera ON/OFF button Clock can be reset as shown in steps 5 Changing the Clock Setting Direction Detection Function Rotate Disp Tips for taking good picturesFit the strap and hold the camera carefully Preventing jitter camera shake Selecting the Recording Mode Minimal distance how close you can be to Taking pictures using the automatic functionPress Mode Recording Mode Backlight Compensation When taking picturesScene Detection Portrait Scenery Macro Night Portrait¢ Night Scenery Sunset Changing the settings Normal Picture Mode Taking pictures with your favorite settings Sound FocusingRange of focus during the Intelligent Auto Mode AF area B Picture Recording Motion Pictures Start recording by pressing the motion picture buttonApplicable modes About zooming while recording motion pictures Press Press 2/1 to select pictures Playing Back Operations performed during Motion Picture Playback Playing Back Motion Pictures Basic Rotate the zoom lever towards Z T Using the Playback ZoomDisplaying Multiple Screens Multi Playback Rotate the zoom lever towards L W Select the picture to be deleted, and then Press Once deleted, pictures cannot be recoveredDeleting Pictures To delete a single picture Setting the Menu Setting menu itemsPlayback Mode only Etc. of recorded pictures Press 3/4 to select the menu item and then press MENU/SET Press 3/4 to select the setting and then press MENU/SET Home Your home area About the Setup MenuSetting Date/Time Destination Travel destination area Contrast · Saturation Beep Level Low High OFFShutter Vol Brightness 2MIN 5MIN 10MIN SEC SECPictures are displayed until one of the buttons is pressed Video output is set to PAL system Video Out¢ NtscVideo output is set to Ntsc system PAL Stabilizer Demo Set the language displayed on the screenDisplays the amount of jitter the camera has detected ~ Language LCD monitor Playback ModeAbout the LCD Monitor Press 4 to change Recording guideline Optical Zoom Using the ZoomRotate the zoom lever towards Wide Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele Extended Optical Zoom EZ Intelligent ZoomDigital Zoom Do not cover it with your fingers or other objects Taking Pictures Using the Built-in FlashSwitching to the appropriate flash setting Press 1 ‰ Flash is not permitted Use this when your subject is back-lit or under fluorescentPress 3/4 to select the item and then press MENU/SET Light Available Flash Settings in Recording Mode Available flash range Shutter speed for each flash setting Picture is taken 2 seconds after shutter is pressed Taking Pictures with the Self-timerThen press it fully to take the picture Picture is taken 10 seconds after shutter is pressed Towards positive Towards negative Compensating the ExposureUnderexposed Properly exposed Compensate the exposure Press 3/4 to select image effects and then press MENU/SET Taking Pictures with different image effects Low Key ExpressiveRetro High Key High Dynamic SepiaDynamic Monochrome Impressive Art Items that can be set Cross ProcessToy Effect Miniature Effect One Point Color Set the color to leaveCheck the color you have set, and then press MENU/SET After confirming the recording direction, press MENU/SET Taking panorama pictures Panorama Shot Mode Technique for Panorama Shot Mode Stop About playback Taking pictures that match the scene being recorded This allows you to take pictures of a wide landscape PortraitSoft Skin Scenery Night Scenery Technique for Night Portrait ModeSports Night Portrait High Sens Baby1/Baby2Pet Sunset Starry Sky Glass ThroughPhoto Frame Using the Rec Menu For details on Rec menu settings, refer to P37Picture Size 800 1600 100 Settings Description of settingsSensitivity 100 200 400 White Balance Auto White Balance Setting the White Balance manually AF Mode About š Face Detection Exposure ResolutionSettings ON/OFF Resolution is activated Number of recordable Settings Description of settings Burst speedFlash setting is fixed to ‰ Burst Flash setting is fixed to Œ except for Burst Mode is not canceled when the camera is switched off AF Assist Lamp Color Mode Stabilizer Red-Eye Removal Stamp the year, month, and day Date StampClock Set You can take a picture with date and time of recording Continuous AF Using the Motion Picture MenuFor details on Motion Picture menu settings, refer to P37 Rec Quality You can play back the recorded pictures in various methods Various methods of playback MENU/SET Stop Slide ShowPress 3/4 to select Start and then press MENU/SET Operations performed during slide show Changing the slide show settings Switching from one picture to the nextTo filter images for slide show playback Filtering Play SelectionRecording information e.g. Scene Modes Changing the filtering date Press 3/4/2/1 to select a picture and then press MENU/SET CalendarPress 3/4/2/1 to select the date you want to search Press MENU/SET to display a list of pictures Brightness and color of the pictures taken can be balanced Having Fun with Recorded Pictures RetouchAuto Retouch Press 2/1 to select a picture, and then press Beauty Retouch Press 3/4 to select the item, and then pressPress 3/4 to select the effect After finishing the picture editing, press MENU/SET Creative Retouch Retouch Using the Playback MenuSingle setting Multi setting Playback/Editing Zoom lever T Enlargement Zoom lever W Reduction 2/1 Move Cropping Favorite Select the picture, and then press MENU/SETPress 3/4/2/1 to select the pictures Print Set To print the date Protect Copy Connect the camera and a TV Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen Connecting to other equipment PC that can be used Saving still pictures and motion pictures on your100 About the supplied software Check the environment of your PC Installing supplied softwareMB or more for installing software 101 Preparations Install PHOTOfunSTUDIO to the PC 102Transferring pictures to a PC For Windows Copying to a PC without using PHOTOfunSTUDIOConnection in the PTP Mode 103 Printing the Pictures 104Press 3/4 to select PictBridgePTP, and then press MENU/SET 105 Selecting a single picture and printing itSelecting multiple pictures and printing them Num.of prints Print Settings106 Print with Date Paper Size 107 When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper 108Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit 109 Screen Display 110 111 112 About the LCD monitorAbout the Lens 113 Do not remove or damage the external label on the batteryBring charged spare batteries when going out Dispose of unusable battery Disclaimer When uploading images on WEB services114 About the personal information About tripods or unipods When not using the camera for a long period of time115 About the picture data 116 Message Display Insert SD card again/Try another card This battery cannot be usedRead Error/Write Error Please check the card 117 Card/battery door does not close TroubleshootingBattery and power source First, try out the following procedures P118-127 Recording 119 Motion picture recording stops in the middle Recording by Panorama Shot Mode is ended before finishing120 Recorded picture looks rough. Noise appears on the picture LCD monitor 121 Flash is not activated 122Flash Playback Sound of the recorded motion pictures sometimes breaks up 123Red part of the recorded image has changed color to black Thumbnail is displayed appears on the screen TV, PC and printer 124 Panorama picture is not printing correctly 125Card is not recognized by the PC. Sdxc memory card is used Ends of the pictures are cut at printing Others 126 Card cannot be formatted 127File numbers are not recorded consecutively File numbers are recorded with previously used numbers