Advanced (Recording pictures)

Operational sound of the unit, which may be caused by operation or zooming, might be recorded.

Noise may be recorded underwater.

When operating the zoom in recording motion pictures, it may take time to come into focus.

If the Extended optical zoom was used before pressing the motion picture button, the recordable area will be changed drastically since these settings are canceled.

Sound from motion pictures (When [REC MODE] is set to [MOTION JPEG]) or pictures with audio recorded by this camera cannot be played back by older models of Panasonic digital camera (LUMIX) launched before July 2008.

In recording motion pictures, [STABILIZER] is fixed to [MODE1].

In recording motion pictures, the following functions cannot be used.

Direction detection function

[NATURAL] and [VIVID] in [COLOR MODE]

Extended optical zoom (EZ)

[FACE RECOG.]

This unit does not support recording motion pictures on MultiMediaCards.

Angle of view may be narrower in the motion picture compared with the still picture.

Field of view during the recording of motion picture is displayed when [ REC AREA] (P28) is set to [ON].

When set to intelligent Auto Mode

When Intelligent Auto Mode is selected in step 1, motion picture recording matching to the subject or recording situation can be performed.

Scene detection

When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its color changes to the usual red.

¦> [i-PORTRAIT]

[i-SCENERY]

[i-LOW LIGHT]

[i-MACRO]

[¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.

Face detection

When [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will adjust the focus and exposure (P85).

Note

Following [MOTION PICTURE] mode menu cannot be set because the camera sets automatically.

[WHITE BALANCE]/[I.EXPOSURE]

It is only possible to set the [COLOR MODE] to [STANDARD], [B/W], or [SEPIA].

Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the same subject.

Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, The size of the subject, The distance to the subject, The contrast of the subject, When the subject is moving, When zoom is used

Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness conditions, When the camera is shaken

To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate recording mode.

Face detection may become slower or it may not detect underwater.

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Panasonic DMC-TS1, DMCTS1S, DMCTS1D, DMCTZ1K, DMCTZ1S operating instructions When set to intelligent Auto Mode, Scene detection