Useful features for travel

[Travel Date]

If you set your travel schedule and record pictures, which day of your trip the picture was recorded will be recorded.

Recording Mode:

Recording only. (Cannot set.)

Select [Travel Date] from [Setup] menu (→17)

Select [Travel Setup] with ▲▼, and then press [MENU/SET]

Select [SET] with ▲▼, and then press [MENU/SET]

Select the departure date with ▲▼◄►, and then press [MENU/SET]

Set the return date in the same way

To record [Location]

Select [Location] from the [Travel Date] menu (→17)

Select [SET] and press [MENU/SET]

Enter your destination

• Entering text (→84)

The travel date is calculated from the set departure date and the date set in the camera’s clock. When destination is set in [World Time], days elapsed are calculated based on local destination time.

When [Travel Setup] is set to [OFF], the number of days elapsed is not recorded. It is not displayed even if [Travel Setup] is set to [SET] after recording.

If settings are made before departure date, number of days to departure are displayed in orange with a minus sign (but not recorded).

When [Travel Date] is displayed in white with a minus sign, the [Home] date is one day ahead of the [Destination] date due to the difference in time zones (this is recorded).

To print the number of days that have passed or the location, either use [Text Stamp] or print using the software “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” on the supplied CD-ROM.

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Panasonic DMC-TZ18, MC-ZS8 owner manual Useful features for travel, Travel Date, To record Location, Recording Mode ∗

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