Applications 9 Taking motion pictures

(Record)

Record motion pictures and sound (motion pictures cannot be recorded without sound).

Microphone (voice recording)

Set to

Start recording

Available recording time (approx.)

Press halfway

(align focus)R20

Press fully

Estimated recording time

(P.92)

Note

Zoom and CONT.AF (P.55) functions cannot be used during movie recording.

Not compatible with MultiMediaCards.

STABILIZER ‘MODE2’ cannot be used.

Focus range is 5 cm (0.16 feet) and above for max. W/1 m (3.28 feet) and above for max. T. (2 m

(6.56 feet) unless max. T)

Focus, zoom, and a perture value are fixed from the onset of recording.

A maximum of approx. 2 GB can be recorded in any one session. To continue recording, press the shutter button again. Available recording time is calculated on a 2 GB basis (estimated).

Recording may be terminated midway, depending on card type.

Elapsed time (approx.)

Finish

Ends automatically if memory is full.

Press fully

Aspect and picture quality

Set ‘ASPECT RATIO’ (P.51) before ‘PICT.MODE’ (P.52).

ASPECT	PICT.MODE	Picture size	Frames/sec
	30fps VGA	640×480	30/sec
	10fps VGA	640×480	10/sec
	10fps VGA		10/sec
4:3	30fps QVGA		30/sec
	10fps QVGA	320×240	10/sec
	(For e-mail		10/sec
	attachments)
16:9	30fps 16:9	848×480	30/sec
16:9	10fps 16:9	848×480	10/sec
	10fps 16:9		10/sec

‘30fps’: for smooth picture movement

‘10fps’: for longer motion pictures We recommend using a card of at least 10MB/s

(as marked on its packaging, etc).

Only QVGA-format motion pictures can be recorded to the built-in memory.

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DMC-TZ3, DMC-TZ2 specifications

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Panasonic DMC-TZ3, DMC-TZ2 Applications 9 Taking motion pictures, Set to Start recording

Models: DMC-TZ3 DMC-TZ2