Applications

Viewing motion pictures · pictures with audio /

(View)

2 Creating still pictures from motion pictures

Set-up: REC/PLAY switch: (Set mode dial to any except)

1Select and play picture

Motion

100–0001

picture

1/9

mode icon

5s

Motion

 

 

picture

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recording

time

 

Motion picture icon ( Audio icon)

Operations during motion picture playback

▲:Pause/play ▼:Stop

◄:Hold to fast rewind (single frame step while paused)

►:Hold to fast forward (single frame step while paused)

•Volume can be adjusted with zoom lever (motion picture only).

Motion pictures and pictures with audio can be deleted in the same way as for still pictures (P.36).

Creating still pictures from motion pictures (DMC-TZ5 only)

During playback, pause

Create still picture

Select ‘YES’ and set

at desired moment

 

A still picture is created.

 

 

Press fully

To make single picture from 9 surrounding frames

→Press ‘MENU/SET’ between steps and above to set to 9-screen display (Press again to return to one-screen display)

Zoom lever

Turn to W side (No. of Frames/ sec changes

SELECT

W

SAVE

•To advance by 3 frames:▲▼

•To advance by 1 frame: ◄►

Frames/sec

PICTURE MODE

Frames/sec

 

30 → 15

→ 10 → 5

 

 

 

 

15

→ 5

 

10

→ 5

with each turn)

Frames/sec

Frame rate can be changed according to the speed of subject movement. Scenes with fast movement: Increase frame rate (e.g. 30fps)

Scenes with slow movement: Reduce frame rate (e.g. 10fps, 5fps)

 

The quality of still pictures created from motion pictures is fixed as

 

 

(standard), with resolutions

 

set according to the table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures taken on other devices may not be played back correctly.

PICTURE MODE

1 screen

9 screens

 

When using a high capacity card, it is possible that fast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.3 M

2 M

 

rewinding may be slower than usual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.3 M

1 M

 

Playback zoom cannot be used during motion picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

playback/pausing or audio playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 M

2 M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The file format is QuickTime Motion JPEG. Pictures can

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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be viewed using ‘QuickTime’ on the CD-ROM (supplied).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DMC-TZ5, DMC-TZ4 specifications

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