Panasonic DMC-ZS25 LCD monitor, Flash, Others, Brightness is unstable, Monitor flickers indoors

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Q&A Troubleshooting

LCD monitor

Brightness is unstable.

●●Aperture value is set while shutter button is pressed halfway. (Does not affect recorded picture.) This symptom may also occur when the brightness changes because the zoom is operated or the camera is moved. This is the automatic aperture operation of the camera and is not a malfunction.

Monitor flickers indoors.

●●The LCD monitor may flicker for a few seconds after turning on. This is an operation to correct flicker caused by lighting such as fluorescent lights, LED lights etc. and is not a malfunction.

Monitor is too bright/too dark.

●●[Monitor Luminance] is activated. (→47)

●●Use [Monitor Display] to adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor. (→46)

Black/blue/red/green dots or interference appears. Monitor looks distorted when touched.

●●This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures.

Flash

No flash emitted.

●●Flash set to [Forced Flash Off]. (→59)

●●The flash becomes unavailable in the following cases : ••[Auto Bracket]

••[Burst] (Excluding [   ])

••Scene Modes ([Scenery] [Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [Sunset] [Starry Sky] [Glass Through] [3D Photo Mode])

••[Creative Control] Mode

••[Panorama Shot] Mode

Multiple flashes are emitted.

●●Red-eye reduction is active (→59). (Flashes twice to prevent eyes appearing red.) ●●[Burst] is set to . (→88)

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