Sequence of operations

Basics

Press the Camera [ON/OFF] button to turn on the camera

Set to the desired Recording Mode

Align the mode dial correctly to → the mode that you want to use.

	[Intelligent Auto] Mode	Take pictures with automatic settings. (→35)
	[Program AE] Mode	Take pictures with automatic shutter
	[Program AE] Mode	speed and aperture value settings. (→44)
		speed and aperture value settings. (→44)
	[Aperture-Priority] Mode	Determine aperture, then record pictures.
	[Aperture-Priority] Mode	(→106)
		(→106)
	[Shutter-Priority] Mode	Determine shutter speed, then record
	[Shutter-Priority] Mode	pictures. (→107)
		pictures. (→107)
	[Manual Exposure] Mode	Determine aperture and shutter speed,
	[Manual Exposure] Mode	then record pictures. (→108)
		then record pictures. (→108)
	[Custom] Mode	Record pictures using pre-registered
	[Custom] Mode	settings. (→131)
		settings. (→131)
	[Panorama Shot] Mode	Record panorama pictures. (→119)
	[Scene Mode]	This allows you to take pictures that
	[Scene Mode]	match the scene being recorded. (→123)
		match the scene being recorded. (→123)
	[Creative Control] Mode	Take pictures by selecting your preferred
	[Creative Control] Mode	picture effect. (→110)
		picture effect. (→110)

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Panasonic DMC-ZS40, DMCZS40K, DMCZS40S owner manual Sequence of operations

Contents

Register online at Customers only Contents Application Record 110 Registering your own settings RecordingTaking Pictures with different Picture effects Recording panorama pictures Application View Wi-Fi/NFC Connecting with other devices Others Before use Camera handling Carefully observe copyright laws Always take a test shot firstNo compensation for missed shots Also refer to Usage cautions and notes →316 About GPS Standard Accessories Optional accessories Names and Functions of Main Parts TopBottom LVF button →15 Diopter adjustment dial →15Viewfinder LVF →15 Charging lamp Red →20 Fn button →133 29 Q.MENU/ / buttonDISP. button →76 MENU/SET button / Cursor button / Control dial →16 Press LVF button Switching between the LCD monitor and viewfinderAbout diopter adjustment Viewfinder LVF MENU/SET button / Cursor button / Control dial Putting on the hand strap About batteries that you can use with this unit Charging batteryPower supply Camera status Close the card/battery door Open position and open Card/battery doorInsert the battery all the way Slide the release lever to Charging the battery through the computer Charging the batteryMake sure that the camera is turned off Charging lamp indications Charging lamp Red On Charging in progress Off Charging stops Preparations Remaining battery Recording still pictures When using LCD monitorRemaining battery Recording conditions by Cipa standard Recording motion pictures When using LCD monitor Viewing pictures When using LCD monitorRecording conditions Insert the card all the way Open position and open the card Battery doorInserting and removing the card optional To remove card Saving your pictures cards and built-in memory Compatible memory cards optionalType of Card Capacity Recording picture capacity still pictures Recording capacity guidelines pictures/recording timePicture Size Built-in memory 32 GB 64 GB 18M Recording time capacity motion pictures When Rec Format is AvchdWhen Rec Format is MP4 Rec Quality 32 GB 64 GB Setting the clock Press the Camera ON/OFF buttonPress MENU/SET to set Changing time settings When Please set the home area is displayed, press MENU/SETSelect Clock Set from the Setup menu Press To set your home area and press MENU/SET Sequence of operations Recording motion pictures Aim the camera and shootTaking still pictures Holding the camera Play back pictures Press the Camera ON/OFF button to turn off the cameraViewing motion pictures Using the control ring/control dial Recording mode Control ring ∗ Using Quick menu Press Q.MENU/ button Press to select menu items Using flash Taking pictures with automatic settingsRecording mode Take a picture About Backlight Compensation Automatic Scene Detection Defocusing the background Settings Motion Deblur IHandheld Night Shot IHDR Press to set AF Mode to AF Tracking AF Tracking Switching to Intelligent Auto Plus Mode Intelligent Auto Plus Mode Press Press to select an item to adjust Turn the control ring or control dial to adjustAdjusting brightness, coloring, and background defocusing About Intelligent Auto setting items Taking pictures with your own settings Set mode dial to Program AE Mode Take a picture Press the shutter button halfway Program Shift Program Shift diagram Example of Program Shift Adjusting focus Adjust focus according to subjectReturn to desired composition Recording motion pictures Press the motion picture button to start recordingPress the motion picture button again to end recording Avchd Progressive About the recording format for recording motion picturesAbout the compatibility of the recorded motion pictures MP4 Selected Recording Mode Burst function Still Picture Size →153 View pictures Viewing your picturesPress the Playback button Ending Playback Move the zoom lever toward T side Zooming in and viewing Playback Zoom Move the zoom lever toward W side Viewing a list of pictures Multi Playback Basics Viewing motion pictures Select a picture with the motion picture icon, and pressOperations during motion picture playback Capturing still pictures from motion pictures Deleting pictures Press button to delete displayed picture To delete multiple up to 100/To delete all pictures Setting the menu Example Changing AF Mode in the Rec menu in Program AE ModePress Q.MENU/ button several times Menu type Using the Setup menu Shutter Vol Settings Low / High / OFF Beep sounds when operating the control ringBeep Level Settings Low / High / OFF Beep Zoom Lever Set Cust.Set MemFn Button Set Ring/Dial Set 30fps Live View ModeMonitor Display / Viewfinder 60fps Composition Guide Settings on / OFFMonitor Luminance Guide Line Histogram Video Rec Area MF Assist Remaining DispLens Resume Peaking Monitor Power Save Auto Power OffSettings 2MIN. / 5MIN. / 10MIN. / OFF Economy Auto Review Exposure Comp. ResetSelf Timer Auto Off 1SEC / 2SEC Reset Rec. settings? Reset setup parameters? No.ResetReset Reset Wi-Fi Settings Settings 3D / 2D USB ModeSettings / 3D Playback TV Connection Viera Link Rotate Disp Version Disp FormatLanguage Entering Text Switching the display of recording information, etc Press DISP. button to change display Taking pictures with the composition determined Composition Guideline Description Name How to select guidelines Taking still pictures with a guideline Using the level gauge Using the level gaugePress DISP. button to switch the display Correct camera angle Using Zoom Using the control ring/control dial for zoom operationMove the zoom lever Optical Zoom Extended optical zoomZoom types and use Zoom Digital Zoom Using the zoom lever for Step Zoom Turn the control ring or control dialStep Zoom When recording motion pictures 3D Photo Mode Scene Mode Taking pictures with flash Taking pictures with flash Scene Mode Available flash range when Sensitivity setting is AutoShutter speeds for each flash mode Setting Shutter speed seconds Switching AF Mode Select AF Mode from the Rec menuUse to select Auto Focus mode items and press MENU/SET Taking pictures with Auto Focus Taking front-on pictures of people Face Detection Application Record Subject not centered in picture 23-area-focusing Determined position for focus 1-area-focusing Changing the position and size of the AF area Focus Area Set Taking close-up pictures Macro recording Press button Use to select AF Macro and press MENU/SET Zoom Focus AF Macro Macro Zoom MF →96 Shortest recording distanceFocus range Max. W Macro Zoom Taking pictures with Manual Focus Shot AF MF Assist Display Settings HIGH/LOWDetect Level Color Preparation AF/AE Lock switchingTaking pictures by locking the focus and/or exposure Locks exposure only. AEL is displayed on the screen Taking pictures with Exposure Compensation 100 To cancel Auto Bracket 101Press button Use to select Auto Bracket and press MENU/SET 102 Setting Speed Description No.Burst function Press button Use to select Burst and press MENU/SET 103 To cancel burstSetting Speed Description Aspect Ratio 104 To cancel self-timer Taking pictures with self-timerPress button Use to select Self Timer and press MENU/SET 105 Taking pictures by setting the aperture value 106 Taking pictures by setting the shutter speed 107Aperture value set 108 Aperture values that can be set ∗ 109 Manual exposure assist estimate Changing the selected picture effects Creative Control menu Taking Pictures with different picture effects110 Control ring/control dial Turn the control ring or control dial to make adjustments Adjusts the brightness Adjusts background defocusing Retro 112Expressive Items that can be set →111 Low Key 113High Key Sepia Impressive Art 114Dynamic Monochrome High Dynamic 115 Cross ProcessToy Effect Defocusing a picture 116Miniature Effect 117 Soft FocusStar Filter 118 One Point ColorSelecting color Recording panorama pictures Panorama Shot Mode 119Press the shutter button halfway to focus 120 Press the shutter button fully again to end recording 121 Changing the recording direction or picture effectsTips 122 About panorama playback Changing the selected Scene Mode Scene Mode menu Taking pictures according to the scene Scene ModeSet mode dial to Use to select the scene and press MENU/SET 123 Soft Skin 124Portrait Scenery Night Portrait 125Sports Night Scenery Handheld Night Shot What is HDR?126 Food 127 Use to select Exit and press MENU/SETTo record age and name 128 Use to select the aspect ratio, and then press MENU/SETUse to select shutter speed, and then press MENU/SET Fps 129High Speed Video Rec Format 3D Photo Mode 130Tips for recording pictures Registering your own settings and recording 131 When changing the menu settings Set mode dial to / Custom modePress MENU/SET to enter the settings 132 Registering preferred functions to the Fn button How to registerUsing registered functions 133 134 Control ring Control dial How the Face Recognition function works During recording Recording with the Face Recognition function135 During playback Press to select the item for editing and press MENU/SET 136Record the face picture Registering face pictures Recording tips when registering face pictures 137Editing or deleting information about registered persons Useful features for travel 138To record Location 139 Select World Time from the Setup menu →60When you come back from your travel destination To set daylight savings 140 Using the Rec menuSetting guide Aspect Ratio About RAW file Recording mode Set the picture quality Settings141 Quality Sensitivity 100 6400 ∗ 142Sensitivity Sensitivity Shutter speed seconds ISO Limit Set Settings Auto / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600143 Extended ISO 144 White Balance 145 White Balance fine adjustment excluding AWBSetting White Balance manually AWB operational range Quick AF AF Mode146 Face Recog Metering Mode 147Exposure Min. Shtr Speed Resolution148 Zoom 149 AF Assist LampRed-Eye Removal 150 Stabilizer Settings W/O Time / with Time / OFF 151Date Stamp Rec Format Using the Motion Picture menu152 Rec Quality 153 About motion picture iconStill Picture Size Continuous AF Settings on154 Level Shot 155 Wind CutZoom Mic Changing the picture information display, etc 156 Representative picture display 157Press while the representative picture displayed Display within each picture group 158 2D/3D Settings Different playback methods Playback ModePress MENU/SET in Playback Mode 159 160 Cancel filteringSelecting pictures to play back Filtering Play About operations during Filtering Play 161 Narrowing down by selecting picture type 162 Select Favorite in Filtering Play and press MENU/SET →160 163Select Select Date in Filtering Play and press MENU/SET To change the date to display 164 To change settings such as music or display timePlaying back pictures in order automatically To select pictures for automatic play back 165 Searching by recording date Calendar 166 Operation from the Playback menu Retouching pictures167 Auto Retouch Setting Effect 168Creative Retouch 169 Using the Playback menu 170Location Logging 171 Abort writing location informationDelete received location information 172 Enter characters Entering text →75Title Edit 173 Place-Name Edit 174 Text Stamp 175 Items that can be stampedRetouch 176 Video DivideOriginal motion picture that was split does not remain 177 Resize 178 Up to 100 pictures 179 Cropping 180 FavoriteTo clear all 181 Print Set 182 Protect 183 Face Rec Edit 184 Use to select the copy method direction and press MENU/SETCopy 185 Wi-FiFunction and NFC FunctionUse the camera as a wireless LAN device Before Use Wi-Fi connection lamp About the Wi-Fi connection lampAbout the Wi-Fi button 186 187 Sending pictures to a PC →216 Using WEB services →221 What you can do with the Wi-Fi functionOperating the camera using a smartphone/tablet 188 Operating the camera using a smartphone/tablet Installing the smartphone/tablet app Panasonic Image App189 Press and hold the Wi-Fi button Connecting to a smartphone/tablet190 Using an iOS device 191Operate the smartphone Using an Android device 192 Select Direct and press MENU/SET 193Select Via Network and press MENU/SET Changing the connection method Compatible models Connecting to a smartphone/tablet using NFC function194 Preparations On the camera 195 196 Connect to a smartphone →190 Select from Image AppTaking pictures via a smartphone/tablet remote recording 197 Playing back pictures in the camera on a smartphone/tabletSaving pictures in the camera to the smartphone/tablet 198 Easily transferring pictures in the camera 199 Sending pictures in the camera to social networking services 200 201 Send Images While Recording 202Sending method, and pictures that can be sent Sending selected pictures 203 Select the device you wish to connect to 204Select Via Network or Direct and press MENU/SET Take still pictures 205 Sending selected pictures Send Images Stored in the Camera 206 When Single is selectedWhen Multi is selected Select Single or Multi Displaying still pictures on a TV 207Take or play back still pictures on this unit 208 Wireless printing 209 210 Select the still picture and print Sending pictures to AV equipment 211 212 Preparations 213 214 215 Sending pictures to a PC 216 Install PHOTOfunSTUDIO on the PC 217Create a folder that receives images with PHOTOfunSTUDIO 218 Select the folder you want to send to 219 220 Using WEB services 221 When sending images to WEB service 222 223 Using WEB services 224 225 226 When sending images to Cloud Sync. Service 227 228 229 230 Using Lumix Club 231About the Lumix Club 232 Enter the passwordCheck the login ID and select OK Read through the Lumix Club terms of use and select Agree 233 Select Exit 234 Check the Lumix Club terms of use 235 Select Yes in the login ID delete confirmation screenDelete your login ID and account from the Lumix Club Select Next Configuring the external AV device settings 236 237 Change or delete information on registered AV device 238 Destination Cloud Sync. ServiceTransferring pictures automatically Smart Transfer AV device 239 Setting Smart Transfer 240Set the transfer destination 241 Turn off the cameraAuto Transfer 242 Transfer Now 243 Set Destination Charge Priority When remaining battery is low, charging may be prioritized244 Display Log About connections 245Connection method Description Switches to WPS Mode Via Network Connecting via a wireless access pointPress the wireless access point WPS button until it 246 247 Enter the encryption key When connecting with Manual Input 248 Direct Connecting directly 249 Select the desired connection setting 250 251 Registering History items to Favorite 252 Editing items registered in Favorite Send Images While Recording Settings for sending pictures253 Send Images Stored in the Camera Changing the settings for sending images 254Original/Auto ∗ 1/Change Wi-Fi Setup menu 255 256 Using the GPS function to record the location of a picture Precautions on properly receiving a GPS signal257 GPS Setting 258About operations during positioning GPS reception icon 259Displaying the status and result of positioning Positioning result icons 260 Information to be recorded on the picturesPlace name information 261 Select Repositioning from GPS menu and press MENU/SETRepositioning 262 Interval between positioning operationsDisplaying the GPS reception status 263 If you do not want to record a place name or landmarkGPS Area Select 264 Area Info. Set Adjusting the time using GPS 265 266 Using the GPS Assist ToolReducing the time required for positioning Operating environment Using GPS Assist Tool by connecting the camera and computer 267 Using a card reader/writer commercially available 268 Operate the GPS Assist Tool 269Start up the GPS Assist Tool on the computer Terminate the connection between camera/card and computer Using the Wi-Fi function to update 270 271 Checking the expiration date of the GPS assist data After confirming the GPS information, press MENU/SET Registering my landmark272 Input the landmark name Entering text →75 Set recording interval and recording duration Using the GPS log273 Ending logging 274 275 Save destination of the GPS log fileOutputting the GPS log file 276 Deleting the GPS log Connect camera to TV Viewing on TV screen277 To connect with an Hdmi micro cable 278 To connect with an Hdmi micro cableTo connect with an AV cable optional What is Viera Link HDMI? 279Viera Link Hdmi Hdavi Control 280 281 To select and play back only still pictures recorded in 3DViewing 3D still pictures 282 Start playback on camera Start recording on recorder 283Connect camera to recorder Copying by inserting the card into the recorder Computer specifications 284 About supplied software 285PHOTOfunSTUDIO 9.3 PE Operating environment Installing supplied software 286 Download procedure Operating environment 287Downloading Silkypix Developer Studio SE Connect camera to computer To cancel connection288 Use to select PC and press MENU/SET Mac 289Windows 101PANA ∗2 999PANA For PTP mode 290 291 To cancel printPrinting Connect camera to printer 292 Printing multiple pictures 293Use to select Print start and press MENU/SET Printing with date and text Making print settings on the camera Settings294 List of LCD monitor/Viewfinder displays 295Recording 296 List of LCD monitor/Viewfinder displays 297 298 Playback 299 25s Message displays 300 301 No picture to send Login failed. Please check Login ID and Password302 Connection failed 303 Cannot connect to server 304 Charging lamp is flashing Positioning takes time 305Cannot perform positioning Location name information is not displayed 306 Focus not aligned correctlyCannot use Auto Bracket Panorama picture recording stops before finishing 307Motion picture recording stops midway Subject cannot be locked. AF track fails Screen flickers indoors 308Brightness is unstable No flash emitted 309 310 It takes long time every time to connect to a smartphone 311 Wi-Fi connection is not recognizing my PCImages cannot be transmitted to the WEB service Pictures cannot be transmitted to the computer Motion picture cannot be transmitted Have forgotten the password for the Wi-Fi312 Cannot send images to an AV device Cannot play motion pictures on TV. Card is inserted into TV 313Display on the TV and on the camera do not match Viera Link Hdmi is not working Computer does not recognize card only reads built-in memory Edges of pictures are cut off when printing314 Cannot print panorama pictures properly 315 316 When in useUsage cautions and notes Caring for your camera Memory cards When not using for a while317 LCD monitor/Viewfinder 318 BatteryWhen using a tripod or unipod AC adaptor supplied Personal Information 3193D viewing Disclaimer 320 Personal Use OnlyRestrictions 321 No WarrantyDisclaimer of Warranty Disclaimer of Liability 322 Export ControlEntire Agreement About the geographical coordinate system 323About Location Information and Place Name Information About copyright 324 325 326 Landmark types 327 328 329