Panasonic DMCZS40S, DMC-ZS40, DMCZS40K owner manual Selected Recording Mode

Basics

Recording motion pictures

●●If the surrounding temperature is high, or a motion picture is recorded continuously, [   ] is displayed and recording may be stopped halfway through to protect the camera.

●●When using zoom while recording motion pictures, it may take some time to focus. ●●Depending on the environment when recording motion pictures, the screen may

turn black for an instant or noise may be recorded because of static electricity, electromagnetic waves, etc.

●●The available recording time displayed on the screen may not decrease regularly. ●●If data is repeatedly recorded and deleted, the total available recording time on the card may be reduced. To restore the original capacity, use the camera to format

the card. Be sure to save all important data to your computer or other media before formatting, as all data saved to the card will be erased.

●●[Stabilizer] functions regardless of the settings before a motion picture is recorded. ●●The following functions are not available:

Extended optical zoom, flash, [Face Recog.], [Rotate Disp.] for pictures taken vertically.

●●For certain memory cards, recording may end while in progress.

●●The recording range may become narrower in motion pictures compared to still pictures. Also, if the aspect ratio is different for still pictures and motion pictures, the angle of view will change when starting to record a motion picture. The recordable area is displayed by setting [Video Rec Area] (→67) to [ON].

●●If Extended optical zoom is used before pressing the motion picture button, these settings will be cleared, and the recordable area will be changed significantly.

●●[Sensitivity] is set automatically while a motion picture is being recorded. Also [ISO Limit Set] is disabled.

●●Motion pictures cannot be recorded in the following cases: ••[3D Photo Mode] Scene Mode

••[Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus], [Star Filter])

●●It will be recorded in the following categories for certain Recording Modes. A motion picture recording matching each Recording Mode will be performed for the ones not listed below.

Selected Recording Mode	Recording Mode while recording
	motion picture

••[Program AE] Mode

••[Aperture-Priority] Mode

••[Shutter-Priority] Mode Normal motion picture

••[Manual Exposure] Mode

••Scene Modes ([Sports], [HDR], [Pet])

[Baby] Scene Mode	Portrait Mode
Scene Modes ([Night Portrait], [Night Scenery],	Low Light Mode
[Handheld Night Shot], [Starry Sky])

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