Recording the place of recording with GPS

(continued)

Recording Mode:

Record only (Cannot set)

When [GPS SETTING] is set to [ON] or

In Recording Mode, an icon that indicates the positioning status is displayed on the LCD monitor.

Then, if positioning is successful, the location name information is displayed.

Location name Positioning

information (5 minutes maximum)

Icon

Status

 

Location name information exists (information

 

from the last 5 minutes).

 

Location name information exists (information

 

from 5 minutes to 1 hour ago).

 

Location name information exists (information

 

from 1 hour to 2 hours ago).

 

Location name information exists (information

 

from more than 2 hours ago).

 

Positioning failed (no location name information).

When using the camera for the first time or after not using it for a while, positioning may take several minutes, because it may take some time to acquire the orbit information from the GPS satellites.

If positioning is successful, the current position is saved.

However, note that the saved position information is deleted in the following cases:

When [GPS SETTING] is set to [OFF]

When [GPS SETTING] is set to and then the camera’s power is turned off

When the setup settings are reset with [RESET]

In the following cases, the location name information that will be recorded on the picture may vary significantly from the current position. Check the location name and other information before recording.

Immediately after turning on the camera’s power • When the icon is something other than

Positioning is not performed in the following situations:

During motion picture recording • During audio recording

Information recorded on recorded pictures

When positioning is successful, the current position is saved in the camera and the latitude, longitude and location name information are recorded on the recorded still pictures and motion pictures recorded in [AVCHD Lite(GPS REC)] or [MOTION JPEG]. Information recorded on recorded pictures

Latitude/longitude

Location name information (country or region name/prefecture, state or province name/city or town name/landmark name)

You can use the camera or the ‘PHOTOfunSTUDIO’ software on the supplied CD-ROM to check the recording location of pictures or display them by location of recording.

86 VQT2R20

[GPS SETTING] is not available in the DMC-ZS6/DMC-ZS5.

Page 86
Image 86
Panasonic DMC-ZS6 When GPS Setting is set to on or, Information recorded on recorded pictures, Icon Status