Recording pictures (advanced)

[SCENE MODE] menu (Refer to P56 for information about how to select the menu.)

Baby mode

Select this mode when you want to take pictures of baby. Exposure and hue are adjusted to achieve a healthy complexion on the baby. When the flash is used, the light is weaker than usual.

When playing back pictures, baby’s age can be displayed.

The age can also be printed on each picture by using the software [LUMIX Simple Viewer] in the CD-ROM (supplied). (For details of printing, refer to the separate operating instructions for PC connection.)

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9 months 10days 10:00 DEC. 1.2005

BABY

 

 

WITH AGE

 

WITHOUT AGE

BIRTHDAY SET.

SELECT

SET

MENUMENU

Age display setting

If you want to display the age, set birthday in advance, select [WITH AGE] and press

1.

If you do not want to display the age, select [WITHOUT AGE] and press 1.

Birthday setting

1Select [BIRTHDAY SET.] and press 1.

2When a message [PLEASE SET THE BIRTHDAY OF THE BABY] appears, select items (year, month and day) using 2/1, and set using 3/4.

3Press the [MENU] button to finish the setting.

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If you select [WITH AGE] without setting birthday in advance, a message is displayed. Press the [MENU] button, and set birthday following the above steps 2 and 3.

The focus range becomes the same as that in the macro mode. [5 cm (0.16 feet) (Wide)/30 cm (0.98 feet) (Tele) to ].

The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].

After turning on the camera in [BABY] or switching to [BABY] from other modes, the age and current date and time are displayed for about 5 seconds at the bottom of the screen.

The age display style differs depending on the language setting in the recording mode.

The date of birth is displayed as [0 month 0 day].

If the age is not properly displayed, check the clock and birthday settings.

If the camera is set to [WITHOUT AGE], the age is not recorded even the time and birthday are set. This means that the age cannot be displayed even if you set the camera to [WITH AGE] after taking pictures.

For resetting the birthday setting, use [RESET] in the [SETUP] menu. (P24)

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Panasonic DMCFX9K, DMCFX9S, DMC-FX9PP operating instructions Age display setting, Birthday setting

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