Panasonic DMCFZ28K, DMC FZ 28 operating instructions Contents

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety	2
Quick Guide	8
Standard Accessories	9
Names of the Components	10
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap	12
Attaching the Lens Hood	13
Preparation
Charging the Battery	15
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures)	16
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery	17
About the Built-in Memory/the Card	18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)	20
• Changing the clock setting	20
Setting the Menu	21
• Setting menu items	22
• Using the quick menu	23
About the Setup Menu	24
Selecting the [REC] Mode	30
Basic
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode)	32
• Scene detection	33
• AF Tracking Function	33
• About the flash	34
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode	34
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Program AE mode)	35
• Focusing	36

•When the subject is not in focus (such as when it is not in the center of the composition of the

picture you want to take)	36
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)	37
• Direction detection function	37
• Enlarge the focus point (display
focus point)	37
• Program shift	37
Taking Pictures with the Zoom	38
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/Using
the Digital Zoom	38
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY])	40
• Confirm the picture in [REC] mode
(Review)	41
• Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi
Playback)	41
• Using the Playback Zoom	41
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode ....	42

Deleting Pictures		42
• To delete a single picture		42
• To delete multiple pictures
	(up to 50) or all the pictures	43
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder		44
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash		46
• Switching to the appropriate flash
	setting	46
Taking Close-up Pictures		51
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer		52
Compensating the Exposure		53
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket/
Color Bracket		54
• Auto Bracket		54
• Color Bracket		54
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode		55
Taking pictures by specifying the
aperture/shutter speed		56
• Aperture-priority AE		56
• Shutter-priority AE		57
Taking picture by setting the exposure
manually		57
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed		58
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus		59
• MF ASSIST		60
Registering Personal Menu Settings
(Registering custom settings)		61
Taking pictures in Custom mode		62
Taking expressive portraits and
landscape pictures
(Advanced scene mode)		63
• [PORTRAIT]		63
• [SCENERY]		64
• [SPORTS]		65
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT]		65
• [CLOSE-UP]		66
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode)		66
• 2 [PARTY]		67
• 3 [CANDLE LIGHT]		67
• : [BABY1]/; [BABY2]		68
• í [PET]		68
• ï [SUNSET]		69
• 9 [HIGH SENS.]		69
• ô [HI-SPEED BURST]		69
•	[FLASH BURST]	70
•	[PANNING]	70
• 5 [STARRY SKY]		71
• 4 [FIREWORKS]		72
• 6 [BEACH]		72
• 8 [SNOW]		73
• 7 [AERIAL PHOTO]		73
•	[PIN HOLE]	73
•	[FILM GRAIN]	73

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