Panasonic DMCFZ40K, VQT2Y96 operating instructions Contents

Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide	5
Standard Accessories	7
Names of the Components	8
Operating the Rear Dial	11
Attaching the Lens Cap/
Shoulder Strap	12
Attaching the Lens Hood	14
Preparation
Charging the Battery	15
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures	18
Inserting and Removing
the Card (optional)/the Battery	20
About the Built-in Memory/the Card	22
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)	24
• Changing the clock setting	25
Setting the Menu	26
• Setting menu items	27
• Using the quick menu	29
About the Setup Menu	30
Basic
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and record
still picture or motion picture	40
• Taking the still picture	42
• Recording the motion picture	42
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode)	44
• Scene Detection	45
• AF Tracking Function	46
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode	47
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Program AE Mode)	49
• Focusing	50
• 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)	50
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)	51
• Program shift	52

Taking Pictures with the Zoom 53

•Using the Optical Zoom/

Using the Extended Optical zoom (EZ)/

	Using the Intelligent Zoom/
	Using the Digital Zoom	53
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY])		56
• Displaying Multiple Screens
	(Multi Playback)	57
• Using the Playback Zoom		58
• Enlarge the focus point
	(display focus point)	59
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode		59
Deleting Pictures		60
• To delete a single picture		60
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
	or all the pictures	61
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder		62
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash		66
• Switching to the appropriate
	flash setting	66
Taking Close-upPictures		71
• [AF MACRO]		72
• [MACRO ZOOM]		72
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus		73
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer		75
Compensating the Exposure		76
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket		77
Setting the Light Sensitivity		78
Taking pictures by specifying the aperture/
shutter speed		80
•	Aperture-Priority AE	80
•	Shutter-PriorityAE	80
Taking picture by setting the exposure
manually		81
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed		82
Taking pictures while adjusting color
(My Color Mode)		83
• Adjusting the custom settings to
	achieve desired effects	85
Taking expressive portraits and landscape
pictures (Advanced Scene Mode)		86
• [PORTRAIT]		87
• [SCENERY]		88
• [SPORTS]		88
• [CLOSE-UP]		89
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT]		90

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