Panasonic DMCLX3K, DMC LX 3 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	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)	19
• Changing the clock setting	20
Setting the Menu	20
• Setting menu items	21
• Using the quick menu	23
About the Setup Menu	23
Selecting the [REC] Mode	29
• Select the Aspect Ratio	31
Basic
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Program AE mode)	32
• Focusing	33

•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)	33
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)	34
• Direction detection function	34
• Enlarge the focus point at the
center (display focus point)	34
• Program shift	34
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode)	35
• Scene detection	36
• AF Tracking Function	37
• About the flash	37
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode	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)	40
• 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		44
Taking Pictures using the
Built-in Flash		46
• Switching to the appropriate flash
	setting	46
Taking Close-up Pictures		49
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer		50
Compensating the Exposure		51
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket/
Multi Aspect		52
• Auto Bracket		52
• Multi Aspect		53
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode		54
Taking pictures by specifying the
aperture/shutter speed		55
• Aperture-priority AE		55
• Shutter-priority AE		55
Taking picture by setting the exposure
manually		56
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed		57
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus		58
• MF ASSIST		58
Registering Personal Menu Settings
(Registering custom settings)		60
Taking pictures in Custom mode		61
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode)		62
• * [PORTRAIT]		62
• + [SOFT SKIN]		63
• 0 [SELF PORTRAIT]		63
• , [SCENERY]		63
• - [SPORTS]		64
• . [NIGHT PORTRAIT]		64
• / [NIGHT SCENERY]		64
• 1 [FOOD]		64
• 2 [PARTY]		65
• 3 [CANDLE LIGHT]		65
• : [BABY1]/; [BABY2]		65
• í [PET]		66
• ï [SUNSET]		66
• 9 [HIGH SENS.]		66
• ô [HI-SPEED BURST]		66
•	[FLASH BURST]	67
• 5 [STARRY SKY]		67
• 4 [FIREWORKS]		68
• 6 [BEACH]		68
• 8 [SNOW]		68

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