Inserting and removing the batteries

Remaining battery

Remaining battery

(flashes red)

If the battery mark flashes red, replace the batteries with new ones.

When you insert new batteries, one of the following messages will be displayed. ••[To use alkaline battery (LR6)]

••[To use nickel metal hydride battery]

If the type of new batteries is different from that indicated in the message, change the setting of [Battery] (→46) in the [Setup] menu.

Guidelines for number of recordable pictures and operating time

The number of recordable pictures or available operating time may vary according to surrounding environment and usage conditions. Figures may be reduced if flash, zoom, or other functions are used frequently, or in colder climates. (→19)

Recording still pictures (By CIPA standard)

Number of recordable pictures

Recording time

Supplied batteries or optional

Fully-charged Panasonic Ni-MH

batteries (optional, when the

Panasonic alkaline batteries

battery capacity is 1900 mAh)

 

Approx. 380 pictures

Approx. 540 pictures

 

 

Approx. 190 min

Approx. 270 min

Recording conditions by CIPA standard

CIPA is an abbreviation of [Camera & Imaging Products Association].

••[Program AE] Mode

••Temperature: 23 °C (73.4 °F)/Humidity: 50%RH when LCD monitor is on.

••Using a Panasonic SD Memory Card (32 MB).

••Starting recording 30 seconds after the camera is turned on (when the Image Stabilizer function is set to [ON]).

••Recording once every 30 seconds with full flash every second recording.

••Rotating the zoom lever from max. Tele to max. Wide or vice versa in every recording.

••Turning the camera off every 10 recordings and leaving it until the temperature of the batteries decreases.

Number reduced if intervals are longer (e.g. to approx. one quarter for 2-minute intervals under the above conditions).

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VQT4V99, DMCLZ30K specifications

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