Useful features for travel

[Travel Date]

If you set your travel schedule and record pictures, which day of your trip the picture was recorded will be recorded.

ŶRecording Mode:

Recording only. (Cannot set.)

Select [Travel Date] from [Setup] menu (

17)

Select [Travel Setup] with Ÿź, and then press [MENU/SET]

Select [SET] with Ÿź, and then press [MENU/SET]

Select the departure date with ŸźŻŹ, and then press [MENU/SET]

Set the return date in the same way

For [Setup] menu setting procedures ( 17)

[World Time]

Set the recording date and time with the local time at your destination.

ŶRecording Mode:

Select [World Time] from the [Setup] menu ( 17)

[Please set the home area] will be displayed when setting for the first time. In this case, press [MENU/SET] and skip to step .

ŶSet home area

ŶSet destination area

Select [Home]

Select [Destination]

Set your home area

Set destination area

ŶTo record [Location]

Select [Location] from the [Travel Date] menu ( 17)

Select [SET] and press [MENU/SET]

Enter your destination

• Entering text ( 84)

ƔThe travel date is calculated from the set departure date and the date set in the camera’s clock. When destination is set in [World Time], days elapsed are calculated

Current time

• To cancel

Press

[ / ].

Difference with GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) City/area name

Current time at selected destination

• To cancel

Press

[ / ].

Difference with home time City/area name

based on local destination time.

ƔWhen [Travel Setup] is set to [OFF], the number of days elapsed is not recorded. It is not displayed even if [Travel Setup] is set to [SET] after recording.

ƔIf settings are made before departure date, number of days to departure are displayed in orange with a minus sign (but not recorded).

ƔWhen [Travel Date] is displayed in white with a minus sign, the [Home] date is one day ahead of the [Destination] date due to the difference in time zones (this is recorded).

ƔTo print the number of days that have passed or the location, either use [Text Stamp] or print using the software “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” on the supplied CD-ROM.

If actual destination is unavailable, select based on “difference with home time”.

ŶUpon your return

Go through steps and on the upper left, and return to the original time.

ŶTo set/release summer time

Press Ÿ in step . (Press again to release)

ƔWhen summer time is set, the current time is advanced by 1 hour. If the setting is canceled, the time automatically returns to the current time.

ƔStill pictures and motion pictures recorded after you have specified the destination are

labeled (destination) during playback.

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Panasonic DMCZS8K manual Useful features for travel, Travel Date, World Time

DMCZS8K specifications

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