Panasonic DMC-FX500 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety............................2
Quick Guide ...................................................8
Standard Accessories....................................9
Names of the Components ..........................10
How to Use the Touch Panel .......................12
• What can be done
by touch operation ................................13
Preparation
Charging the Battery....................................14
About the Battery
(charging/number of
recordable pictures).....................................15
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery....................................16
About the Built-in Memory/the Card.............17
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) .....................18
• Changing the clock setting
(In program AE mode)...........................19
Setting the Menu..........................................20
• Setting menu items................................21
• Using the quick menu............................22
About the Setup Menu .................................23
Selecting the [REC] Mode............................28
Basic
Taking pictures using
t
he automatic function
(ñ: Intelligent Auto Mode)...........................29
• Scene detection.....................................30
• The Backlight Compensation.................30
• About the flash.......................................31
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode ...........31
Taking pictures with
your favorite settings
(³: 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)............33
Taking Pictures with the Zoom.....................34
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Digital Zoom..........................34
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]).......................................36
• Using the Touch Zoom ..........................36
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode .........37
Deleting Pictures..........................................38
• To delete a single picture ......................38
To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures
................38
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor ...............................40
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash ..........................................42
• Switching to
the appropriate flash setting..................42
Taking Close-up Pictures.............................45
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ..............46
Taking Pictures with Focus and
Exposure Set on Subject
(Touch AF/AE) .............................................47
Taking Pictures with Set Aperture
(±: Aperture-priority AE) .............................48
Taking Pictures with Set Shutter Speed
(´: Shutter-priority AE) ...............................49
Taking Pictures with
Exposure Set Manually
(²: Manual exposure) .................................50
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed..............51
Compensating the Exposure........................52
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket.............53
Taking pictures that match
the scene being recorded
(¿: Scene mode).........................................54
* [PORTRAIT].....................................54
+ [SOFT SKIN]....................................55
0 [SELF PORTRAIT]...........................55
, [SCENERY] .....................................55
- [SPORTS]........................................55
. [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ........................56
/ [NIGHT SCENERY] .........................56
1 [FOOD] ...........................................56
2 [PARTY]...........................................56
3 [CANDLE LIGHT].............................57
: [BABY1]/; [BABY2].......................57
í [PET]................................................58
ï [SUNSET] ........................................58
9 [HIGH SENS.]..................................58
ô [HI-SPEED BURST].........................59
5 [STARRY SKY]................................59
4 [FIREWORKS].................................60
6 [BEACH] ..........................................60
8 [SNOW]............................................60
7 [AERIAL PHOTO] ............................60
Motion Picture Mode....................................61
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations ......63
• Recording which Day of
the Vacation You Take the Picture........63
• Recording Dates/
Times at Overseas
Travel Destinations (World Time)..........64
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