Panasonic DMC-FS3 Digital Camera User Manual


 
Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety ....................... 2
Quick Guide .............................................. 8
Standard Accessories ............................... 9
Names of the Components ..................... 10
Preparation
Charging the Battery ............................... 12
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) ................................ 13
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery .............................. 14
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........ 15
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 16
Changing the clock setting
(In normal picture mode) .................. 17
Setting the Menu ..................................... 18
Setting menu items ........................... 19
Using the quick menu ....................... 21
About the Setup Menu ............................ 21
Selecting the [REC] Mode ...................... 26
Basic
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (r_: Intelligent Auto Mode) ........ 27
Scene detection ................................ 28
The Backlight Compensation ............ 28
About the flash .................................. 29
Settings in intelligent auto mode ....... 29
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (1";I:Normal picture mode) ......... 30
Focusing ........................................... 30
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) .............................. 31
Preventing jitter (camera shake) ....... 31
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 32
Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/Using
the Digital Zoom ............................... 32
Using the Easy zoom ........................ 33
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) .................................. 34
Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi
Playback) .......................................... 35
Using the Playback Zoom ................. 35
Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode .... 36
Deleting Pictures ..................................... 36
To delete a single picture .................. 36
To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures .............. 37
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor ........................... 38
Taking Pictures using the
Built-in Flash ........................................... 39
Switching to the appropriate flash
setting ............................................... 39
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................ 43
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 44
Compensating the Exposure .................. 45
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........ 46
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (_1_: Scene mode) ....... 47
[] [PORTRAIT] ............................... 47
[] [SOFT SKIN] .............................. 48
[] [SELF PORTRAIT] ..................... 48
[] [SCENERY] ................................ 49
[] [SPORTS] .................................. 49
_ [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ................... 49
[] [NIGHT SCENERY] ................... 49
[] [FOOD] ...................................... 50
[] [PARTY] ..................................... 50
[] [CANDLE LIGHT] ....................... 50
[] [BABY1]/[] [BABY2] ................ 50
_ [PET] .......................................... 51
•_ [SUNSET] .................................. 51
_'{_ [HIGH SENS.] ............................ 52
D [HI-SPEED BURST] ................... 52
[] [STARRY SKY] .......................... 53
[] [FIREWORKS] ........................... 53
[] [BEACH] ..................................... 54
_ [SNOW] ...................................... 54
[] [AERIAL PHOTO] ...................... 54
[] [UNDERWATER] ....................... 54
Motion Picture Mode ............................... 55
Useful Functions at Travel
Destinations ............................................ 57
Recording which Day of the
Vacation You Take the Picture ......... 57
Recording Dates/Times at Overseas
Travel Destinations (World Time)..._ 58
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