Panasonic DMC-FP8 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................4
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names of the Components .......................7
Preparation
Charging the Battery .................................9
• About the Battery (charging/
number of recordable pictures).........12
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...............................14
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........16
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................18
• Changing the clock setting................19
Setting the Menu.....................................20
• Setting menu items ...........................21
• Using the quick menu .......................23
About the Setup Menu ............................24
Selecting the [REC] Mode.......................30
Basic
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ..............32
• Scene detection ................................34
• AF Tracking Function........................35
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......36
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Normal Picture Mode)...............37
• Focusing ...........................................38
• 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)...................38
• Preventing jitter (camera shake).......39
• Direction detection function...............39
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................40
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Digital Zoom .....................40
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................42
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................43
• Using the Playback Zoom.................44
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode.....44
Deleting Pictures.....................................45
• To delete a single picture..................45
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures ..............................45
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor............................47
Taking Pictures using the
Built-in Flash............................................49
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.......................................49
Taking Close-up Pictures........................54
• [AF MACRO] ....................................54
• [MACRO ZOOM]..............................55
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........56
Compensating the Exposure...................57
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........58
Taking pictures that match the
scene being recorded (Scene Mode)......59
• Registering scenes in Scene Mode
(My Scene Mode)..............................59
• Selecting the Scene Mode for
each recording (Scene Mode)...........60
• [PORTRAIT].....................................61
• [SOFT SKIN] ....................................61
• [TRANSFORM] ................................61
• [SELF PORTRAIT] ...........................62
• [SCENERY]......................................62
• [PANORAMA ASSIST].....................63
• [SPORTS] ........................................63
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT].........................64
• [NIGHT SCENERY]..........................64
• [FOOD].............................................64
• [PARTY] ...........................................65
• [CANDLE LIGHT].............................65
• [BABY1]/[BABY2].............................66
• [PET] ................................................67
• [SUNSET].........................................67
• [HIGH SENS.] ..................................67
• [HI-SPEED BURST].........................68
• [FLASH BURST] ..............................69
• [STARRY SKY] ................................70
• [FIREWORKS] .................................70
• [BEACH]...........................................71
• [SNOW]............................................71
• [AERIAL PHOTO].............................71
• [PIN HOLE] ......................................72
• [FILM GRAIN]...................................72
• [HIGH DYNAMIC].............................73
• [PHOTO FRAME].............................73
Motion Picture Mode ...............................74
Taking a picture with Face Recognition
function....................................................77
• Face Settings ....................................78
• Auto Registration...............................82
• Sensitivity..........................................83
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations..84
• Recording which Day of the
Vacation You Take the Picture .........84