Panasonic DMC-FX37 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
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 ............... 17
Setting the Menu.....................................17
• Setting menu items........................... 18
• Using the quick menu....................... 19
About the Setup Menu............................ 20
Selecting the [REC] Mode ...................... 24
Basic
Taking pictures using
the automatic function
(ñ: Intelligent Auto Mode)...................... 25
• Scene detection................................ 26
• AF Tracking Function ....................... 26
• About the flash.................................. 27
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode ...... 27
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (·: Normal picture mode)......... 28
• Focusing........................................... 28
• 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).............................. 29
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 29
• Direction detection function .............. 29
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 30
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended optical zoom
(EZ)/Using the Digital Zoom ............. 30
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]).................................. 31
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback)................................ 32
• Using the Playback Zoom................. 32
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode .... 32
Deleting Pictures..................................... 33
• To delete a single picture.................. 33
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures.............. 33
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor ........................... 35
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash..................................... 37
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting............................................... 37
Taking Close-up Pictures........................ 40
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 41
Compensating the Exposure .................. 42
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket........43
Taking pictures that match
the scene being recorded
(¿: Scene mode) ...................................44
* [PORTRAIT]................................ 44
+ [SOFT SKIN]............................... 45
[TRANSFORM] ........................... 45
0 [SELF PORTRAIT]......................45
, [SCENERY] ................................ 46
- [SPORTS]...................................46
. [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ...................46
/ [NIGHT SCENERY] .................... 46
1 [FOOD] ....................................... 46
2 [PARTY]...................................... 47
3 [CANDLE LIGHT]........................ 47
: [BABY1]/; [BABY2].................. 47
í [PET]........................................... 48
ï [SUNSET] ................................... 48
9 [HIGH SENS.]............................. 48
ô [HI-SPEED BURST].................... 49
[FLASH BURST] ......................... 49
5 [STARRY SKY] ........................... 50
4 [FIREWORKS] ............................ 50
6 [BEACH] ..................................... 50
8 [SNOW]....................................... 51
7 [AERIAL PHOTO] .......................51
[PIN HOLE] ................................. 51
[FILM GRAIN] ............................. 52
< [UNDERWATER] ........................ 52