Panasonic DMC-FX38 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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VQT1S07
Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety.......................2
Quick Guide..............................................7
Standard Accessories...............................8
Names of the Components .......................9
Preparation
Charging the Battery...............................11
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) ................................12
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery ..............................13
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........14
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 favourite
settings (·: Normal picture mode)......... 28
• Focusing ...........................................28
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the centre
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 Extra 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 ....33
Deleting Pictures.....................................33
• To delete a single picture..................33
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures..............34
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] .......................................47
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
Motion Picture Mode...............................53
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations
..... 55
• Recording which Day of the
Vacation You Take the Picture.........55
• Recording Dates/Times at Overseas
Travel Destinations (World Time).....56
Using the [REC] Mode Menu ..................58
@ [PICTURE SIZE]........................... 58
A [QUALITY]...................................59
? [ASPECT RATIO] .......................59
[INTELLIGENT ISO]....................59
> [SENSITIVITY]............................60
= [WHITE BALANCE] ....................60
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