Panasonic VQT2Y96 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................5
Standard Accessories ...............................7
Names of the Components .......................8
Operating the Rear Dial ..........................11
Attaching the Lens Cap/
Shoulder Strap ........................................12
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................14
Preparation
Charging the Battery ...............................15
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures..........18
Inserting and Removing
the Card (optional)/the Battery................20
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........22
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................24
• Changing the clock setting................25
Setting the Menu.....................................26
• Setting menu items ...........................27
• Using the quick menu .......................29
About the Setup Menu ............................30
Basic
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and record
still picture or motion picture ...................40
• Taking the still picture .......................42
• Recording the motion picture............42
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ..............44
• Scene Detection................................45
• AF Tracking Function........................46
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......47
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Program AE Mode)...................49
• Focusing ...........................................50
• 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) .....................................50
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......51
• Program shift.....................................52
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................53
Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom
.......................53
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................56
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................57
• Using the Playback Zoom .................58
• Enlarge the focus point
(display focus point)..........................59
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode.....59
Deleting Pictures.....................................60
• To delete a single picture..................60
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures...............................61
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder..........62
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
.....66
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.......................................66
Taking Close-up Pictures........................71
• [AF MACRO] ....................................72
• [MACRO ZOOM] ..............................72
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........73
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer.........75
Compensating the Exposure...................76
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........77
Setting the Light Sensitivity.....................78
Taking pictures by specifying the aperture/
shutter speed
............................................80
• Aperture-Priority AE .........................80
• Shutter-Priority AE ...........................80
Taking picture by setting the exposure
manually..................................................81
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed .........82
Taking pictures while adjusting color
(My Color Mode)......................................83
• Adjusting the custom settings to
achieve desired effects .....................85
Taking expressive portraits and landscape
pictures (Advanced Scene Mode)
..............86
• [PORTRAIT]......................................87
• [SCENERY].......................................88
• [SPORTS] .........................................88
• [CLOSE-UP]......................................89
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT]..........................90