Taking Pictures With The Zoom; Using The Optical Zoom/Using The Extended Optical Zoom (Ez); Vqt1B86 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30 Operating Instructions Manual

Basic
Press 3.
• When the backlight compensation
function is activated, [
(compensating backlight ON indication
A) appears. Press 3 again to cancel
this function.
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BACKLIGHT
• We recommend using the flash when you
use the backlight compensation function.
(The flash is fixed to Forced ON [
• The flash setting is fixed to AUTO/Red-eye
reduction [ ] when the backlight
compensation function is set to [OFF].
Taking Pictures with
the Zoom
Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)
You can make people and objects appear
closer and landscapes can be recorded in
wide angle with the 3.6k optical zoom.
(35 mm film camera equivalent 28 mm to
100 mm) To make subjects appear even
closer (maximum of 5.3k), do not set the
picture size to the highest setting for each
aspect ratio ( /
∫ To make subjects appear closer use
(Tele)
Rotate the zoom lever towards
Tele.
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BACKLIGHT
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/ ).
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∫ To make subjects appear further away
use (Wide)
Rotate the zoom lever towards
Wide.
W
∫ Picture size and maximum zoom
magnification
(±: Available, —: Not available)
Aspect
Picture size
ratio
(P25, 61)
(P60)
/ (7M)
(6M)
(5.5M)
(5M EZ)
(3M EZ)
(2M EZ)
(1M EZ)
/
(0.3M EZ)
/
(2.5M EZ)
(2M EZ)
∫ Extended optical zoom mechanism
When you set the picture size to [
(3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 7M (7 million
pixels) CCD area is cropped to the center
3M (3 million pixels) area, allowing a
picture with a higher zoom effect.
• The optical zoom is set to Wide (1k)
when the camera is turned on.
• If you use the zoom function after focusing
on the subject, focus on the subject again.
• The lens barrel (P9) extends or retracts
according to the zoom position. Take care
not to interrupt the motion of the lens
barrel while the zoom lever is rotated.
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Maximum
Extended
zoom
optical
magnification
zoom
(Tele)
3.6k —
±
4.3k
±
5.3k
]