Table Of Contents - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety . . . . . . . . . . .2
About These Operating Instructions . . . . .6
Preparation
Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . .10
Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Charging the Battery with the Charger . .13
About the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Inserting/Removing the Battery . . . . . . .15
Inserting/Removing the Card . . . . . . . . .16
About the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Approximate number of recordable
pictures and the size . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap . . . . . . . .21
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) . . . . . . . .22
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
About the LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Recording pictures (basic)
Taking Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode . . . . . . . .35
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Taking Pictures using the
Built-in Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer . . . . .44
Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . .45
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket . . . .46
Optical Image Stabilizer
[STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode . . . . .48
Playback (basic)
Playing Back Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
9/16/25 Pictures Multi Playback . . . . . . .50
Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . .51
Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Recording pictures (advanced)
Using the Mode Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
• Aperture-priority AE . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
• Shutter-priority AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
• Manual exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
• Motion picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
• Scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
- Portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
- Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
- Food mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
- Scenery mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
- Night portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . 64
- Night scenery mode . . . . . . . . . . 64
- Baby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
- Soft skin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
- Candle light mode . . . . . . . . . . . 66
- Party mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
- Fireworks mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
- Snow mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
- Starry sky mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
- Self portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the [REC] mode menu . . . . . . . . 70
• White Balance [W.BALANCE] . . . . 71
• ISO Sensitivity [SENSITIVITY] . . . . 73
• Picture Size [PICT.SIZE] . . . . . . . . 73
• Quality [QUALITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
• Audio Recording [AUDIO REC.] . . . 75
• Metering Mode
[METERING MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
• AF Mode [AF MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . 76
• Continuous AF [CONT.AF] . . . . . . . 77
• AF Assist Lamp
[AF ASSIST LAMP] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
• Digital Zoom [D.ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . 78
• Color Effect [COL.EFFECT] . . . . . . 78
• Picture Adjustment [PICT.ADJ.] . . . 79
• Flip Animation [FLIP ANIM.] . . . . . . 79
Using the Quick setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus . . . 83
AF/AE Lock (AF: Auto focus/AE: Auto
exposure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
AF Macro mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting the aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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