Table Of Contents - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ4 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................. 19
Attaching the Lens Hood ........................ 20
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 22
About the Setup Menu ............................ 23
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ......... 27
Recording pictures (basic)
Taking Pictures ....................................... 30
Taking Pictures in Simple Mode ............. 35
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review) .............................................. 38
Using the Optical Zoom .......................... 39
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.......................... 47
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode .......... 48
Playback (basic)
Playing Back Pictures ............................. 50
9 Pictures Multi Playback........................ 51
Using the Playback Zoom .......................52
Deleting Pictures..................................... 53
Recording pictures (advanced)
Using the Mode Dial ............................... 55
• Aperture-priority AE .......................... 55
• Shutter-priority AE ............................ 56
• Manual exposure .............................. 57
• Macro mode...................................... 60
• Motion image mode .......................... 61
• Scene mode...................................... 63
- Portrait mode ................................. 64
- Sports mode .................................. 64
- Scenery mode ............................... 65
- Night scenery mode....................... 65
- Night portrait mode ........................ 66
- Panning mode ............................... 66
- Fireworks mode ............................. 67
- Party mode .................................... 68
- Snow mode.................................... 69
Recording Menu Settings
Using the [REC] mode menu .................. 70
• White Balance [W.BALANCE] .......... 71
• ISO Sensitivity [SENSITIVITY] ......... 73
• Picture Size [PICT.SIZE] .................. 74
• Quality [QUALITY] ............................ 74
• Audio Recording [AUDIO REC.]
(DMC-FZ5 only)................................ 75
• Metering Mode
[METERING MODE]......................... 75
• AF Mode [AF MODE]........................ 76
• Continuous AF [CONT.AF] ............... 77
• AF Trigger [AF TRIGGER] ................ 77
• AF Assist Lamp
[AF ASSIST LAMP] .......................... 78
• Digital Zoom [D.ZOOM] .................... 79
• Color Effect [COL.EFFECT].............. 80
• Picture Adjustment [PICT.ADJ.]........ 80
• Flip Animation [FLIP ANIM.] ............. 80
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