Table Of Contents - Panasonic DMCFZ100 - DIGITAL STILL CAMERA Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................5
Standard Accessories ...............................7
Names of the Components .......................8
Rotating the LCD monitor........................11
Operating the Rear Dial ..........................12
Attaching the Lens Cap/Shoulder Strap....13
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................15
Preparation
Charging the Battery ...............................16
• Approximate recording time and
number of recordable pictures ..........19
Inserting and Removing
the Card (optional)/the Battery ................21
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........23
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................25
• Changing the clock setting ................26
Setting the Menu .....................................27
• Setting menu items ...........................28
• Using the quick menu .......................30
About the Setup Menu ............................31
Holding and using your camera ..............41
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and record
still picture or motion picture ...................45
• Taking the still picture .......................47
• Recording the motion picture ............47
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ..............48
• Scene Detection................................49
• AF Tracking Function ........................50
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......51
Taking pictures with your
favorite settings (Program AE Mode) ......53
• Focusing ...........................................54
• 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) .....................................54
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......55
• Program shift.....................................56
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................57
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom........................57
Basic
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................60
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................61
• Using the Playback Zoom .................62
• Enlarge the focus point
(display focus point) ..........................63
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode .....63
Deleting Pictures .....................................64
• To delete a single picture ..................64
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 100)
or all the pictures ................................65
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ..........66
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash .....69
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting ...............................................69
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................74
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........75
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer.........77
Compensating the Exposure ...................78
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........79
Setting the Light Sensitivity .....................80
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode...........82
Taking pictures by specifying the aperture/
shutter speed............................................85
• Aperture-Priority AE .........................85
• Shutter-Priority AE ...........................85
Taking picture by setting the exposure
manually ..................................................86
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed .........87
Taking pictures while adjusting color
(My Color Mode)......................................88
• Adjusting the custom settings to
achieve desired effects .....................90
Taking expressive portraits and landscape
pictures (Advanced Scene Mode) ..............91
• [PORTRAIT] ......................................92
• [SCENERY] .......................................93
• [SPORTS] .........................................93
• [CLOSE-UP] ......................................94
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ..........................95
Taking pictures that match the scene being
recorded (Scene Mode) ............................96
• [PANORAMA ASSIST] ......................97
• [PARTY] ............................................98
• [CANDLE LIGHT] ..............................98
• [BABY1]/ [BABY2] .............................99
• [PET] ...............................................100
• [SUNSET]........................................100
• [HIGH SENS.] .................................100
• [FLASH BURST] .............................101
• [PANNING] ......................................102
• [STARRY SKY] ...............................103
• [FIREWORKS] ................................104
• [BEACH] ..........................................105
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