Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH24 Owner's Manual page 2

Contents
Recording
Before Use
Care of the camera ................................... 4
Standard Accessories ............................... 5
Names of the Components ....................... 6
Preparation
Charging the Battery ................................. 9
• Charging ............................................. 9
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures .......... 11
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery ............................... 13
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........ 16
• Approximate number of recordable
pictures and available recording
time ................................................... 18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................. 19
• Changing the Clock Setting .............. 20
Basic
Selecting the [Rec] Mode ........................ 21
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............. 22
• Tips for taking good pictures ............. 23
• Changing the settings ...................... 23
• Scene Detection ................................ 24
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Normal Picture Mode) ............... 25
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) ....... 25
Focusing .................................................. 26
Playing Back Pictures ([Normal Play])....28
Motion Picture Mode ............................... 30
Playing Back Motion Pictures .................. 32
Deleting Pictures ..................................... 33
• To delete a single picture .................. 33
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures .............................. 33
Setting the Menu ..................................... 35
• Setting menu items ........................... 35
• Using the Quick Menu ....................... 36
About the Setup Menu ............................ 37
About the LCD Monitor ............................ 42
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ................ 43
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom ...................... 43
• Using the Easy zoom _["_'_'R_I
I_r_'_ ...................................... 45
Taking Pictures Using the Built-in
Flash ........................................................ 47
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting ............................................... 47
Taking Close-up Pictures ([AF Macro]/
[Macro Zoom]) ......................................... 51
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer .......... 52
Compensating the Exposure ................... 53
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene Mode) ................. 54
• Selecting Scene Mode for each
recording (Scene Mode) ................... 54
• Registering frequently used Scene
Modes (My Scene Mode) .................. 55
[Portrait] ............................................ 56
[Soft Skin] ......................................... 56
[Transform] ....................................... 56
[Self Portrait] .................................... 57
[Scenery] .......................................... 57
[Panorama Assist] ............................ 58
[Sports] ............................................. 59
[Night Portrait] .................................. 59
[Night Scenery] ................................. 59
[Food] .............................................. 60
[Party] ............................................... 60
[Candle Light] ................................... 60
[Babyl]/[Baby2] ................................ 61
[Pet] .................................................. 62
[Sunset] ............................................ 62
[High Sens.] ...................................... 62
[Hi-Speed Burst] ............................... 63
[Flash Burst] ..................................... 64
[Starry Sky] ....................................... 64
[Fireworks] ........................................ 65
[Beach] ............................................. 65
[Snow] .............................................. 65
[Aerial Photo] .................................... 65
[Pin Hole] .......................................... 66
[Film Grain] ....................................... 66
[High Dynamic] ................................. 66
[Photo Frame] .................................. 67
Useful Functions at Travel
Destinations ............................................. 68
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