[Af Assist Lamp]; [Red-Eye Removal]; [Stabilizer]; [Date Stamp] - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS8 Basic Owner's Manual

Using the [Rec] menu

[AF Assist Lamp]

Illuminates lamp when dark to facilitate focus alignment.
Recording Mode:
Settings: [ON] : Lamp illuminated with halfway press of shutter
button ( and larger AF area displayed)
[OFF] : Lamp off (taking pictures of animals in dark, etc.)
The AF Assist Lamp has an effective distance of 1.5 m (4.92 feet).
• Do not block the lamp with your fingers or look at it from close
range.
The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following Scene Modes.
[Self Portrait], [Scenery], [Night Scenery], [Sunset], [Fireworks],
[Aerial Photo], [Underwater]

[Red-Eye Removal]

Automatically detects red-eye and corrects still picture data when recording with flash
Red-Eye Reduction ( ).
Recording Mode:
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
This setting will work only when [AF Mode] is
The red-eye effect may not be corrected under certain conditions.
When the function setting is [ON], a
Automatically detects and prevents jitter.
Recording Mode:
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
Setting fixed to [ON] in [Self Portrait] and [OFF] in [Starry Sky] Scene Modes.
Cases where Optical Image Stabilizer may be ineffective:
Heavy jitter, high zoom ratio (also in the Digital Zoom range), fast-moving objects,
indoors or in dark locations (due to low shutter speed)
This is fixed at [ON] during motion picture recording.
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AF Assist Lamp
(Face Detection).
appears with the flash icon.

[Stabilizer]

For [Rec] menu setting procedures ( 17)

[Date Stamp]

Still pictures can be taken with the recording date and time stamped on the still picture.
Recording Mode:
Settings: [W/O TIME]/[WITH TIME]/[OFF]
Date stamps on still pictures cannot be erased.
The date is not stamped when [Burst] is set or when [Panorama Assist], [Hi-Speed
Burst] or [Flash Burst] Scene Modes is set.
Do not request date printing in store or make date printing on printer for still pictures
with date stamps. (Date printing may be overlapping.)

[Clock Set]

Set the clock. Same function as that in [Setup] menu.
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