Basic Shooting Operation; Taking Still Pictures; Recording Motion Pictures; Holding The Camera - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS6 Operating Instructions Manual

Basic shooting operation

Shutter button
Motion picture button
• Motion pictures can be recorded
immediately by pressing the
motion picture button.

Taking still pictures

Press the shutter button
Gently press the shutter button
Press halfway
(Adjust the focus)
Press and hold the shutter button
to take the picture
Press fully
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Turn on the power
Set to
: Still pictures and motion
pictures can be taken.
: The captured still pictures
and motion pictures can be
played back.
Set to the desired Recording Mode
Set to the mode you plan to use
Aim the camera and shoot

Recording motion pictures

Press the motion picture button
Press the motion picture button to
start recording
Press the motion picture button
again to finish recording
• Motion pictures cannot be recorded in
([CLIPBOARD] Mode). (→110)
Please set the Clock before shooting (→17).

Holding the camera

• Stand with your arms close to your body and with
AF Assist Lamp
your legs apart.
Flash
• Do not touch the lens.
• Do not block the microphone when recording audio.
(→9)
• Do not block the flash or the lamp. Do not look at it
from close range.
• Make sure that the camera does not move at the
moment the shutter button is pressed.

Mode dial

[INTELLIGENT AUTO]
Mode
[PROGRAM AE] Mode
[APERTURE-PRIORITY]
Mode
[SHUTTER-PRIORITY]
Mode
[MANUAL EXPOSURE]
Mode
[CUSTOM] Mode
[MY SCN MODE]
∗
∗ Sometimes referred to as
∗
in this manual.
[SCENE MODE]
[CLIPBOARD] Mode
Take pictures with automatic settings (→34).
Record pictures with your own settings. (→37)
Determine aperture, then record pictures.
(→56)
Determine shutter speed, then record
pictures. (→57)
Determine aperture and shutter speed, then
record pictures. (→58)
Record pictures using pre-registered settings.
(→59)
Take pictures in frequently-used Scene
Modes (→71).
Take pictures according to scene (→61).
Take pictures as memos (→110).
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