Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ18 Operating Instructions Manual page 163

∫ Playback
1: The picture being played back is
rotated and displayed in an unexpected
direction.
The camera has a function that
automatically rotates the display of pictures
recorded holding the camera vertically. (If
you take pictures when aiming the camera
up or down, the camera may recognise that
it is being held vertically.)
• You can display the pictures without being
rotated when [ROTATE DISP.]
set to [OFF].
• You can rotate pictures with the [ROTATE]
function. (P125)
2: The picture is not played back.
• Is the mode dial set to playback [
• Is there a picture on the built-in memory or
the card?
The pictures on the built-in memory
appears when a card is not inserted. The
picture data on the card appears when a
card is inserted.
3: The folder number and the file number
are displayed as [—] and the screen
turns black.
• Is the picture edited with a PC or recorded
with a digital camera from another
manufacturer?
This may also happen if the battery is
removed immediately after recording or if
recording with a exhausted battery.
– Format the data to delete the pictures
mentioned above.
irretrievably deletes all data including the
other pictures. Check the data carefully
before formatting.)
(P125)
(P18)
(P140) (Formatting
Others
4: The picture is displayed with a date
different from the actual recording date
in calendar playback.
• Was the picture edited with a PC or
recorded with a digital camera from
another manufacturer?
This kind of picture may be displayed with
a date different from the actual recording
date in calendar playback.
• Is the clock in the camera set properly?
(P19)
For example, if the clock setting on the
is
camera is different from the date and time
set on the PC and you acquire pictures
recorded with the camera to the PC and
then write them back to the card, the
pictures may be displayed with dates
different from the actual recording dates in
]?
calendar playback etc.
5: White round spots like soap bubbles
appear on the recorded picture.
• If you take a
picture with the
flash in a dark
place or indoors,
white orbs may
appear in the
picture because the flash reflects off
particles of dust in the air. This is not a
malfunction. This is identifiable from the
number of round spots and their locations,
which will differ in every picture.
• A characteristic of this is that the number
of round spots and their position differ in
every picture.
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(P114)