Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300 Owner's Manual For Advanced Features page 345

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Monitor/viewfinder
The monitor/viewfinder is turned off although the camera is turned on.
• If no operations are performed during the set time period [Auto LVF/Monitor Off]
and the monitor/viewfinder turns off.
• When a hand or object is close to the eye sensor, the monitor display mode could be switched to
viewfinder display mode without your knowledge.
The screen is too bright/too dark.
• Check [Monitor Luminance] setting.
• Use [Monitor Display]/[Viewfinder] to adjust the brightness of the screen.
It may flicker for an instant or the brightness of the screen may change significantly for an
instant.
• This occurs due to the aperture of the lens changing when the shutter button is pressed halfway, or
when the brightness of the subject changes. This is not a malfunction.
Pictures do not show on the monitor.
• Viewfinder display mode is activated.
→ Press the [LVF] button to switch to the monitor display mode.
• Monitor is turned off.
→ Press the [DISP.] button to switch the display information.
Cannot switch between the monitor and viewfinder when pressing [LVF] button.
• When it is connected to a computer or printer, the camera can display pictures on the monitor only.
Black, white, red, blue and green dots appear on the Monitor/Viewfinder.
• This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures.
Noise appears on the monitor/viewfinder.
• In dark places, noise may appear to maintain the brightness of the monitor/viewfinder.
Unevenly bright parts or irregular colors appear on the Viewfinder.
• Viewfinder of this unit adopts OLED. Screen burn-in may occur on the screen/viewfinder when a
same image is displayed for a long period of time. This does not affect recorded pictures.
The color tone of the viewfinder differs from the actual tone.
• Being a characteristic of the viewfinder of this unit, this phenomenon is not a problem. This does
not affect recorded pictures.
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