Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS12 Operating Instructions Manual page 140

The folder number and the file number are displayed as [—] and the screen turns
black.
• Is this a non-standard picture, a picture which has been edited using a PC or a picture which
was taken by another maker of digital cameras?
• Did you remove the battery immediately after picture-taking or did you take the picture using a
battery with a low remaining charge?
> Format the data to delete the pictures mentioned above.
(Other pictures will be deleted as well and it will not be possible to restore them.
Therefore, check well before formatting.)
With a calendar search, pictures display dates differing from the actual dates on
which the pictures were taken.
• Is the clock in the camera set properly?
• When pictures edited using a PC or pictures taken by other equipment are searched, they may
display dates differing from the actual dates on which the pictures were taken.
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
round spots may appear on the picture caused by the flash reflecting off
of particles of dust in the air. This is not a malfunction.
A characteristic of this is that the number of round spots and their
position differ in every picture.
Red part of the recorded image has changed color to black.
• When the flash is set to red-eye reduction ([
subject with a red color surrounded by a skin tone color elsewhere in the picture, that red part
may be corrected to black by the digital red-eye reduction function.
> It is recommended to take picture with flash mode set to [ ‡ ], [ ‰ ], or [ Œ ].
[THUMBNAIL IS DISPLAYED] appears on the screen.
• Is it a picture that has been recorded with other equipment? In such cases, these pictures may
be displayed with a deteriorated picture quality.
The sound of the recorded motion pictures sometimes breaks up.
• This unit automatically adjusts the aperture during motion picture recording. At such times, the
sound may break up. This is not a malfunction.
Others
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