Motion Picture Mode - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX55 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)

Motion Picture Mode

1 Press the shutter button halfway
to focus and then press it fully to
start recording.
A Audio recording
• The available recording time B is
displayed on the top right and the
elapsed recording time C is displayed
on the bottom right of the screen.
• When the subject is focused, the focus
indication lights.
• The focus, zoom and aperture value are
fixed to the setting when recording
starts (the first frame).
• The audio is also recorded
simultaneously from the built-in
microphone on this unit. (Motion
pictures cannot be recorded without
audio.)
• When using the stabilizer function, it is
fixed to [MODE1].
2 Press the shutter button fully to
stop recording.
• If the built-in memory or the card
becomes full in the middle of recording,
the camera stops recording
automatically.
∫ Changing the settings for the aspect
ratio and the picture quality
1 Press [MENU/SET].
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2 Move 3/4 to select
[ASPECT RATIO] and then move
1.
3 Move 3/4 to select the item and
then press [MENU/SET].
4 Move 3/4 to select [PICT.MODE]
and then move 1.
5 Move 3/4 to select the item and
then press [MENU/SET].
If you selected [
2
shown in step
Item
[30fpsVGA]
640k480 pixels
[10fpsVGA]
[30fpsQVGA]
320k240 pixels
[10fpsQVGA]
If you selected [
2
shown in step
Item Picture size
[30fps16:9]
848k480 pixels
[10fps16:9]
• fps "frames per second"; This refers to
the number of frames used in 1 second.
• You can record smoother motion
pictures with "30 fps".
] on the screen
Picture size fps
30
10
30
10
] on the screen
fps
30
10