Table Of Contents - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety....................... 2
Quick Guide .............................................. 8
Standard Accessories............................... 9
Names of the Components ..................... 10
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap................. 12
Attaching the Lens Hood ........................ 13
Preparation
Charging the Battery............................... 15
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) ................................ 16
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery .............................. 17
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........ 18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 20
• Changing the clock setting ............... 20
Setting the Menu..................................... 21
• Setting menu items ........................... 22
• Using the quick menu ....................... 23
About the Setup Menu ............................ 24
Selecting the [REC] Mode ...................... 30
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............. 32
• Scene detection ................................ 33
• AF Tracking Function ....................... 33
• About the flash.................................. 34
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode ...... 34
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Program AE mode) .................. 35
• Focusing ........................................... 36
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the
center of the composition of the
picture you want to take) .................. 36
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 37
• Direction detection function .............. 37
• Enlarge the focus point (display
focus point)....................................... 37
• Program shift .................................... 37
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 38
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/Using
the Digital Zoom ............................... 38
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]).................................. 40
• Confirm the picture in [REC] mode
(Review) ........................................... 41
• Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi
Playback).......................................... 41
• Using the Playback Zoom................. 41
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode .... 42
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Basic
Deleting Pictures..................................... 42
• To delete a single picture.................. 42
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures.............. 43
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ......... 44
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash ....................................................... 46
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting............................................... 46
Taking Close-up Pictures........................ 51
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 52
Compensating the Exposure .................. 53
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket/
Color Bracket .......................................... 54
• Auto Bracket ..................................... 54
• Color Bracket .................................... 54
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode .......... 55
Taking pictures by specifying the
aperture/shutter speed............................ 56
• Aperture-priority AE .......................... 56
• Shutter-priority AE ............................ 57
Taking picture by setting the exposure
manually ................................................. 57
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed......... 58
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus ........ 59
• MF ASSIST....................................... 60
Registering Personal Menu Settings
(Registering custom settings) ................. 61
Taking pictures in Custom mode ............ 62
Taking expressive portraits and
landscape pictures
(Advanced scene mode)......................... 63
• [PORTRAIT]..................................... 63
• [SCENERY] ..................................... 64
• [SPORTS] ........................................ 65
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ........................ 65
• [CLOSE-UP] .................................... 66
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode) ................ 66
• 2 [PARTY]...................................... 67
• 3 [CANDLE LIGHT]........................ 67
• : [BABY1]/; [BABY2].................. 68
• í [PET]........................................... 68
• ï [SUNSET] ................................... 69
• 9 [HIGH SENS.] ............................. 69
• ô [HI-SPEED BURST].................... 69
• [FLASH BURST] ......................... 70
• [PANNING].................................. 70
• 5 [STARRY SKY] ........................... 71
• 4 [FIREWORKS] ............................ 72
• 6 [BEACH] ..................................... 72
• 8 [SNOW]....................................... 73
• 7 [AERIAL PHOTO] ....................... 73
• [PIN HOLE] ................................. 73
• [FILM GRAIN] ............................. 73