Table Of Contents - Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FX150 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety....................... 2
Quick Guide .............................................. 8
Accessories .............................................. 9
Names of the Components ..................... 10
Preparation
Charging the Battery............................... 12
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) ................................ 13
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery .............................. 14
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........ 15
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 16
• Changing the clock setting ............... 17
Setting the Menu..................................... 17
• Setting menu items ........................... 18
• Using the quick menu ....................... 19
About the Setup Menu ............................ 20
Selecting the [REC] Mode ...................... 25
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (ñ: Intelligent Auto Mode) ........ 26
• Scene detection ................................ 27
• AF Tracking Function ....................... 27
• About the flash.................................. 28
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode ...... 28
Taking pictures with your favourite
settings (³: Program AE mode)............. 29
• Focusing ........................................... 29
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the centre
of the composition of the picture you
want to take)..................................... 30
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 30
• Direction detection function .............. 30
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 31
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/Using the
Digital Zoom ..................................... 31
• Using the Easy zoom........................ 32
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]).................................. 33
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback)................................ 33
• Using the Playback Zoom................. 34
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode .... 34
Deleting Pictures..................................... 35
• To delete a single picture ................. 35
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Basic
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures .............................. 35
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor ........................... 37
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash.. 39
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting............................................... 39
• Adjust the flash output ...................... 41
Taking Close-up Pictures........................ 43
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 44
Compensating the Exposure .................. 45
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket/
Colour Bracket ........................................ 46
• Auto Bracket ..................................... 46
• Colour Bracket .................................. 46
Taking Pictures with Exposure Set
Manually (²: Manual exposure)............. 47
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (¿: Scene mode) .......... 48
• * [PORTRAIT]................................ 49
• + [SOFT SKIN]............................... 49
• [TRANSFORM] ........................... 49
• 0 [SELF PORTRAIT]...................... 50
• , [SCENERY] ................................ 50
• - [SPORTS] ................................... 50
• . [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ................... 51
• / [NIGHT SCENERY] .................... 51
• 1 [FOOD] ....................................... 51
• 2 [PARTY]...................................... 51
• 3 [CANDLE LIGHT]........................ 52
• : [BABY1]/; [BABY2].................. 52
• í [PET]........................................... 53
• ï [SUNSET] ................................... 53
• 9 [HIGH SENS.] ............................. 53
• ô [HI-SPEED BURST].................... 53
• [FLASH BURST] ......................... 54
• 5 [STARRY SKY] ........................... 55
• 4 [FIREWORKS] ............................ 55
• 6 [BEACH] ..................................... 55
• 8 [SNOW]....................................... 56
• 7 [AERIAL PHOTO] ....................... 56
• [PIN HOLE] ................................. 56
• [FILM GRAIN] ............................. 56
Motion Picture Mode............................... 57
Useful Functions at Travel
Destinations ............................................ 59
• Recording which Day of the Vacation
You Take the Picture........................ 59
• Recording Dates/Times at Overseas
Travel Destinations (World Time)..... 60
Using the [REC] Mode Menu .................. 62
• @ [PICTURE SIZE] .......................... 62
• A [QUALITY]................................... 63
• ? [ASPECT RATIO] ....................... 63
• [INTELLIGENT ISO] ................... 64
• > [SENSITIVITY]............................ 64