Motion Picture Mode - Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FX500 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)
[REC] mode:

Motion Picture Mode

1
Slide the [REC]/[PLAYBACK] selector switch to [¦/!], and then
press [MODE].
2
Touch [MOTION PICTURE].
3
Press the shutter button halfway to focus
and then press it fully to start recording.
AAudio 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.
•
After pressing the shutter button fully, release it straight
away. If the button is held down, the sound will not be
recorded for a few seconds when recording starts.
•
When the subject is focused, the focus indication
lights.
•
The focus and zoom 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.)
4
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].
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 [PICTURE MODE] and then
move 1.
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