Table Of Contents - Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FX550 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................4
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names of the Components .......................7
How to Use the Touch Panel ....................9
• What can be done by
touch operation .................................10
Preparation
Charging the Battery ...............................11
• About the Battery (charging/
number of recordable pictures).........14
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...............................16
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................20
• Changing the clock setting ................21
Setting the Menu .....................................22
• Setting menu items ...........................23
• Using the quick menu .......................25
About the Setup Menu ............................26
Selecting the [REC] Mode.......................33
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ..............35
• Scene detection ................................37
• Face Recognition ..............................38
• About the flash ..................................38
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode .......39
Taking pictures with your favourite
settings (Programme AE mode)..............40
• Focusing ...........................................41
• 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) .....................................41
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......42
• Direction detection function...............42
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................43
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Digital Zoom .....................43
• Using the Easy zoom ........................45
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................46
• Using the Touch Zoom......................47
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode.....48
Basic
Deleting Pictures .....................................49
• To delete a single picture ..................49
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures ..............49
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor............................51
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash .....54
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.......................................54
• Adjust the flash output.......................57
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................59
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........61
Taking Pictures with Focus and Exposure
Set on Subject (Touch AF/AE)..................62
Taking Pictures with Set Aperture
(Aperture-priority AE) ..............................63
Taking Pictures with Set Shutter Speed
(Shutter-priority AE).................................64
Taking Pictures with Exposure
Set Manually (Manual exposure).............65
Compensating the Exposure ...................67
Taking Pictures using
Auto Bracket/Colour Bracket ...................68
• Auto Bracket......................................68
• Colour Bracket ..................................69
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode).................70
• Registering scenes in scene mode
(My scene mode) ..............................70
• Selecting the scene mode for each
recording (Scene mode) ...................71
• [PORTRAIT] ......................................72
• [SOFT SKIN] .....................................72
• [TRANSFORM] .................................73
• [SELF PORTRAIT] ............................73
• [SCENERY] .......................................74
• [PANORAMA ASSIST] ......................74
• [SPORTS] .........................................75
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ..........................75
• [NIGHT SCENERY]...........................75
• [FOOD] .............................................75
• [PARTY] ............................................76
• [CANDLE LIGHT] ..............................76
• [BABY1]/[BABY2] ..............................77
• [PET] .................................................78
• [HIGH SENS.] ...................................78
• [HI-SPEED BURST] ..........................79
• [FLASH BURST] ...............................80
• [STARRY SKY] .................................80
• [FIREWORKS] ..................................81
• [SUNSET]..........................................81
• [BEACH] ............................................81
• [SNOW] .............................................81
• [AERIAL PHOTO]..............................81
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