Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FS42 Operating Instructions Manual page 39

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety ........................ 3
Quick Guide .............................................. 7
Standard Accessories............................... 8
Names of the Components ....................... 9
Preparation
Charging the Battery .............................. 11
• About the Battery (charging/
number of recordable pictures) ........ 13
Inserting/Removing the Battery/
Card (Optional) ................................... 14
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ....... 16
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 18
About the Mode and Menu Operation .... 20
• Mode switching ................................ 20
• About the menu operation ................ 21
• Using the quick menu ....................... 24
About the [SETUP] Menu ....................... 25
Basic
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Auto Scene Mode) .............. 28
• Scene detection ............................... 30
• About the Ûash ................................. 31
• Settings in AUTO Scene mode......... 31
Taking Pictures with Your Favourite
Settings (Normal Picture Mode) ......... 32
• Focusing ........................................... 33
• 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) .................. 33
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 34
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ................ 35
• Using the optical zoom/ the extra
optical zoom (EZ)/
the digital zoom ................................ 35
Playing Back Pictures
(Normal Playback Mode) .................... 37
• Displaying multiple screens
(Multi Playback) ................................ 38
• Using the playback zoom ................. 39
Deleting Pictures .................................... 40
• To delete a single picture ................. 40
Before Use
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures ............. 41
Advanced-Shooting
About the LCD Monitor ........................... 42
• Display in large size ......................... 43
Taking Pictures Using the
Built-in Flash ....................................... 44
• Switching to the appropriate Ûash
setting ............................................... 44
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................ 49
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 50
Compensating the Exposure .................. 51
Taking Pictures that Match the
Scene being Recorded
(Scene Mode) ..................................... 52
• q [PORTRAIT] .............................. 53
• w [SOFT SKIN] ............................. 53
• e [SELF PORTRAIT] .................... 53
• r [SCENERY] ............................... 54
• t [SPORTS] .................................. 54
• y [NIGHT PORTRAIT] .................. 54
• u [NIGHT SCENERY] ................... 55
• i [FOOD] ..................................... 55
• o [PARTY] ..................................... 56
• p [CANDLE LIGHT] ...................... 56
• a [BABY1] / s [BABY2] ............. 57
• d [PET] ......................................... 58
• f [SUNSET] .................................. 58
• z [HIGH SENS.] ............................ 58
•
x [HI-SPEED BURST] .................. 59
• g [FLASH BURST] ........................ 59
• c [STARRY SKY] .......................... 60
•
v [FIREWORKS] ........................... 60
• b [BEACH] .................................... 61
• n [SNOW] ..................................... 61
• m [AERIAL PHOTO] ..................... 61
Motion Picture Mode ............................... 62
Useful Functions at Travel
Destinations ........................................ 65
• Recording which day of the
vacation you take the picture ............ 65
• Recording date/time at overseas
travel destinations (World time) ........ 68
Using the [REC] Menu ............................ 70
g [PICTURE SIZE] ........................ 70
•
h [QUALITY] ................................. 71
•
j [SENSITIVITY] ......................... 71
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