Motion Picture Mode - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 Operating Instructions Manual

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Motion Picture Mode

1 Press the shutter button halfway
to focus and then press it fully to
start recording.
• When the subject is focused, the focus
indication lights.
• The aperture value is fixed to the
setting when recording starts (first
frame).
• The available recording time A is
displayed on the top right and the
elapsed recording time B is displayed
on the bottom right of the screen.
For example, 1 hour 20 minutes and
30 seconds is displayed as
[1h20m30s].
• The available recording time and the
elapsed recording time are
approximations.
• Audio recording starts simultaneously
from the camera's built-in microphone.
• If you rotate the focus ring or zoom
ring while recording motion pictures,
a grinding noise may be recorded.
2 Press the shutter button fully to
stop recording.
• If the card becomes full in the middle of
recording, the camera stops recording
automatically.
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∫ Changing the settings for the aspect
ratio and the picture quality
1 Press [MENU/SET].
2 Press 3 4 to select
[ASPECT RATIO] and then press
1.
REC
W.BALANCE
WB ADJUST.
ASPECT RATIO
PICT.MODE
METERING MODE
SELECT
3 Press 3 4 to select the item and
then press [MENU/SET].
4 Press 3 4 to select
[PICT.MODE] and then press 1.
REC
W.BALANCE
WB ADJUST.
ASPECT RATIO
PICT.MODE
METERING MODE
SELECT
5 Press 3 4 to select the item and
then press [MENU/SET].
If you selected [
shown in step 2
Item
[30fpsVGA]
640k480 pixels
[10fpsVGA]
[30fpsQVGA]
320k240 pixels
[10fpsQVGA]
If you selected [
shown in step 2
Item
[30fps16:9]
848k480 pixels
[10fps16:9]
• fps "frames per second"; This refers to
the number of frames used in 1 second.
/
1
3
AUTO
10 10
MENU
SET
/
1
3
AUTO
10 10
MENU
SET
] on the screen
Picture size fps
30
10
30
10
] on the screen
Picture size fps
30
10