User manual PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-FX550

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-FX550 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT1Y85 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 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 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 Basic 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 -2- [PIN HOLE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 [FILM GRAIN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Motion Picture Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Taking a picture with Face Recognition function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Face Recognition functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Face settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Useful Functions at Travel Destinations. . . . . 90 Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Recording Dates/Times at Overseas Travel Destinations (World Time) . . . . . 93 Using the [REC] Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 [PICTURE SIZE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 [QUALITY]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 [ASPECT RATIO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [INTELLIGENT ISO]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 [SENSITIVITY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 [ISO LIMIT SET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 [WHITE BALANCE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 [AF MODE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 [QUICK AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 [METERING MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 [I. EXPOSURE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 [BURST] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 [DIGITAL ZOOM] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 [COLOR EFFECT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 [PICT. ADJ. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 [STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [MIN. SHTR SPEED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [AUDIO REC. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [AF ASSIST LAMP] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [CLOCK SET]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Pictures with audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Using the [PLAYBACK] mode menu . . . . . 130 [EDIT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 [ROTATE DISP. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 [PRINT SET] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 [AUDIO DUB. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 [FACE RECOG. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 [COPY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Connecting to other equipment Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen. . . . . 145 Playing back pictures using the AV cable (supplied). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Playing back on the TV with component socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Others Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Cautions for Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Message Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Advanced (Playback) Playing Back Pictures in Sequence (Slide Show). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Displaying Multiple Pictures ([MULTI PLAYBACK]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Displaying Pictures by Recording Date ([CALENDAR]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Playing Back Pictures on the Dual Display ([DUAL PLAY]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back ([CATEGORY PLAY]/[FAVORITE PLAY]) . . . . [. . . ] (P20) Select [WORLD TIME] from the [SETUP] menu, and then press 1. When first using the camera after purchasing it, the [PLEASE SET THE HOME AREA] message appears. Press [MENU/ SET], and set the home area on the screen in step 3. Press 4 to select [HOME], and then press [MENU/SET]. Press 2/1 to select the home area, and then press [MENU/SET]. A A Current time B Time difference from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) B If daylight saving time [ ] is used at the home area, press 3. The daylight saving time setting for the home area does not advance the current time. Advance the clock setting by one hour. - 93 - Advanced (Recording pictures) Press 3 to select [DESTINATION] and then press [MENU/SET] to set. C Depending on the setting, the time at the travel destination C area or the home area is displayed. Press 2/1 to select the area the travel destination is in and then press [MENU/SET] to set. D E D Current time of the destination area E Time difference If daylight saving time [ ] is used at the travel destination, press 3. (The time advances by one hour. ) Press 3 again to return to the original time. Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu. Note Return the setting to [HOME] when the vacation is finished by performing steps 1, 2 and 3. If [HOME] is already set, change only the travel destination, and use. If you cannot find the travel destination in the areas displayed on the screen, set by the time The travel destination icon ["] appears when playing back pictures taken at the travel destination. difference from the home area. - 94 - Advanced (Recording pictures) Using the [REC] Mode Menu [PICTURE SIZE] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P23. The higher the numbers of pixels, the finer the detail of the pictures will appear even when they are printed onto large sheets. Applicable modes: 񳱴 When the aspect ratio is [X]. This item cannot be set in the Intelligent auto mode. (12M) (8M (5M (3M (2M (0. 3M ) ) ) ) ) 4000k3000 pixels 3264k2448 pixels 2560k1920 pixels 2048k1536 pixels 1600k1200 pixels 640k480 pixels When the aspect ratio is [Y]. (10. 5M) (7M (4. 5M (2. 5M ) ) ) 4000k2672 pixels 3264k2176 pixels 2560k1712 pixels 2048k1360 pixels When the aspect ratio is [W]. (9M) (6M (3. 5M (2M ) ) ) 4000k2248 pixels 3264k1840 pixels 2560k1440 pixels 1920k1080 pixels - 95 - Advanced (Recording pictures) Note "EZ" is an abbreviation of "Extra optical Zoom". The higher the numbers of pixels, the finer the picture will be when it is printed on a large piece of paper or displayed on a PC monitor. A Many pixels (Fine) B Few pixels (Rough) These pictures are examples to show the effect. The extra optical zoom does not work when macro zoom is set or in [TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS. ], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST], [PIN HOLE] or [FILM GRAIN] in scene mode so the picture size for [ ] is not displayed. Pictures may appear mosaic depending on the subject and the recording conditions. Refer to P169 for information about the number of recordable pictures. [QUALITY] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P23. Applicable modes: [A]: [>]: Fine (when giving priority to the picture quality) Standard (when using the standard picture quality and increasing the number of pictures to be recorded without changing the number of pixels) Note Refer to P169 for information about the number of recordable pictures. - 96 - Advanced (Recording pictures) [ASPECT RATIO] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P23. This allows you to select the aspect ratio of the pictures to suit printing or the playback method. Applicable modes: [X]: [ASPECT RATIO] of a 4:3 TV [Y]: [ASPECT RATIO] of a 35 mm film camera [W]: [ASPECT RATIO] of a high-definition TV, etc. [X] [Y] [W] Note The ends of the recorded pictures may be cut at printing so check before printing. (P166) [INTELLIGENT ISO] For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P23. The camera automatically sets the optimum ISO sensitivity and shutter speed to suit the movement of the subject and brightness of the scene to minimise the jitter of the subject. Applicable modes: [OFF]/[ON] Note Depending on the brightness and how fast the subject is moving, jitter may not be avoided. [. . . ] This does not affect the performance or quality of the camera. The lens clicks. When the brightness changes due to zoom or camera movement etc. , the lens may click and the picture on the screen may drastically change. If you do not use the camera for a long time, the clock may be reset. > When the message [PLEASE SET THE CLOCK] appears, set the clock again. (P20) When pictures are taken using the zoom, they are slightly distorted and the areas around the subject contain colours which are not actually present. [. . . ]