Panasonic DMC-FZ18 - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety....................... 2
Preparation
Standard Accessories............................... 8
Names of the Components ....................... 8
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap ................. 10
Attaching the Lens Hood ........................ 11
Quick Guide ............................................ 12
Charging the Battery with the Charger ... 13
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) ................................ 13
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery .............................. 15
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
(optional)................................................. 16
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 17
• Changing the clock setting ............... 17
About the Mode Dial ............................... 18
Setting the Menu..................................... 19
About the Setup Menu ............................ 20
LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Display/
Switching the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder
Display .................................................... 23
Basic
Taking Pictures ....................................... 25
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............. 28
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 30
• Using the Optical Zoom .................... 30
• Using the Extended Optical Zoom
(EZ) .................................................. 31
• Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom ............. 31
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review).................................................. 32
Playing back/Deleting Pictures ............... 33
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ......... 36
• Changing the information
displayed .......................................... 36
• Brightening the LCD Monitor ............ 39
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash ....................................................... 40
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 44
Compensating the Exposure .................. 45
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket........ 46
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode .......... 47
Taking Close-up Pictures........................ 48
Aperture-priority AE ................................ 50
Shutter-priority AE .................................. 50
Manual exposure .................................... 51
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed ......... 52
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus ........ 52
Registering Personal Menu Settings
(Registering custom settings) ................. 55
Taking pictures in Custom mode ............ 56
Taking expressive portraits and
landscape pictures (Advanced scene
mode)...................................................... 57
• [PORTRAIT]...................................... 57
• [SCENERY] ...................................... 58
• [SPORTS] ......................................... 58
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ......................... 58
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode) ................ 59
• [FOOD] ............................................ 60
• [PARTY]............................................ 60
• [CANDLE LIGHT].............................. 60
• [SUNSET] ......................................... 61
• [HIGH SENS.] ................................... 61
• [BABY1]/[BABY2].............................. 61
• [PET]................................................. 62
• [PANNING] ....................................... 62
• [STARRY SKY] ................................. 63
• [FIREWORKS] .................................. 64
• [BEACH] ........................................... 65
• [SNOW]............................................. 65
• [AERIAL PHOTO] ............................. 65
Motion Picture Mode ............................... 65