Panasonic DMC-FX50 - Manual (Page 108)

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w LCD monitor
1: The LCD monitor sometimes turns off
although the camera is turned on.
• Have you set economy mode? (P20)
– In economy mode, the LCD monitor
turns off while the flash is charged.
2: The LCD monitor becomes darker or
brighter for a moment.
• This phenomenon appears when you
press the shutter button halfway to set
the aperture value and does not affect
the recorded pictures.
3: The LCD monitor flickers indoors.
• The LCD monitor may flicker for a few
seconds after turning the camera on
indoors under fluorescent light.
This is not a malfunction.
4: The LCD monitor is too bright or dark.
• Adjust the brightness of the screen. (P19)
• Is the power LCD function or high angle
mode activated?
5: Black, red, blue and green dots
appear on the LCD monitor.
• These pixels do not affect the recorded
pictures.
This is not a malfunction.
6: Noise appears on the LCD monitor.
• In dark places, noise may appear to
maintain the brightness of the LCD
monitor.
This does not affect the pictures you are
recording.
7: A vertical line appears on the LCD
monitor.
• This is a phenomenon called smear. It
is a characteristic of CCD and appears
when the subject has a bright part.
Uneven colors may also appear around
the smear. This is not a malfunction. It
is recorded in motion pictures but is not
recorded on still pictures.
w Flash
1: The flash is not activated.
• Is the flash setting set to Forced OFF
[ ]?
– Change the flash setting. (P39)
• The flash is not activated when motion
picture mode [ ], [SCENERY] (P50),
[NIGHT SCENERY] (P51),
[FIREWORKS] (P53), [STARRY SKY]
(P54), [AERIAL PHOTO] (P55) or
[HIGH SENS.] (P55) in scene mode is
selected.
2: The flash is activated 2 times.
• When you select red-eye reduction
(P40), the flash is activated once before
the actual recording to reduce the
red-eye phenomenon (eyes of the
subject appearing red in the picture)
and then activated again for the actual
recording.
w Playback
1: The picture being played back is
rotated and displayed in an
unexpected direction.
The camera has a function that
automatically rotates the display of
pictures recorded holding the camera
vertically. (If you take pictures when
aiming the camera up or down, the
camera may recognize that it is being
held vertically.)
• You can display the pictures without
being rotated when [ROTATE DISP.]
(P83) is set to [OFF].
• You can rotate pictures with the
[ROTATE] function. (P83)
2: The picture is not played back.
• Is the mode dial set to playback [ ]?
• Is the card inserted?
• Is there a picture on the card?