Panasonic DMC-FZ30PP - Manual (Page 7)

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Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety ....................... 2
About These Operating Instructions ......... 6
Preparation
Standard Accessories ............................... 9
Names of the Components ..................... 10
Charging the Battery with the Charger ... 12
About the Battery (Charging/number of
recordable pictures) ............................ 13
Inserting/Removing the Battery .............. 14
Inserting/Removing the Card .................. 15
About the Card........................................ 16
Removing the Lens Cap/Attaching the
Strap.................................................... 17
Attaching/Removing the Lens Hood ....... 18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 20
About the Setup Menu ............................ 21
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ......... 25
Approximate number of recordable
pictures and the size ........................... 31
About the zoom....................................... 33
• Using the Optical Zoom .................... 33
• Using the Digital Zoom ..................... 34
• Using the extended optical
zoom (EZ)......................................... 34
Recording pictures (basic)
The Mode Dial ........................................ 36
Taking Pictures ....................................... 37
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode ................. 42
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review) .............................................. 44
Taking Close-up Pictures
[AF MACRO] ....................................... 45
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus ........ 46
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash ................................. 49
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 53
Compensating the Exposure .................. 54
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........ 55
Optical Image Stabilizer .......................... 56
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode .......... 57
Playback (basic)
Playing Back Pictures ............................. 59
Multi Playback (9 screens,
16 screens, and 25 screens) ...............60
Using the Playback Zoom .......................61
Deleting Pictures..................................... 62
Recording pictures (advanced)
Using the Mode Dial ............................... 64
• Aperture-priority AE .......................... 64
• Shutter-priority AE ............................ 65
• Manual exposure .............................. 66
• Motion picture mode ......................... 69
• [SCENE MODE] menu...................... 71
– Portrait mode ................................. 72
– Sports mode .................................. 72
– Food mode .................................... 73
– Scenery mode ............................... 73
– Night portrait mode ........................ 74
– Night scenery mode....................... 74
– Baby mode .................................... 75
– Soft skin mode............................... 76
– Candle light mode.......................... 76
– Party mode .................................... 77
– Fireworks mode ............................. 77
– Snow mode.................................... 78
– Starry sky mode............................. 79
– Panning mode ............................... 80
Recording Menu Settings
Using the [REC] mode menu .................. 81
• White Balance [W.BALANCE] .......... 82
• ISO Sensitivity [SENSITIVITY] ......... 84
• Aspect Ratio [ASPECT RATIO] ........ 84
• Picture Size [PICT.SIZE] .................. 85
• Quality [QUALITY] ............................ 86
• Audio Recording [AUDIO REC.] ....... 87