User manual PANASONIC DMC-FT4

[. . . ] Operating Instructions for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. DMC-FT4 Before use, please read these instructions completely. VQT4E20 F0212MG0 Contents Before Use Care of the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (Important) About the Waterproof/ Dustproof and Anti-shock Performance of the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Preparation Attaching the Strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures . . . . . . . . . . 19 Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 About the Built-in Memory/the Card . . . . . . . . 23 Approximate number of recordable pictures and available recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Changing the clock setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Tips for taking good pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Fit the strap and hold the camera carefully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Preventing jitter (camera shake) . . . . . . . 29 Playing Back Pictures ([Normal Play]). . . . . 40 Selecting a picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Playing Back Motion Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 To delete a single picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 To delete multiple pictures (up to 100) or all the pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Setting the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Setting menu items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Using the Quick Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 About the Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Recording About the LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Using the Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/ Using the Intelligent Zoom/ Using the Digital Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Taking Pictures Using the Built-in Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Switching to the appropriate flash setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Taking Close-up Pictures ([AF Macro]/[Macro Zoom]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . 69 Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket. . . . . . . . 71 Taking picture by setting the exposure manually (Manual Exposure Mode). . . . . . . . . 72 Take the Outdoors Scene Expressively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [Sports] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [Snow] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 [Beach & Snorkeling]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 [Underwater]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Basic Selecting the Recording Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Taking Pictures with Your Favourite Settings (Programme AE Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Focusing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Taking Pictures Using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Changing the settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Recording Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 -2- Record pictures that look like dioramas (Miniature Effect Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Taking Pictures that Match the Scene Being Recorded (Scene Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 [Portrait] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [Soft Skin]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [Scenery] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 [Panorama Shot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 [Night Portrait] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 [Night Scenery] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 [Handheld Night Shot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 [Food] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 [Baby1]/[Baby2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 [Pet]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 [Sunset] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 [High Sens. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 [Glass Through] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Taking 3D pictures (3D Photo Mode). . . . . . 85 Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Face Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Entering Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Using the [Rec] Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 [Aspect Ratio]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 [Picture Size] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 [Quality] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 [Sensitivity] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 [White Balance] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 [AF Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 [Quick AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [Face Recog. ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [i. Exposure] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [Min. Shtr Speed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 [i. Resolution] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 [Digital Zoom] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 [Burst]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 [Time Lapse Shot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 [Color Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [AF Assist Lamp] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 [Red-Eye Removal] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [Stabilizer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [Date Stamp] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 [Clock Set]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Using the [Motion Picture] Menu . . . . . . . . . . . 111 [Rec Mode] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 [Rec Quality]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 [Continuous AF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 [Wind Cut] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 GPS/Sensor Recording using the GPS function . . . . . . . . 114 Acquiring of the GPS information. . . . . . . 115 Update the GPS information . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Change the recorded location name information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Switch between displaying and hiding the location name information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Register additional landmarks . . . . . . . . . 120 Sensors (compass/altimeter/barometer) are operated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Using the altimeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Adjusting the Altimeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Adding an altimeter log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Viewing the altimeter log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Deleting the altimeter log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Using the barometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Using the compass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Adjusting the compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Restricting the GPS/sensor functions. . . . 131 Disabling the GPS/sensors when the power is turned off. . . . . . . . . . . 131 -3- Playback/Editing Various methods of playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 [Slide Show] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 [Filtering Play] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 [Calendar] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Having Fun with Recorded Pictures. . . . . . 138 [Auto Retouch] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Using the [Playback] Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 [Upload Set] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 [Title Edit] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 [Place-Name Edit] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 [Text Stamp]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 [Video Divide] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 [Resize] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 [Cropping] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 [Favorite] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 [Print Set] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 [Protect]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 [Face Rec Edit] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 [Copy]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Printing the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Selecting a single picture and printing it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Others Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Cautions for Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Message Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Connecting to other equipment Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Using VIERA Link (HDMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Playing back 3D pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Copy by inserting the SD card into the recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Copy the playback image using an AV cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Copying to a PC using "PHOTOfunSTUDIO" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Acquiring of still pictures and [MP4] motion pictures (other than [AVCHD] motion pictures). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Uploading the images to sharing sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 -4- Before Use Please be sure to read "(Important) About the Waterproof/Dustproof and Anti-shock Performance of the Camera" (P8) before using this unit underwater to prevent the unit from being mishandled, which may cause water to seep in. Before Use Care of the camera Handling of the camera (to prevent water leakage and malfunction) Foreign objects may adhere to the inner side of the side door (around the rubber seal or connecting terminals) when the side door is opened or closed in places with sand or dust, etc. This may result in the impairment of the waterproof performance if the side door is closed with foreign objects adhered. If any foreign object is adhered to the inner side of the side door, remove with the supplied brush. [. . . ] or in warm, wet environments may cause a malfunction, so please be careful. Note - 106 - Recording Playing back pictures taken in [Time Lapse Shot] Pictures taken in [Time Lapse Shot] are stored in groups, each containing the series of pictures recorded in a single Time Lapse Shot. (For example, if you delete a picture group with [ deleted. ) ], all the pictures in that group are Continuously playing back Press 2/1 to select a picture with the [ 3 4 2 1 Play/Pause Stop Fast rewind, Previous picture Fast forward, Next picture ] icon, and then press 3. These operations can be performed only in the Pause Mode. Playing back each picture 1 Press 2/1 to select a picture with the [ ] icon, and then press 4. Operations similar to those for Normal Play can be used on the pictures in the group. (Multi playback, playback zoom, deleting the pictures, etc. ) Note If you delete all pictures except one in the group, that picture will be saved as a single picture. - 107 - Recording [Color Mode] Applicable modes: Sets various colour effects, including making the picture sharper, brighter, or applying a sepia tone. Settings [STANDARD] [Happy]1 [VIVID]2 [B&W] [SEPIA] Description of settings This is the standard setting. The picture becomes sepia. 1 This can be set only when Intelligent Auto Mode is set. 2 This can be set only during Programme AE Mode or Manual Exposure Mode. [AF Assist Lamp] Applicable modes: AF assist lamp will illuminate the subject when the shutter button is pressed half-way making it easier for the camera to focus when recording in low light conditions. (Larger AF area is displayed depending on the recording conditions. ) Settings: [ON]/[OFF] Note The effective distance of the AF Assist Lamp is a maximum of When you do not want to use the AF Assist Lamp A (e. g. pictures of animals in dark places), set the [AF Assist Lamp] to [OFF]. [AF Assist Lamp] is fixed to [OFF] in [Scenery], [Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot], [Sunset] and [Glass Through] in Scene Mode. - 108 - Recording [Red-Eye Removal] Applicable modes: When Red-Eye Reduction ([ ], [ ]) is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is performed whenever the flash is used. Settings: [ON]/[OFF] Note Only available when [AF Mode] is set to [s] and Face Detection is active. Under certain circumstances, red-eye cannot be corrected. [Stabilizer] Applicable modes: Using this mode, jitter during picture taking is detected, and the camera automatically compensates for the jitter, enabling jitter-free images to be taken. When recording motion pictures, "Active Mode" (stabiliser for motion pictures) will automatically function. This decreases the jitter of the image when recording motion pictures while walking, etc. Settings: [ON]/[OFF] Note Stabiliser is fixed to [OFF] in [Panorama Shot] in Scene Mode. During motion picture recording, this setting is fixed to [ON] and "Active Mode" works. In "Active Mode", stronger effect of the correction can be achieved at the wide end. The stabiliser function may not be effective in the following cases. Note that "Active Mode" does not work when [Rec Quality] is set to [VGA] in [MP4]. Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button. When the shutter speed becomes slower to take pictures indoors or in dark places. - 109 - Recording [Date Stamp] Applicable modes: You can take a picture with date and time of recording. Settings Description of settings Stamp the year, month, and day. -- [W/O TIME] [WITH TIME] [OFF] Note Date information for pictures recorded with the [Date Stamp] set cannot be deleted. When printing pictures with [Date Stamp] at a shop or with a printer, the date will be If the time has not been set, you cannot stamp with the date information. When using Auto Bracket In [Panorama Shot] in Scene Mode When using [Burst] When recording motion pictures [Text Stamp], [Resize] and [Cropping] cannot be set for pictures recorded with [Date Stamp] Even if you take a picture with [Date Stamp] set to [OFF], it is possible to stamp dates into the recorded pictures using [Text Stamp] (P143) or setup the Date print (P150, 171). printed on top of the other if you choose to print with the date. [Clock Set] Refer to P27 for details. - 110 - Recording Using the [Motion Picture] Menu For details on [Motion Picture] menu settings, refer to P46. In [Panorama Shot] in Scene Mode, the [Motion Picture] menu will not be displayed. [Rec Mode] Applicable modes: This sets up the data format of motion pictures. Settings Description of settings [AVCHD] [MP4] Select this format to record HD (high definition) video for playback on your HDTV using an HDMI connection. [. . . ] If the camera is used in cold places such as ski resorts or places at high altitude with the snow or water droplets adhered to the camera, some parts of the camera may become hard to move with snow or water droplets freezing in the gap of the zoom button or the camera [ON/OFF] button. When the camera returns to normal temperature it will function as normal. When using the camera in a place with sand or dust, some parts of the camera may become hard to move with foreign objects getting in the gap of the zoom button, or the camera [ON/ OFF] button. Either clean with the supplied brush or wash off with fresh water. The camera makes a rattling sound or you can feel some vibration. [. . . ]