Panasonic Camera Lumix Dmc F5 Owners Manual

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List of LCD monitor displays
Screens shown here are only examples. The actual display may vary. • Press  to change display.
 
■ In playback
∗
 [h], [m] and [s] indicate “hour”, “minute” and “second”\
.
1Playback Mode ( →64)2Protected picture (→69)
Date stamped display ( →62)
Color Mode ( →61)
Picture Size (→56)
3Battery capacity (→15)4Picture number/Total pictures ( →31)
Elapsed playback time ( →34)
XXhXXmXXs ∗
5Recording date/time
Age in years/months (
→55)
ISO Sensitivity (→57)
Aperture...

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Message displays
Meanings of and required responses to major messages displayed on LCD mo\
nitor.
[This memory card cannot be used]
 
●Not compatible with the camera. 
  → Use a compatible card.
[Some pictures cannot be deleted]     [This picture cannot be deleted]
 
●Non-DCF pictures ( →31) cannot be deleted.
  →  Save needed data on a computer or other device, and then use [Format] on\
 the camera. ( →41)
[No additional selections can be made]
 
●The number of pictures that can be deleted...

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Message displays
[Insert SD card again]     [Try another card]
 
●Access to card has failed.
  → Turn off the camera and remove the card. Reinsert the card and turn the camera \
on again. 
 
●Try with a different card.
[Memory card parameter error]
 
●Card is not of SD standard. 
●When cards in capacities of 4 GB or more are used, only SDHC or SDXC Mem\
ory Cards are 
supported.
[Read Error] / [Write Error]     [Please check the card]
 
●Data read has failed.
  → Check whether card has been...

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Q&A  Troubleshooting
Try checking these items (→84 - 89) first.
If the problem persists, performing [Reset] in the [Setup] menu may reso\
lve the issue. 
(Note that except for some items such as [Clock Set], all settings are \
returned to their 
values at the time of purchase.)
Battery, power
The charging lamp turns off before the battery is fully charged. 
●Charging is being performed in a place with extremely high or low temper\
ature. 
  →  Reconnect the USB connection cable (supplied)...

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Q&A  Troubleshooting
Recording (continued)
Recorded pictures are blurred. 
●Shutter speed is slower in dark locations and a picture is prone to blur\
ring.
  → Hold camera firmly with both hands, keeping arms close to body.
  → Set [Sensitivity] to [ 
 ] and [Digital Zoom] to [OFF]. ( →57, 60)
Recorded pictures appear coarse, or there is interference. 
●ISO Sensitivity is high, or shutter speed is low.
  (Default [Sensitivity] setting is [  ] – interference may appear with indoor...

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Q&A  Troubleshooting
LCD monitor 
Brightness is unstable. 
●Aperture value is set while shutter button is pressed halfway. (Does not affect recorded picture.) 
This symptom may also occur when the brightness changes because the zoom\
 is operated or the 
camera is moved. This is the automatic aperture operation of the camera and is not a malf\
unction.
Monitor flickers indoors. 
●If the LCD monitor flickers when you record pictures under lighting such\
 as fluorescent or LED 
lighting, use...

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Q&A  Troubleshooting
Playback (continued)
Incorrect date displayed in [Calendar]. 
●Picture edited on computer or taken on different device. 
●[Clock Set] is incorrect (→19).
(Incorrect date may be displayed in [Calendar] on pictures copied to a \
computer and then back to 
the camera, if computer and camera dates differ.)
The Playback volume and beep volume are low. 
●The speaker is blocked.
White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture. 
●If you take a picture with...

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Q&A  Troubleshooting
Computer, printer
Cannot communicate with the computer. 
●Not connected correctly ( →74). 
●Check whether computer has recognized camera. 
●Select [PC] when connecting the camera to your computer ( →74). 
●Turn the camera off and then on again. 
Computer does not recognize card (only reads built-in memory). 
●Disconnect USB connection cable (supplied) and reconnect with card in \
place.
Computer does not recognize card. (When using an SDXC Memory Cards)  →  Check...

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Q&A  Troubleshooting
Others
Menu not displayed in desired language. 
●Change [Language] setting ( →41).
Camera rattles if shaken. 
●This sound is made by the lens movement and is not a fault.
Camera is hot. 
●Camera may become a little warm during use, but this does not affect performance or quality.
Lens makes a clicking noise. 
●When brightness changes, the lens may make a clicking noise and the moni\
tor brightness may also 
change, but this is due to aperture settings being made. (Does...

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Usage cautions and notes
When in use
 
●Camera may become warm if used for long periods of time, but this is not\
 a fault. 
●Keep this unit as far away as possible from electromagnetic equipment (\
such as 
microwave ovens, TVs, video games etc.).
 • If you use this unit on top of or near a TV, the pictures and/or sound on this unit may be disrupted by electromagnetic wave radiation.
 • Do not use this unit near cell phones because doing so may result in noi\
se adversely  affecting the...