Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Ls5 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Inserting and removing the card (optional)/the batteries
 
■To remove
Before removing the card or batteries, turn off the camera and wait until the indication 
on the LCD monitor turns off completely.
(Otherwise, this unit may no longer operate normally, the card itself may become 
damaged or recorded pictures may be lost.)
 
• To remove batteries:
Tilt the camera and catch the batteries 
in your hand. Be careful not to drop 
them.  
• To remove card:
Press the center of the card and pull...

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Inserting and removing the card (optional)/the batteries
 Remaining battery and memory capacity
Remaining battery
(flashes red)
If the battery mark flashes red, replace the batteries with new ones.
Estimated remaining pictures or recording time capacity (press  to 
display on/off)
Displayed when no card is inserted (pictures will be saved to built-in \
memory)
When in operation
 (Card) or  (Built-in memory) are illuminated red.
While the light remains lit, an operation is taking place, such...

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Inserting and removing the card (optional)/the batteries
 
●Please reformat the card with this camera if it has already been 
formatted with a computer or another device. ( →28)
 
●If the write-protect switch is set to “LOCK”, the card cannot be u\
sed to 
record or delete pictures, and it cannot be formatted. 
 
●It is recommended that you copy important pictures to your computer 
(as electromagnetic waves, static electricity, or faults may cause data to 
be damaged).
 
●Latest...

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Setting the clock
The clock is not set when the camera is shipped.
Press the Power button
The power is turned on.
If the language select screen is not displayed,
proceed to step 
.
Press [MENU/SET] while the 
message is displayed
Press   to select the language, 
and press [MENU/SET]
Press [MENU/SET]
Power button
[MENU/SET]
Press   to select the items (year, month, day, hour, minute, 
display order or time display format), and press 
  to set
Select the  setting item
Change 
the values...

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Setting the clock
To change time setting
 
●Failure to set the date and time will cause the date/time to be improper\
ly printed when 
printing pictures at a digital photo center.
 
●After the time has been set, the date can be printed correctly even if t\
he date is not 
displayed on the camera screen. Select [Clock Set] from [Setup] or [Rec] menu, perform 
 and .
 • If approximately 5 hours have elapsed after installing the batteries in \
the camera,  the clock settings will be retained...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings 
[Intelligent Auto] Mode
Recording Mode: 
Display the screen for Recording 
Mode selection
Select  [Intelligent Auto] Mode
Take pictures
Press halfway 
(press lightly to  focus) Press fully 
(press the button all  the way to record)
Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as “fac\
e,” “brightness,” 
and “distance” just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning\
 that clear pictures can 
be taken without the need to make...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings [Intelligent Auto] Mode
 
■Automatic Scene Detection
Camera identifies the scene when pointed at the subject, and makes optim\
um settings 
automatically.
People are detected
Scenery is detected
A close-up shot is detected
People and night scenery are detected (Only when  is selected)
Night scenery is detected
When the scene does not correspond to any of the conditions above
When  or  is detected, Face Detection is activated, and the focus and...

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Using zoom
Recording Mode:       
“Optical Zoom” offers 5 x magnification. You can zoom in even closer without the loss of 
picture quality by lowering the picture size and using “Extended Opti\
cal Zoom.” 
For zooming in even closer, “Digital Zoom” (→46) is available. 
 
●Extended Optical Zoom system
When the recording pixel level is set to [3 M ] (corresponding to 3 million pixels), 
3 million pixels of the available pixel level in the center of the CCD a\
re used in 
recording,...

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Taking motion pictures
[Motion Picture] Mode
Recording Mode: 
 
●Do not block the microphone. 
●Depending on the type of card used, a card-access display may appear for\
 a while after 
motion picture recording. This is not a fault.
 
●In [AF Mode],  (9-area-focusing) is fixed.  
●[Stabilizer] does not function while recording motion pictures. 
●When there is no space left to store the motion picture, recording autom\
atically ends. 
Additionally, recording in progress may be stopped,...

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Viewing your pictures [Normal Play]
Playback Mode: 
When a card is in the camera, pictures are played back from the card, an\
d without a card, 
pictures are played back from the built-in memory.
Press the Playback button
 • Press again to enter the Recording Mode.
Scroll through pictures
Previous Next Picture number/Total pictures
File number
 • Press the shutter button to switch to 
Recording Mode.
 
■To enlarge (Playback Zoom)
Press the 
T side of the 
zoom buttonCurrent zoom position...