Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Ls85 Operating Instructions

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Types of zooms
Feature Optical zoomExtended optical 
zoom (EZ) Digital zoom
Maximum 
magnifi  cation 4×
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Playing Back Pictures (Normal Playback Mode)
Playback mode: 9
A1  Slide the recording/playback switch  A to 
[ 5 ].
•  Normal playback is set automatically in the 
following cases.
– When the mode was switched to the Playback Mode.
– When the camera was turned on while the  recording/playback switch was at [ 5].
2 Press 
w/
q  to select the picture.
w: Play back the previous picture
q : Play back the next picture
•  Speed of picture forwarding/rewinding  changes depending on the playback status.
Fast forwarding/Fast rewinding
Press and hold  w/
q  during playback.
• The  fi le number 
B and the picture number 
C only 
change one by one.
Release  w/
q  when the number of the desired picture appears to play back the picture.
•  If you keep pressing  w/
q , the number of pictures forwarded/rewound increases.
Displaying multiple screens (Multi Playback)
ARotate the zoom lever towards [
6] (W).
1 screen
12 screens
30 screens
Calendar 
screen display (P65)
A   Number of the selected picture and the total 
number of recorded pictures
•  Rotate the zoom lever towards [ 7] (T) to return to 
the previous screen.
•  Pictures are not rotated for display. 
To return to normal playback
1 Press  e/
r /
w /
q  to select a picture.
•  An icon will be displayed depending on the recorded picture and the settings.
2 Press [MENU/SET]. •  The picture that was selected will appear.
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Using the playback zoom
Rotate the zoom lever towards [7] (T) to enlarge the picture.
A
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To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures
1 Press [4].
2 Press 
e/
r  to select [DELETE MULTI] or [DELETE ALL] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
• [DELETE ALL]   step  5
.
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3 Press  e/
r /
w /
q  to select the picture and 
then press [DISPLAY] to set. (Repeat 
this step.)
•  The selected pictures appear with [ b]. When 
[DISPLAY] is pressed again, the setting is 
canceled.
4 Press [MENU/SET].
5 Press  e to select [YES] and then press [MENU/SET] to set.
When [DELETE ALL] has been selected with the [FAVORITE] (P70) setting
The selection screen is displayed again. Select [DELETE ALL] or [ALL DELETE 
EXCEPT z], press 
e to select [YES] and delete the pictures. ([ALL DELETE EXCEPT 
z ] cannot be selected if no pictures have been set as [FAVORITE].)
 Note
•  Do not turn the camera off while deleting (while [ 4] is displayed). Use batteries with a 
suffi  cient power or the AC adaptor (optional: P103).
•  If you press [MENU/SET] while deleting pictures using [DELETE MULTI], [DELETE ALL]  or [ALL DELETE EXCEPT  z], the deleting will stop halfway.
•  Depending on the number of pictures to be deleted, it may take some time to delete  them.
•  If pictures do not conform to the DCF standard or are protected (P73), they will not be  deleted even if [DELETE ALL] or [ALL DELETE EXCEPT  z] is selected.
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Press [DISPLAY] to switch the screen to be used.
DISPLAY
A LCD monitor
•  When the menu screen appears, the [DISPLAY] button  is not activated.
•  During playback zoom, while playing back motion  pictures and during a slide show, you can only select 
“Normal display” or “No display”
In Recording Mode
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BCDB  Normal display
C  No display
D  Guideline display

						

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Taking Pictures Using the Built-in Flash
Recording mode: 4
 1
 5
 
A Photo 
fl ash•  Do not cover the photo fl  ash with your fi ngers or any other items.
Switching to the appropriate fl  ash setting
Set the fl ash to match the recording.
1 Press 
q [t
].
2 Press  e/
r  to switch the fl
 ash setting.•  You can also press 
q [t
] to switch the setting.
•  For the selectable fl  ash settings, refer to “Available fl  ash settings 
by Recording Mode”. (P37)
3 Press [MENU/SET].•  You can also press the shutter button halfway to fi  nish.
•  When 5 seconds pass without any operation, the setting selected at the time is  automatically adopted.
Item Description of settingsq
: AUTOThe fl  ash is automatically activated according to the recording condition.
@
: AUTO/Red-eye 
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Available fl ash settings by Recording ModeThe available fl  ash settings depend on the Recording Mode.
( Ó  : Available, — : Not available, 
Õ : Scene Mode initial setting)
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Shutter speed for each fl ash setting
Flash setting Shutter speed (Sec.)
q  : AUTO 1/30 to 1/2000
@  : AUTO/ Red-eye reduction 1/30 to 1/2000
t  : Forced ON
`  : Forced ON/Red-eye reduction 1/30 to 1/2000
[  : Slow sync./Red-eye reduction 1 or 1/8 to 1/2000

						

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Taking Close-up Pictures
Recording mode: 1
 6
  
This mode allows you to take close-up pictures of the subject, e.g. when taking pictures of 
fl owers.
You can take pictures approaching the subject at a distance up to 5 cm (0.17 feet) from the lens 
by rotating the zoom lever upmost to Wide (1 ×).
1 Press  r [p
].•  Macro shooting starts and [ a
] is displayed. To 
cancel the macro shooting, press  r again.
2  Take the pictures.
Focus range
T
W
50 cm (1.64 feet)
5 cm (0.17 feet)
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Note•  Use a tripod and the self-timer for best results.
•  We recommend setting the fl  ash to Forced Flash OFF [o
] when you take pictures at close 
range.
•  When the camera lens is at a distance beyond the available range from the subject, the  subject may not be focused even if the focus indication lights.
•  When the subject is close to the camera, the effective focus range is signifi  cantly narrowed. 
Therefore, you will have dif fi culty in focusing on the subject if the distance between the camera 
and the subject is changed after focusing on the subject.
•  Macro shooting gives priority to a subject close to the camera. Therefore, if the distance  between the camera and the subject is more than 50 cm (1.64 feet) it takes longer to focus on 
it in macro shooting than normal shooting.
•  When you take pictures at close range, the resolution of the periphery of the picture may  decrease slightly. This is not a malfunction.
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Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Recording mode: 4
 1
 5
 
1 Press  w [s
].
2 Press  e/
r  to select the time.•  You can also press 
w [s
] to select.
3 Press [MENU/SET].•  You can also press the shutter button halfway to fi  nish.
•  When 5 seconds pass without any operation, the setting selected at the time is  automatically adopted.
A
4  Press the shutter button halfway to focus 
and then press it fully to take a picture.
•  The self-timer indicator  A blinks and the shutter 
goes off after 10 seconds (or 2 seconds).
•  If you press [MENU/SET] when the self-timer is  being set, the self-timer setting is canceled.
 Note•  When using a tripod or in other cases, setting the self-timer to 2 seconds is a convenient way 
to stabilize the jitter caused by pressing the shutter button.
•  When you press the button fully with one stroke, the subject is automatically focused just  before the recording. In dark places, the self-timer indicator blinks and then it may turn on 
brightly to work as the AF assist lamp for focusing on the subject.
•  We recommend using a tripod when setting the self-timer.
•  The number of pictures which can be taken in [BURST] is fi  xed to 3.
•  Self-timer cannot be set to 2 seconds in Intelligent Auto Mode.
•  Self-timer cannot be set to 10 seconds in [SELF PORTRAIT] in Scene Mode.
•  Self-timer cannot be used in [HI-SPEED BURST] in Scene Mode.
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