Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Lx1 Owners Manual

Recording pictures (advanced)
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5Select [FRAME RATE] and set the 
number of frames.
6Select [CREATE MOTION 
PICTURE] and create a flip 
animation.
• The file number appears after creating a 
flip animation.
nPlaying back created flip animations
• You can play back created flip animations 
with the same method used to play back 
motion pictures. (P89)nDeleting all still pictures used to 
create flip animation
When selecting [DELETE STILL 
PICTURES] in [FLIP ANIM.] menu, a 
confirmation screen...

Recording pictures (advanced)
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Using the Quick setting
 
You can change the following with the 
joystick when recording.
• [W.BALANCE] (P71)
• [SENSITIVITY] (P73)
• [PICT.SIZE] (P73)
• [QUALITY] (P74)
• [PICT.MODE] (P59)
1Press and hold the joystick to 
show the shortcut menu in 
recording mode.
• The Quick setting menu appears.
2Select the menu and press to 
enter.
• The menu items depend on the selected 
recording mode.SCN1SCN2
EXITSELECT
AU TOAUTO
AUTO8 M
2
AUTO
AUTO
ISO80ISO100ISO200ISO400...

Recording pictures (advanced)
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Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
1Slide the focus switch to [MF].
• AF: Auto focus
• AFw: Macro mode
• MF: Manual focus
2Move the joystick w/q to select 
[MF], then move the joystick e/r 
to focus.
• A : MF indication
• 
B : Focal distance
• e : Further
• r : Closer
• The manual focusing assistant 
C 
appears.
• The MF assistant disappears 2 seconds 
after you stop operating the joystick.
• The moving focus indication 
D 
disappears 5 seconds after you stop...

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nMF assistance
Move the joystick e/r while [MF ASSIST] 
is set to [MF1] or [MF2] to enlarge the 
picture to help focusing. (P24)
• [MF1]: The center area of the picture is 
enlarged. You can focus while 
considering the overall composition 
of the picture.
• [MF2]: The whole picture is enlarged. You 
can easily focus when you are not 
sure of the focus at Wide. 
• You can set the MF assistant to [OFF] in 
the [SETUP] menu (in the recording 
mode). (P24)nTechnique...

Recording pictures (advanced)
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AF/AE Lock (AF: Auto focus/AE: Auto exposure)
Locking the focus is useful when the 
subject is outside of the AF area of the shot 
you want to take. Locking the exposure is 
useful if there is extreme contrast in the 
shot and you cannot get the best exposure.
1 Select [AF/AE LOCK] from the 
[REC] menu to select [AF] , [AE] 
or [AF/AE].
• AF : Auto focus locked
• AE : Auto exposure locked
• AF/AE : Both locked
2 Press [AF/AE LOCK] button A.
•  [AF-L], [AE-L] or [ ]...

Recording pictures (advanced)
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AF Macro mode 
This mode allows you to take close-up 
pictures of the subject, e.g. When taking 
pictures of flowers.
You can take pictures approaching the 
subject at a distance up to 0.16 feet (5 cm) 
from the lens by rotating the zoom lever 
upmost to Wide (1×).
1Select [AF w] with the focus 
switch.
• AF: Auto focus
• AFw: AF Macro mode
• MF: Manual focus
nFocus range
• Normal
• [AFw]
• Use a tripod and the self-timer (P44) for 
best results.
• When the subject...

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Setting the aspect ratio
Aspect ratio is the ratio of the width and the 
height of the picture. This camera gives you 
three aspect ratios to choose from.
• j
 •  • h
• You cannot shoot motion pictures in the 
[ ] aspect ratio.
• Depending on the aspect ratio setting, the 
edges of the picture may be cut off when 
printing. Try the following to see whether 
you can print without cutting the edges off. 
–Some photography shops can handle 
pictures shot in the [
j]...

Recording pictures (advanced)
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Shooting with the extended optical zoom
The camera’s optical zoom can normally 
give you a telephoto zoom of 4 times, but 
by choosing a resolution that has an EZ 
suffix, for example 5.5M  , the extended 
optical zoom starts functioning and zoom 
extends as follows. (The example uses 
[j] aspect ratio.)
• Set the resolution. (P73)
1Move the zoom lever toward T.
nWhen the extended optical zoom isn’t 
working
For example: Resolution is 8M
nWhen the extended zoom is...

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Playback (advanced)
Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion 
pictures
 
nPictures with audio
Select the picture with audio icon [A] 
A and play back the audio.
nMotion pictures
Select the picture with the motion 
picture icon 
B and play back the motion 
pictures.
• The cursor displayed during 
playback corresponds to e/r/
w/q. 
• Motion picture playback stops and the 
normal playback is restored by pressing 
r.nFast forwarding/Fast rewinding
During motion picture playback, keep 
pressing w/q....

Playback (advanced)
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Using the [PLAY] mode menu
 
The play mode menu offers you various 
ways to play and edit your pictures.
• When rotating the zoom lever toward T, 
the page of the menu screen can be 
forwarded. (vice versa)
• After selecting the item, change the 
settings as described on the following 
pages.a: [SLIDE SHOW] (P91)
: [FAVORITE] (P92)
j: [ROTATE DISP.] (P93)
b: [ROTATE] (P94)
l: [DPOF PRINT] (P95)
g: [PROTECT] (P97)
R: [AUDIO DUB.] (P98)
e: [RESIZE] (P99)
f: [TRIMMING] (P100)...