Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Lx1 Owners Manual

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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 appears. Select [YES] 
with r and then press q.
• You cannot use pictures with audio, burst 
mode and auto bracket and the direction 
detection function.
• The pictures in each frame do not appear 
in normal review. (P37)
• If you execute [CREATE MOTION 
PICTURE], flip animation is made from all 
pictures recorded for flip animation. 
Delete unnecessary pictures.
• Flip animations may not be played back 
by other equipment.
• The audio is not recorded on flip 
animations, however, you may hear 
varying levels of noises when you play 
back flip animations with other equipment 
which does not have a mute function. 5fps 5 frames/sec.
10fps 10 frames/sec. (The motion 
pictures become smoother.)
CREATE MOTION PICTURE
SELECT EXITSET CREATE MOTION PICTURE
FRAME RATE5fps
10fps
MENU
CREATE MOTION PICTURE
FRAME RATE
5fps
SELECTEXIT
CREATE MOTION PICTURE
MENU
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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
AUTO8 M
EXIT SELECT
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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 
operating the joystick.
3Take the picture.
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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 for Manual focus
1 Move the joystick e/r.
2 Even if the subject is focused, move it a 
little more.
3 Return to the center to make fine 
adjustments.
nPrefocus
This is a technique to focus on the point to 
take pictures in advance when it is difficult 
to focus on the subject with auto focus due 
to its quick motion.
This function is suitable when the distance 
between the camera and the subject is 
certain.
• You can also record with manual focus in 
motion picture mode [i]. When starting 
the recording, the focus is fixed.
• When you focus on the subject in Wide, 
the focus may not be adequate in Tele. In 
this case, focus on the subject again.
• When setting the manual focus, you 
cannot set the continuous AF (P77).
• The MF assistance does not appear in 
digital zoom range.
• The distance shown shows roughly how 
far away the point of focus is.
• Use the MF assistant to make final 
adjustments to the focus.
• The AF lock is released when you select 
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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 [ ] appears on the 
LCD.
nAF/AE Lock
1Aim the AF area at the subject.
2Press the [AF/AE LOCK] button to fix the 
focus and exposure. (To cancel, press 
the [AF/AE LOCK] button again.)
• The focus and exposure indicators light 
if they are correct.
3Move the camera back to the shot you 
want to take and press the shutter button 
fully.
nAF Lock
1Aim the AF area at the subject.
2Press the [AF/AE LOCK] button to fix the 
focus. (To cancel, press the [AF/AE 
LOCK] button again.)
• The focus indicator lights if it is correct.
3Move the camera back to the shot you 
want to take and press the shutter button 
fully.
nAE Lock
1Aim the AF area at the subject.
2Press the [AF/AE LOCK] button to fix the 
exposure. (To cancel, press the [AF/AE 
LOCK] button again.)
• The exposure indicator lights if it is 
correct.
3Move the camera back to the shot you 
want to take and press the shutter button 
fully.
• Only the AE lock is effective when you are 
using manual focus.
EXIT
REC
SELECTMETERING MODE
AF/AE LOCK AF MODE
CAF
AF-L
AE-L
AF
-CONT.AF
AF ASSIST LAMP
AEAF
2
3
SETAF/AEOFF
MENU
MENU
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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 is close to the camera, 
the effective focus range (depth of field) is 
significantly narrowed. Therefore, you will 
have difficulty in focusing on the subject if 
the distance between the camera and the 
subject is changed after focusing on the 
subject.
• 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 indicator lights.
• The available flash range is about 1.97 
feet (60 cm) to 13.5 feet (4.1 m) (Wide). 
(This is applied when you set the ISO 
sensitivity to [AUTO].)
• It is normal for the resolution of the edges 
of pictures taken with [AFw] at short 
distances to be lower. 
T
W
3.94 feet
(1.2 m)
1.64 feet
(50 cm)
T
W
0.98 feet
(30 cm)
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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] aspect ratio. 
Enquire before sending them for printing.
–If your printer has trimming and border 
settings, change the settings so that 
there is no trimming and no border. 
(Read your printer’s operating 
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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 working
For example: Resolution is 5.5M nResolution and maximum zoom
nHow the extended optical zoom works
• The extended optical zoom works by 
extracting the center of the picture and 
expanding it for a higher telephoto effect. 
So, for example, if you choose [5.5M 
], 5.5 million pixels (out of the total 
[8M], 8 million possible with the CCD) are 
taken in your shot.
• The extended optical zoom allows you to 
increase the zoom ratio without the 
reduction in picture quality you get with 
digital zoom.
• The [ ] icon appears when you zoom 
while using a resolution that can use the 
extended optical zoom.
• You can zoom in even further by using this 
in combination with the digital zoom. In 
the [REC] mode menu, set digital zoom to 
ON. (P78)
• The extended optical zoom does not work 
in the motion picture mode [i].
EZ
19
WT5X
5.5
19
WT4X
EZ
191
WT5X
5.5
Aspect 
ratioPixelsMaximum 
zoom
j8M 4×
5.5M /2M 5×
7M 4×
4.5M /2.5M 5.1×
h6M 4×
4M 5×
3M /2M /
1M 5.6×EZEZ
EZEZ
EZ
EZEZ
EZ
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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.
q: Fast forward
w: Fast rewind
• When releasing the button, it turns to 
normal motion picture playback.
nTo pause
Press e during motion picture playback.
• Press e again to cancel pause.
• You can hear audio from the speaker. 
To adjust the sound volume, refer to 
P25.
• You cannot use the zoom function while 
playing back or pausing motion pictures.
• The file format that can be played back 
with this camera is QuickTime Motion 
JPEG.
• Some QuickTime Motion JPEG files 
recorded by a PC or other equipment may 
not be played back with this camera.
• When playing back motion pictures that 
have been recorded with other 
equipment, the quality of pictures may be 
deteriorated or it may not be possible to 
play them back.
• When using a high capacity card, it is 
possible that fast rewinding may be slower 
than usual.
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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)
i: [ASPECT CONV.] (P102)