Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Lz2pp Operating Instructions

Recording pictures (advanced)
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This mode allows you to take a picture 
according to the atmosphere of the 
situation (e.g. a wedding reception, a party 
in a room, etc.).
Both the people and the background can 
be recorded with brightness in real life by 
using the flash and slowing down the 
shutter speed.
∫Technique for Party mode
 Since the shutter speed becomes slow, 
we recommend using a tripod.
 We recommend taking pictures by rotating  the zoom lever to Wide (1 k) and being at 
a...

Recording Menu Settings
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Recording Menu Settings
Using the [REC] mode menu
Setting the hue, picture quality adjustment, 
etc. allows you to create wide variations on 
taking pictures.
 Set the mode dial to the desired recording mode.
 When rotating the zoom lever toward T or  W, the page of the menu screen can be 
forwarded or reversed.
 Close the menu by pressing the shutter  button halfway or the [MENU] button after 
finishing the setting. : [W.BALANCE] (P63)
: [SENSITIVITY] (P65)
:...

Recording Menu Settings
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This function allows you to reproduce a 
white color closer to the tone in real life on 
the pictures recorded under sunlight, 
halogen lighting, etc. in which the white 
color may appear reddish or bluish.
 When setting the white balance to the mode except [AUTO], you can finely 
adjust the white balance. ∫
Auto White Balance
Use of auto white balance adjustment in 
inappropriate lighting conditions may result 
in reddish or bluish pictures. Where the 
subject is...

Recording Menu Settings
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∫Setting the White Balance manually 
(White set )
Use this mode when you want to set the 
white balance manually.
1 Set to [ ] (White Set) and then 
press  1.
2 Aim the camera at a sheet of white paper 
or a similar white object so that the frame 
in the center is filled by the white object 
only and then press  1.
∫ Finely Adjusting the White Balance 
(White Balance Fine Adjustment )
When you cannot acquire the desired hue 
by setting the white balance, you can adjust...

Recording Menu Settings
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ISO sensitivity represents the sensitivity to 
light in values. If you set the ISO sensitivity 
higher, the camera becomes more suitable 
for recording in dark places.
 When setting to [AUTO], the ISO sensitivity is automatically adjusted in the 
range described below according to the 
brightness.
DMC-LZ2: [ISO80] – [ISO200]
DMC-LZ1: [ISO64] – [ISO200]
(It can be adjusted from [ISO100] to 
[ISO400] when using the flash.)
(Common to DMC-LZ2/DMC-LZ1)
 In simple mode [ ],...

Recording Menu Settings
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You can select 2 types of quality 
(compression rate) according to the usage 
of the picture.
 Pictures may appear like a mosaic depending on the subject or the recording 
condition.
 The number of recordable pictures 
depends on the subject.
 The number of remaining pictures 
displayed on the screen may not 
correspond with recorded frames.
 Refer to P22 for the number of recordable 
pictures. You can take a picture with audio.
 When you set [AUDIO REC.] to [ON],...

Recording Menu Settings
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 When setting to 3-area-focusing, pictures may become still while being focused on, 
however, this is not a malfunction.
 When using the digital zoom or when you  take pictures in dark places, the AF area 
is displayed on the center of the screen 
with a size wider than usual.
 When multiple AF areas (max. 5 areas)  light at the same time, the camera is 
focusing on all the AF areas.
The focus position is not predetermined 
because it is set to the position that the...

Recording Menu Settings
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The shutter speed can be automatically 
adjusted. However, if you want brighter 
pictures, you can manually select a slower 
shutter speed. This is especially effective if 
you want to take pictures where both the 
night landscape and the subject are bright, 
using [NIGHT PORTRAIT] in scene mode 
(P57).
The slow shutter speed values you can 
select are: [1/8 – ], [1/4 – ], [1/2 – ] and [1 – ].
∫ Example
 Usually, set to [1/8 –] to take pictures.
(When you select slow...

Recording Menu Settings
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You can use 4 types of color effects 
depending on the atmosphere of the 
picture.Use this function according to the recording 
situation and the atmosphere of the picture.
 When you take pictures in dark places, 
noise may become visible. To avoid noise, 
we recommend setting [PICT.ADJ.] to 
[NATURAL].
Color Effect [COL.EFFECT]
COOL The picture becomes bluish.
WARM The picture becomes reddish.
B/W The picture becomes black and  white.
SEPIA The picture becomes sepia....

Playback (advanced)
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Playback (advanced)
Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion Images
∫Pictures with audio (DMC-LZ2 only)
Select the picture with audio icon [ ] 
and play back the audio.
∫ Motion images
Select the picture with the motion image 
icon [ ] and play back the motion 
images.
 The cursor displayed during  playback corresponds to  3/4 /
2/ 1.
 Motion image playback stops and the  normal playback is restored by pressing 
4. ∫
Fast forwarding/Fast rewinding
During motion image...