Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Sz9 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Saving still pictures and motion pictures on a 
Recorder
If you insert card holding content recorded with this unit into a Panasonic recorder, you can dub 
the content to a Blu-ray Disc or DVD etc.
•
See the operating instructions for the recorder about the details about copying and playing back.
For details on Panasonic devices compatible with the 
respective file format (such as a Blu-ray Disc recorder), refer 
to the support sites below.
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/
(This Site is English only.)¢ Some compatible devices may not be sold in certain countries and 
regions. 
						

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∫Dubbing with non-compatible equipment
You can dub the content played back using this  unit to non-compatible equipment such as 
recorders and video players by connecting this  unit to the non-compatible equipment using an 
AV cable (optional). Non-compatible equipment wil l be able to play back the content. This is 
convenient if you wish to pass around dubbed content. In this case, the content will be played 
back in standard rather than high-definition picture quality.
1Connect this unit with the recording equipment with an AV cable (optional).2Start the playback of this unit.
3Start the recording on the recording equipment.
•When ending the recording (copying), stop the playback on this unit after stopping the 
recording of the recording equipment.
•When you play back motion pictures on 4:3 aspect ratio TV, you must set [TV Aspect]  (P53) on this 
unit to [4:3] before starting a copy. The image will be vertically long if you play back motion pictures 
copied with [16:9] setting on a [4:3] aspect TV.
•See the operating instructions for the recording equipment regarding the details of copying and 
playing back.
1 Yellow: to the video input socket
2 White: to the audio input socket
A AV cable (optional) 
						

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Printing the Pictures
If you connect the camera to a printer supporting PictBridge, you can select the pictures to be 
printed out and instruct that printing be started on the camera’s LCD monitor.
•
Some printers can print directly from the card removed from the camera. For details, refer to the 
operating instructions of your printer.
Preparations:
Turn on the camera and the printer.
Remove the card before printing the pictures from the built-in memory.
Check print quality and other settings on the printer before printing the pictures.
1Connect the printer and camera with the USB connection cable 
(supplied).
2Press 3/4 to select [PictBridge(PTP)], and then press [MENU/SET].
•If the remaining battery power becomes low while the camera and the printer are connected, the 
alarm beeps. If this happens during printing, stop pr inting at once. If not printing, disconnect the USB 
connection cable.
•Do not disconnect the USB connection cable while [ å] (Cable disconnect prohibit icon) is displayed.
(may not be displayed depending on the type of printer used)
•Before inserting or removing a card, turn the camera off, and disconnect the USB connection cable.•Motion pictures cannot be printed out.
•Check the directions of the connectors, and plug them straight in or unplug them straight 
out. (Otherwise the connectors may bend out of shape, which may cause malfunction.) Do 
not connect devices to incorrect terminals. Doing so may cause malfunction.
•Do not use any other USB connection cables except the supplied one or a genuine 
Panasonic USB connection cable (DMW-USBC1: optional).
A USB connection cable (supplied)
B Align the marks, and insert. 
						

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1Press 3.
2Press 3/4 to select an item and then press [MENU/SET].
3Press 3 to select [Print start] and then press [MENU/SET].
•If the print check screen has appeared, select [Yes], and print the pictures.
•Refer to P185 for the items which can be set before starting to print the pictures.•Disconnect the USB connecti on cable after printing.
Selecting a single picture and printing it
1Press 2/1 to select the picture and then press [MENU/
SET].
2Press 3 to select [Print start] and then press [MENU/
SET].
•Refer to P185 for the items which can be set before starting to print the 
pictures.
•Disconnect the USB connecti on cable after printing.
Selecting multiple pictures and printing them
ItemDescription of settings
[Multi Select] Multiple pictures are printed at one time.
•Press 
3/4/ 2/1 to select the pictures, and then press [DISP.]. 
(When [DISP.] is pressed again, the setting is canceled.)
•After the pictures have been selected, press [MENU/SET].
[Select All] Prints all the stored pictures.
[Print Set (DPOF)] Prints the pictures set in [Print Set] only.  (P123)
[Favorite] Prints the pictures set as favorites only.  (P122)
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Select and set the items both on the screen in step 2 of the “Selecting a single picture 
and printing it” and in step 
3 of the “Selecting multiple pictures and printing them” 
procedures.
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When you want to print pictures in a paper size or a layout which is not supported by the camera, set 
[Paper Size] or [Page Layout] to [ {] and then set the paper size or the layout on the printer. (For 
details, refer to the operating instructions of the printer.)
•When [Print Set (DPOF)] has been selected, the [Print with Date] and [Num.of prints] items are not 
displayed.
•If the printer does not support date printing, the date cannot be printed on the picture.•Depending on the printer, the date print settings of the printer may take precedence so check if this 
is the case.
•When printing images with [Date Stamp] or [Text Stamp], please remember to set [Print with Date] to 
[OFF] or the date will print on top.
You can set the number of prints up to 999.
Print Settings
 [Print with Date]
ItemDescription of settings
[ON] Date is printed.
[OFF] Date is not printed.
 [Num.of prints] 
						

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•Paper sizes not supported by the printer will not be displayed.
 [Paper Size]
ItemDescription of settings
{ Settings on the printer are prioritized.
[L/3.5 qk5q]
89 mmk127 mm
[2L/5 qk7q] 127 mmk178 mm
[POSTCARD] 100 mmk148 mm
[16:9] 101.6 mmk180.6 mm
[A4] 210 mmk297 mm
[A3] 297 mmk420 mm
[10 k15cm] 100 mmk150 mm
[4 qk6 q] 101.6 mmk152.4 mm
[8 qk10q ] 203.2 mmk254 mm
[LETTER] 216 mmk279.4 mm
[CARD SIZE] 54 mmk85.6 mm 
						

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•An item cannot be selected if the printer does not support the page layout.
∫Layout printing
When printing a picture several times on 1 sheet of paper
For example, if you want to print the same picture 4 times on 1 sheet of paper, set 
[Page Layout] to [ ä] and then set [Num.of prints] to 4 for the picture that you want to print.
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
For example, if you want to print 4 different  pictures on 1 sheet of paper, set [Page Layout] to 
[ ä ] and then set [Num.of prints] to 1 for each of the 4 pictures.
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The camera is receiving an error message from the printer when the [ ¥] indication lights orange 
during printing. After finishing printing, make sure there are no problems with the printer.
•If the number of prints is high, the pictures may be printed several times. In this case, the remaining 
number of prints indicated may differ from the number set.
 [Page Layout] (Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit)
ItemDescription of settings
{ Settings on the printer are prioritized.
á 1 picture with no frame on 1 page
â 1 picture with a frame on 1 page
ã 2 pictures on 1 page
ä 4 pictures on 1 page 
						

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Others
Screen Display
∫In recording
1 Recording Mode
2 Recording format  (P100)
Recording Quality  (P101)
Picture Size (P81)
: Backlight Compensation  (P29)
3 Quality  (P82)
4 Flash Mode  (P59)
5 Optical Image Stabilizer  (P98)
: Jitter alert (P26)
6 White Balance (P84)
7 Wind Cut  (P102)
8 Color Mode  (P97)
: Motion Deblur (P30)
: Creative control adjustment display 
(P66)
9 AF Macro Mode  (P62)
: Macro Zoom Mode  (P62)
10 Battery indication  (P15)
11 Auto Bracket (P65)
: Burst (P95)
12 Intelligent Exposure (P93)
13 Focus  (P33)
14 Histogram  (P50)
15 Spot AF area  (P86)
16 Self-timer Mode  (P63)
17 AF tracking operation (P87)
18 Shutter speed  (P32)
: Minimum shutter speed (P93)
19 Aperture value  (P32) 20 AF area 
(P33)
21 ISO sensitivity  (P83)
22 AF Tracking  (P87)
: AF assist lamp  (P97)
23 Exposure compensation  (P64)
24 Number of days that have passed since  the departure date  (P47)
Location  (P47)
Name  (P77)
Age  (P77)
Current date and time
“ : World Time  (P46)
Zoom  (P57): 
25 Elapsed recording time  (P35):¢
26 Monitor Luminance  (P49)
: Monitor power save  (P51)
27 Date Stamp (P99)
28 Recording state (P35)
29 Built-in memory (P20) : Card (P20)  (displayed only during 
recording)
30 Number of recordable pictures  (P22)
Available recording time  (P23, 
35) :
¢
¢ “h” is an abbreviation for hour, “m” for minute 
and “s” for second.
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∫In playback
1 Playback Mode (P103)
2 Protected picture  (P125)
3 Favorite  (P122)
4 Date/Text stamped display  (P99, 116)
5 Color Mode  (P97)
6 After Auto Retouch  (P110)
After Creative Retouch  (P113)
7 After Beauty Retouch  ( P 111 )
8 Picture Size (P81)
9 Quality  (P82)
10 Battery indication  (P15)
11 Picture number
Total pictures
Elapsed playback time  (P38):
¢
12 Number of prints  (P123)
13 Histogram  (P50)
14 Location  (P47)
Recording information
Name  (P77)
Age  (P77) 15 Auto Retouch 
(P110)
Beauty Retouch (P111)
Creative Retouch  (P113)
Motion picture playback  (P38)
Play panorama  (P73)
16 Number of days that have passed since  the departure date  (P47)
Recorded date and time
“ : World Time  (P46)
17 Power Monitor  (P49)
: Monitor power save  (P51)
18 Folder/File number  (P180)
19 Motion picture recording time  (P38) :
¢
20 Recording format  (P100)
Recording Quality  (P101)
21 Built-in memory (P20) Cable disconnect prohibit icon  (P183)
¢“h” is an abbreviation for hour, “m” for minute 
and “s” for second.
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Cautions for Use
Keep this unit as far away as possible from electromagnetic equipment (such as 
microwave ovens, TVs, video games etc.).
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If you use this unit on top of or near a TV, the pictures and/or sound on this unit may be disrupted by 
electromagnetic wave radiation.
•Recorded data may be damaged, or pictures may be distorted, by strong magnetic fields created by 
speakers or large motors.
•Electromagnetic wave radiation generated by mi croprocessors may adversely affect this unit, 
disturbing the pictures and/or sound.
•If this unit is adversely affected by electromagnetic equipment and stops functioning properly, turn 
this unit off and remove the battery or disconnect AC adaptor (supplied)/AC adaptor (optional). Then 
reinsert the battery or reconnect AC adaptor and turn this unit on.
Do not use this unit near radio transmitters or high-voltage lines.
•If you record near radio transmitters or high-vol tage lines, the recorded pictures and/or sound may 
be adversely affected.
Always use the supplied cords and cables. If you use optional accessories, use the 
cords and the cables supplied with them.
Do not extend the cords or the cables.
Do not spray the camera with insecticides or volatile chemicals.
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If the camera is sprayed with such chemicals, the body of the camera may be damaged and the 
surface finish may peel off.
•Do not keep rubber or plastic products in cont act with the camera for a long period of time.
Optimal use of the camera