Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Ts20 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Following menus can be set.
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For the setting method of the menu, refer to P42.
¢ Settings may be different from other Recording Modes.
•Menus specific to Intelligent Auto Mode–Color setting for [Happy] is available in [Color Mode]. It is possible to automatically take a 
picture with a higher level of brilliance for the color brightness and vividness.
•When [ ] is selected, [ ], [ ], [ ] or [ ] is set depending on the type of subject and 
brightness.
•When [ ], [ ] is set, Digital Red-Eye...

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Recording Mode: 
Taking pictures with your favorite settings 
(Normal Picture Mode)
The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and the aperture value according to the 
brightness of the subject.
You can take pictures with greater freedom by changing various settings in the [Rec] 
menu.
Press [MODE].
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select [Normal Picture], 
and then press [MENU/SET].
Aim the AF area at the point you want to 
focus on.
Press the shutter button halfway to focus 
and then press it fully...

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Focusing
Aim the AF area at the subject, and then press 
the shutter button halfway.
•The AF area may be displayed larger for certain zoom magnifications and in dark places.
∫About focus range
The focus range is displayed when operating the 
zoom.
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The focus range is displayed in red when it is not focused 
after pressing the shutter button halfway.
The focus range may change gradually depending on the zoom position.
e.g.: Range of focus during the Normal Picture Mode
FocusWhen the subject...

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∫When the subject is not in focus (such as when it is not in the center of the 
composition of the picture you want to take)
1Aim the AF area at the subject, and press 
the shutter button halfway to fix the focus 
and exposure.
2Press and hold the shutter button 
halfway while moving the camera as you 
compose the picture.
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You can repeatedly retry the actions in step 1 before pressing the shutter button fully.
∫ Subject and recording conditions which are difficult to focus in
•Fast-moving...

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Applicable modes: 
Recording Motion Pictures
Start recording by pressing the motion 
picture button.
AAvailable recording time
B Elapsed recording time
•You can record motion pictures fitting each 
Recording Mode.
•Release the motion picture button right after you 
press it.
•The recording state indicator (red)  C will flash 
while recording motion pictures.
•When recording with [Rec Quality] set to [HD], 
“Active Mode” (stabilizer for motion pictures) will 
work automatically. For more...

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Note
•When recording to the built-in memory, [Rec Quality] is fixed to [VGA].•The available recording time displayed on the screen may not decrease regularly.•Depending on the type of the card, the card access indication may appear for a while after 
recording motion pictures. This is not a malfunction.
•The screen may be blacked out momentarily, or the unit may record noise due to static 
electricity or electromagnetic waves etc. depending on the environment of the motion picture...

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Playing Back Pictures ([Normal Play])
Press [(].
•Normal Playback is displayed automatically when the 
power is turned on by pressing and holding the [(] 
button.
Note
•This camera complies with the DCF standard “D esign rule for Camera File system” established 
by JEITA “Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association” and with Exif 
“Exchangeable Image File Format”. Files that do not comply with the DCF standard cannot be 
played back.
•Pictures recorded with other...

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Press [W] on the zoom button.
1 screen>12 screens >30 screens >Calendar screen 
display
A Number of the selected picture and the total number of 
recorded pictures
•Press [T] on the zoom button to return to the previous 
screen.
•Pictures displayed using [ ] cannot be played back.
∫To return to normal playback
Press  3/4 /2 /1  to select a picture and then press [MENU/SET].
Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback)
Using the Playback Zoom
Press [T] on the zoom button.
1 k > 2k> 4k> 8k >...

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Playing Back Motion Pictures
This unit was designed to play motion pictures using the MP4 and QuickTime Motion JPEG 
formats.
Press  2/1 to select a picture with a Motion 
Picture icon (such as [ ]), and then press  3 to 
play back.
A Motion picture icon
B Motion picture recording time
•After playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed 
on the screen.
For example, 8 minutes and 30 seconds is displayed as 
[8m30s].
∫Operations performed during Motion Picture Playback
The cursor...

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Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered.
•Pictures on the built-in memory or the card that are being played back will be deleted.•Pictures that are not in the DCF standard or those that are protected cannot be deleted.
Press [(].
To delete a single picture
Select the picture to be deleted, and then 
press [ ].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. 
Picture is deleted by selecting [Yes].