Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Ts20 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Recording
Applicable modes: 
Sets various color effects, including making the picture sharper, brighter, or applying a 
sepia tone.
¢ 1 This can be set only when Intelligent Auto Mode is set.
¢ 2 This can be set only during Normal Picture Mode.
Applicable modes: 
AF assist lamp will illuminate the subject when the shutter button is pressed halfway, 
making it easier for the camera to focus when recording in low light conditions. (Larger AF 
area is displayed depending on the recording conditions.)
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
Note
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The effective distance of the AF Assist Lamp is a maximum of 
approximately 1.5 m (4.9 feet).
•When you do not want to use the AF Assist Lamp  A (e.g. when taking 
pictures of animals in dark places), set the [AF Assist Lamp] to [OFF]. In 
this case, it will beco me more difficult to focus on the subject.
•[AF Assist Lamp] is fixed to [OFF] in [Scenery], [Night Scenery], [Sunset], 
and [Glass Through] in Scene Mode.
[Color Mode]
SettingsDescription of settings
[STANDARD]
This is the standard setting.
[Happy]¢ 1Image with enhanced brightness and vividness.
[VIVID]¢2The picture becomes sharper.
[B&W]The picture becomes black and white.
[SEPIA]The picture becomes sepia.
[AF Assist Lamp] 
						

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Applicable modes: 
When Red-Eye Reduction ([ ], [ ]) is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is 
performed whenever the flash is used. The camera automatically detects red-eye and 
corrects the picture.
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
Note
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Only available when [AF Mode] is set to [ š] and Face Detection is active.•Under certain circumstances, red-eye cannot be corrected.
Applicable modes: 
Using this mode, jitter during picture taking  is detected, and the camera automatically 
compensates for the jitter, enabling jitter-free images to be taken.
When recording motion pictures, “Active Mode” (stabilizer for motion pictures) will 
automatically function. This decreases the jitter of the image when recording motion 
pictures while walking, etc.
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
Note
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Stabilizer is fixed to [OFF] in [Panorama Shot] in Scene Mode.•During motion picture recording, this setting is fixed to [ON] and “Active Mode” is enabled. 
Note that “Active Mode” is disabled when [Rec Quality] is set to [VGA].
•In “Active Mode”, stronger effect of the correction can be achieved at the wide end.•The stabilizer function may not be effective in the following cases.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button.
–When there is a lot of jitter.–When the zoom magnification is high.–In Digital Zoom range.–When taking pictures while following a moving subject.–When the shutter speed becomes slower to ta ke pictures indoors or in dark places.
[Red-Eye Removal]
[Stabilizer] 
						

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Recording
Applicable modes: 
You can take a picture with date and time of recording.Note
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Date information for pictures recorded with the [Date Stamp] set cannot be deleted.•When printing pictures with [Date Stamp] at a shop or with a printer, the date will be 
printed on top of the other if you choose to print with the date.
•If the time has not been set, you cannot stamp with the date information.•The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following cases.–When using Auto Bracket–In [Panorama Shot] in Scene Mode–When using [Burst]–When recording motion pictures•[Text Stamp], [Resize], and [Cropping] cannot be set for pictures recorded with [Date Stamp] 
set.
•Even if you take a picture with [Date Stamp] set to [OFF], it is possible to stamp dates onto the 
recorded pictures using [Text Stamp]  (P103) or setup the Date print   (P110, 125) .
•Refer to P24  for details.
[Date Stamp]
SettingsDescription of settings
[W/O TIME]
Stamp the year, month, and day.
[WITH TIME]Stamp the year, month, day, hour, and minutes.
[OFF]j
[Clock Set] 
						

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Using the [Motion Picture] Menu
For details on [Motion Picture] menu settings, refer to P42.
In [Panorama Shot] in Scene Mode, the [Motion Picture] menu will not be displayed.
Applicable modes: 
This sets up the picture quality of motion pictures.
Note
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What is bit rate
This is the volume of data for a definite period of time, and the quality becomes higher when the 
number gets bigger. This unit is using the “VBR” recording method. “VBR” is an abbreviation of 
“Variable Bit Rate”, and the bit rate (volume of data for definite period of time) is changed 
automatically depending on the subject to record. Therefore, the recording time is shortened 
when a subject with fast movement is recorded.
Applicable modes: 
It will continually keep on focusing on a subject for which the focus was once set.
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
Note
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Set this function to [OFF] if you wish to fix  the focus on the position where you started the 
motion picture recording.
[Rec Quality]
SettingsPicture size/Bit ratefpsAspect ratio
[HD] 1280k720 pixels/Approx. 10 Mbps
3016:9
[VGA] 640k480 pixels/Approx. 4 Mbps 4:3
[Continuous AF] 
						

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Playback/Editing
Playback/EditingVarious methods of playback
You can play back the recorded pictures in various methods.
Press [(].
Press [MODE].
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select item, and then press [MENU/SET].
•Following items can be selected.
[] ([Normal Play])  (P37)
[] ([Slide Show])  (P96)
[] ([Filtering Play])  (P98)
[] ([Calendar])  (P99) 
						

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You can play back the pictures you have taken in synchronization with music, and you can 
do this in sequence while leaving a fixed interval between each of the pictures.
Furthermore, you can play back the pictures grouped together by category, or play back 
only those pictures you have set  as favorites as a slide show.
This playback method is recommended when you have connected the camera to a TV set 
to view the pictures you have taken.
Press  3 to select [Start] and then press [MENU/SET].
Press  4 to finish the slide show.
•Normal Playback resumes after the slide show finishes.
∫Operations performed during slide show
The cursor displayed during playback is the same as  3/4 /2/ 1.
¢ Only available when paused or playing back panorama pictures.
[Slide Show]
Select the group to play back by pressing  3/4, and 
then press [MENU/SET].
•During [Category Selection], press 3 /4 /2 /1 to select a 
category, and then press [MENU/SET]. Refer to   P98 for category 
details.
3Play/Pause
4Stop
2Back to previous picture¢
1Ahead to next picture¢
[W]Reduce volume level
[T]Increase volume level 
						

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Playback/Editing
∫Changing the slide show settings
You can change the settings for Slide Show Playback by selecting 
[Effect] or [Setup] on the slide show menu screen.
[Effect]
This allows you to select the screen effects or music effects when 
switching from one picture to the next.
[NATURAL], [SLOW], [SWING], [URBAN], [OFF], [AUTO]
•
When [URBAN] has been selected, the picture may appear in black and white as a screen 
effect.
•[AUTO] can be used only when [Category Selection] has been selected. The pictures are 
played back with the recommended effects in each category.
•Some [Effect] will not operate when playing back pictures displayed vertically.
[Setup]
[Duration] or [Repeat] can be set.
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[Duration] can be set only when [OFF] has been selected as the [Effect] setting.•When playing back a panorama picture, the [Duration] setting is disabled.•[Music] cannot be selected when [OFF] has been selected as the [Effect] setting.
Note
•Motion pictures cannot be played back as a slide show. When [ ] (motion picture) is selected 
in [Category Selection], the first frames of the motion pictures are displayed as still pictures in a 
slide show.
SettingsDescription of settings
[Duration] [1SEC.]/[2SEC.]/[3SEC.]/[5SEC.]
[Repeat] [ON]/[OFF]
[Music] [ON]/[OFF] 
						

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The images sorted into the category or images set as favorite are played back.
∫About the categories to be sorted
It will be sorted as following when [Category Selection] is set.
¢Press  3/4 /2/ 1 to select the person to play back and then press [MENU/SET].
[Filtering Play]
SettingsDescription of settings
[Category 
Selection] This mode allows you to search images by Scene Mode or other categories 
(such as [Portrait], [Scenery] or [Night Scenery]) and sort the pictures into 
each of the categories. You can then play back the pictures in each 
category.
Press 3/
4/2/1 to select the category 
and then press [MENU/SET] to set.
•Only the category for which pictures have been 
found can be selected.
[Favorite] You can play back the pictures you have set as [Favorite]  (P108).
Recording information e.g. Scene Modes
[Face Recog.]¢
*[Portrait], [i-Portrait], [Soft Skin], [Night Portrait], [i-Night Portrait], [Baby1]/
[Baby2], [i-Baby]
,[Scenery], [i-Scenery], [Panorama Shot], [Sunset], [i-Sunset], [Glass 
Through]
.[Night Portrait], [i-Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], [i-Night Scenery]
-[Sports], [Snow], [Beach & Surf]
Î[Baby1]/[Baby2], [i-Baby]
í[Pet]
1[Food]
[Underwater]
[Travel Date]
Motion Pictures 
						

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Playback/Editing
You can display pictures by recording date.Note
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The recording date of the picture selected in the playback screen becomes the date selected 
when the calendar screen is first displayed.
•If there are multiple pictures with the same recording date, the first picture recorded on that day 
is displayed.
•You can display the calendar between January 2000 and December 2099.•If the date is not set in the camera, the recording date is set as January 1st, 2012.•If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [World Time], the pictures are 
displayed by the dates at the travel destination in Calendar Playback.
[Calendar]
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select the date to be played 
back.
•If there were no pictures recorded during a month, that month is 
not displayed.
Press [MENU/SET] to display the pictures that were 
recorded on the selected date.
•Press [ ] to return to the calendar screen. 
						

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Having Fun with Recorded Pictures
The brightness and color of the pictures taken can be balanced.
•With [Auto Retouch], a new edited picture is created. Check that there is free space on the 
built-in memory or the card.
[Auto Retouch] cannot be used if the card’s Write-Protect switch is set to [LOCK].
¢ These pictures are examples to show the effect.
Press  2/1 to select a picture, and then press  3.
Press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when [Yes] is selected.
Note
•Depending on the picture, noise may be emphasized by [Auto Retouch].•Effects may be difficult to see depending on the picture.•It may not be possible to perform [Auto Retouch] on pictures which have already been 
retouched.
•[Auto Retouch] may not be performed on pictures recorded with other equipment.•[Auto Retouch] is not possible in the following cases:–Motion pictures–Pictures taken in [Panorama Shot] in Scene Mode
[Auto Retouch]