Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Tz25 Operating Instructions For Advanced Features

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Using the [Rec] menu
[Quality]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Set quality of picture.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings:   High quality, priority to picture quality Standard quality, priority to the number of pictures
 ●The setting is fixed to , in [High Sens.] Scene Mode. ●When [3D Photo Mode] is selected, the displayed icons are different:: An MPO picture and a high quality JPEG picture are recorded simultaneously.: An MPO picture and a standard quality JPEG picture are recorded simultaneously.
[Sensitivity]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Set ISO Sensitivity (sensitivity to lighting) manually.
W
e recommend higher settings to take clear pictures in darker locations.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [AUTO] /  [Intelligent ISO] / [100] / [200] / [400] / [800] / [1600] / [3200]
Setting guide
[Sensitivity] [100][3200]
Location
(recommended) Bright 
(outdoors) Dark
Shutter speed SlowFast
Interference LowHigh
Subject blur HighLow
 ●[AUTO] is automatically set in a range up to 800 (1600 when flash is used) based on 
subject brightness.
 ● [Intelligent ISO] is automatically set in a range up to 1600 based on  subject 
movement and brightness.
 ●The [Sensitivity] is automatically set in the following cases: • When recording motion pictures  • When [Burst] is set to [Flash Burst]  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
[White Balance]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Adjust colouring to suit light source if colours otherwise appear unnatural.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings:  [AWB] (automatic) /  (outdoor, clear sky) /  (outdoor, cloudy sky) / (outdoor, shade) /  (Incandescent lighting) /  (uses value set in ) /  (set manually)
 ●When [AWB] (Automatic White Balance) is set, the colouring is adjusted in accordance 
with the light source. However, if the scene is too bright or too dark or if other extreme 
conditions apply, the pictures may appear reddish or bluish. The White Balance may 
not operate correctly if there is a multiple number of light sources.
 ●Under fluorescent lighting, LED lighting fixture etc., the appropriate White Balance will 
vary depending on the lighting type, so use [AWB] or .  ●White Balance setting is fixed to [AWB] in the following cases: 
Scene Modes ([Scenery], [Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot], 
[Food], [Sunset], [Underwater])
 ●Even if the camera’s power is OFF, the set White Balance is remembered. (If the Scene 
Mode is changed, the white balance setting returns automatically to [A WB].)
 ■White Balance fine adjustment (excluding [AWB])
White Balance settings can be individually fine tuned if colours still do not appear as 
anticipated.
  Select the white balance to be fine-tuned, and press the [DISP.] button to display the 
[WB Adjust.] screen.
  Adjust with  if reds are strong, adjust with  if blues are strong.  Press [MENU/SET]. • Settings are remembered even if power is turned off. • Settings remain applied when using flash. • Even though the [AWB] setting is fixed in [Underwater] Scene Mode, fine adjustments  may still be made.
 • Fine adjustments cannot be made when [Color Mode] (→88) is set to [B&W] or [SEPIA].  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
 ■Setting White Balance manually ()
  Select  and press [MENU/SET].  Point the camera towards a white object (e.g. paper) and press [MENU/SET].
White Balance is set to . • Even if the camera’s power is OFF, the set White Balance is remembered.
 • It may not be possible to set the correct White Balance if subjects are too bright or too dark. In this case, adjust the brightness and try to set the White Balance again.
 ■[AWB] operational range: 
10000K
9000K
8000K
7000K
6000K
5000K
4000K
3000K
2000K
Cloudy sky (rain)
Shade
Incandescent lighting
Sunset/sunrise
Candlelight Sunlight
White fluorescent lighting Blue sky  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
[AF Mode]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings:  /  /  /  / 
Taking front-on 
pictures of people
 (Face Detection) Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus 
accordingly.
AF area
Yellow :  When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns 
green when the camera is focused.
White
 :  Displayed when 

more than one face is detected. Other faces 
that are the same distance away as faces within the yellow 
AF area are also focused.
Automatically locking 
the focus on a 
moving subject
 (AF Tracking) Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then press 
.
AF Tracking frame
When the subject is recognised, the AF Tracking frame changes 
from white to yellow, and the subject is automatically kept in focus.
If AF Lock fails, a red frame lights up.
 • To clear 

AF Lock, press 
. • Focus (same as macro recording) (→55)
Subject not centred in 
picture 
 (23-area-focusing) Focuses on up to 23 points in each AF area.
Determined position 
for focus
 (1-area-focusing) (Spot-focusing) 1-area-focusing: 
 Focuses on AF area in centre of picture. 
(Recommended when focus is dif

ficult to align) 
Spot-focusing: Focuses on smaller, limited area.  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
 ●Focus is fixed to  (1-area-focusing) in the following cases: 
[Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] mode 
 ●Use  (1-area-focusing) if focus is difficult to align with  (Spot-focusing). ●Cannot set to  (Face Detection) in the following cases: • Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [Food]  [Underwater])
 • [Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus]) ●If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in  (Face Detection) 
setting, switch to another setting.
 ●If conditions prevent the face from being recognised, such as when the movement of 
the subject is too rapid, the [AF Mode] setting switches to  (23-area-focusing). ●Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or dark,  AF 
Tracking may not operate correctly.
 ●When AF Tracking does not work, focus will be on  (1-area-focusing). ●Cannot set to  in the following cases. • [Panorama Shot] Scene Mode • [B&W] and [SEPIA] in [Color Mode] • [Creative Control] Mode ([Sepia] [Dynamic Monochrome] [High Dynamic]  [Toy Ef

fect] [Soft Focus])
 ●While recording motion pictures and the setting is other than  (Face Detection), focus 
will be on  (1-area-focusing).
[Quick AF]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
The focus is automatically adjusted when camera blurring is small even when the shutter 
button is not pressed. (Increases battery consumption)
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 ●Focus alignment may take time if zoom is suddenly changed from max. W to max.  T, or 
if suddenly moving closer to subject.
 ●Press shutter button halfway if focus is difficult to align. ●The function will turn [OFF] in the following cases.
[Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], and [Handheld Night Shot] Scene Modes
 ●[Quick AF] will not work while AF Tracking is operating.  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
[Face Recog.]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
For details (→74).
[Metering Mode]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
You can change the position for measuring brightness when correcting exposure.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings:
Brightness measurement position Conditions
  [Multi 
Metering]Whole screen
Normal usage (produces balanced 
pictures)
  [Center 
Weighted]Centre and surrounding area
Subject in centre
  [Spot]Centre and close surrounding area Great difference between 
brightness of subject and 
background
(e.g. person in spotlight on stage, 
backlighting)
[i.Exposure]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Automatically adjusts contrast and exposure to give more lifelike colours when there is 
significant contrast between background and subject.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings:   [LOW] /  [STANDARD] /  [HIGH] / [OFF]
 ●[LOW], [STANDARD] and [HIGH] indicate the maximum range of correction. ●When [i.Exposure] works, the colour of  changes. ●Even if [Sensitivity] is set to [100], when [i.Exposure] is activated, pictures may be taken 
at a higher ISO Sensitivity than the setting.  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
[Min. Shtr Speed]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Sets shutter speed to minimum. We recommend using slower shutter speeds to take 
brighter pictures in dark locations.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [AUTO]  [1/250]  [1/125]  [1/60]  [1/30]  [1/15]  [1/8]  [1/4]  [1/2]  [1]
 ●Slower shutter speeds allow for brighter pictures but increase risk of jitter , so we 
recommend using a tripod and the self-timer.
 ●As still pictures may become dark when using faster values such as [1/250], we 
recommend that still pictures are taken in bright locations ( flashes red when shutter 
button is pressed halfway if still picture will be dark).
 ● displayed on screen for settings other than [AUTO].
[i.Resolution]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
You can use the camera’ s Intelligent Resolution technology to record still pictures with 
sharper outlines and clearer resolution. Also, when [i.ZOOM] is set, the zoom ratio can be 
increased two times higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture 
quality. 
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [ON] / [i.ZOOM] / [OFF]
 ●About [i.ZOOM] (→51)  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
[Digital Zoom]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Zoom 4 times further than Optical/Extra Optical Zoom. (Note that enlarging will decrease 
picture quality with Digital Zoom.)
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 ●This is fixed to [ON] when [Macro Zoom] is set. ●When Digital Zoom is used simultaneously with i.Zoom, you can only increase the 
zoom ratio up to 2 times.
[Burst]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
For details (→72).
[Color Mode]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Set colour effects.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings:  [STANDARD] / [VIVID]∗1 (sharper) / [B&W] / [SEPIA] / [Happy]∗2 ∗1 Except [Intelligent Auto] Mode∗2 [Intelligent Auto] Mode only
[AF Assist Lamp]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Illuminates lamp when dark to facilitate focus alignment.
 ■Recording mode:           ■Settings: [ON]   :  Lamp illuminated with halfwa y press of shutter 
button ( and larger AF area displayed)
AF Assist Lamp
[OFF] :  Lamp off (t aking pictures of animals in the dark, 
etc.)
 ●The AF Assist Lamp has an effective distance of 1.5 m (4.9 feet). • Do not block the lamp with your fingers or look at it from close  range.
 ●The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following Scene Modes: 
[Scenery] [Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [Sunset]  
[Glass Through] [Underwater]   
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
[Red-Eye Removal]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Automatically detects red-eye and corrects still picture data when recording with flash 
red-eye reduction (
 ).
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 ●This setting will work only when [AF Mode] is  (Face Detection). ●Depending on the circumstance, it may not be possible to correct red-eye. ●When the function setting is [ON], a  appears with the flash icon.
[Stabilizer]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Automatically detects and prevents jitter.
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.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 ●The setting is fixed to [ON] either during motion picture recording or in [Handheld Night 
Shot] Scene Mode.
 ●The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following Scene Mode:  
[Panorama Shot] Scene Mode
 ●Cases where Optical Image Stabiliser may be ineffective:
Heavy jitter, high zoom ratio (also in the Digital Zoom range), fast-moving objects, 
indoors or in dark locations (due to low shutter speed)
 ●In [Active Mode], stronger effect of the correction can be achieved at the wide end. ●In the following case, [Active Mode] will not function even when recording motion 
pictures.
 • When [Rec Quality] is set to [VGA] in [MP4].  
						

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Using the [Rec] menu
[Date Stamp]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Still pictures can be taken with the recording date and time stamped on the still picture.
 ■Recording mode:          
 ■Settings: [W/O TIME] / [WITH TIME] / [OFF]
 ●Date stamps on still pictures cannot be erased. ●The date cannot be stamped when [Auto Bracket] or [Burst] is set, when recording a 
motion picture, or when the [Panorama Shot] Scene Mode is set.
 ●Do not request date printing in store or make date printing on printer for still pictures 
with date stamps. (Date printing may be overlapping.)
 ●Cannot change the setting in [Intelligent Auto] Mode. The setting in other Recording 
Mode is applied.
[Clock Set]
 • For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Set the clock. Same function as that in [Setup] menu.