Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zr3 Operating Instructions For Advanced Features

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Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion 
Pictures
Methods to export still pictures and motion pictures to other devices will vary depending on 
the file format. (JPEG, AVCHD Lite, or Motion JPEG). Here are a few suggestions.
File formats that can be used: [AVCHD Lite], [Motion JPEG]
Copy images played back with this unit to DVD disc, hard disk, or video using a DVD 
recorder, or video.
This can be played back with equipment that is not compatible with high definition 
(AVCHD), so it is convenient for distributing copies. Image will be standard quality instead 
of high definition at this time.
1Connect this unit with the recording equipment with an AV cable (supplied).
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.
Note
•When you play back motion pictures on 4:3 aspect ratio TV, you must set [TV ASPECT]  (P28) 
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.
•Do not use any other AV cables except the supplied one.•It is recommended to turn off the display of the screen by pressing the [DISPLAY] on the 
camera while copying.  (P49)
•See the instruction manual for the recording equipment regarding the details of copying and 
playing back.
Copy the playback image using an AV cable
1Yellow: to the video input socket
2 White: to the audio input socket
A AV cable (supplied) 
						

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File formats that can be used: [JPEG], [AVCHD Lite], [Motion JPEG]
It is possible to acquire still pictures and motion pictures recorded in [AVCHD Lite] or 
[MOTION JPEG] formats, or create conventional standard quality DVD video from the 
motion picture that was recorded as [AVCHD Lite], using “PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD 
Edition” in the CD-ROM (supplied). (P153)
Also, you can write images to DVD, combine multiple 
pictures to create a single panorama picture, or create a 
slide show by adding audio and/or music. These pictures 
can then be stored onto a DVD.
1Install “PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition” to the PC.
•Read the separate operating instructions for the supplied software for more information 
about the software in the CD-ROM (supplied) and how to install it.
2Connect camera to PC.
•For details on connecting, refer to “Connecting to a PC”  (P153) .3Copy the images to a PC using “PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition”.
•For details, refer to the operating instructions of “PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition” 
(PDF).
Note
•You will not be able to playback the acquired [AVCHD Lite] motion pictures when the files or 
folders related to the motion pictures are deleted, modified, or moved using Windows Explorer 
or similar, so make sure to acquire the [AVCHD Lite] motion pictures using “PHOTOfunSTUDIO 
5.0 HD Edition”.
Copying to a PC using “PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition” 
						

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Connecting to a PC
You can acquire recorded pictures to a PC by connecting the camera and the PC.
•Some PCs can read directly from the card removed from the camera. For details, refer to the 
operating instructions of your PC.
•If the computer being used does not support SDXC Memory Cards, a message 
prompting you to format may appear. (Doing so will cause recorded images to be erased 
so do not choose to format.)
If the card is not recognized, please refer to the below support site.
http://panasonic.net/avc/sdcard/information/SDXC.html
•You can easily print out or mail the pictures you have imported. Use of the “PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition” bundled software on the CD-ROM (supplied) is a convenient way of doing this.•Read the separate operating instructions for the supplied software for more information about 
the software in the CD-ROM (supplied) and how to install it.
∫PC that can be used
•
PC with Windows 98/98SE or older, or Mac OS 8.x or older cannot be connected via USB, but 
it can acquire the pictures if an SD memory card reader/writer can be used.
¢ 1 It is necessary for Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer to be installed. PC with higher processing 
performance is required depending on the function to be used. It may not play back correctly 
or operate correctly depending on the environment of the PC used.
¢ 2 Always acquire the [AVCHD Lite] motion pictures using the 
“PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 
HD Edition”.
WindowsMacintosh
98/98SEMe/2000XP/Vista/7OS 9/OS X
Can the 
PHOTOfunSTUDIO be 
used? —
≤
¢1—
Can the [AVCHD Lite] 
motion picture be 
acquired to the PC? —
≤
¢2—
Can the still pictures and 
[MOTION JPEG] motion 
pictures in the digital 
camera be acquired to 
the PC using a USB 
connection cable? —
≤ ≤
(OS 9.2.2/OS X  [10.1~10.6]) 
						

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Preparations:
Turn on the camera and the PC.
Remove the card before using the pictures in the built-in memory.
Set the mode dial to anything except [¨].
A USB connection cable (supplied)•Check the directions of the connectors, and plug them straight in or unplug them straight out. 
(Otherwise the connectors may be bent out of shape which may cause malfunction.)
B Align the marks, and insert.
•Use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC adaptor (optional) and DC coupler 
(optional). If the remaining battery power becomes low while the camera and the PC are 
communicating, the alarm beeps.
Refer to 
“Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely” (P155)  before disconnecting the 
USB connection cable. Otherwise, data may be destroyed.
Connect the camera to a PC via the USB connection cable  A 
(supplied).
•Do not use any other USB connection cables except the supplied one.
Use of cables other than the supplied USB connection cable may cause malfunction.
Acquiring of still pictures and [MOTION JPEG] motion pictures 
(other than [AVCHD Lite] motion pictures) 
						

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Using a drag-and-drop operation, move the pictures you want to 
acquire or the folder storing those pictures to any different folder on 
the PC.
∫Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely
•Proceed with the hardware removal using “Safely Remove Hardware” on the task tray of the 
PC. If the icon is not displayed, check that [ACCESS] is not displayed on the LCD monitor of 
the digital camera before removing the hardware.
Note
•This unit cannot stand upright when the AC adaptor is connected. When placing it on a surface 
and operating it, we recommend placing it on a soft cloth.
•Turn the camera off before connecting or disconnecting the AC adaptor (optional).•Before inserting or removing a card, turn the camera off and disconnect the USB connection 
cable. Otherwise, data may be destroyed.
•If the camera is connected in Clipboard Mode, the built-in memory data is displayed even if a 
card is inserted.
Press  3/4  to select [PC], and then press [MENU/
SET].
•If [USB MODE]  (P28) is set to [PC] in the [SETUP] menu in 
advance, the camera will be automatically connected to the PC 
without displaying the [USB MODE] selection screen. Since there 
is no need to set this each time you connect to the PC, it is 
convenient.
•When the camera has been connected to the PC with 
[USB MODE] set to [PictBridge(PTP)], a message may appear 
on the PC’s screen. Select [Cancel] to close the screen, and 
disconnect the camera from the PC. Then set [USB MODE] to 
[PC] again.
Double-click on [Removable Disk] in [My Computer].
•When using a Macintosh, the drive is displayed on the desktop. (“LUMIX”, “NO_NAME” 
or “Untitled” is displayed.)
Double-click [DCIM] folder.
USB MODE
PLEASE SELECT 
THE USB MODE
PictBridge(PTP)PC
SELECT SET 
						

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∫Viewing the contents of the built-in memory or card using the PC (folder 
composition)
Folders and images processed in the PC cannot be played back on the camera. It is 
recommended to use the “
PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition” bundled software on the 
CD-ROM (supplied) when you write the image from PC to a card.
A new folder is created when pictures are taken in the following situations.
•
After [NO.RESET]  (P27) in the [SETUP] menu has been executed•When a card containing a folder with the same folder number has been inserted (Such as when 
pictures were taken using another make of camera)
•When there is a picture with file number 999 inside the folder
∫Connection in the PTP Mode (WindowsR XP, Windows VistaR, WindowsR 7 and 
Mac OS X only)
Set [USB MODE] to [PictBridge(PTP)].
Data can now be read only from the card into the PC.
•
When there are 1000 or more pictures on a card, the pictures may not be imported in the PTP 
Mode.
•[AVCHD Lite] motion picture cannot be played back in PTP Mode.
1 Folder number
2 File number
3 JPG: Pictures
MOV: [MOTION JPEG]
MISC: DPOF print Favorite
PRIVATE1:
(Built in memory only) Clipboard pictures
AVCHD: [AVCHD Lite] Motion  pictures 
						

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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 from 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.
Perform the print quality and other settings at the printer before printing the pictures.
Set the mode dial to anything except [¨].
A USB connection cable (supplied)•Check the directions of the connectors, and plug them straight in or unplug them straight out. 
(Otherwise the connectors may be bent out of shape which may cause malfunction.)
B Align the marks, and insert.
•Use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC adaptor (optional) and DC coupler 
(optional). If the remaining battery power becomes low while the camera and the printer are 
connected, the alarm beeps. If this happens during printing, stop printing at once. If not printing, 
disconnect the USB connection cable.
Connect the camera to a printer via the USB connection cable  A 
(supplied).
•When the camera is connected to the printer, the cable disconnect prohibit icon [ å] 
appears. Do not disconnect the USB  cable while [ å] is displayed.
Press  3/4  to select [PictBridge(PTP)], and then 
press [MENU/SET].USB MODE
SELECT SET
PLEASE SELECT 
THE USB MODE
PictBridge(PTP)PC 
						

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Note
•This unit cannot stand upright when the AC adaptor is connected. When placing it on a surface 
and operating it, we recommend placing it on a soft cloth.
•Do not use any other USB connection cables except the supplied one.
Use of cables other than the supplied USB connection cable may cause malfunction.
•Turn the camera off before connecting or disconnecting the AC adaptor (optional).•Before inserting or removing a card, turn the camera off, and disconnect the USB connection 
cable.
•You cannot switch between the built-in memory and the card while the camera is connected to 
the printer. Disconnect the USB connection cable, insert (or remove) the card and then connect 
the USB connection cable to the printer again.
•Copy the pictures recorded in Clipboard Mode, copy them onto a card  (P116), and then print 
them out.
•Motion pictures recorded in [AVCHD Lite] cannot be printed out.
Selecting a single picture and printing it
Press  2/1  to select the picture and then press 
[MENU/SET].
•The message disappears in about 2 seconds.
Press  3 to select [PRINT START] and then press 
[MENU/SET].
•Refer to P160  for the items which can be set before starting to 
print the pictures.
•Press [MENU/SET] to cancel printing halfway.•Disconnect the USB connection cable after printing.
PictBridge
MULTI PRINT
100-0001100-0001
PLEASE SELECT
THE PICTURE TO PRINT
SELECTPRINT
OFF
1
CANCEL SELECT SET
PRINT START
PRINT WITH DATE
NUM. OF PRINTS
PAPER SIZE
PAGE LAYOUT
SINGLE SELECT 
						

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¢Only when [FAVORITE] is at [ON] and when there are pictures set as favorites.  (P138)
Selecting multiple pictures and printing them
Press  3.
Press  3/4  to select an item and then press [MENU/
SET].
•If the print check screen has appeared, select [YES], and print 
the pictures.
ItemDescription of settings
[MULTI SELECT] Multiple pictures are printed at one time.
•Press 
3/4/2/1 to select the pictures, and then When [DISPLAY] is 
pressed, [é] appears on the pictures to be printed. (When [DISPLAY] 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. (P139)
[FAVORITE]
¢Prints the pictures set as favorites only.  (P138)
Press 3 to select [PRINT START] and then press 
[MENU/SET].
•Refer to P160  for the items which can be set before starting to 
print the pictures.
•Press [MENU/SET] to cancel printing.•Disconnect the USB connection cable after printing.
MULTI SELECT
SELECT ALL 
PRINT SET (DPOF) 
FAVORITEPictBridge
CANCEL SELECT SET
OFF
1PRINT STARTPRINT WITH DATE
NUM. OF PRINTS
PAPER SIZE
PAGE LAYOUT
MULTI SELECT
CANCEL
SELECT SET 
						

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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.
•
When you want to print pictures on 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.•Since the printer’s settings may take precedence over the Print With Date setting, check the 
printer’s Print With Date setting as well.
•When printing images with a Text Stamp, please remember to set Print With Date to [OFF] or 
the date will print on top.
NoteWhen asking the photo shop to print the pictures•By stamping the date using [TEXT STAMP] (P131)  or setting date printing in [PRINT SET] 
(P139)  before going to a photo shop, the dates can be printed at the photo shop.
You can set the number of prints up to 999.
Print Settings
[PRINT WITH DATE]
ItemDescription of settings
[OFF] Date is not printed.
[ON] Date is printed.
[NUM. OF PRINTS]
OFF
1
CANCEL SELECT EXIT
PRINT START
PRINT WITH DATE
NUM. OF PRINTS PAPER SIZE
PAGE LAYOUT
MULTI SELECT