Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs15 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Sequence of operations
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Aim the camera and shoot
 ■Taking still pictures
 Press the shutter button halfway to focus  Press and hold the shutter button to take the 
picture
 ■Recording motion pictures
  Press the motion picture button to start 
recording
  Press the motion picture button again to 
finish recording
Motion picture button
Shutter button
Microphone
 ■Holding the camera
Flash
Hand  
strap AF Assist Lamp
 • To avoid camera shake, hold it with both hands 
keeping your arms close to your...

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Taking pictures with your own settings   
[Program AE] Mode
Recording mode:          
 ●If a warning is displayed about jitter, use [Stabilizer], a 
tripod, or [Selftimer].
 ●If aperture and shutter speed are shown in red, you do 
not have appropriate exposure. You should either use 
the flash, change [Sensitivity] settings or set [Min. Shtr 
Speed] to a slower speed.Jitter alert 
display
Aperture value Shutter speed
Using the [Rec] menu to change settings and set up your own recording...

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Useful when subject is not in center of picture.
First adjust focus according to subject
Align the AF area with the subject
Hold down halfway
Focus display
( When focus is aligned: illuminated 
When focus is not aligned: flashing)
AF area
(
 When focus is aligned: green 
When focus is not aligned: red)
Return to desired composition
Press fully
AF area
 ●Subjects/environments which may 
make focusing difficult:
 • Fast-moving or extremely bright  objects, or objects with no color 
contrast.
 •...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings   
[Intelligent Auto] Mode
Recording mode:          
Set to  ([Intelligent Auto] Mode)
Take a picture
Press halfway  
(press lightly to focus) Press fully  
(press the button all the  way to record)
Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as “face”, “movement”, 
“brightness”, and “distance” just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning that clear 
pictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually .
 • Slide the...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings  [Intelligent Auto] Mode 
Automatic Scene Detection
Camera reads scene when pointed at subject, and makes optimum settings automatically.
The icon of  
scene detected
Recognizes peopleRecognizes babies∗1
Recognizes landscapesRecognizes night scenes and people in them  
(Only when  is selected)∗2
Recognizes night scenes∗2
Recognizes night scenes without a tripod.∗3
Recognizes close-upsRecognizes sunsetsReads subject movement to avoid blurring when scene does...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings  [Intelligent Auto] Mode 
[iHandheld Nite Shot]
If a night scene is detected automatically while the camera is handheld, the camera can 
record the still picture with less jitter and less noise by combining a burst of pictures. 
 ■Settings 
 Press [MENU/SET]  Press   to select [Rec] menu and press [MENU/SET]  Press   to select [iHandheld Nite Shot] and press [MENU/SET]  Press   to select [ON] and press [MENU/SET]
 ■Recording
  Press the shutter button...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings  [Intelligent Auto] Mode 
[Intelligent Auto] Mode restrictions
Only the menu items which are displayed in the [Intelligent Auto] Mode can be set.
The settings selected in the [Program AE] or other modes will reflect on the menu items in 
the [Setup] menu that are not displayed. 
 ●The settings for the following items are different from other recording modes: 
[Picture Size], [Burst] and [Color Mode] on the [Rec] menu, [Beep] on the [Setup] menu
 ●The...

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Taking motion pictures
Recording mode:          
Press the motion picture button to 
start recording
[Rec Mode] (→91)/[Rec Quality] (→92)
Elapsed recording time Remaining recording time (approx.)
 ●Immediately release the motion picture 
button after pressing it.
 ●You can also use zoom while recording 
motion pictures. 
 • The zoom speed will be slower than 
normal.
 • When using zoom while recording motion pictures, it may take some time to focus. 
 ●Still pictures can be taken during motion...

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Taking motion pictures
 ■About the recording format for recording motion pictures
This unit can record motion pictures in either AVCHD or MP4 formats.
AVCHD:
You can record high definition quality images with this format. It is suitable for 
viewing on a large format TV or for saving to disc. 
MP4:
This is a simpler video format best used when extensive editing is needed, or 
when uploading videos to the Internet. 
 • You can record a motion picture to the built-in memory only in [MP4] using the...

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Taking motion pictures
 ■Recording motion pictures in 
Records a motion picture at your preferred settings. • Aperture and shutter speed are automatically set.
 ■Recording motion pictures in 
The camera automatically detects the scene to record motion pictures with optimal settings.
  When scene does not 
correspond to any on the right.
 • In  mode, focus and exposure will be set according to the face detected. • will be selected for nightscapes and other dark scenes. • If the camera does not...