Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs15 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Taking motion pictures
Recording still pictures while a motion picture is being recorded
Still pictures can be recorded even while a motion picture is being recorded.
 ■Recording mode:          
Press the shutter button fully during the motion picture 
recording 
(Max. 2 pictures)
The picture is saved with the following conditions.
[AVCHD] [Picture Size]
[FSH]/[SH] 3.5M (16:9)[MP4] [Picture Size]
[FHD]/[HD] 3.5M (16:9)
 • Motion picture recording continues unchanged. • The clicking sound made when...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
 ●It may not be possible to view pictures on this camera that were previously edited on a 
computer.
 ●If the REC/PLAY switch is moved from  to  while the power is on, the lens barrel 
will be retracted after approx. 15 seconds.
 ●This camera is compliant with the unified DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) 
standard formulated by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries 
Association (JEITA), and with Exif (Exchangeable image file...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
Viewing motion pictures
This unit was designed to play motion pictures using the AVCHD, MP4 and QuickTime 
Motion JPEG formats.
Select a picture with the motion picture icon, and press 
Playback now starts.
Motion picture recording timeWhen playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed in 
the top right of the screen.
Example: After 10 minutes and 30 seconds: [10m30s]
Motion picture icon (differs depending on the recording mode and picture quality...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
Capturing still pictures from motion pictures
Save a scene from a motion picture as a still picture.
Display the picture that you want to capture as a still picture 
by pausing a motion picture during playback
Press [MENU/SET]
 • A confirmation screen is displayed. Select [Yes] with cursor button and then press [MENU/SET]. 
[Rec Quality] of the original motion picture [Picture Size] [Aspect Ratio]
[FHD] [HD] [FSH] [SH] 2M16:9
[VGA] 0.3M4:3
 ●The picture quality...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
Zooming in and viewing “Playback Zoom”
Turn to  T sideCurrent zoom position
 • Each time you turn the zoom lever toward the T  side, the magnification increases 
through four levels after 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, and 16x. (The picture quality displayed becomes 
successively lower.)
 • To reduce zoom → 

Turn lever towards W side
 • Move zoom position →    
 ●Playback zoom cannot be used during motion picture playback.
Viewing a list of pictures “Multi Playback”
Turn to...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
Viewing pictures by their recording date “Calendar Playback”
Turn to 
the W side  several times
Selected date (First picture from the date)
 • When you select a recording date using the cursor button and press [MENU/SET], the 
display method changes to the 12-picture screen.
 ●Only months when pictures were taken are shown on the calendar screen. Pictures 
taken without clock settings are displayed with the date January 1st, 2012.
 ●Pictures taken with...

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Deleting pictures
 ●Do not turn off the power during deletion. ●Use a sufficiently charged battery. ●Pictures cannot be deleted in the following cases: • Protected pictures  • Card switch is in “LOCK” position. • Pictures not of DCF standard (→32)
Press to delete displayed picture
 • A confirmation screen is displayed. Select [Yes] with cursor button and then press [MENU/SET]. 
Pictures will be deleted from the card if the card is inserted, or from the built-in memory if 
the card is not inserted....

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Deleting pictures
To delete multiple (up to 100)/To delete all pictures
A burst group is handled as one picture. (All the pictures in the selected burst group are 
deleted.)
Press to delete displayed picture
Use   to select [Delete Multi]/[Delete All] and press [MENU/
SET]
 ●[Delete Multi]
Use cursor button to select picture and press [DISP.] button
 • To cancel → Press [DISP.] button again. • To execute → Press [MENU/SET].
 Picture selected
 • You can select [All Delete Except Favorite] in...

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Setting the menu
 ●The operation screen examples in this manual may differ from the actual screen display 
or some parts of the screen display are omitted.
 ●The menu types and items that are displayed vary according to the mode. ●The setting methods vary depending on the menu item. ●In recording mode, the menu screen can also be exited by pressing the shutter button 
halfway.
Refer to the procedure below for an example on how to operate the menus.
Example: 
 Changing [AF Mode] in the [Rec] menu...

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Setting the menu
Menu type
[Rec] menu (REC/PLAY switch: )
Changing picture preferences (→80)
 • Displays settings such as White Balance, Sensitivity, 

Aspect Ratio, and Picture 
Size.
[Motion Picture] menu (REC/PLAY switch: )
Recording motion pictures using your own settings  (→91)
 • You can select the picture quality

, data format (recording mode) and other settings.
[Setup] menu (REC/PLAY switch:  )
Making the camera more convenient to use (→42)
 • Displays settings for ease of use such as...