Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs40 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Taking still pictures while a motion picture is being recorded
Still pictures can be recorded even while a motion picture is being recorded.
Press the shutter button fully during the motion picture 
recording
Still pictures can be taken while a motion picture is being recorded.
[Still Picture Size]  (→153)Maximum number of pictures
13.5M 10 pictures
6M
2M
 • The clicking sound made when the shutter button is operated may be recorded. • When still pictures...

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Viewing your pictures
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When a card is in the camera, pictures are played back from the card. Without a card, 
pictures are played back from the built-in memory.
Press the Playback button
 • By holding down the Playback button while the camera is off, you can turn the 
camera on in Playback Mode.
Press   or turn the control dial to select the picture to be 
displayed
 • When you press and hold  , the pictures are displayed one after another.
View pictures
Picture number/Total pictures...

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Viewing your picturesVQT5E74
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Zooming in and viewing “Playback Zoom”
Move the zoom lever toward T side
Current zoom position
 • Each time you move the zoom lever toward the  T side, the magnification 
increases through four levels: 2x, 4x, 8x, and 16x.  
(The picture quality displayed becomes successively lower.)
 • T

o reduce zoom → Move the zoom lever toward W side.
 • Move zoom position → Press    .
 ●Playback zoom cannot be used during motion picture playback, automatic scrolling...

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Viewing your picturesVQT5E74
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Viewing a list of pictures “Multi Playback”
Move the zoom lever toward W side
Picture no./Total no.
Motion picturesPanorama pictures
 • Move the zoom lever toward the W side and you can switch the display methods in the following order: 1-picture screen (full-screen) → 12-picture screen → 
30-picture screen → Calendar screen. (Move the lever to the 
T side to return.)
 • When you select a picture using the cursor button and press [MENU/SET] on the 12-picture or...

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Viewing your picturesVQT5E74
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Searching and viewing pictures by their recording date [Calendar]
Move the zoom lever toward W side several times
Use     to select recording date and press [MENU/SET]
 • Pictures are displayed in Multi Playback (30-picture screen).  The cursor will 
appear on the first picture taken on the selected date.
 • Y

ou can also select the date with the control dial.
 ●Only months when pictures were taken are shown on the calendar screen. Pictures 
taken without clock...

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Viewing motion pictures
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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 timeExample: After 29 minutes and 30 seconds: [29m30s]
 • When playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed in the top right of the screen.
Motion picture icon (dif

fers by [Rec Format] and [Rec Quality])
 ■Operations during motion picture...

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Viewing motion picturesVQT5E74
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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] and press [MENU/SET].
 • Still pictures are saved with [Aspect Ratio] setting of [16:9] and [Picture Size] at  2M *
.
*
 In the following cases, saved pictures bec ome [4:3], 0.3M. •...

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Deleting pictures
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Pictures will be deleted from the card if the card is inserted, or from the built-in memory if 
the card is not inserted. (Deleted pictures cannot be recovered.)
However, pictures will not be deleted in the following cases:
 • Protected pictures  • Card switch is in “LOCK” position. • Pictures that are not based on the DCF standard (→52)
Press [  ] button to delete displayed picture
 • A confirmation screen is displayed. Select [Yes] and press [MENU/SET]. 
 ●Do not...

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Deleting picturesVQT5E74
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To delete multiple (up to 100)/To delete all pictures
A picture group  (→157) is handled as 1 picture. (All the pictures in the selected picture group 
are deleted.)
Press [  ] button while view ing a picture 
Use   to select [Delete Multi]/[Delete All] and press 
[MENU/SET]
 • Items can also be selected by turning the control dial.
 ●[Delete Multi]
Use     to select picture and press [DISP.] button
 Picture selected
 • To cancel → Press [DISP.] button again. • T
o...

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Setting the menu
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Refer to the procedure below for an example on how to operate the menus.
Example: Changing [AF Mode] in the [Rec] menu in [Program AE] Mode
Press [MENU/SET]
Press     or turn the control dial to select the [Rec] 
menu, and press [MENU/SET]
Press   or turn the control dial to select [AF Mode], and 
press [MENU/SET]
Pages (The pages can also be selected with the zoom lever.)
Menu items
Menu description
Operation guide
Press   or turn the control dial to select a...