Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs40 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

							VQT5E74
M1213KZ0
Owner’s Manual  
for advanced features
Digital Camera
Model No.DMC-ZS40
Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and 
save this manual for future use.
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(U.S. customers only) 
						

							Contents
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Preparations
Before use .............................................. 8About GPS .................................................. 10
Standard Accessories ......................... 11
Names and Functions of  
Main Parts
 ............................................ 12Viewfinder (LVF) .......................................... 15
[MENU/SET] button / Cursor button /  
Control dial
 .................................................. 16
Putting on the hand strap ............................ 16
Charging battery .................................. 17Inserting the battery .................................... 18
Charging the battery ... ................................. 19
Remaining battery
 ....................................... 22
Guidelines for number of recordable  
pictures and operating time
 ......................... 22
Inserting and removing the card 
(optional) .............................................. 24
Saving your pictures  
(cards and built-in memory)
 ............... 25Recording capacity guidelines  
(pictures/recording time) ............................. 26
Setting the clock .................................. 28Changing time settings ... ............................. 29
Basics
Sequence of operations ...................... 30
Using the control ring/control dial
 ..... 33Using Quick menu ....................................... 34
Taking pictures with automatic settings  
[Intelligent Auto] Mode ........................ 35Using flash .................................................. 35
Automatic Scene Detection ......................... 36
Defocusing the background ........................ 37
[Motion Deblur] ............................................ 38
[iHandheld Night Shot] ................................ 39
[iHDR] ...

....................................................... 39
AF Tracking
 ................................................. 40
[Intelligent 

Auto Plus] Mode
 ...
 ...................... 41
About [Intelligent Auto] setting items 
 .......... 43
Taking pictures with your own settings  
[Program AE] Mode ............................. 44Program Shift .............................................. 45
Adjusting focus ................................... 47
Recording motion pictures
 ................. 48Taking still pictures while a motion  
picture is being recorded ............................. 51
Viewing your pictures ......................... 52Zooming in and viewing  
“Playback Zoom” ......................................... 53
V
iewing a list of pictures  
“Multi Playback”
 ...

........................................ 54
Searching and viewing pictures by their 
recording date [Calendar]
 ...

......................... 55
Viewing motion pictures ..................... 56Capturing still pictures from motion  
pictures ........................................................ 57
Deleting pictures ................................. 58To delete multiple (up to 100)/ 
To delete all pictures ................................... 59
Setting the menu ................................. 60Menu type ................................................... 61    
						

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Using the [Setup] menu ...................... 62[Clock Set] ................................................... 62
[Auto Clock Set] .......................................... 62
[W
orld Time]
 ................................................ 62
[T

ravel Date]
 ................................................ 62
[Airplane Mode] ........................................... 62
[Beep] .......................................................... 63
[Cust.Set Mem.] .......................................... 64
[Fn Button Set] ............................................ 64
[Zoom Lever Set] ...

...................................... 64
[Ring/Dial Set]
 ............................................. 64
[Live V

iew Mode]
 ......................................... 65
[Monitor Display] / [V

iewfinder]
 .................... 65
[Monitor Luminance] ...

................................. 66
[Composition Guide]
 ...

................................. 66
[Guide Line]
 ................................................. 66
[Histogram] .................................................. 67
[V

ideo Rec Area]
 ......................................... 67
[Remaining Disp.] ........................................ 68
[Lens Resume] ............................................ 68
[MF 

Assist]
 ...
 ................................................ 68
[Peaking]
 ..................................................... 68
[Economy] ................................................... 69
[Auto Review] .............................................. 70
[Exposure Comp. Reset] ............................. 70
[Self 

Timer Auto Off]
 .................................... 70
[No.Reset] ................................................... 71
[Reset] ......................................................... 71
[Reset Wi-Fi Settings] ................................. 71
[USB Mode] ................................................. 72
[TV Connection] .......................................... 72
[Rotate Disp.] .............................................. 73
[V

ersion Disp.]
 ............................................. 74
[Format] ....................................................... 74
[Language] .................................................. 74
Entering Text ........................................ 75
Application (Record)
Switching the display of recording 
information, etc. ................................... 76
T
aking pictures with the  
composition determined   
[Composition Guide]
 ........................... 77
Using the level gauge.......................... 79
Using Zoom
 .......................................... 80Zoom types and use ... ................................. 81
[Step Zoom] ... .............................................. 83
Taking pictures with flash ................... 85
T aking pictures with Auto Focus
 ....... 88Taking front-on pictures of people  
(Face Detection) ... ....................................... 89
Automatically locking the focus on a  
moving subject (AF Tracking)
 ...

................... 90
Subject not centered in picture  
(23-area-focusing)
 ....................................... 91
Determined position for focus  
(1-area-focusing)
 ......................................... 91
Taking close-up pictures   
(Macro recording) ................................ 93Focus range ................................................ 94
[Macro Zoom] .............................................. 95
Taking pictures with Manual Focus ... 96
T aking pictures by locking the  
focus and/or exposure   
[AF/AE Lock]
 ........................................ 99
T

aking pictures with Exposure 
Compensation
 .................................... 100Recording while exposure is changed 
automatically ([Auto Bracket]) ................... 101
Burst function .................................... 102
T aking pictures with self-timer
 ......... 105
T

aking pictures by setting the  
aperture value   
[Aperture-Priority] Mode
 ................... 106
T

aking pictures by setting the  
shutter speed   
[Shutter-Priority] Mode
 ..................... 107
T

aking pictures by setting the  
aperture value and shutter speed  
[Manual Exposure] Mode
 .................. 108    
						

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Taking Pictures with different  
picture effects   
[Creative Control] Mode
 .................... 1
 10
[Expressive] ............................................... 112
[Retro] ....................................................... 1 12
[Old Days]
 ................................................. 1

12
[High Key]
 ...

............................................... 113
[Low Key]
 .................................................. 1

13
[Sepia]
 ....................................................... 1

13
[Dynamic Monochrome]
 ............................ 1

14
[Impressive Art]
 ......................................... 1

14
[High Dynamic]
 .......................................... 1

14
[Cross Process]
 ......................................... 1

15
[Toy Effect]
 ................................................ 1

15
[Miniature Effect]
 ....................................... 1

16
[Soft Focus]
 ............................................... 1

17
[Star Filter]
 ...

.............................................. 117
[One Point Color]
 ...

.................................... 118
Recording panorama pictures  
[Panorama Shot] Mode ..................... 1 19
Taking pictures according to the scene  
[Scene Mode] ..................................... 123[Portrait] ..................................................... 124
[Soft Skin] .................................................. 124
[Scenery] ................................................... 124
[Sports] ...................................................... 125
[Night Portrait] ........................................... 125
[Night Scenery] ...

....................................... 125
[Handheld Night Shot]
 ............................... 126
[HDR] ........................................................ 126
[Food] ........................................................ 126
[Baby] ........................................................ 127
[Pet] ........................................................... 127
[Sunset] ..................................................... 127
[High Sens.] ...

............................................ 128
[Starry Sky]
 ...

............................................. 128
[Glass Through]
 ......................................... 128
[High Speed V

ideo]
 ................................... 129
[3D Photo Mode] ....................................... 130
Registering your own settings  
and recording   
[Custom] Mode
 .................................. 131[Cust.Set Mem.] ........................................ 131
[Custom] .................................................... 132
Registering preferred functions to  
the [Fn] button ................................... 133 Changing the settings assigned to  
the control ring/control dial
 .............. 134
Recording with the Face  
Recognition function   
[Face Recog.]
 ..................................... 135Registering face pictures  ... ....................... 136
Editing or deleting information about 
registered persons 
 ................................... 137
Useful features for travel .................. 138[Travel Date] .............................................. 138
[W orld Time]  ............................................. 139
Using the [Rec] menu ........................ 140[Aspect Ratio] ............................................ 140
[Picture Size] ............................................. 140
[Quality] ..................................................... 141
[Sensitivity] ................................................ 142
[ISO Limit Set] ........................................... 143
[Extended ISO] .......................................... 143
[White Balance] ......................................... 144
[AF Mode] ...

............................................... 146
[Quick AF]
 ...

............................................... 146
[Face Recog.]
 ............................................ 146
[AF/AE Lock] ............................................. 146
[Metering Mode] ........................................ 147
[i.Exposure] ............................................... 147
[Min. Shtr Speed] ...................................... 148
[i.Resolution] ............................................. 148
[i.Zoom] ..................................................... 148
[Digital Zoom] ............................................ 148
[AF 

Assist Lamp]
 ....................................... 149
[Red-Eye Removal] ................................... 149
[Motion Deblur] .......................................... 150
[iHandheld Night Shot] .............................. 150
[iHDR] ...

..................................................... 150
[Stabilizer]
 ................................................. 150
[Date Stamp] ............................................. 151
Using the [Motion Picture] menu ..... 152[Rec Format] ............................................. 152
[Rec Quality] ... ........................................... 152
[Still Picture Size]
 ...................................... 153
[Continuous 

AF]
 ...
 ...................................... 154
[Level Shot]
 ............................................... 154
[Wind Cut] ................................................. 155
[Zoom Mic] ................................................ 155    
						

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Application (View)
Changing the picture information 
display, etc. ........................................ 156
Playing back still pictures recorded 
using the burst function
 ................... 157
Different playback methods   
[Playback Mode]
 ................................ 159[2D/3D Settings] ........................................ 159
Selecting pictures to play back  
[Filtering Play] .................................... 160Narrowing down by selecting  
picture type ... ............................................. 161
Narrowing down by selecting place  
name or landmark name of the location 
where the pictures were taken
 .................. 161
Narrowing down by selecting pictures 
recorded at a destination
 ...

........................ 162
Narrowing down by selecting picture  
category or a person in the picture
 ...

......... 162
Narrowing down by selecting recording  
date
 ........................................................... 163
Narrowing down by selecting favorite  
pictures
 ...

................................................... 163
Playing back pictures in  
order automatically   
[Slide Show]
 ....................................... 164
Searching by recording date  
[Calendar]
 ........................................... 166
Retouching pictures
 .......................... 167[Auto Retouch] .......................................... 167
[Creative Retouch] .................................... 168
Using the [Playback] menu............... 170[Location Logging] ..................................... 170
[T itle Edit] .................................................. 172
[Place-Name Edit] ..................................... 173
[T

ext Stamp]
 .............................................. 174
[Retouch] ................................................... 175
[V

ideo Divide]
 ............................................ 176
[Resize] ..................................................... 177
[Cropping] ...

............................................... 179
[Favorite]
 ................................................... 180
[Print Set] .................................................. 181
[Protect] ..................................................... 182
[Face Rec Edit] ...

....................................... 183
[Copy]
 ........................................................ 184    
						

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Wi-Fi/NFC
Wi-Fi® Function and NFC Function... 185[Airplane Mode] ......................................... 187
What you can do with the  
Wi-Fi function ..................................... 188
Operating the camera using a 
smartphone/tablet
 ............................. 189Installing the smartphone/tablet app 
“Panasonic Image App” ............................. 189
Connecting to a smartphone/tablet ........... 190
Connecting to a smartphone/tablet using 
NFC function
 ............................................. 194
T

aking pictures via a smartphone/tablet 
(remote recording)
 ...

.................................. 196
Playing back pictures in the camera on a 
smartphone/tablet
 ..................................... 197
Saving pictures in the camera to the 
smartphone/tablet
 ..................................... 197
Sending pictures in the camera to social 
networking services
 ...

................................ 200
Sending location information to the  
camera from a smartphone/tablet
 ............. 201
Operating the camera to send pictures  
to a smartphone or tablet
 .......................... 202
Displaying still pictures on a TV ...... 207
W ireless printing
 ............................... 209
Sending pictures to 

AV  
equipment
 .......................................... 21

1
Sending pictures to a PC
 .................. 216
Using WEB services
 .......................... 221When sending images to WEB service ..... 222
When sending images to  
[Cloud Sync. Service]
 ................................ 227
Using “LUMIX CLUB” ........................ 231About the [LUMIX CLUB] .......................... 231
Configuring the external  AV device  
settings
 ...................................................... 236
Transferring pictures automatically  
[Smart Transfer] ................................. 238Setting [Smart Transfer] ............................ 240
[Auto  Transfer] ... ........................................ 241
[Transfer Now]
 ........................................... 242
[Set Destination] ........................................ 243
[Charge Priority] ........................................ 244
[Display Log] ............................................. 244
About connections ............................ 245[Via Network]  
Connecting via a wireless access point .... 246
[Direct] Connecting directly ....................... 249
Connecting quickly with the same  
settings as used previously 
([History Connection]/ 
[Favorite Connection])
 ............................... 250
Settings for sending pictures ..................... 253
[Wi-Fi Setup] menu ............................ 255    
						

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GPS
Using the GPS function to record  
the location of a picture .................... 257[GPS Setting] ............................................ 258
[Repositioning] .......................................... 261
[GPS 
Area Select]
 ..................................... 263
[Area Info. Set] .......................................... 264
[Airplane Mode] ......................................... 264
Adjusting the time using GPS .......... 265
Reducing the time required for 
positioning
 ......................................... 266Using the “GPS Assist Tool” ...................... 266
Using the Wi-Fi function to update ............ 270
Checking the expiration date of the  
GPS assist data
 ........................................ 271
Registering my landmark.................. 272
Using the GPS log
 ............................. 273Recording the GPS log ............................. 273
Outputting the GPS log file ... ..................... 275
Deleting the GPS log
 ...

.............................. 276
Connecting with other devices
Viewing on TV screen ....................... 277VIERA Link (HDMI) (HDAVI Control™) ..... 279
V iewing 3D still pictures ............................ 281
Storing recorded still pictures and 
motion pictures in the recorder ....... 283Copying by inserting the card into the 
recorder ..................................................... 283
Dubbing playback pictures via 
AV cables 
(optional)
 ................................................... 283
Storing recorded still pictures and 
motion pictures on your PC ............. 284About supplied software ............................ 285
Installing supplied software ....................... 286
Downloading SILKYPIX Developer  
Studio SE
 .................................................. 287
Copying still pictures and motion  
pictures
 ...

................................................... 288
Printing ............................................... 291Printing multiple pictures ........................... 293
Printing with date and text ......................... 293
Making print settings on the camera ......... 294
Others
List of LCD monitor/Viewfinder 
displays .............................................. 295In recording ............................................... 295
In playback ................................................ 298
Message displays .............................. 300
Q&A   Troubleshooting
 ...................... 304
Usage cautions and notes
 ................ 316User License Agreement  
for Location Name Data ............................ 320    
						

							Preparations
Before use
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 ■Camera handling
Keep the camera away from excessive vibration, force, 
or pressure.
 ●Avoid using the camera under the following conditions, 
which may damage the lens, LCD monitor, viewfinder, 
or camera body. This may also cause the camera to 
malfunction or prevent recording.
 • Dropping or hitting the camera against a hard surface • Sitting down with the camera in your pants pocket or forcing it into a full bag
 • Adding accessories to the camera strap • Pushing with excessive force on the lens or LCD monitor
The camera is not dust resistant, splash resistant, or 
waterproof.
A

void using the camera in places with excessive dust 
or sand, or where water can come into contact with the 
camera.
 ●Avoid using the camera under the following conditions, 
which present a risk that sand, water, or foreign material 
may enter the camera through the lens or openings around 
buttons. Be especially careful because these conditions 
may damage the camera, and such damage may not be 
repairable.
 • In extremely dusty or sandy places • In the rain or by the shore, where the camera may be  exposed to water
 ■Condensation (When the lens, the LCD monitor, or viewfinder, is fogged up) 
 ●Condensation may occur when the camera is exposed to 
sudden changes of temperature or humidity. Avoid these 
conditions, which may make the lens, LCD monitor, or 
viewfinder, dirty, cause mold, or damage the camera. 
 ●If condensation does occur, turn off the camera and wait 
about two hours before using it. Once the camera adjusts 
to the surrounding temperature, the fogging will clear 
naturally.
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 ■Always take a test shot first
Before important events when you will use the camera (at weddings, for example), 
always take a test shot to make sure that pictures and sound record correctly . 
 ■No compensation for missed shots
We cannot compensate for missed shots if technical problems with the camera or card 
prevent recording.
 ■Carefully observe copyright laws
Unauthorized use of recordings that contain works with copyright for purposes other 
than personal use is prohibited under copyright law. Recording of certain material may 
be restricted even for the purpose of personal use.
 ■Also refer to “Usage cautions and notes” (→316)
 ●Please note that the actual controls and components, menu items, and other 
information for your digital camera may differ from those in the illustrations and 
screens provided in this manual.
 ●Recording mode icons
In Recording Modes that show icons in black, you can select and execute indicated 
menus and functions.
*
  [  ] and [  ] will differ depending on the Recording Modes registered under custom settings.    
						

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About GPS
Your Panasonic Lumix digital still camera is GPS-equipped which can automatically 
record the precise location coordinates of where the photo was taken.  The specific 
physical address of this location can easily be derived from this information. 
If you upload such “geotagged” photos to the Internet, a social networking site or any 
other electronic media, the precise location of where the photo was taken will remain 
embedded in the photo and can be viewed by others.
Therefore, when taking digital still photos, care should be taken in determining whether 
you wish to have the GPS feature enabled or disabled.
 ■About the camera’s location name information
Before using the camera, read “User License Agreement for Location Name Data”. (→320)
 ■About the GPS function
 • Information measured with this unit is simply a rough estimate. Please do not use for  professional applications.
 • When [GPS Setting] is [ON], the GPS function works even if the camera is turned off.-   Electromagnetic waves from the camera can af

fect instruments and meters. In 
airplane cabins (during takeoff and landing) or in other restricted areas, set [Airplane 
Mode] to [ON], and then turn off the camera. (→62)
-
   When [GPS Setting] is [ON] and [A

irplane Mode] is [OFF], power will drain from the 
battery even if the camera is turned off.
 ■Recording location information 
 • The names of recording locations and landmarks (such as buildings) are current as of  October 2012. 

These will not be updated.
 • Depending on the country or area, limited location name and landmark information may be available.
 ■Positioning
 • Positioning will take time in environments where it is dif

ficult to receive the signals 
from the GPS satellites. (→257)
 •Even if GPS reception is good, it will take approx. 2 to 3 minutes to successfully 
execute positioning under the following conditions: when positioning is executed for 
the first time, or when positioning is executed after the camera is turned off with the 
[GPS Setting] set to [OFF] or [Airplane Mode] set to [ON], and then turned on again.
Positioning can be executed faster using GPS assist data.  (→266) • Because the positions of the GPS satellites are constantly changing, depending on 
the recording location and conditions, it may not be possible to position such satellites 
accurately
, or positioning discrepancy may occur.
 ■When using in another country
 • The GPS function may not work in China or in the border regions of countries neighboring China. (Current as of January 2014)
 • Some countries or regions may regulate the use of GPS or related technology. Because this camera has a GPS function, before taking it into another country , check 
with the embassy or your travel agency whether there are any restrictions on bringing 
cameras with a GPS function.