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 are recorded during zooming, the zooming may stop. • Using [Miniature Ef

fect] in [Creative Control] Mode, a still picture may be taken 
with a slight delay from the time when the shutter button is pressed fully .
 ■Burst function
When the burst function has been set in advance, a burst of still pictures can be 
recorded during motion picture recording.
 • When the burst setting is set to [  ], [  ] or [  ], still pictures are automatically 
recorded using the [  ] setting. • Even at the [  ] or [  ] setting, the focus is fixed at the first picture.
 ●When you press the shutter button halfway during motion picture recording, the 
camera will automatically refocus on a subject. This refocus movement is recorded 
even during motion picture recording. When priority is to be given to the motion 
picture videos, press the shutter button fully, and record the still pictures. Still pictures 
can also be created after motion picture recording.  (→57)
 ●When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the picture size and the number of 
recordable pictures are displayed.
 ●Still pictures cannot be recorded in the following cases: • When [Rec Quality] is set to [VGA/30p] • When recording [High Speed V

ideo]
 ●The flash is set to [  ] ([Forced Flash Off]). ●Since the electronic shutter is used for recording, the pictures recorded may be 
distorted.
 ●Compared to normal still picture recording, the picture quality may be coarser . ●When [Quality] is set to [  ], [  ] or [  ], still pictures are recorded with the [  ] 
setting in JPEG file format.    
						

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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
Location name information and latitude & longitude information 
are provided  (→170, 260)
Folder/File number
 ■Ending Playback
Press the Playback button or the Motion picture button again, or press the shutter 
button halfway.
 ●It may not be possible to view pictures on this camera that were previously edited on 
a computer.
 ●When the camera is switched to Playback Mode, 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 format). Files that are not 
DCF-compliant cannot be played back.       
						

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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 
playback of panorama pictures or burst playback.    
						

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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 30-picture screen, the selected picture is displayed on the 1-picture 
screen (full-screen).
 • Pictures can also be selected with the control dial. 
 ●Pictures displayed with [!] cannot be played back.    
						

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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 settings are displayed with the date January 1st, 2014.
 ●Pictures taken with destination settings made in [World Time] are displayed in the 
calendar screen using the appropriate date for the destination’s time zone.    
						

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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 playback
: Pause/play: Stop:  Fast rewind (2 steps *1)/Single-frame rewind (while paused):  Fast forward (2 steps *1)/Single-frame forward (while paused)
[MENU/SET]: Capturing still pictures from motion pictures (while paused)  (→57)
*
1 The fast forward or rewind speed increa ses if you press   again.
 • You can also perform these operations with the control dial.
Fast rewind (2 steps *
2)/
Single-frame rewind 
(while paused)Fast forward (2 steps *2)/
Single-frame forward 
(while paused)
*
2 The fast forward or rewind speed increa ses if you turn the control dial again.
 • If  is pressed during fast forward or rewind, it will return to normal playback speed. • V
olume can be adjusted with the zoom lever.
 ●It may not be possible to properly play back the motion pictures recorded using other 
cameras.
 ●Some information will not be displayed for motion pictures recorded in [A VCHD]. ●Motion pictures can be viewed on your computer using “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” on the 
supplied CD-ROM. ●Motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] Mode play back 
at approximately 10x speed.       
						

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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. • MP4 motion pictures with [Rec Quality] of [VGA/30p] • High-speed motion pictures with [Recording Speed] of [240fps]
 ●The picture quality becomes slightly lower depending on the [Rec Quality] setting of 
the original motion picture.
 ●It may not be possible to capture still pictures from motion pictures that were recorded 
with a different camera.    
						

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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 turn off the camera while deleting.    
						

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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 execute → Press [MENU/SET].
 • Pictures can also be selected with the control dial. 
 • Y

ou can select [All Delete Except Favorite] in [Delete All] if there are pictures that 
have been set as [Favorite] (→180).
 • A

 confirmation screen is displayed. Select [Yes] and press [MENU/SET]. 
 • May take time depending on number of pictures deleted.    
						

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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 setting, and press 
[MENU/SET]
Setting items that can be selected
Selected setting
Setting description
Press [Q.MENU/ ] button several times
The menu closes and the previous screen reappears. • In Recording Mode, the menu screen can also be exited by pressing the shutter 
button halfway
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