Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs60 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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ZS60 Control ring / Control dial
The “Control Ring/Control dial” is an easy and convenient way to a\
djust several settings, 
depending on the camera mode selected. You can use the control ring ()/control dial 
() to change the settings of the unit.
Items that can be set by the control ring/control dial vary depending on\
 recording modes.
Following are the pre-assigned settings.
Mode dial Control ring*1 Control dial
[
  ] (→88) Step Zoom (→239) —
[
]...

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Enabling/disabling the operation guide display
 →  [Custom] → [Dial Guide] → [ON] / [OFF]
 • When you set [Dial Guide

] to [ON], operation guide appears 
on the recording screen.
Example
Cursor button / [MENU/SET] button (Selecting/setting items)
Pressing the cursor button:   Selection of items or setting of values etc., is 
performed.
Pressing [MENU/SET]:
 

 
Confirmation of setting contents, etc., is performed.
 • In this manual, the button that is to...

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[DISP.] button (Switching the display information)
1Press [DISP.] button to switch the display • If the information on the screen is not displayed any longer because no operation was performed for some time, press the 
[DISP
.] button or touch the screen to display the information 
again.ZS100
ZS60
During recording
You can use [Monitor Disp. Style] and [LVF Disp.Style] in the [Custom] menu to select 
either [  ] (Monitor style display layout) or [  ]...

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 ■[  ] Live View Finder style display layout (Example of viewfinder styl e display)
With information
(Detailed information) With information With information
(Detailed information) +
level gauge With information
+
level gauge
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Switching the monitor display method
 →  [Custom] → [Monitor Disp. Style]
[
  ]: Live View Finder style display layout
[  ]: Monitor style display layout
Switching the viewfinder display method
 →  [Custom] → [LVF Disp.Style]...

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Enabling/disabling the histogram display
 →  [Custom] → [Histogram] → [ON] / [OFF]
When set to [ON], you can move the display position of the histogram by \
pressing    . • Direct touch operation is also possible from the recording screen.
Displays distribution of brightness in picture – e.g. 
if the graph peaks at the right, this means there are 
several bright areas in the picture. A
 peak in the center 
represents correct brightness (correct exposure)....

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Using the level gauge
If you want to make sure that the camera is not slanted or tilted, for e\
xample, when you 
take a picture of a landscape, use the level gauge indication as a refer\
ence.
1Press [DISP.] button to display the level gauge
The yellow line indicates the current angle. Correct the angle of the ca\
mera so that it 
matches the white line.
Tilting up or down • In this case, it is facing upward.Tilting left or right • In this case, the...

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During playback
With informationDetailed information 
display*1Histogram display*1Without information ([Highlight])*1, *2, *3
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Without information*3
*1   This screen is not displayed during Playback Zoom, Motion Picture Playba\
ck, Automatic Scrolling 
Playback of panorama pictures, continuous playback or Slide Show .
*2   This screen is displayed only when [Highlight] (below) in the [Custom] menu is set...

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[LV F] button (Recording pictures using the viewfinder)
Switching between the monitor and viewfinder
You can operate the [LV F ] button/[Fn4] button in two ways, 
using it either as the [LV F ] button or as a function button [Fn4].
You can use this button as the [LV F ] button at the time of 
purchase.
 • For details on the function button, refer to (→

70).ZS100Eye Sensor
[LV F] button
ZS60Eye Sensor
[LV F] button 
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1Press [LV F] button
Automatic switching 
between viewfinder and  monitor (eye sensor) Viewfinder display
Monitor display
Mode Display
Automatic switching between 
viewfinder and monitor (eye sensor) The eye sensor automatically switches the display to 
viewfinder when your eye or an object moves close to the 
viewfinder. When the eye or object moves away from the 
viewfinder, the camera returns to monitor display.
Viewfinder display Viewfinder display...

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 ■About diopter adjustment
Rotate the diopter adjustment dial to adjust until you 
are able to clearly see the characters displayed in the 
viewfinder.
ZS100
ZS60
Setting the sensitivity of the eye sensor or setting to switch the 
display between the viewfinder and monitor
 →  [Custom] → [Eye Sensor]
[Sensitivity]Use this setting to set the sensitivity of the eye sensor.
[HIGH] / [LOW]
[LVF/Monitor Switch] Use this setting to switch the display between...