Panasonic Dmc F3 Operating Instructions Manual

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Advanced (Playback)
∫Operations performed during Slide ShowThe cursor displayed during playback is the same as  3/4/2/ 1.• The menu screen is restored when [ ‚] is pressed.
A Play/Pause
B Stop
C Back to previous picture
¢
DForward to next picture¢
¢ These operations can be performed only in the Pause Mode.
E Reduce volume level
F Increase volume level 
						

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∫Changing the Slide Show settings
You can change the settings for Slide Show Playback by selecting 
[EFFECT] or [SETUP] on the Slide Show menu screen.
[EFFECT]
This allows you to select the screen effects or music effects when 
switching from one picture to the next.
[NATURAL], [SLOW], [SWING], [URBAN], [OFF]
• When [URBAN] has been selected, the picture may appear in black and white as a screen  effect.
[SETUP]
[DURATION] or [REPEAT] can be set.
• [DURATION] can be set only when [OFF] has been selected as the [EFFECT] setting.
• [MUSIC] cannot be selected when [OFF] has been selected as the [EFFECT] setting.
Note• Motion pictures cannot be played back as a Slide Show.
• It is not possible to add new music effects.
ItemSettings
[DURATION] 1SEC./2SEC./3SEC./5SEC.
[REPEAT] ON/OFF
[MUSIC] ON/OFF 
						

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[PLAYBACK] Mode: ¸
Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back 
([FAVORITE PLAY])
You can play back the pictures you have set as [FAVORITE]  (P91) (Only when 
[FAVORITE] is set to [ON] and there are pictures which have been set to [FAVORITE]).
Slide the [REC]/[PLAYBACK] selector switch to [ (], and then press 
[MODE].
Press  3/4  to select [FAVORITE PLAY], and then press [MENU/SET].
Note• You can use only [ROTATE], [PRINT SET] or [PROTECT] in the [PLAYBACK] menu. 
						

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[PLAYBACK] Mode: ¸
Playing Back Motion Pictures
Press 2/1 to select a picture with a motion picture 
icon (such as [ ]), and then press  3 to play back.
A The motion picture recording time
B Motion picture icon
C Motion picture playback icon
• After playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed on the  upper right of the screen.
For example, 8 minutes and 30 seconds is displayed as [8m30s].
∫ Operations performed during motion picture playback
The cursor displayed during playback is the same as  3/4/2/ 1.
A Play/Pause
B Stop
C Fast rewind, Frame-by-frame rewind
¢
DFast forward, Frame-by-frame forward¢
¢ These operations can be performed only in the Pause Mode.
E Reduce volume level
F Increase volume level
• About fast forward/rewind playback – Press  1 during playback to fast forward (press  2 to rewind). The fast forward/rewind speed 
increases if you press  2/1 again. (The display on the screen changes from 
5 to  .)
– Press  3 to resume normal playback speed.
– When using a high capacity card, it is possible that fast rewinding may be slower than usual.
Note• Sound can be heard through the speaker. Refer to [VOLUME]  (P23) for information about how 
to adjust the volume in the [SETUP] menu.
• The file format that can be played back with this camera is QuickTime Motion JPEG.
• Please note that the bundled software includes QuickTime to play back motion picture files  created with the camera on the PC.
• Some QuickTime Motion JPEG files recorded by a PC or other equipment may not play back  on the camera.
• If you play back motion pictures that have been recorded with other equipment, the picture 
quality may deteriorate or the pictures may not play back.
• Be careful not to block the speaker in the bottom of the camera during playback.
CBA 
						

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[PLAYBACK] Mode: ¸
Using the [PLAYBACK] Mode menu
You can use various functions in Playback Mode to rotate pictures, set Protection for them 
etc.
• With [TEXT STAMP] or [RESIZE], a new edited picture is created. A new picture cannot be created if there is no free space on the built-in memory or the card so we recommend checking 
that there is free space and then editing the picture.
You can display pictures by recording date.
Note
• The recording date of the picture selected in the playback screen becomes the date selected when the calendar screen is first displayed.
• If there are multiple pictures with the same recording date, the first picture recorded on that day  is displayed.
• You can display the calendar between January 2000 and December 2099.
• If the date is not set in the camera, the recording date is set as the 1st January, 2010.
• If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [WORLD TIME], the pictures are  displayed by the dates at the travel destination in Calendar Playback.
[CALENDAR]
Select [CALENDAR] on the [PLAYBACK] Mode menu.  (P20)
• You can also rotate the zoom lever several times towards [ L] (W) to display the 
calendar screen.  (P38)
Press 3/4 /2 /1 to select the date to be played 
back.
• If there were no pictures recorded during a month, the month is  not displayed.
Press [MENU/SET] to display the pictures that were 
recorded on the selected date.
•Press [ ‚] to return to the calendar screen.
Press  3/4 /2 /1 to select a picture and then press [MENU/SET].
• The picture that was selected will appear. 
						

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You can stamp the recording date/time, name, location or travel date onto the recorded 
pictures.
It is suitable for regular size printing. (Pictures with a Picture Size larger than [ ] will be 
resized when stamping the date etc. on them.)
Select [TEXT STAMP] on the [PLAYBACK] Mode menu. (P20)
Press  3/4  to select [SINGLE] or [MULTI] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
Press  3/4  to select text stamp items, and then press  1.
Press  3/4  to select the settings, and then press [MENU/SET].
[TEXT STAMP]
Select the picture, and then press 
[MENU/SET] to set.
•[ ‘ ] appears on screen if the picture is 
stamped with text.
[MULTI] setting
Press [DISPLAY] to set (repeat), and 
then press [MENU/SET] to set.
• The setting is cancelled when [DISPLAY]  is pressed again.
[SINGLE] [MULTI]
Press  2/1 to 
select the picture. Press 
3/4/2/ 1 to 
select the pictures.
ItemSetting item
[SHOOTING DATE]
[OFF]
[W/O TIME]:
Stamp the year, month and date.
[WITH TIME]:Stamp the year, month, day, hour and minutes.
[NAME]
[OFF]
[]
(BABY/PET): Stamps names registered in name settings for 
[BABY1]/[BABY2] or [PET] in Scene Mode.
[LOCATION] [OFF]
[ON]:
Stamps the travel destination name set under 
[LOCATION].
[TRAVEL DATE][OFF]
[ON]:
Stamps the travel date set under [TRAVEL DATE]. 
						

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Press [MENU/SET].
• If you set [TEXT STAMP] for a picture with a Picture Size larger than [ ], the Picture Size will become smaller as shown below.
–
// >    [X ]
– >   [Y]
– >   [W]
• When selecting [ ], press 
3 to select [YES] for stamping [AGE], and then press 
[MENU/SET] and proceed to step 7.
Press  3 to select [YES] and then press [MENU/
SET].
• The message [SAVE NEW PICTURES?] appears if the picture  was recorded with a Picture Size [ ] or less.
Press [ ‚] to return to the menu screen.¢
¢ The menu screen is automatically restored when [MULTI] is selected.
• Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.
Note• When you print pictures stamped with text, the date will be printed over the stamped text if you  specify printing of the date at the photo shop or on the printer.
• You can set up to 50 pictures at one time in [MULTI].
• The picture quality may deteriorate when text stamping is carried out.
• Depending on the printer being used, some characters may be cut at printing. Check before  printing.
• When text is stamped onto the [ ] pictures, it is difficult to read it.
• Text and dates cannot be stamped on the pictures in the following cases. – Motion pictures
– Pictures recorded without setting the clock
– Pictures that were previously stamped with [TEXT STAMP]
– Pictures recorded with other equipment 
						

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To allow easy posting to web pages, attachment to email etc., picture size (number of 
pixels) is reduced.
Select [RESIZE] on the [PLAYBACK] Mode menu. (P20)
Press  3 to select [YES] and then press [MENU/
SET].
Press [ ‚] to return to the menu screen.
¢
¢ The menu screen is automatically restored when [MULTI] is 
selected.
• Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.
 [RESIZE] Reducing the Picture Size (number of pixels)
Press  3/4  to select [SINGLE] or [MULTI] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
Select the picture and size.
[SINGLE] setting
1Press  2/1 to select the picture, 
and then press [MENU/SET].
2Press  2/1 to select the size¢, and 
then press [MENU/SET].
¢ Only the sizes to which the pictures can be 
resized is displayed.
[SINGLE]
[MULTI] setting
1Press  3/4 to select the size, and 
then press [MENU/SET].
• When [DISPLAY] is pressed, an  explanation of resizing is displayed.
2Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select the 
picture, and then press [DISPLAY].
• Repeat this step for each picture, and  press [MENU/SET] to set.
[MULTI] 
						

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Note• You can set up to 50 pictures at one time in [MULTI].
• The picture quality of the resized picture will deteriorate.
• It may not be possible to resize pictures recorded with other equipment.
• Motion pictures and pictures stamped with [TEXT STAMP] cannot be resized. 
						

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This mode allows you to rotate pictures manually in 90o steps.
Select [ROTATE] on the [PLAYBACK] Mode menu. (P20)
Press  2/1  to select the picture and then press 
[MENU/SET].
• Motion pictures and protected pictures cannot be rotated.
Press  3/4  to select the direction to rotate the 
picture and then press [MENU/SET].
Press [ ‚] to return to the menu screen.
• Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.
Note• When you play back pictures on a PC, they cannot be displayed in the rotated direction unless 
the OS or software is compatible with Exif. Exif is a file format for still pictures which allows 
recording information etc. to be added. It was established by “JEITA (Japan Electronics and 
Information Technology Industries Association)”.
• It may not be possible to rotate pictures that have been recorded with other equipment.
[ROTATE]
: The picture rotates clockwise in steps of 90 o.
: The picture rotates counter-clockwise in steps of 90 o.