Panasonic Dmc Fh22 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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ItemDescription of settings
\f: AUTO The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions 
make it necessary.
@: 
AUTO/Red-Eye 
Reduction

The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions 
make it necessary.
It is activated once before the actual recording to reduce the red-
eye phenomenon (eyes of the subject appearing red in the picture) 
and then activated again for the actual recording.
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Use this when y
 ou take pictures of...

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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„„Available flash settings by Recording Mode
The available flash settings depend on the Recording Mode.
(○: Available, —: Not available, ●: Scene Mode initial setting)
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Advanced (Recording pictures)
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„„The available flash range to take pictures
•
 The a vailable flash range is an approximation.
ISO 
sensitivity Available flash range
Wide  Tele
,
60 cm (1.97 feet) to 5.8 m (19.03 feet) 1.0 m (3.28 feet) to 3.2 m (10.49 feet)
ISO8060 cm (1.97 feet) to 1.3 m (4.27 feet)
ISO10060 cm (1.97 feet) to 1.4 m (4.60 feet)
ISO20060 cm (1.97 feet) to 2.0 m (6.57 feet) 1.0 m (3.28 feet) to 1.1 m (3.60 feet)
ISO40060 cm (1.97 feet) to 2.9 m (9.52 feet) 1.0 m (3.28...

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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„„Shutter speed for each flash setting
Flash setting Shutter speed (Sec.)
\f
1/30 to 1/1600
@
t
`Flash setting Shutter speed (Sec.)
\b 1 or 1/8 to 1/1600
1
1 or 1/4 to 1/16002o
1 The shutter speed changes depending on the [ST ABILIZER] (P92) setting.2 When [SENSITIVITY] (P85) is set to [,].
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 1 2: The shutter speed becomes a maximum of 1 second in the following cases. – When the Optical Image Stabiliz er is set to [OFF].
 – When the camer

a has...

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Taking Close-up Pictures
[REC] Mode: 1 6  
1 Press and hold [Q.MENU] (P24).
A
2 Touch the icon A.
3 Touch the item.• Touch [EXIT] to close the Quick Menu. You can 
also press the shutter button halfway to finish.
B
4 Press the shutter b utton halfway to focus 
and then press it fully to take the picture.
B	 Focus range
•  
[a] is displayed during AF Macro Mode and 
[.] is displayed during Macro Zoom Mode.
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T

o cancel, select [OFF] in step 3.
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Zoom r

ange,...

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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[MACRO ZOOM]
You can take a picture with the Digital Zoom up to 3× while maintaining the distance to 
the subject for the extreme Wide position [5 cm (0.17 feet)].
C
• Focus range will be 5 cm (0.17 feet) to 7 during Macro Zoom Mode regardless of the zoom position.
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Zoom r
 ange will be displayed in blue. (Digital Zoom range C)
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The image quality is poorer than dur
 ing normal recording.
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The f
 ollowing function is not activated.
 – Extended Optical Zoom...

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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1 Press and hold [Q.MENU] (P24).
A
2 Touch the icon A.
3 Touch the item.• Touch [EXIT] to close the Quick Menu. You can 
also press the shutter button halfway to finish.
B
4 Press the shutter b utton halfway to focus 
and then press it fully to take the picture.
• The self-timer indicator  B blinks and the shutter 
is activated after 10 seconds (or 2 seconds).
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If 
 you touch [CANCEL] while the self-timer is set, 
the self-timer setting is canceled.
 Note
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When...

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Taking Pictures with the Touched Area in Focus 
(Touch AF Area Selection)
[REC] Mode: 4 1 / 5
It is possible to set the focus area on the touched point of the screen.
AB
1 Touch the subject on the screen where  you want to focus.
A	 Touch AF Area Selection
•  AF area will be displa yed when the area is 
recognized.
2 Press the shutter b utton halfway to focus and then press it 
fully to take the picture.
• To cancel the Touch AF Area Selection, touch the icon B. 

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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 Note
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The most appropr
 iate scene is selected for the touched area in the Intelligent Auto 
Mode.
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T

ouch AF Area Selection will not work in the following cases.
 – [ST

ARRY SKY]/[FIREWORKS] in Scene Mode
 – In Motion Picture Mode 

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Use this function when you cannot achieve appropriate exposure due to the difference in
brightness between the subject and the background. Look at the following examples.
UnderexposedProperly exposedOverexposed
Compensate the exposure 
towards positive.Compensate the exposure 
towards negative.
1 Press and hold [Q
.MENU] (P24).
A
2 Touch the icon A.
3 Compensate the e xposure by touching 
[w]/[q].
• Select [0 EV] to retur n to the original exposure.
4 Touch [EXIT].•...