Panasonic Dmc Fh22 Operating Instructions Manual

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Flash
The flash is not activated.
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Is the flash setting set to [
 o]?
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Change the flash setting.
  (P50)
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Flash Mode is not a
 vailable when [BURST] (P90) in [REC] Mode menu has been set.
Flash is activated several times.
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The flash is activ
 ated twice when Red-Eye Reduction (P51) has been set.
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Has [FLASH B
 URST] (P71) in Scene Mode been set?
Playback
The picture being played back is rotated and displayed in an unexpected 
direction.
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[R
 OTATE DISP.] (P108) is set to [ON].
The picture is not played back.
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Is the [REC]/[PLA
 YBACK] selector switch set to [5]? (P44)
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Is there a picture on the b
 uilt-in memory or the card?
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The pictures on the b
 uilt-in memory appear when a card is not inserted. The picture 
data on the card appears when a card is inserted.
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Is this a picture whose file name has been changed in the PC? If it is , it cannot be 
pla

yed back by this unit.
The recorded pictures are not displayed.
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Has [CA
 TEGORY PLAY] or [FAVORITE PLAY] been set for playback?
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Change to [NORMAL PLA
 Y]. (P44)
The folder number and the file number are displayed as [—] and the screen turns 
black.
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Is this a non-standard picture
 , a picture which has been edited using a PC or a picture 
which was taken by another maker of digital camera?
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Did y
 ou remove the battery immediately after picture-taking or did you take the picture 
using a battery with a low remaining charge?
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F
 ormat the data to delete the pictures mentioned above. (P31)
(Other pictures will be deleted as well and it will not be possible to restore them. 
Therefore, check well before formatting.) 
						

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With a Calendar Search, pictures are displayed on dates differing from the actual 
dates on which the pictures were taken.
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Is the cloc
 k in the camera set properly? (P19)
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When pictures edited using a PC or pictures tak
 en by other equipment are searched, 
they may be displayed on dates differing from the actual dates on which the pictures 
were taken.
White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture.
• If you take a picture with the flash in a dark place or indoors,  white round spots may appear on the picture caused by the flash 
reflecting particles of dust in the air. This is not a malfunction. A 
characteristic of this is that the number of round spots and their 
position differ in every picture.
Red part of the recorded image has changed color to black.
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While the Digital Red-Ey
 e Correction is used with a flash setting of the Red-Eye 
Reduction ([y], [u], [i]), if you take a picture of a subject with red color 
surrounded by skin tone color, the red part may be corrected to black by the Digital Red-
Eye Correction function.
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It is recommended to tak
 e the picture with Flash Mode set to [\f], [t], or [o], or 
[RED-EYE REMOVAL] on the [REC] Mode menu set to [OFF]. (P93)
[THUMBNAIL IS DISPLAYED] appears on the screen.
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Is it a picture that has been recorded with other equipment? In such cases , these 
pictures ma

y be displayed with a deteriorated picture quality.
A clicking sound is recorded in the motion pictures.
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This unit automatically adjusts the aper
 ture during motion picture recording. At such 
times, a clicking sound is heard, and this sound may be recorded on the motion pictures. 
This is not a malfunction. 
						

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TV, PC and printer
The picture does not appear on the television.
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Is the camer
 a connected to the TV correctly?
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Set the 
 TV input to External Input Mode.
The display areas on the TV screen and the camera’s LCD Monitor are different.
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Depending on the 
 TV model, the pictures may be extended horizontally or vertically or 
they may be displayed with their edges cut off.
The motion pictures cannot be played back on a TV.
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Are y
 ou trying to play back the motion pictures by directly inserting the card in the card 
slot of the TV?
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Connect the camer
 a to the TV with the AV cable and then play back the pictures on 
the camera. (P123)
The picture is not displayed fully on the TV.
"  
Chec
 k [TV ASPECT] setting. (P30)
The picture cannot be transferred when the camera is connected to a PC.
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Is the camer
 a connected to the PC correctly?
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Is the camer
 a recognized by the PC correctly?
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Set to [PC] in [USB MODE].
  (P30, 114)
The card is not recognized by the PC. (The built-in memory is recognized.)"  
Disconnect the USB connection cab
 le. Connect it again while the card is inserted in 
the camera.
The SDXC Memory Card is not recognized by the PC.
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Chec
 k if your computer supports SDXC Memory Cards.
http://panasonic.net/avc/sdcard/information/SDXC.html
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Do not f
 ormat the card if you see the message that encourages formatting the card 
that may appear when connecting the camera to the PC.
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If the [A
 CCESS] on the LCD Monitor does not disappear, turn the camera off, and 
then disconnect the USB connection cable.
The picture cannot be printed when the camera is connected to a printer .
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Pictures cannot be pr
 inted using a printer which does not support PictBridge.
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Set to [PictBr
 idge(PTP)] in [USB MODE]. (P30, 117)
The ends of the pictures are cut at printing."  
When using a pr
 inter with a cropping or borderless printing function, cancel this 
function before printing. (For details, refer to the operating instructions for the printer.)
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When y
 ou order photo studios to print pictures, ask the photo studio if the 16:9 
pictures can be printed. 
						

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Others
An unreadable language was selected by mistake."
 Press [MENU], select the [SETUP] men
 u icon [e] and then select the [9] icon to 
set the desired language. (P32)
A red lamp sometimes turns on when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
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 In 
 dark places, the AF Assist Lamp  (P93) lights red to make it easier to focus on a subject.
The AF Assist Lamp does not turn on.
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 Is [AF ASSIST LAMP] on the [REC] Mode men
 u set to [ON]? (P93)
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 The AF Assist Lamp does not tur

n on in bright places.
The camera becomes warm.
•
 The surf
 ace of the camera may become warm during use. This does not affect the 
performance or quality of the camera.
The lens clicks.
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 When the br
 ightness changes due to zoom or camera movement etc., the lens may 
click and the picture on the screen may drastically change. However, the picture is not 
affected. The sound is caused by the automatic adjustment of the aperture. This is not a 
malfunction.
The clock is reset.
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 If y
 ou do not use the camera for a long time, the clock may be reset.
"
 When the message [PLEASE SET 

THE CLOCK] appears, set the clock again.
When pictures are taken using the zoom, they are slightly distorted and the areas 
around the subject contain colors which are not actually present.
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 It is possib

le that the subject may be warped slightly, or the borders get colored, 
depending on the zoom magnification, due to the characteristics of the lens, but this is 
not a malfunction.
Zooming stops instantaneously.
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 When using the Extended Optical Zoom, the z
 ooming action will stop temporarily in the 
middle. This is not a malfunction.
Zoom does not go up to maximum magnification.
•
 Is the camer
 a set to Macro Zoom Mode? (P56)
Maximum zoom during Macro Zoom Mode is 3× digital zoom. 
						

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The file numbers are not recorded consecutively.
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When y
 ou perform an operation after taking a certain action, the pictures may be 
recorded in folders with different numbers from the ones used prior to the operation.  (P116)
The file numbers are recorded in ascending order.
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If the batter
 y was inserted or removed without first turning the camera’s power off, the 
folder and file numbers for the pictures taken will not be stored in the memory. When 
the power is then turned back on and pictures are taken, they may be stored under file 
numbers which should have been assigned to previous pictures.
[AGE] is not displayed correctly.
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Chec
 k the clock (P20) and birthday settings (P68).
The lens barrel is retracted.
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The lens barrel retr
 acts about 15 seconds after switching from [REC] Mode to 
[PLAYBACK] Mode.
When the camera is left alone, the slide show is suddenly displayed.
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This is the [A
 UTO DEMO] to introduce the features of the camera. Touch any point of the 
screen to return the camera to the original screen.
Touch Panel operation cannot be done.
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This ma
 y occur when you keep touching the screen for a long period of time. In this 
case, keep your finger away from the screen for about 10 seconds and try again. 
						

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• The number of recordable pictures and the available recording time are an approximation. (These vary depending on the recording conditions and the type of card.)
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The n
 umber of recordable pictures and the available recording time varies depending on 
the subjects.
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When the n
 umber of recordable pictures exceeds 99999, it is displayed as “+99999” on 
the screen.
„„ Number of recordable pictures
Aspect ratio
+
Picture size = E (P) T (P)C (P)O (P)
Built-in Memory(Approx. 40 MB) 8
12 2027 200
Card 256 MB 48
68 110 150 1080
512 MB 97 135 220 300 2150 1 GB 195 270 440 600 4310
2 GB 390 550 900 1220 8780
4 GB 780 1080 1770 2410 17240
6 GB 1190 1650 2690 3660 26210
8 GB 1590 2210 3610 4910 35080
12 GB 2400 3330 5440 7400 52920
16 GB 3200 4450 7260 9880 70590
24 GB 4650 6460 10550 14350 102500
32 GB 6430 8930 14570 19820 141620
48 GB 9330 13000 21420 28020 182140
64 GB 12670 17650 29070 38020 247160
Number of Recordable Pictures and Available 
Recording Time 
						

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Aspect ratio*}
Picture size ~|
Built-in Memory (Approx. 40 MB) 9
11
Card
256 MB54 65
512 MB105125
1 GB 210 250
2 GB 440 520
4 GB 880 1030
6 GB 1330 1580
8 GB 1790 2110
12 GB 2700 3190
16 GB 3600 4250
24 GB 5230 6180
32 GB 7230 8540
48 GB 10400 12560
64 GB 14120 17040 
						

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„„Available recording time (when recording motion pictures)
Recording quality 
setting a
w x y
Built-in Memory  (Approx. 40 MB) —
——1 min 26 s
Card 256 MB
59 s 2 min 35 s 2 min 40 s 7 min 50 s
512 MB 2 min 00 s 5 min 10 s 5 min 20 s 15 min 40 s 1 GB 4 min 00 s 10 min 20 s 10 min 50 s 31 min 20 s2 GB 8 min 20 s 21 min 20 s 22 min 10 s 1 h 4 min4 GB 16 min 30 s 41 min 50 s 43 min 40 s 2 h 5 min6 GB 25 min 10 s 1 h 3 min 1 h 6 min 3 h 11 min8 GB 33 min 40 s 1 h 25 min 1 h 28 min 4 h 15 min
12 GB 50 min 50 s 2 h 8 min 2 h 14 min 6 h 26 min 16 GB 1 h 8 min 2 h 52 min 2 h 59 min 8 h 35 min24 GB 1 h 38 min 4 h 9 min 4 h 19 min 12 h 27 min32 GB 2 h 16 min 5 h 45 min 5 h 59 min 17 h 13 min48 GB 3 h 20 min  8 h 27 min 8 h 48 min 25 h 18 min64 GB 4 h 29 min 11 h 22 min 11 h 50 min 34 h 3 min
¼Motion pictures can be recorded continuously up to 2 GB. 
The maximum available recording time for up to 2 GB only is displayed on the screen.
 Note
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 The n umber of recordable pictures and the available recording time displayed on the 
screen may not decrease in order.
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The Extended Optical Zoom does not w
 ork when [MACRO ZOOM] is set or in 
[TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST] and 
[PHOTO FRAME] in Scene Mode so the picture size for [P] is not displayed. 
						

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• SDXC Logo is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC.
•  Quic kTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks or registered 
trademarks of Apple Inc., used under license therefrom.
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Microsoft product screen shot(s) repr
 inted with permission from 
Microsoft Corporation.
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Other names
 , company names, and product names printed in these 
instructions are trademarks or registered trademarks of the companies 
concerned.