Panasonic Dmc Fh25 Owners Manual

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Recording
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P35.
AF assist lamp will illuminate the subject when the shutter button is pressed half-way 
making it easier for the camera to focus when recording in low light conditions. (Larger AF 
area is displayed depending on the recording conditions.)
Applicable modes: 
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[ON]/[OFF]
Note
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The effective range of the AF Assist Lamp is 
1.5m (4.92feet).
•When you do not want to use the AF Assist 
Lamp  A (e.g. when taking pictures of animals in 
dark places), set the [AF Assist Lamp] to [OFF]. 
In this case, it will become more difficult to focus 
on the subject.
•[AF Assist Lamp] is fixed to [OFF] in 
[Self Portrait], [Scenery], [Night Scenery], 
[Sunset], [Fireworks] and [Aerial Photo] in 
Scene Mode.
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to  P35.
Applicable modes: 
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[ON]/[OFF]
Note
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Refer to P48  for details.
 [AF Assist Lamp]
 [Red-Eye Removal]
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(DMC-FH25) (DMC-FH24) 
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(DMC-FH5) (DMC-FH2)  
						

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For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P35.
Using one of these modes, jitter during picture taking is detected, and the camera 
automatically compensates the jitter, enabling jitter-free images to be taken.
Applicable modes: 
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[ON]/[OFF]
Note
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The stabilizer function may not be effective in the following cases.–When there is a lot of jitter.–When the zoom magnification is high.–In Digital Zoom range.–When taking pictures while following a moving subject.–When the shutter speed becomes slower to ta ke pictures indoors or in dark places.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button.
•The setting is fixed to [ON] in [Self Portrait] in Scene Mode.•The setting is fixed to [OFF] in [Starry Sky] in Scene Mode.
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to  P35.
You can take a picture with date and time of recording.
Applicable modes: 
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Note
•Date information for pictures recorded with the [Date Stamp] set cannot be deleted.•When printing pictures with [Date Stamp] at a shop or with a printer, the date will be 
printed on top of the other if you choose to print with the date.
•Date information cannot be stamped into the pictures recorded without setting the clock.•It cannot be set when [Panorama Assist], [Hi-Speed Burst] or [Flash Burst] of the Scene Mode 
or [Burst] of the [Rec] menu is set.
•[Text Stamp], [Resize], and [Cropping] cannot be set for pictures recorded with [Date Stamp] 
set.
• Even if you take a picture with [Date Stamp] set to [OFF], it is possible to stamp dates onto the 
recorded pictures using [Text Stamp]  (P90) or setup the Date print  (P96, 105) .
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to  P35.
Note
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Refer to P19  for details.
 [Stabilizer]
 [Date Stamp]
[W/O TIME] Stamp the year, month, and day.
[WITH TIME] Stamp the year, month, day, hour, and minutes.
[OFF]
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  [Clock Set] 
						

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Recording
Entering Text
It is possible to enter babies’ and pets’ names and the names of travel destinations when 
recording. (Only alphabetical characters and symbols can be entered.)
Display the entry screen.
•You can display the entry screen via the following operations.–[Name] of [Baby1]/[Baby2] or [Pet]  (P61) in Scene Mode.–[Location] in [Travel Date]  (P68).
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select text and then press 
[MENU/SET] to register.
•Move the cursor to [ ] and then press [MENU/SET] to switch 
text between [A] (capitals), [a] (lower case), [1] (numbers) and 
[&] (special characters).
•The entry cursor position can be moved left and right with the 
zoom lever.
•To enter the same character again, rotate the zoom lever towards [ Z] (T) to move the 
cursor.
•The following operations can be performed by moving the cursor to the item and 
pressing [MENU/SET]:
–[ ]]: Enter a blank–[Delete]: Delete a character–[ ] : Move the entry position cursor to the left–[ ]: Move the entry position cursor to the right•A maximum of 30 characters can be entered.
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to move the cursor to [Set] and then press 
[MENU/SET] to end text input.
Note
•Text can be scrolled if all of the entered text does not fit on the screen. 
						

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[Playback] Mode: ¸
Playback/EditingVarious methods to play back
You can play back the recorded pictures in various methods.
Slide the [Rec]/[Playback] selector switch to [(], and then press 
[MODE].
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select item, and then press [MENU/SET].
ItemDescription of settings
[Normal Play]  (P28)All the images are played back.
[Slide Show]  (P85)Images are played back in sequence.
[Filtering Play]  (P87)Images are sorted into categories and played back.
[Calendar]  (P88) Images are played back by the date the picture was taken. 
						

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Playback/Editing
You can play back the pictures you have taken in synchronisation with music, and you can 
do this in sequence while leaving a fixed interval between each of the pictures.
Furthermore, you can play back the pictures  grouped together by category or play back 
only those pictures you have set  as favorites as a slide show.
This playback method is recommended when you have connected the camera to a TV set 
to view the pictures you have taken.
Press  3 to select [Start] and then press [MENU/SET].
Press  4 to finish the slide show.
•Normal Playback resumes after the slide show finishes.
∫Operations performed during slide show
The cursor displayed during playback is the same as  3/4 /2/ 1.
•
The menu screen is restored when [ ] is pressed.
¢ These operations can be performed only in the Pause Mode.
 [Slide Show]
Select the group to play back by pressing  3/4, and 
then press [MENU/SET].
•During [Category Selection], press 3 /4 /2 /1 to select a 
category, and then press [MENU/SET]. Refer to   P87 for category 
details.
3Play/Pause
4Stop
2Back to previous picture¢
1Ahead to next picture¢
[W]Reduce volume level
[T]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], [AUTO]
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When [URBAN] has been selected, the picture may appear in black and white as a screen 
effect.
•[AUTO] can be used only when [Category Selection] has been selected. The pictures are 
played back with the recommended effects in each category.
•Some [Effect] will not operate when playing back pictures displayed vertically.
[Setup]
[Duration] or [Repeat] can be set.
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[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. When [Í] (motion picture) is selected 
in [Category Selection], the first frames of the motion pictures are displayed as still pictures in a 
slide show.
ItemSettings
[Duration] [1SEC.]/[2SEC.]/[3SEC.]/[5SEC.]
[Repeat] [ON]/[OFF]
[Music] [ON]/[OFF] 
						

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Playback/Editing
The images sorted into the category or images set as favorite are played back.
∫About the categories to be sorted
It will be sorted as following when [Category Selection] is set.
 [Filtering Play]
ItemDescription of settings
[Category 
Selection] This mode allows you to search images by Scene Mode or other categories 
(such as [Portrait], [Scenery] or [Night Scenery]) and sort the pictures into 
each of the categories. You can then play back the pictures in each 
category.
Press 3/
4/2/1 to select the category 
and then press [MENU/SET] to set.
•Only the category for which pictures have been 
found can be selected.
[Favorite] You can play back the pictures you have set as [Favorite]  (P94).
Recording information e.g. Scene Modes
*[Portrait], [i-Portrait], [Soft Skin], [Transform], [Self Portrait], [Night Portrait], 
[i-Night Portrait], [Baby1]/[Baby2]
,[Scenery], [i-Scenery], [Sunset], [i-Sunset], [Aerial Photo]
.[Night Portrait], [i-Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], 
[i-Night Scenery], [Starry Sky]
[Sports], [Party], [Candle Light], [F ireworks], [Beach], [Snow], [Aerial Photo]
Î[Baby1]/[Baby2]
í[Pet]
1[Food]
[Travel Date]
Í[Motion Picture] 
						

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You can display pictures by recording date.Note
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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 January 1st, 2011.•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]
Press  3/4/2/ 1 to select the date to be played 
back.
•If there were no pictures recorded during a month, that 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. 
						

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Playback/Editing
[Playback] Mode: ¸
Using the [Playback] Mode Menu
You can set up pictures to be uploaded to image sharing sites and perform actions like 
cropping recorded pictures, as well as set up the protection of recorded images, etc.
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With [Text Stamp], [Resize] or [Cropping], 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.
It is possible to setup the images to be  uploaded to the image sharing sites (Facebook/You 
Tube) on this unit.
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You can only upload still pictures to Facebook, and only motion pictures to YouTube.•This cannot be done to the images in the built-in memory. Copy the images to a card 
(P98) , and then perform the [Upload Set].
Select [Upload Set] on the [Playback] Mode menu.  (P35)
Press  3/4 to select [SINGLE] or [MULTI] and then press 
[MENU/SET].
∫ Upload to the image sharing sites
An upload tool built-in to the camera “LUMIX Image Uploader” is automatically copied to 
the card when you setup [Upload Set].
Perform the upload operation after connecting the camera to a PC  (P99). For details, refer 
to  P102 .
∫ Canceling all the [Upload Set] settings
1Select [Upload Set] on the [Playback] Mode menu.2Press  3/4  to select [CANCEL] and then press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when [Yes] is selected. 
Exit the menu after it is executed.
Note
•Setting may not be possible for pictures recorded with other cameras.•It cannot be set with the card less than 512 MB.
  [Upload Set]
Select the picture, and then press 
[MENU/SET] to set.
[MULTI] setting
Press [DISP.] to set (repeat), and then 
press [MENU/SET] to set.
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The setting is cancelled when [DISP.] is 
pressed again.
•Exit the menu after it is set.•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is 
executed when [Yes] is selected. 
Exit the menu after it is executed.
[SINGLE] [MULTI]
Press  2/1  to 
select the picture. Press 
3/4/2/1 to 
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You can stamp the recording date/time, name, location or travel date onto the recorded 
pictures.
Select [Text Stamp] on the [Playback] Mode menu. (P35)
Press  3/4 to select [SINGLE] or [MULTI] and then press 
[MENU/SET].
Press  3/4 to select [Set], and then press [MENU/SET].
Press  3/4 to select text stamp items, and then press [MENU/SET].
Press  3/4 to select the settings, and then press [MENU/SET].
 [Text Stamp]
Select the picture, and then press 
[MENU/SET] to set.
•[ ‘ ] is displayed on pictures already with 
date or text stamped.
[MULTI] setting
Press [DISP.] to set (repeat), and then 
press [MENU/SET] to set.
•
The setting is canceled when [DISP.] 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] [W/O TIME]:
Stamp the year, month and day.
[WITH TIME]:Stamp the year, month, day, hour and minutes.
[OFF]
[Name] []
(BABY/PET):
Stamps names registered in name settings for 
[Baby1]/[Baby2] or [Pet] in Scene Mode.
[OFF]
[Location]
[ON]:Stamps the travel destination name set under 
[Location].
[OFF]
[Travel Date] [ON]:
Stamps the travel date set under [Travel Date].
[OFF]