Panasonic Dmc Fh6 Owners Manual

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Sequence of operations
Use cursor button to select a 
picture to be played back
 • Play back motion pictures or panorama pictures
 • [Auto Retouch]
 • [Beauty Retouch] 
DMC-FH6
Previous
Changing 
information  display
Next
 •Editing or performing settings for 
pictures using the Playback menu ( →71)
Press the Power button 

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Taking pictures with automatic settings  
[Intelligent Auto] Mode
Recording mode:    
Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as “fac\
e”, “movement”, 
“brightness”, and “distance” just by pointing the camera at \
the subject, meaning that clear 
pictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually.
Display the screen for recording 
mode selection
Select  [Intelligent Auto] Mode
Take pictures
Press halfway 
(press lightly to focus) Press fully 
(press the button...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings  [Intelligent Auto] Mode 
Automatic Scene Detection
Camera reads scene when pointed at subject, and makes optimum settings a\
utomatically.
The icon of scene detected
Recognizes peopleRecognizes landscapesRecognizes night scenes and people in them 
(Only when  is selected)∗Recognizes night scenes∗Recognizes close-upsRecognizes sunsetsReads subject movement to avoid blurring when scene 
does not correspond to any of the above.
∗ We recommend using a tripod...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings  [Intelligent Auto] Mode 
Notes on setting items
Only menu items which are displayed in the [Intelligent Auto] Mode can be set.
The settings selected in the [Normal Picture] Mode or other modes are re\
flected for not 
displayed menu items on the [Setup] menu.
 
●The settings for the following items are different from other recording modes:
[Picture Size], [Color Mode] and [Burst] DMC-FH6 on the [Rec] menu 
●The settings for the following functions are...

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 Taking motion pictures  [Motion Picture] Mode
Recording mode:    
 
●Depending on the type of card used, a card-access display may appear for\
 a while after 
motion picture recording. This is not a fault.
 
●In [AF Mode],  (23-area-focusing) is fixed.  
●In [Stabilizer], [ON] is fixed. 
●When there is no space left to store the motion picture, recording autom\
atically ends. 
Additionally, recording in progress may be stopped, depending on the card used. 
Display the screen for recording 
mode...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
When a card is in the camera, pictures are played back from the card, an\
d without a card, 
pictures are played back from the built-in memory.
 
●It may not be possible to view pictures on this camera that were previou\
sly edited on a 
computer.
 
●After pressing the Playback button and switching it into the playback mo\
de, the lens 
barrel will be retracted after approx. 15 seconds.
 
● This camera is compliant with the unified DCF (Design rule for Camera...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
 Viewing motion pictures
Select a picture with the motion picture icon, and press 
Playback now starts.
Motion picture recording timeWhen playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed 
in the top right of the screen.
Example: After 3 minutes and 30 seconds: [3m30s]
Motion picture icon
 
■Operations during motion picture playback
Fast rewind (2 steps)
Single-frame rewind (while paused)
Stop
Pause/play
Fast forward (2 steps)
Single-frame forward (while...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
Zooming in and viewing “Playback Zoom”
DMC-FH6
Turn the zoom lever to T side
DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2
Press the T side of the zoom 
buttonCurrent zoom position (displayed for 1 sec.)
1x2x4x8x16x
  DMC-FH6 Turn the zoom lever to T side/DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2 Press the T side of the zoom button
  DMC-FH6 Turn the zoom lever to W side/DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2 Press the W side of the zoom button
 • Move zoom position  → Use cursor button to move the zoom position...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
 Viewing a list of pictures “Multi Playback”
DMC-FH6
Turn the zoom lever to W side
DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2
Press the W side of the zoom 
buttonPicture no./Total no.
Motion pictures
Panorama pictures
1-picture 
screen12-picture  screen30-picture screenCalendar 
Playback
  DMC-FH6 Turn the zoom lever to W side/DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2 Press the W side of the zoom button
  DMC-FH6 Turn the zoom lever to T side/DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2 Press the T side of the zoom button...

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Viewing your pictures  [Normal Play]
 Viewing pictures by their recording date “Calendar Playback”
DMC-FH6
Turn the zoom lever to W 
several times
DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2
Press the W side of the zoom 
button several timesSelected date (First picture from the date)
1-picture 
screen12-picture  screen30-picture screenCalendar 
Playback
  DMC-FH6 Turn the zoom lever to W side/DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2 Press the W side of the zoom button
  DMC-FH6 Turn the zoom lever to T side/DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2 Press...