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 all the  way to record)
Shutter button
 Focus display
( When focus is aligned: illuminated When focus is not aligned: flashing) 
						

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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 and the self-timer.
 
●Depending on recording conditions, different scene types may be determined for the 
same subject.
 
●If desired scene type is not selected, we recommend manually selecting t\
he appropriate 
recording mode.
 
●When  or  is detected, Face Detection is activated, and the focus and exposure 
are adjusted for the recognized faces.
 
● About Backlight Compensation
Backlight is a condition where a light shines from behind a subject. Whe\
n there is a 
backlight, a subject appears darker and the camera automatically correct\
s the exposure 
by increasing the brightness of an entire image. When the camera detects\
 backlight, 
 
is displayed on the LCD monitor.
About flash
Press  to select  or . 
●When  is selected, the optimum flash is selected automatically depending on 
conditions. ( →45)
 
●When  or  is selected, the red-eye reduction function is activated. 
●When  or  is selected, the shutter speed is reduced.
About the Happy color setting
When [Color Mode] ( →62) is set to [Happy], pictures are recorded with vivid coloring.
 
■Settings:
   Press [MENU/SET] Press   to select [Rec] menu and press [MENU/SET]  Press   to select [Color Mode] and press [MENU/SET]  Press   to select [Happy] and press [MENU/SET] 
						

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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 fixed:
 • [Auto Review]:  [2 SEC.] DMC-FH6[ON] DMC-FH4 DMC-S5 DMC-S2 • [Stabilizer]: [ON]
 • [AF Assist Lamp]: [ON]
 • [i.Resolution]: [i.ZOOM]
 • [Auto Power Off]: [5 MIN.]
 • [White Balance]: [AWB]  • [Sensitivity]:  • [AF Mode]:  (Face Detection)
∗
 • [i.Exposure]: [ON]
 • [Red-Eye Removal]: [ON]
∗
  (23-area-focusing) when face cannot be recognized 
●The following functions cannot be used:
[Exposure], [Digital Zoom] 
						

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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 selection
Select  [Motion Picture] Mode
Start recording
Press halfway
(adjust the focus) Press fully 
(start recording)
 • Immediately release the shutter button after 
pressing it all the way. 
 • The focus and zoom will remain as they  were at the beginning of recording. 
End recording
Press fully
Remaining recording time (approx.)
Elapsed recording time
Microphone
(Do not block the microphone 
with your fingers) 
						

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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 F\
ile system) 
standard formulated by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries 
Association (JEITA), and with Exif (Exchangeable image file format). Files that are no\
t 
DCF-compliant cannot be played back.
 
■Changing recording information display
Press 
.
Press the Playback button
 • Press again to enter the 
recording mode.
Scroll through pictures
Previous Next
 File number
 Picture number/Total pictures
 • Hold down to quickly scroll forwards/backwards.
 • Press the shutter button to switch to  recording mode. 
						

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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 paused)
 
●Volume can be adjusted with the zoom lever or the zoom button.
 
●It may not be possible to properly play back motion pictures recorded us\
ing other 
cameras.
 
●Motion pictures can be viewed on your computer using “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” on the 
supplied CD-ROM.
 
●Be careful not to block the speaker.
Speaker 
						

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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
 
●Playback zoom cannot be used during motion picture playback. 
						

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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
 • When you select a picture using the cursor button and press [MENU/SET] o\
n the  12-picture or 30-picture screen, the selected picture is displayed on th\
e 1-picture 
screen (full-screen). 
 
●Pictures displayed with [!] cannot be played back. 
						

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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 the T side of the zoom button
 • When you select a recording date using the cursor button and press [MENU\
/SET], the  display method changes to the 12-picture screen.
 
●Only months when pictures were taken are shown on the calendar screen. P\
ictures 
taken without clock settings are displayed with the date January 1, 2012\
.
 
●Pictures taken with destination settings made in [World Time] are displayed in the 
calendar screen using the appropriate date for the destination’s time zone.