Panasonic Dmc Fp3 Operating Instructions Manual

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For details about the setting procedure in the [SETUP] menu. (→15)
 [RESET]
Reset to the default 
settings.[RESET REC. SETTINGS?]
[YES]/[NO]
[RESET SETUP PARAMETERS?]
[YES]/[NO]
  • Resetting the setup parameters will also reset the 
following: 
-  Age in years/months and names in Scene Modes 
[BABY] and [PET]
- [TRAVEL DATE]
- [WORLD TIME]
- [FAVORITE] in [PLAYBACK] menu (set to [OFF])
- [ROTATE DISP.] (set to [ON])
  • Folder numbers and clock settings will not be reset.
  • Camera movement may be audible as the lens function 
is reset. This is not a fault.
 
[USB MODE]
Select communication 
method for when 
connecting camera to a 
computer or printer with 
USB connection cable. [SELECT ON CONNECTION]:
Select [PC] or [PictBridge (PTP)] each time you connect to 
a computer or PictBridge-compatible printer
 [PictBridge (PTP)]:  Select when connecting to a 
PictBridge-compatible printer
 [PC]: Select when connecting to a computer
Item Settings, notes 
						

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 Using the [SETUP] menu (Continued)
 [VIDEO OUT]
Change the video output 
format when connected 
to a TV, etc. (Playback 
Mode only).[NTSC]/[PAL]
  • Operates when AV cable is connected. 
 
[TV ASPECT]
Change the aspect ratio 
when connected to a 
TV, etc. (Playback Mode 
only). / 
  • Operates when AV cable is connected.
[VERSION DISP.]
Check the version of the 
camera firmware.Current version is displayed.
 
[FORMAT]
Use when [BUILT-IN 
MEMORY ERROR] 
or [MEMORY CARD 
ERROR] appears, or 
when formatting the built-
in memory or card. 
When a card/built-in 
memory is formatted, 
the data cannot be 
restored. Check the 
content of the card/
built-in memory 
carefully before 
formatting.[YES]/[NO]
  • This requires a sufficiently charged battery (→9) or AC 
adaptor (optional). When formatting the built-in memory, 
remove any cards.
(Only inserted card will be formatted if present; built-in 
memory will be formatted if no card is inserted.)
  • Always format cards with this camera.
  •All picture data including protected pictures will be 
deleted. (→76)
  • Do not turn off power or perform other operations during 
formatting.
  • Formatting the built-in memory may take several 
minutes.
  • Consult your nearest Service Centre if format cannot be 
successfully completed.
Item Settings, notes For details about the setting procedure in the [SETUP] menu. (→15) 
						

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For details about the setting procedure in the [SETUP] menu. (→15)
 [LANGUAGE]
Change display 
language.Set the language displayed on the screen.
 
 [DEMO MODE]
View demonstration of 
functions.[STABILIZER DEMO.]: (Only during recording)
Indicates the extent of jitter detected by the camera 
(Estimate)
Extent of jitter
Extent of jitter after stabilization
Large ← Small → Large
  • When the demo screen is displayed, touch [STABILIZER] 
to switch the Optical Image Stabilizer between [ON] and 
[OFF]. 
  • Cannot be displayed in Playback Mode. 
  • To stop → Touch [EXIT] 
  • Recording and zoom cannot be performed during demo.
[AUTO DEMO]: View introductory Slide Show
[OFF]/[ON]
  • To close → Press [MENU] 
  • If the camera is left switched on while connected to the 
AC adaptor (optional) and with no card inserted, the 
demo will automatically begin whenever no operations 
are performed for approx. 2 minutes.
  • [AUTO DEMO] cannot be displayed on external devices 
such as TVs.
Item Settings, notes 
						

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Please set the clock before recording. (→13)
 
Sequence of Recording
Open the lens cover
The power is turned on. 
Select the desired Recording 
Mode and record
  ■
To use settings automatically selected by 
the camera
 Press  the  button.
  ■To select the Recording Mode manually
 Press the [MODE] button.  Touch the desired Recording Mode.
Press the Playback button and 
view pictures (→32) 
  ■
To return to the Recording Mode
 Press the Playback button again.
  • The camera returns to the previous 
Recording Mode.
Close the lens cover
The power is turned off.
  • The power can also be turned off by 
pressing the Power button.  Playback button 
 button Power button
[MODE] button
  ■Recording Mode list
[INTELLIGENT AUTO] ModeTake pictures with automatic settings. (→26)
[NORMAL PICTURE] ModeTake pictures with your own settings. (→28)
[MY SCENE MODE]Take pictures in commonly used Scene 
Modes.(→50)
[SCENE MODE]Take pictures according to scene. (→42)
[MOTION PICTURE] ModeTake motion pictures. (→51) Do not touch the lens.
Lens cover 
						

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  ■Holding the camera
FlashAF Assist  Lamp  • If jitter becomes noticeable, use both hands, keep your 
arms close to your body, and stand with your feet at 
shoulder width.
  • Do not touch the lens.
  • Do not block the microphone when recording motion 
picture. (→7)
  • Do not block the flash or the AF Assist Lamp. Do not look 
at it from close range.
  • Try to hold the camera steady when you press the 
shutter button.
  Convenient ways to turn the power on
Besides opening the lens cover, you can also turn the power on as follows. 
  ■To turn the power on in Playback Mode
Hold
Pictures on the card or built-in memory are 
displayed. 
  ■With the lens cover opened and the power off
Hold
The camera will turn on in Recording Mode.
  • When the Power button is held with the lens cover 
closed, a message [PLEASE OPEN THE LENS 
COVER] is displayed. 
						

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  Taking pictures with automatic settings
[INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode
Recording Mode: 
Open the lens coverThe power is turned on. 
Select [INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode  • Press again to return to the 
previous Recording Mode.
Recording Mode icon (see below)
Take pictures
Press halfway 
(press lightly to focus)Press fully 
(press the button all 
the way to record)
Focus display
(when focus aligned: 
flashing → illuminated)
The type of scene detected is indicated by a 
blue icon for two seconds
Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as ‘face,’ ‘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.
  ■Automatic scene detection
Camera identifies the scene when pointed at the subject, and makes optimum settings 
automatically.
[i PORTRAIT]: People are detected [i NIGHT PORTRAIT]: People and night 
scenery are detected (Only when  
is selected)
[i SCENERY]: Scenery is detected [i NIGHT SCENERY]: Night scenery is 
detected
[i MACRO]: A close-up shot is detected[i SUNSET]: A sunset is detectedReads subject movement to avoid blurring when scene does not correspond to any of the 
above.
If the camera automatically identifies the scene and determines that people appear 
as subjects in the picture ( or ), Face Detection is activated, and the focus and 
exposure are adjusted for the recognised faces.Shutter button 
						

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  ●In addition to automatic scene detection, [] in [SENSITIVITY] and backlight 
compensation will operate automatically.
  ●The following menu items may be set in [INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode:
  • ([REC] menu): [FLASH], [SELFTIMER], [PICTURE SIZE]∗1, [BURST], [COLOR MODE]∗1
  • ([SETUP] menu∗2): [CLOCK SET], [WORLD TIME], [BEEP]∗1, [LANGUAGE], 
[STABILIZER DEMO.]
∗
1  Items that may be set differ from other Recording Modes.
∗2  Other items in the [SETUP] menu will reflect settings made in other Recording 
Modes.
  ●According to the following conditions, different scene types may be determined for the 
same subject:
Face contrast, conditions of subject (size, distance, colouring, contrast, movement), 
zoom ratio, sunset, sunrise, low brightness, jitter
  ●If desired scene type is not selected, we recommend manually selecting the appropriate 
Recording Mode. (Scene Mode: (→42))
  ●Backlight compensation
Backlight refers to the light that shines from behind the subject. When this occurs, the 
subject appears darker, and so backlighting is automatically corrected by increasing the 
brightness of the entire image.
  ●We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer with [i NIGHT SCENERY] and 
[i NIGHT PORTRAIT].
  ●When jitter is small (e.g. using tripod) with [i NIGHT SCENERY], shutter speed can 
reach a maximum of 8 seconds. Do not move the camera.
  ●The settings for the following functions are fixed:
  • [AUTO REVIEW]: [2 SEC.]            • [AUTO POWER OFF]: [5 MIN.] 
  • [WHITE BALANCE]: [AWB]           • [STABILIZER]: [AUTO] 
  • [AF MODE]: 
 (Face Detection)∗3   • [AF ASSIST LAMP]: [ON] 
∗3  (9-area-focusing) when face cannot be recognised  ●The following functions cannot be used:
[EXPOSURE], [DIGITAL ZOOM]
  ■To use flash
Touch  on the Quick menu (→17)
  • You can also set by touching [FLASH] in the [REC] 
menu.
Touch   • If you are not going to use flash, touch .
  • Touch [EXIT] to return to the original screen. 
  • When 
 is used, ,  (Auto/Red-Eye Reduction),  (Slow Sync./Red-Eye Reduction) and  (Slow Sync.) 
are selected automatically according to the subject type and 
brightness. (For details (→37))
  •
 and  indicate that digital red-eye correction is 
activated.
  • The shutter speed is slower in 
 and . 
						

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  Taking pictures with your own settings
[NORMAL PICTURE] Mode
Recording Mode: 
  ■To use zoom
(→30)
  ■To use flash
(→36)
  ■To adjust picture 
brightness
(→41)
  ■To take close-up pictures
(→38)
  ■To adjust colouring
(→61)
  ●If a warning is displayed about jitter, use 
[STABILIZER], a tripod, or [SELFTIMER]. 
  ●If aperture value or shutter speed is displayed in red, 
correct exposure has not been achieved. Use flash or 
change [SENSITIVITY] settings.
Aperture value Shutter speedJitter alert 
display
Using the [REC] menu to change settings and set up your own recording environment.
Shutter button
Open the lens cover
The power is turned on.
Display the screen for Recording 
Mode selection
Touch [NORMAL PICTURE] 
Take a picture
Press halfway
(press lightly to focus)Press fully 
(press the button all 
the way to record)
Focus display
(when focus aligned: 
flashing → illuminated)
AF area
(aligns focus with subject; 
when complete: red → green) 
						

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Align focus for desired composition
Useful when subject is not in centre of picture.
First adjust focus according to subject
Hold down 
halfway
Align the AF 
area with the 
subject
AF area
  ●Subjects/environments which may 
make focusing difficult:
  •
Fast-moving or extremely bright objects, 
or objects with no colour contrast.
  • Taking pictures through glass or near 
objects emitting light. In the dark, or 
with significant jitter.
  •
When too close to object or when 
taking pictures of both distant and close 
objects together in the same picture.
  ●We recommend using the ‘Face 
Detection’ function when taking 
pictures of people (→58).
Return to desired composition
Press fully
AF area
  ●The focus display flashes and beep sounds when focus is not 
aligned.
Use the focus range displayed in red as a reference.
Even if the focus display is lit, the camera may be unable to bring 
the subject into focus if it is out of range.
  ●AF area is displayed larger in dark conditions or when using 
Digital Zoom.
  ●Most displays are temporarily cleared from screen when the 
shutter button is pressed halfway.
Focus range
Direction detection function
Still pictures taken with the camera held vertically are automatically played back vertically. 
(Only when [ROTATE DISP.] is set to [ON])
  ●Still pictures taken with the lens surface facing directly up or down and still pictures 
taken on other cameras may not be rotated. Additionally, still pictures taken while 
holding the camera upside down are not rotated automatically.
  ●Motion pictures are not displayed vertically. 
						

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  Taking pictures with zoom
Recording Mode:         
Zoom In/Out
Capture a wider 
area (wide-angle)Enlarge the subject 
(telephoto)
W side (wide-angle): 
1 xT side (telephoto): 
up to 4 x
Focus range 
Zoom ratio 
(approx.)
Zoom bar
  ●Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.
Optical Zoom and Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)
Automatically switches to ‘Optical Zoom’ when using maximum picture size (→56), and 
to ‘Extra Optical Zoom’ (for further zooming) otherwise. (EZ is short for ‘Extra Optical 
Zoom’.)
  • Optical Zoom  • Extra Optical Zoom
Zoom bar(  displayed)
‘Optical Zoom’ offers 4 x magnification. At a lower recording pixel level, ‘Extra Optical 
Zoom’ can be used to zoom up to 8.4 x. For zooming in even closer, ‘Digital Zoom’ is 
available. 
  ●Maximum zoom ratios by picture size
Optical Zoom Extra Optical Zoom 
[PICTURE SIZE] 14 M - 10.5 M
10 M 
5 M 3 M  or less
Max. enlargement 4 x 4.7 x 6.8 x 8.4 x
  ●Extra Optical Zoom system
When the recording pixel level is set to [3 M ] (corresponding to 3 million pixels), 3 
million pixels of the available pixel level in the centre of the CCD are used in recording, 
enabling higher magnification.
  ●The enlargement ratio displayed in the bar on screen is an estimate.