Panasonic Dmc Fs7 Operating Instructions Manual

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Note• The age and name can be printed out using the “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” bundled software on the CD-ROM (supplied).
• If [AGE] or [NAME] is set to [OFF] even when the birthday or name has been set, the age or  name will not be displayed. Before taking pictures, set [AGE] or [NAME] to [ON].
• [INTELLIGENT ISO] is activated, and maximum ISO sensitivity level becomes [ISO1600].
• If the camera is turned on with [BABY1]/[BABY2] set, the age and name are displayed at the  lower left of the screen for about 5 seconds, along with the current date and time.
• If the age is not properly displayed, check the clock and birthday settings.
• The birthday setting and name setting can be reset with [RESET].
• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [ š].
Select this when you want to take pictures of a pet such as a dog or a cat.
You can set your pet’s birthday and name. You ca n select to have these appear at the time 
of playback, or have them stamped on the recorded image using [TEXT STAMP] (P73).
For information about [AGE] or [NAME], refer to [BABY1]/[BABY2] on P50.
Note
• The initial setting for the AF assist lamp is [OFF].
• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [ Ø].
• Refer to [BABY1]/[BABY2] for other information about this mode.
Select this when you want to take pictures of  a sunset view. This allows you to take vivid 
pictures of the red color of the sun.
Note
• The flash setting is fixed to [ Œ].
• ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].
This mode minimizes the jitter of the subjec ts, and enables you to take pictures of these 
subjects in dimly lit rooms. (Select this fo r high-sensitivity processing. The sensitivity 
automatically switches to between [ISO1600] and [ISO6400].)
∫ Picture size and aspect ratio
1Press  3/4 to select the picture size and aspect ratio and then press [MENU/
SET] to set.
• 3M (4:3), 2.5M (3:2) or 2M (16:9) is selected as the picture size.2Take pictures.
Note
• [QUALITY] is automatically fixed to [ ›].
• You can take pictures suitable for 4qk 6q/10 k15 cm printing.
• The focus range is 5 cm (0.17 feet) (Wide)/50 cm (1.64 feet) (Tele) to 
¶.
í [PET]
ï [SUNSET]
9 [HIGH SENS.]
• The focus range is 5 cm (0.17 feet) (Wide)/50 cm (1.64 feet) (Tele) to  ¶.
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This is a convenient mode for shooting rapid movement or a decisive moment.
∫ Picture size and aspect ratio
1Press 3/4 to select the picture size and aspect ratio and then press [MENU/SET] to set.• 3M (4:3), 2.5M (3:2) or 2M (16:9) is selected as the picture size.2Take pictures.• Still pictures are taken continuously while the shutter button is pressed fully.
• The burst speed changes according to the recording conditions.
• The number of burst recording pictures are limited by the picture-taking conditions and the type  and/or status of the card used.
• The number of burst recording pictures increase immediately after formatting.
Note• The flash setting is fixed to [ Œ].
• [QUALITY] is automatically fixed to [ ›].
• You can take pictures suitable for 4 qk6q/10 k15 cm printing.
• The focus, zoom, exposure, white balance, shutter speed and ISO sensitivity are fixed to the  settings for the first picture.
• The ISO sensitivity automatically switches to between [ISO500] and [ISO800]. However, the  ISO sensitivity is increased to make the shutter speed become high-speed.
• Depending on the operating conditions, it may take  time to take the next picture if you repeat 
taking a picture.
Still pictures are taken conti nuously with flash. It is convenient to take continuous still 
pictures in dark places.
∫ Picture size and aspect ratio
1Press 3/4 to select the picture size and aspect ratio and then press [MENU/SET] to set.• 3M (4:3), 2.5M (3:2) or 2M (16:9) is selected as the picture size.2Take pictures.• Still pictures are taken continuously while the shutter button is pressed fully.
Note• [QUALITY] is automatically fixed to [ ›].
• You can take pictures suitable for 4 qk6q/10 k15 cm printing.
• The focus, zoom, exposure, shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, and flash level are fixed to the  settings for the first picture.
• The shutter speed becomes 1/30th of a second to 1/2000th of a second.
• [INTELLIGENT ISO] is activated, and maximum ISO sensitivity level becomes [ISO3200].
• See the Note on P41 when using the flash.
ô [HI-SPEED BURST]
Maximum Burst 
speed DMC-FS7/DMC-FS8: approx. 6 pictures/second
DMC-FS6: approx. 5.5 pictures/second
Number of 
recordable picturesapprox. 10 (built-in memory)/approx. 10 to 100¢ (card)
¢ the maximum is 100.
• The focus range is 5 cm (0.17 feet) (Wide)/50 cm (1.64 feet) (Tele) to  ¶.
 [FLASH BURST]
Number of recordable 
pictures max. 5 pictures
• The focus range is 5 cm (0.17 feet) (Wide)/50 cm (1.64 feet) (Tele) to  ¶.
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This allows you to take vivid pictures of a starry sky or a dark subject.
∫Setting the shutter speed
Select a shutter speed of [15 SEC.], [30 SEC.] or [60 SEC.].
1Press  3/4 to select the number of seconds and then press [MENU/SET].• It is also possible to change the number of seconds using the quick menu. (P21)2Take pictures.• Press the shutter button fully to display the countdown screen. Do 
not move the camera after this screen is displayed. When 
countdown finishes, [PLEASE WAIT...] is displayed for the same 
length of time as the set shutter speed for signal processing.
• Press [MENU/SET] to stop taking the picture while the countdown  screen is displayed.
∫ Technique for Starry sky mode• The shutter opens for 15, 30 or 60 seconds. Be sure to use a tripod. We also recommend 
taking pictures with the self-timer.
Note• The flash setting is fixed to [ Œ].
• The Optical image stabilizer function is fixed to [OFF].
• ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].
This mode allows you to take beautiful pict ures of fireworks exploding in the night sky.
∫ Technique for Fireworks mode
• Since the shutter speed becomes slower, we recommend using a tripod.
Note• The flash setting is fixed to [ Œ].
• This mode is most effective when the subject is 10 m (32.8 feet) or more away.
• The shutter speed becomes the following.
– When [OFF] is set on the Optical image stabilizer function: Fixed to 2 seconds
– When [AUTO], [MODE1] or [MODE2] is set on the Optical image stabilizer function: 1/4th of a  second or 2 seconds (The shutter speed becomes 2 seconds only when the camera has 
determined that there is little jitter such as when using a tripod etc.)
– You can change the shutter speed by compensating the exposure.
• The AF area is not displayed.
• ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].
This allows you to take even more vivid pictures  of the blue color of the sea, sky etc. It also 
prevents underexposure of peopl e under strong sunlight.
Note
• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [ š].
• Do not touch the camera with wet hands.
• Sand or seawater will cause the camera to malfunction. Make sure that sand or seawater does 
not get into the lens or the terminals.
• Problems caused by sand or seawater are not covered by the product warranty.
5  [STARRY SKY]
4 [FIREWORKS]
6 [BEACH]
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This allows you to take pictures that show the snow as white as possible at a ski resort or 
a snow-covered mountain.
This mode allows you to take pictures through an airplane window.
∫ Technique for Aerial photo mode
• We recommend using this technique if it is difficult to focus when taking pictures of clouds etc. 
Aim the camera at something with high contrast, press the shutter button halfway to fix the 
focus and then aim the camera at the subject and press the shutter button fully to take the 
picture.
Note• The flash setting is fixed to [ Œ].
• The focus range is 5 m (16.4 feet) to  ¶.
• Turn the camera off when taking off or landing.
• When using the camera, follow all instructions from the cabin crew.
• Be careful about the reflection from the window.
Picture is taken with a grainy texture as though blasted with sand.
∫ Picture size and aspect ratio
1Press  3/4  to select the picture size and aspect ratio and then press [MENU/
SET] to set.
• 3M (4:3), 2.5M (3:2) or 2M (16:9) is selected as the picture size.2Take pictures.
Note
• [QUALITY] is automatically fixed to [ ›].
• You can take pictures suitable for 4 qk6q/10 k15 cm printing.
• ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO1600].
Record the image with a frame around it.
∫ Setting the frame
1Press  2/1  to select the frame to use, and then press [MENU/SET].• The number of pixels is fixed to 2M (4:3).2Take pictures.
Note
• [AUTO REVIEW] is fixed to [2SEC.].
• The color of the frame displayed on the screen and the color of the frame around the actual  image may differ, but this is not a malfunction.
8 [SNOW]
7  [AERIAL PHOTO] 
 [FILM GRAIN]
• The focus range is 5 cm (0.17 feet) (Wide)/50 cm (1.64 feet) (Tele) to  ¶.
 [PHOTO FRAME]
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[REC] mode: n
Advanced (Recording pictures)Motion Picture Mode
• When you set the recording quality to [ ] or [ ], we recommend using a high-speed card with “10MB/s” or greater displayed on the package.
Press [MENU/SET].
Press  3/4 to select [REC QUALITY] and then 
press  1.
Press  3/4 to select the item and then press 
[MENU/SET].
¢ Cannot be recorded in the built-in memory.
Slide the [REC]/[PLAYBACK] selector switch to [ !], and then press 
[MODE].
Press 3/4 to select [MOTION PICTURE], and then press [MENU/SET].
Press the shutter button halfway to focus 
and then press it fully to start recording.
A Audio recording
• The available recording time  B is displayed on the top 
right and the elapsed recording time  C is displayed on 
the bottom right of the screen.
• After pressing the shutter button fully, release it straight 
away. If the button is held down, the sound will not be 
recorded for a few seconds when recording starts.
•
When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights.• The focus and zoom are fixed to the setting when 
recording starts (the first frame).
• The audio is also recorded simultaneously from the 
built-in microphone on this unit. (Motion pictures 
cannot be recorded without audio.)
Press the shutter button fully to stop recording.
• If the built-in memory or the card becomes full in the middle of recording, the camera stops recording automatically.
Changing the settings for the recording quality
ItemPicture sizefpsAspect ratio¢848 k480 pixels 3016:9¢640k480 pixels 30
4:3
320 k240 pixels 30
C
AB
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Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.
• You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.
Note• The flash setting is fixed to [Œ].
• Refer to P106 for information about the available recording time.
• The available recording time displayed on the screen may not decrease regularly.
• Depending on the type of the card, the card access indication may appear for a while after  recording motion pictures. This is not a malfunction.
• When motion pictures recorded with the camera are played back on other equipment, the  quality of the picture and sound may deteriorate and it may not be possible to play them back. 
Also the recording information may not be displayed correctly.
• Sound from motion pictures recorded by this camera cannot be played back by older models of  Panasonic digital cameras (LUMIX) launched before July 2008.
• In Motion picture mode, the following functions cannot be used. –[ š ] and [ Ø] in [AF MODE]
– Direction detection function
– [OFF], [AUTO] and [MODE2] on the Optical image stabilizer function
• This unit does not support recording motion pictures on MultiMediaCards.
•
We recommend you use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC adaptor when recording 
motion pictures.
•If while recording motion pictures using the AC adaptor the power supply is cut off due to a power cut 
or if the AC adaptor is disconnected etc., the motion picture being recorded will not be recorded.
[REC] mode: ñ· ¿n
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations
For details on the [SETUP] menu settings, refer to P20.If you set the departure date or the travel destination of the vacation in advance, the number of 
days that have passed since the departure date (which day of the vacation it is) is recorded 
when you take the picture. You can display the number of days that have passed when playing 
back the pictures and stamp it on the recorded pictures with [TEXT STAMP] (P73).
• The number of days that have passed since the departure date can be printed out using the  “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” bundled software on the CD-ROM (supplied).
• Select [CLOCK SET] to set the current date and time in advance. (P18) • 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.
Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture
Select [TRAVEL DATE] from the [SETUP] menu, and 
then press 1.
Press 3 to select [TRAVEL SETUP] and then press 
1.
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∫Canceling the travel date
The travel date is automatically canceled if the current date is after the return date. If you 
want to cancel the travel date before the end of the vacation, select [OFF] on the screen 
shown in step 
3 or 7 and then press [MENU/SET] twice. If the [TRAVEL SETUP] is set to 
[OFF] in step 3, [LOCATION] will be also set to [OFF]. 
Press  4 to select [SET] and then press [MENU/
SET].
Press  3/4/ 2/1 to set the departure date (year/
month/day), and then press [MENU/SET].
Press  3/4/ 2/1 to set the return date (year/month/
day), and then press [MENU/SET].
• If you do not want to set the return date, press [MENU/SET] while  the date bar is displayed.
Press  4 to select [LOCATION] and then press  1.
Press  4 to select [SET] and then press [MENU/
SET].
Enter the location.
• For details on how to enter characters, read the [TITLE EDIT] section on P72.
Press [MENU/SET] twice to close the menu.
Take a picture.
• The number of days that have passed since the departure date is displayed for about  5 seconds if this unit is turned on etc. after setting the travel date or when the travel date 
is set.
• When the travel date is set, [ —] appears on the lower right of the screen.
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Note• The travel date is calculated using the date in the clock setting and the departure date you set. If you set [WORLD TIME] (P58) to the travel destination, the travel date is calculated using the 
date in the clock setting and the travel destination setting.
• The travel date setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off.
• If [TRAVEL DATE] is set to [OFF], the number of days that have passed since the departure  date will not be recorded even if you set the travel date or the return date. Even if 
[TRAVEL DATE] is set to [SET] after taking the pictures, the day of the vacation you took them 
on is not displayed.
• If you set a departure date and then take a picture on a date before this departure date, [-]  (minus) is displayed in orange and the day of the vacation that you took the picture is not 
recorded.
• If the travel date is displayed as [-] (minus) in white, there is a time difference that involves date  change between the [HOME] and [DESTINATION]. (It will be recorded)
• The text set as [LOCATION] can be edited later with [TITLE EDIT].
• The names for [BABY1]/[BABY2] and [PET] will not be recorded when [LOCATION] is set. 
• [LOCATION] cannot be recorded when taking motion pictures. 
• Intelligent auto mode cannot be set. Setting of other Recording mode will be reflected.
For details on the [SETUP] menu settings, refer to P20.
You can display the local times at the travel destinations and record them on the pictures 
you take.
• Select [CLOCK SET] to set the current date and time in advance. (P18)
Recording Dates/Times at Overseas Travel Destinations (World Time)
Select [WORLD TIME] from the [SETUP] menu, 
and then press  1.
• When first using the camera after purchasing it, the [PLEASE SET THE HOME AREA] message appears. 
Press [MENU/SET], and set the home area on the screen in 
step 
3.
Press 4 to select [HOME], and then press 
[MENU/SET].
Press 2/ 1 to select the home area, and then 
press [MENU/SET].
A Current time
B Time difference from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
• If daylight saving time [ ] is used at the home area, press 
3. Press  3 again to return to the original time.
• The daylight saving time setting for the home area does not  advance the current time. Advance the clock setting by one 
hour.
A
B
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Note• Return the setting to [HOME] when the vacation is finished by performing steps 1, 2 and 3.
• If [HOME] is already set, change only the travel destination, and use.
• If you cannot find the travel destination in the areas displayed on the screen, set by the time  difference from the home area.
•
The travel destination icon [“] appears when playing back pictures taken at the travel destination.
Using the [REC] Mode Menu
For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P20.
Set the number of pixels. The higher the numbers of pixels, the finer the detail of the 
pictures will appear even when they are printed onto large sheets.
Applicable modes:
 ñ· ¿
∫ When the aspect ratio is [ X].¢1 DMC-FS7/DMC-FS8
¢ 2 DMC-FS6
¢
3This item cannot be set in the Intelligent auto mode.
Press  3 to select [DESTINATION] and then 
press [MENU/SET] to set.
C Depending on the setting, the time at the travel destination 
area or the home area is displayed.
Press  2/1 to select the area the travel 
destination is in and then press [MENU/SET] to 
set.
D Current time of the destination area
E Time difference
• If daylight saving time [ ] is used at the travel destination, 
press  3. (The time advances by one hour.) Press  3 again to 
return to the original time.
Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.
@  [PICTURE SIZE]
 (10M) 3648k2736 pixels¢1
 (8M) 3264k2448 pixels¢2
 (7M )¢ 33072k 2304 pixels¢1
 (5M ) 2560k1920 pixels
 (3M ) 2048k1536 pixels
 (2M )
¢ 31600k 1200 pixels
 (0.3M )¢ 3640 k480 pixels
C
E
D
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∫When the aspect ratio is [ Y].
∫ When the aspect ratio is [ W].
Note
• “EZ” is an abbreviation of “Extended optical Zoom”.
•A digital picture is made of numerous dots called pixels. The 
higher the numbers of pixels, the finer the picture w ill be when it 
is printed on a large piece of paper or displayed on a PC monitor.
A Many pixels (Fine)
B Few pixels (Rough)
¢ These pictures are examples to show the effect.
•
If you change the aspect ratio, set the picture size again.•The extended optical zoom does not work when [MACRO 
ZOOM] is set or in [TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST], 
[FILM GRAIN] and [PHOTO FRAME] in Scene mode so the picture size for [ ] is not displayed.
• Pictures may appear mosaic depending on the subject and the recording conditions. 
• Refer to P103 for information about the number of recordable pictures.
For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P20.
Set the compression rate at which the pictures are to be stored.
Applicable modes:
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Note• Refer to P103 for information about the number of recordable pictures.
For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P20.
This allows you to select the aspect ratio of  the pictures to suit printing or the playback 
method.
Applicable modes: 
·¿
 (9M) 3648k2432 pixels¢1
 (7M) 3264k2176 pixels¢2
 (6M )¢33072k 2048 pixels¢1
 (4.5M )¢32560k 1712 pixels
 (2.5M )¢ 32048k 1360 pixels
 (7.5M)
¢ 33648k 2056 pixels¢1
 (6M)¢33264k 1840 pixels¢2
 (5.5M )¢33072k 1728 pixels¢1
 (3.5M )¢32560k 1440 pixels
 (2M ) 1920k1080 pixels
A [QUALITY]
[ A ]: Fine (when giving priority to the picture quality)
[ › ]: Standard (when using the standard picture quality and increasing the number of 
pictures to be recorded without changing the number of pixels)
? [ASPECT RATIO]
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