Panasonic Dmc Fx12 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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 In motion picture mode [ ], you can 
select [ ]. (P52)
 The ends of the recorded pictures may be 
cut at printing. (P97)
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode 
menu and select the item to set. (P17)
A digital picture is made of numerous dots 
called pixels. Although you cannot see the 
difference on the camera’s screen, the 
more pixels the finer the picture will be 
when it is printed on a large piece of paper 
or displayed on a PC monitor. Picture quality refers...

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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∫When the aspect ratio is [ ].
∫Quality
 The number of pixels that can be selected 
differs depending on the aspect ratio. If 
you change the aspect ratio, set the 
picture size.
 “EZ” is an abbreviation of 
“Extended optical Zoom”. (P26)
 The extended optical zoom does not work 
in [HIGH SENS.] in scene mode so the 
picture size for [EZ] is not displayed.
 Pictures may appear mosaic depending 
on the subject and the recording 
conditions. 
 Refer to P99 for...

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may also be bigger than usual when 
taking pictures in underwater mode.
 The camera is focusing on all the AF 
areas when multiple AF areas (max. 
5 areas) light at the same time.
The focus position is not predetermined. It 
is set to a position automatically 
determined by the camera at the time of 
focusing. If you want to determine the 
focus position to take pictures, switch the 
AF mode to [ ] or [ ].
 If the AF mode is set to 5-area-focusing, 
the AF area is...

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 Be careful about the following when using 
the AF assist lamp.
– Do not look at the AF assist lamp from 
close up.
– Do not cover the AF assist lamp with 
your fingers or other objects.
 When you do not want to use the AF 
assist lamp (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.
 The setting for [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed 
to [ON] in simple mode [...

Advanced (Playback)
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Advanced (Playback)
Displaying Multiple 
Screens (Multi Playback)
1Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [W] to display multiple 
screens.
(Screen when 9 screens are displayed)
1 screen>9 screens>25 screens>
Calendar screen display (P66)
 Rotate the zoom lever towards [ ] [T] 
to return to the previous screen.
2Press 3421 to select a 
picture.
A: Number of the selected picture and the 
total number of recorded pictures
 The recording date and number of the 
selected picture...

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Displaying Pictures by 
Recording Date 
(Calendar Playback)
You can display pictures by recording date 
using the calendar playback function.
1Rotate the zoom lever several 
times towards [ ] (W) to display 
the calendar screen.
 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...

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Using the Playback 
Zoom
1Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [T] to enlarge the picture.
k>2k>4k>8k>16k
 When you rotate the zoom lever 
towards [ ] [W] after enlarging the 
picture, the magnification becomes 
lower. When you rotate the zoom lever 
towards [ ] [T], the magnification 
becomes higher.
 When you change the magnification, 
the zoom position indication A appears 
for about 1 second so that you can 
check the position of the enlarged 
section.
2Press 3421 to...

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Playing Back Motion 
Pictures
Press 21 to select a picture 
with a motion picture icon [ ]/
[]/[]/[]/[ ]/
[ ] and then press 4 to play 
back.
A: The motion picture recording time
 After playback starts, the elapsed 
playback time is displayed on the bottom 
right of the screen.
For example, 1 hour 20 minutes and 
30 seconds is displayed as [1h20m30s].
 The cursor displayed during 
playback is the same as 
3/4/2/1.
Stopping motion picture playback
Press 4.
Fast...

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Using the [PLAY] mode 
menu
You can use various functions in playback 
mode to rotate pictures, set protection for 
them etc.
1Press [MENU/SET].
2Press 3/4 to select the menu 
item and then press 1.
4 at A to switch to the next 
menu screen.
 You can switch menu screens from any 
menu item by rotating the zoom lever.
 After performing steps 
1 and 2, refer 
to the description of the menu item 
in the operating instructions and 
then set it.Items that can be set
PLAY1/3
ON...

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Press [ ] to display the [PLAY] mode 
menu and select the item to set. (P69)
This is recommended when playing back 
pictures on a TV screen. You can skip 
unwanted pictures if [FAVORITE] (P70) has 
been set.
 When [FAVORITE] is set to [ON] > 
step
1.
 When [FAVORITE] is set to [OFF] > 
step
2.
1Press 34 to select [ALL] or [ ] 
and then press [MENU/SET].
 If none of the pictures have [ ] 
displayed, you cannot select [ ] even 
if [FAVORITE] is set to [ON].
2Press 3 to select...