Panasonic Dmc Fx33 Operating Instructions Manual

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About the LCD Monitor
ALCD monitor
Press [DISPLAY] to change. When the menu screen appears, the 
[DISPLAY] button is not activated. During 
playback zoom (P70), while playing back 
motion pictures (P71) and during a slide 
show (P74), you can only select “Normal 
display H” or “No display J”.
In Intelligent auto mode [ ]
BNormal display
CNo displayIn recording mode
DNormal display
EDisplay with histogram
FNo display (Recording guide...

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¢4 The number of days that have passed 
since the travel date are displayed if 
you set [TRAVEL DATE] (P51) before 
taking pictures.
¢5 When characters are registered under 
[BABY1]/[BABY2] (P45) or [PET] (P46) 
name settings in scene mode, [TITLE 
EDIT] (P79) in [PLAY] mode menu, the 
recorded date and time appears after 
the registered characters are displayed 
for a few seconds.
 In [NIGHT PORTRAIT], 
[NIGHT SCENERY], [STARRY SKY] and 
[FIREWORKS] in scene mode,...

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 The histogram of a picture may not match 
in recording mode and playback mode.
 The histogram displayed in this camera 
does not match histograms displayed by 
picture editing software used in PCs etc.
 The histogram does not appear during the 
following.
– In intelligent auto mode [ ]
– In motion picture mode [ ]
– In clipboard mode
 []– Multi playback
– Calendar playback
– Playback zoom
1Press [LCD MODE] for 1 second.
2Press 3/4 to select a mode.
3Press...

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∫Canceling setting
If you press and hold [LCD MODE] again 
for 1 second the screen shown in step 
2 is 
displayed. Select [OFF] to cancel a setting.
 High angle mode is also canceled if you 
turn the camera off or power save mode is 
activated.
 The brightness of the pictures displayed 
on the LCD monitor screen are increased 
in Auto Power LCD, Power LCD and High 
angle modes. Therefore, some subjects 
may look different on the LCD monitor. 
However, this does not...

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¢1The flash is activated twice. The 
subject should not move until the 
second flash is activated.∫Available flash settings by recording 
mode
The available flash settings depend on the 
recording mode.
(±: Available, —: Not available, ¥: Initial 
setting) : Forced ON
The flash is activated every time 
regardless of the recording conditions.
Use this when your subject is back-lit 
or under fluorescent light.
: Forced ON/Red-eye 
reduction¢
1
The flash setting is...

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¢2 When AUTO []is selected, AUTO 
[], AUTO/Red-eye reduction 
[ ] or Slow sync./Red-eye 
reduction [ ] is set depending on 
the type of subject and brightness.
 The flash setting may change if the 
recording mode is changed. Set the flash 
setting again if necessary.
 The flash setting is memorized even if the 
camera is turned off. However, the scene 
mode flash setting is reset to the initial 
setting when the scene mode is changed.
∫The available flash range to...

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∫Available flash range in Intelligent ISO 
∫Shutter speed for each flash setting
¢1 The shutter speed changes depending 
on the slow shutter setting. (P65)
¢2 When Intelligent ISO is set
¢3 [SPORTS], [BABY1]/[BABY2] and 
[PET] in scene mode (P41)¢2, 3: The shutter speed becomes a 
maximum of 1 second in the following 
cases.
– When the optical image stabilizer is set 
to [OFF].
– When the camera has determined that 
there is little jitter when the optical image...

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 When the shutter speed is fast, the flash 
effect may not be sufficient.
 It may take time to charge the flash if you 
repeat taking a picture. Take a picture 
after the access indication disappears.
 The red-eye reduction effect differs 
between people. Also, if the subject was 
far away from the camera or was not 
looking at the first flash, the effect may not 
be evident.
 When the flash is activated, you can only 
take 1 picture.
Taking Pictures with 
the...

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Compensating the 
Exposure
Use this function when you cannot achieve 
appropriate exposure due to the difference 
in brightness between the subject and the 
background. Look at the following 
examples.
Compensate the exposure towards 
positive.
Compensate the exposure towards
negative.
1Press 3 [ ] until [EXPOSURE] 
appears, compensate the 
exposure with 2/1.
 You can compensate from [j2EV] to 
[i2 EV] in steps of [1/3 EV].
 Select [0 EV] to return to the original...

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Taking Pictures using 
Auto Bracket
In this mode, 3 pictures are automatically 
recorded in the selected exposure 
compensation range each time the shutter 
button is pressed. You can select the 
picture with the desired exposure from the 
3 pictures with different exposures.
1Press 3 [ ] several times until 
[AUTO BRACKET] appears, set 
the compensation range of the 
exposure with 2/1.
 You can select [OFF] (0), [d1/3 EV], 
[d2/3 EV] or [d1EV].
 When you do not...