Panasonic LUMIX DMC FS8 User Manual

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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 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.
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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 4qk6q/10k15 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 colour of the frame displayed on the screen and the colour of the frame around the actual 
image may differ, but this is not a malfunction.
[FILM GRAIN]
• The focus range is 5 cm (Wide)/50 cm (Tele) to ¶.
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[REC] mode: n
Advanced (Recording pictures)Motion Picture Mode
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.
AAudio 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.
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• 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.
Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.
• You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.
Changing the settings for the recording quality
ItemPicture sizefpsAspect ratio¢848k480 pixels 30 16:9¢640k480 pixels 30
4:3
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Note• The flash setting is fixed to [Œ].
• Refer to P147 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. • 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.
(DMC-FS7PU/DMC-FS7GC/DMC-FS6PU/DMC-FS6GC)
• Motion pictures can be recorded continuously for up to 15 minutes. Also, continuous recording 
exceeding 2 GB is not possible.
Remaining time for continuous recording is displayed on the screen. 
(DMC-FS7EG/DMC-FS8EG/DMC-FS7EP/DMC-FS7PR/DMC-FS6EG/DMC-FS6EP/
DMC-FS6PR) 
						

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[REC] mode: ñ· ¿n
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations
For details on the [SETUP] menu settings, refer to P21.
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] (P103).
• 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)
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.
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 
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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 P101.
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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∫Cancelling the travel date
The travel date is automatically cancelled 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]. 
Note
• The travel date is calculated using the date in the clock setting and the departure date you set. 
If you set [WORLD TIME] (P79) 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 memorised 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, which day of the vacation you took 
them 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. 
						

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For details on the [SETUP] menu settings, refer to P21.
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].
ACurrent time
BTime 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.
Press 3 to select [DESTINATION] and then 
press [MENU/SET] to set.
CDepending 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.
DCurrent time of the destination area
ETime 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.
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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.