Panasonic Lumix DMC FX50 User Manual

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_“GMT” is an abbreviation of “Greenwich Mean Time”.
Location candidates for World Time settings
Offset from 
GMTListed location name
-11 Midway Islands Samoa
-10 Hawaii Honolulu Tahiti
-9 Alaska Anchorage
-8 Vancouver Seattle Los Angeles
-7 Denver Phoenix
-6 Chicago Houston Mexico City
-5 Toronto New York Miami Lima
-4 Caracas Manaus La Paz
-3:30 Newfoundland
-3 Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo Buenos Aires
-2Fernando de 
Noronha
-1 Azores
0 London Casablanca
+1 Berlin Paris Rome Madrid
+2...

Advanced
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Motion Picture Mode
1Press the shutter button halfway 
to focus and then press it fully to 
start recording.
• When the subject is focused, the focus 
indication lights.
• The focus, zoom and aperture value are 
fixed to the setting when recording 
starts (the first frame).
• The available recording time  is 
displayed on the top right and the 
elapsed recording time  is displayed 
on the bottom right of the screen.
For example, 1 hour 20 minutes and 
30 seconds is displayed as...

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• fps “frames per second”; This refers to 
the number of frames used in 1 second.
• You can record smoother motion 
pictures with “30 fps”.
• You can record longer motion pictures 
with “10 fps” although the picture quality 
is lower.
• The file size with [10fpsQVGA] is small 
so it is suitable for e-mails.
6Press [MENU/SET] to close the 
menu.
• You can also press the shutter 
button halfway to close the menu.
• The focus range is 5 cm (0.16 feet) (Wide) 
to c , 30 cm (0.98...

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Displaying Multiple 
Screens (Multi Playback)
1Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [W] to display multiple 
screens.
(Screen when 9 screens are displayed)
• : 1 screen9 screens
25 screensCalendar screen 
display (P65)
• Rotate the zoom lever towards [ ] [T] 
to return to the previous screen.
• When you switch to multiple screens, a 
scroll bar  appears. You can confirm 
the location of the displayed picture in 
all the recorded pictures with this scroll 
bar.
2Move to select...

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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 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 displayed.
• The calendar...

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Using the Playback 
Zoom
1Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [T] to enlarge the picture.
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• 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  appears 
for about 1 second so that you can 
check the position of the enlarged 
section.
2Move to move the...

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Playing Back Motion 
Pictures/Pictures with 
Audio
wMotion pictures
Move  to select a picture 
with a motion picture icon [ ]/
[]/[]/[]/[ ]/
[ ] and then move 
 to play 
back.
• The motion picture recording time  is 
displayed on the screen. After playback 
starts, the motion picture recording time 
disappears and 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...

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• Sound can be heard through the speaker. 
Refer to [VOLUME] (P21) for information 
about how to adjust the volume in the 
[SETUP] menu.
• The file format that can be played back 
with this camera is QuickTime Motion 
JPEG.
• Please note that the bundled software 
includes QuickTime to play back motion 
picture files created with the camera on 
the PC. (P93)
• Some QuickTime Motion JPEG files 
recorded by a PC or other equipment may 
not play back on the camera.
• If you play back...

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3Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [W] to display the 9 screens 
playback screen.
• After the 9 screens playback screen is 
displayed, rotate the zoom lever 
towards [ ] [W] to switch the frames/
second.
When [ ]/[ ]/[ ] is 
selected
30 frames/second 15 frames/second 
10 frames/second 
 5 frames/second
When [ ]/[ ]/[ ] is 
selected
10 frames/second  5 frames/second
• Rotate the zoom lever towards [ ] [T] 
to return to the previous frames/second 
screen.
• You can move forward...

Menu Settings
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Menu Settings
Using the [REC] Mode 
Menu
Increase the variety of pictures you can 
take by setting color effect, picture 
adjustment etc.
• Set the mode dial to the desired recording 
mode.
• Menu items differ depending on the mode 
selected with the mode dial (P6). This 
page describes how to set [AUDIO REC.] 
in normal picture mode [ ]. (Refer to 
P71  to 79 for each menu item.)
• Select [RESET] in the [SETUP] menu to 
return the menu settings to the initial 
settings at the...