Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ30 User Manual

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 The exposure is set, even if the brightness 
of the subject changes.
 Press the [AE LOCK] button when the 
aperture value and shutter speed are 
displayed.
 Press the [AE LOCK] button once more to 
cancel the AE lock.
 Program shift can be set even when AE is 
locked.
 The [AE LOCK] button cannot be used 
with manual exposure, motion picture 
mode [ ], scene mode or auto mode.
 The AE Lock function cannot be used if 
you do not press the shutter button 
halfway before pressing the [AE LOCK] 
button.∫Exposure
 If you press the shutter button halfway 
when the exposure is not adequate, the 
indication of the aperture value and the 
shutter speed turns red. (However, the 
aperture value and the shutter speed do 
not turn red when the flash is activated.)
 The brightness of the screen may differ 
from that of recorded pictures. In 
particular, when taking pictures in dark 
places with slow shutter speed, the 
subject looks dark on the screen, but the 
actual picture is bright.
 When most of the subjects in the screen 
are bright (e.g. blue sky on a clear day, 
snowy field, etc.), the recorded pictures 
may become dark. In this case, 
compensate the exposure value on the 
camera. (P54)
 When you press the shutter button, the 
LCD monitor may become bright or dark 
for a moment. This function allows easy 
adjustment of focus and the recorded 
picture will not be affected.
 We recommend making sure the clock is 
set properly before taking pictures. (P20)
 When the time for power save is set (P23), 
the camera is automatically turned off if 
you do not operate within the set time.
When operating the camera again, press 
the shutter button halfway or turn the 
camera off and on.
 In some cases, if the distance between 
the camera and the subject is beyond the 
recordable range when you use the 
camera, the picture may not be properly 
focused even if the focus indication is lit.
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Taking Pictures in Auto Mode
The settings for those functions which are 
easy to make mistakes with are fixed at the 
time of purchase allowing pictures to be 
taken with fewer mistakes.
∫Auto Mode Settings
In auto mode the following items are fixed 
at the time of purchase to prevent mistakes 
being made when using the camera. Select [AF] or [AF MACRO] with the focus 
switch.
[W.BALANCE] [AUTO] P82
[SENSITIVITY] [AUTO] P84
[AUDIO REC.] [OFF] P87
[METERING 
MODE][ ] (Multiple) P87
[AF MODE] [ ] 
(1-area-focusing)P88
[CONT.AF] [OFF] P90
[AF ASSIST 
LAMP][ON] P90
[D.ZOOM] [OFF] P91
[PICT.ADJ.] [STD.] P92
[FLIP ANIM.] Cannot be set P92
[EXT.FLASH] [PRESET] P97
AF
AFMACROMFFOCUS
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∫The Backlight Compensation
Backlight is a situation where light comes 
from the back of subjects. The subjects 
such as people become dark when pictures 
are recorded in backlight. If you press 3, 
[ ] (compensating backlight ON 
indication) appears and the backlight 
compensation function is activated. This 
function compensates the backlight by 
brightening the whole of the picture.
 If you press 3 while [ ] is displayed, 
[ ] disappears and the backlight 
compensation function is canceled.
 When you use the backlight compensation 
function, we recommend using the flash.
 If you use the flash when the backlight 
compensation function is activated, the 
flash setting is fixed to Forced ON 
[].
 Even if the focus switch is set to [AF] , you 
can take pictures approaching the subject 
at a distance of up to 5 cm (0.16 feet) from 
the lens by rotating the zoom ring upmost 
to Wide the same as if [AF MACRO] was 
selected.
 The settings for [ASPECT RATIO], 
[PICT.SIZE], [QUALITY] and 
[CONVERSION] in auto mode are applied 
to other recording modes.
 You cannot use the following functions in 
auto mode.
– White balance fine adjustment
– Exposure compensation
– Auto bracket
– [AUDIO REC.]
– Flash Output Adjustment
– [D.ZOOM]
– [COL.EFFECT]
– [PICT.ADJ.]
– AE Lock
5
BACKLIGHT
5
BACKLIGHT
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Checking the Recorded Picture (Review)
1Press 4 [REV].
 The last recorded picture appears for 
about 10 seconds.
 Press the shutter button halfway or 
press 4 [REV] again to cancel the 
review.
 You can check other pictures by 
pressing 2/1.
 When the recorded pictures are too 
bright or dim, compensate the 
exposure. (P54)
2Enlarge and shift the picture.
:1k>4k>8k
:8k>4k>1k When you change the magnification or 
the position to be displayed, the zoom 
position indication A appears for about 
1 second to check the enlarged area.
∫Recorded pictures can be deleted 
during the review (Quick Deletion)
 Once deleted, pictures cannot be 
recovered.
 Multi pictures or all pictures can be 
deleted. Read P62 to operate them.
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REVIEW1X
DELETE EXIT4X
1XDELETE
REVIEW4X
8X
DELETE THIS PICTURE?
DELETE SINGLE
MULTI/ALLSELECT
SET
YESNO
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Taking Close-up Pictures [AF MACRO]
This mode allows you to take close-up 
pictures of the subject, e.g. When taking 
pictures of flowers.
You can take pictures approaching the 
subject at a distance up to 5 cm (0.16 feet) 
from the lens by rotating the zoom ring 
upmost to Wide (1k). 
1Set the focus switch to 
[AF MACRO].
∫Focus range
 We recommend using a tripod.
 When the subject is close to the camera, 
the effective focus range (depth of field) is 
significantly narrowed. Therefore, you will 
have difficulty in focusing on the subject if 
the distance between the camera and the 
subject is changed after focusing on the 
subject.
 When the camera lens is at a distance 
beyond the available range from the 
subject, the subject may not be focused 
even if the focus indication lights.
 The available flash range is about 30 cm 
(0.98 feet) to 7 m (23.0 feet) (Wide). (This 
is applied when you set the ISO sensitivity 
to [AUTO].)
AF
AFMACROMFFOCUS
30 cm (0.98 feet)
2 m (6.56 feet)
[AF MACRO]
T
W
5 cm (0.16 feet)
2 m (6.56 feet)T
W
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Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Use this function when you want to fix the 
focus or when the distance between the 
lens and the subject is determined and you 
do not want to activate the auto focus.
1Select [MF ASSIST] from the 
[SETUP] menu and set it to [MF1] 
or [MF2].
 Close the menu by pressing the shutter 
button halfway or the [MENU] button 
after finishing the setting.
2Slide the focus switch to [MF] and 
rotate the focus ring A to focus 
on the subject.
3The MF assistance appears on 
the center of the screen.
 When you stop rotating the focus ring, 
the MF assistance disappears about 
2 seconds after.
 You can also set [MF ASSIST] to [OFF] 
on the [SETUP] menu.
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AUTO REVIEW
POWER SAVE MONITOR
PLAY ON LCD
SELECTMENUEXIT
SETUP1/4
MF ASSISTMF1
MF2OFF
MENU
1SEC.n
0
OFF
SET
AF
AFMACROMFFOCUS
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∫MF ASSIST
When you rotate the focus ring while 
setting [MF ASSIST] to [MF1] or [MF2], the 
MF assistance is activated and the screen 
is enlarged. It allows you to focus on the 
subject more easily.
 [MF1]:  The center of the screen is 
enlarged. You can adjust the focus 
while determining composition of 
the whole of the screen.
 [MF2]:  The whole of the screen is 
enlarged. It is convenient for 
adjusting the focus in Wide.
 [OFF]:  The screen is not enlarged.
 The MF assistance disappears in the 
following conditions.
– When about 2 seconds have passed 
after you stop rotating the focus ring
– When pressing the shutter button 
halfway∫Technique for Manual focus
1Rotate the focus ring slowly.
2Rotate it little more.
3Finely focus on the subject with rotating 
the focus ring reversely.
∫One shot AF
You can focus on the subject with auto 
focus by selecting [MF] with the focus 
switch and then sliding down the [FOCUS] 
button.
This is convenient for prefocus.
AF
AFMACROMFFOCUS
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∫Prefocus
This is a technique to focus on the point to 
take pictures in advance when it is difficult 
to focus on the subject with auto focus due 
to its quick motion. [e.g. [PANNING] (P80) 
in scene mode]
This function is suitable when the distance 
between the camera and the subject is 
certain.
∫Changing the zoom area
The magnified area can be changed while 
the screen is expanded using MF Assist. 
This is convenient when you want to 
change the focus position to take pictures.
1Rotate the Focus ring.
2Press 3/4/2/1 to change the 
expanded area.
 The expansion is canceled after 
approximately 2 seconds.
 The following will return the AF area to the 
original position.
– Changing the Focus switch to [AF] or 
[AF MACRO].
– Changing the picture size or aspect.
– Turning the camera off.
 You can also record with manual focus in 
motion picture mode [ ]. However the 
screen is not expanded while recording 
the motion picture.
 When you focus on the subject in Wide, 
the focus may not be adequate in Tele. In 
this case, focus on the subject again.
 When setting the manual focus, you 
cannot set the continuous AF (P90).
 If you rotate the focus ring or zoom 
ring while recording motion pictures, 
recording pictures with audio or 
adding audio to recorded pictures, a 
grinding noise may be recorded.
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Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
When you set the flash, you can take 
pictures using the built-in flash according to 
the recording condition.
ATo open the flash
Slide the [ OPEN] lever.
BTo close the flash
Press the flash until it clicks.
 Be sure to close the flash when not in use.
 The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF 
[ ] while the flash is closed.
∫Switching to the appropriate flash 
setting
For the selectable flash settings, refer to 
“Available flash settings by recording 
mode” on P50.
:AUTO
The flash is automatically activated 
according to the recording condition.
: AUTO/Red-eye reduction
The flash is automatically activated 
according to the recording condition.
It reduces the red-eye phenomenon (eyes 
of the subject appear red in the picture) by 
triggering the flash before actually 
recording the picture. After that, the flash is 
activated for actual recording again. The flash is activated twice. The first 
flash is activated only for a preparation 
of actual recording. The subject should 
not move until the second flash is 
finished.
 Use this when you take pictures of 
people in low lighting conditions.
: Forced ON
The flash is activated every time regardless 
of the recording condition.
 Use this when your subject is back-lit 
or under fluorescent light.
: Forced ON/Red-eye reduction
 The flash setting is set to Forced ON/
Red-eye reduction only when you set 
to [CANDLE LIGHT] (P76) and [PARTY] 
(P77) in scene mode.
: Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
When you take a picture with a dark 
background landscape, this feature makes 
the shutter speed slow when the flash is 
activated, so that the dark background 
landscape will become bright. 
Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye 
phenomenon.
 Use this when you take pictures of 
people in front of a dark background.
: Forced OFF
The flash is not activated in any recording 
condition.
 Use this when you take pictures in 
places where the use of the flash is not 
permitted.
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∫Available flash settings by recording mode
The available flash settings depend on the recording mode.
(±: Available, —: Not available)
¢Not available in backlight compensation
∫The available flash range to take pictures
 The available flash range is an approximation.
 Refer to P38 for the focus range.
 Refer to P84 for the ISO sensitivity.
 If the ISO sensitivity is set to [AUTO], it is automatically adjusted from [ISO80] to 
[ISO400] when you use the flash.
 To avoid picture noise, we recommend setting [NOISE REDUCTION] in [PICT.ADJ.] to 
[HIGH] or setting the items except [NOISE REDUCTION] to [LOW] to take pictures. (P92)
 In motion picture mode [ ] and [SCENERY] (P73), [NIGHT SCENERY] (P74), 
[FIREWORKS] (P77) or [STARRY SKY] (P79) in scene mode, the flash setting is fixed to 
Forced OFF [ ] even if the flash is opened.
ISO sensitivityAvailable flash control range
WideTe l e
AUTO 30 cm (0.98 feet) to 7.0 m 
(23.0 feet)30 cm (0.98 feet) to 5.3 m 
(17.4 feet)
ISO80 30 cm (0.98 feet) to 3.2 m 
(10.5 feet)30 cm (0.98 feet) to 2.4 m 
(7.87 feet)
ISO100 30 cm (0.98 feet) to 3.5 m 
(11.5 feet)30 cm (0.98 feet) to 2.6 m 
(8.53 feet)
ISO200 40 cm (1.31 feet) to 5.0 m 
(16.4 feet)40 cm (1.31 feet) to 3.8 m 
(12.5 feet)
ISO400 60 cm (1.97 feet) to 7.0 m 
(23.0 feet)60 cm (1.97 feet) to 5.3 m 
(17.4 feet)
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