Panasonic Lumix DMC LS70 User Manual

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Basic
•  “EZ” is an abbreviation of [Extended 
optical Zoom].
•  If you set a picture size that activates 
the extended optical zoom, the extended 
optical zoom icon [ ] is displayed 
on the screen when you use the zoom 
function.
•  The zoom will stop moving for an instant 
near [W] (1 ×) when the extended optical 
zoom is used. This is not a malfunction.
•  The indicated zoom magnifi cation is an 
approximation.
•  In motion picture mode [i] and [HIGH 
SENS.] in scene mode, the extended 
optical zoom does not work.
Using the easy zoom button
Press the [E.ZOOM] button to quickly 
zoom. Actual zoom factors depend on the 
pixel recording setting.
A [E.ZOOM]  button
■ When the picture size is set to the 
highest resolution for each aspect 
ratio
Resolution is temporarily reduced and 
you can use the extended optical zoom.
1 Press [E.ZOOM] once.
2 Press [E.ZOOM] twice.
3 Press [E.ZOOM] three times.
A Optical  zoomB Extended optical zoom
C Maximum extended optical zoom 
magnifi cation
•  The resolution becomes smaller as 
shown below when the extended optical 
zoom is used. The color of the zoom 
bar and the resolution displayed on the 
screen change at this time.
Aspect ratio Picture size
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•  If you press [E.ZOOM] three times, the zoom 
position returns to the Wide and the resolution 
returns to the original. The resolution also 
returns to normal when you return the zoom 
lever to the optical zoom position.
■ When the picture size is set except 
highest resolution for each aspect ratio
4 Press [E.ZOOM] once.
5 Press [E.ZOOM] twice.
D Extended optical zoom
E Maximum extended optical zoom 
magnifi cation
•  Press [E.ZOOM] until the zoom starts 
working. 
•
  The easy zoom is also activated if the zoom 
position is anything other than Wide.
•  You can further extend the zoom to the 
Digital zoom range when [D.ZOOM] 
(P32) is set to [ON].
•  In [ ENLARGE] in simple mode [ ], 
[HIGH SENS.] (P51) in scene mode and 
motion picture mode [
i], the zoom is 
limited to the 3 × optical zoom.
•  The indicated zoom magnifi cation is an 
approximation.
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Using the Digital Zoom 
Further extending the zoom
A maximum of 12 × zoom can be achieved 
with the 3 × optical zoom and the 4 × 
digital zoom when [D.ZOOM] is set to [ON] 
in the [REC] menu. However, if a picture 
size that can use extended optical zoom is 
selected, a maximum of 18 × zoom can be 
achieved with the 4.5 × extended optical 
zoom and the 4 × digital zoom (DMC-
LS75/DMC-LS70).
■ Menu operation
1 Press [MENU/SET].•  When a scene mode is selected, select 
the [REC] menu icon [ ] and then 
press q.
2 Press e/r to select [D.ZOOM] 
and then press q.
3 Press r to select [ON] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
4  Press [MENU/SET] to close the 
menu.
•  You can also press the shutter button 
halfway to close the menu.■ Entering the digital zoom range
When you rotate the zoom lever to the 
extreme Tele position, the on-screen zoom 
indication may momentarily pause.
You can enter the digital zoom range to 
continuously rotate the zoom lever to Tele 
or to release the zoom lever once and then 
rotate it to Tele again.
  For example: When using the digital 
zoom and the extended optical zoom 
[ ] (3M EZ) at the same time with 
DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70.
1 Optical  zoom
2 Digital  zoom
3 Extended optical zoom
•  The AF area is displayed with a size 
wider than usual and set only to a point 
on the center of the screen in the digital 
zoom range. (P64) Also, the stabilizer 
function may not be effective.
•  When using the digital zoom, the picture 
quality becomes deteriorated.
•  When using the digital zoom, use a tripod 
and the self-timer (P43) for best results.
•  The indicated zoom magnifi cation is an 
approximation.
•  The digital zoom does not operate in the 
following cases.
–  In simple mode [ ]
–  In intelligent ISO mode [ ]
–  In [SPORTS], [BABY1]/[BABY2], [PET] 
and [HIGH SENS.] in scene mode 
(P47)
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Basic
Checking the Recorded Picture (Review)
You can check the recorded pictures while 
still in [REC] mode.
1 Press r [REV].
•  The last recorded picture appears for 
about 10 seconds.
•  Review is canceled when the shutter 
button is pressed halfway or the r [REV] 
is pressed again.
2 Press w/q to choose a picture.
w : Previous picture
q : Next picture
■ Enlarging pictures
1  Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[3] [T].
•  Rotate the zoom lever to [3] [T] for 
a 4× magnifi cation and then rotate it 
even more for a 8× magnifi cation. When 
you rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [W] after enlarging the picture, the 
magnifi cation becomes lower.
2 Press e/r/w/q to move the 
position.
•  When you change the magnifi cation or 
the position to be displayed, the zoom 
position indication A appears for about 1 
second to check where is enlarged.
■ Recorded pictures can be deleted 
during the review (Quick Deletion)
During review you can delete one, multiple, 
or all pictures. For details about how to 
delete images, see page 35.
•  When [ROTATE DISP.] is set to [ON], 
pictures recorded holding the camera 
vertically are played back vertically 
(rotated) (P74).
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Playing Back Pictures
The picture data on the built-in memory 
appears when a card is not inserted. The 
picture data on the card appears when a 
card is inserted. (P16)
Press w/q to select the picture.
w : Play back the previous picture.
q : Play back the next picture.
■ Fast forwarding/Fast rewinding
Press and hold w/q during playback.
q : Fast forward
w : Fast rewind
• The fi le number A and the picture 
number B only change one by one. 
Release w/q when the number of the 
desired picture appears to play back the 
picture.
•  If you press and hold w/q, you can 
forward/rewind faster.
•  In review playback in the recording mode 
or multi playback (P67), the picture can 
only be forwarded or rewound one by 
one.•  This camera is based on the DCF 
standards (Design rule for Camera 
File system) which was established by 
the Japan Electronics and Information 
Technology Industries Association 
(JEITA).
•  The LCD monitor may not be able 
to display the details of the recorded 
pictures. You can use the playback zoom 
(P69) to check the details of the pictures.
•  If you play back pictures that have been 
recorded with other equipment, the 
picture quality may deteriorate. (The 
pictures are displayed as [THUMBNAIL 
IS DISPLAYED] on the screen.)
•  When changing the folder name or fi le 
name on a PC, the pictures will not be 
played back.
•  When playing back a fi le out of standard, 
the folder/fi le number is indicated by [—] 
and the screen may turn black.
•  You cannot play back the audio of still 
pictures with audio recorded on other 
equipment.
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Deleting Pictures
The picture data on the built-in memory is 
deleted when a card is not inserted. The 
picture data on the card is deleted when a 
card is inserted. (P16)
•  Once deleted, pictures cannot be 
recovered. Please double-check before 
deleting pictures.
■ To delete a single picture
1  Select the picture with w/q.
2 Press [A].
3 Press e to select [YES] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
•  While deleting the picture, [A] appears 
on the screen.
■ To delete [MULTI DELETE]/[ALL 
DELETE]
1 Press [A] twice.
2 Press e/r to select [MULTI 
DELETE] or [ALL DELETE] and 
then press [MENU/SET].
•  If you select [MULTI DELETE], perform 
steps 3 onwards.
•  If you select [ALL DELETE], perform 
steps 5 onwards.
•  When [FAVORITE] (P73) is set to [ON], 
[ALL DELETE EXCEPT 
★] appears. If 
you select [ALL DELETE EXCEPT ★], 
perform steps 5 onwards. (However, if 
none of the pictures have [
★] displayed, 
you cannot select [ALL DELETE 
EXCEPT 
★] even if [FAVORITE] is set to 
[ON].)
MENU
SETMENUSELECT SETCANCEL
MULTI/ALL DELETE
MULTI DELETE
ALL DELETE
MENU
SETSELECT MULTI/ALL
DELETE SINGLE
YES
NO DELETE THIS PICTURE ?
SET
MENU
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3 Press w/q to select the picture 
and then press r to set.
(Only when selecting [MULTI DELETE])
•  Repeat the above procedure.
•  The selected pictures appear with [A]. 
When r is pressed again, the setting is 
canceled.
•  The icon [c] blinks red if the selected 
picture cannot be deleted. Cancel the 
protect setting. (P79)
4 Press [A].
5 Press e to select [YES] and then 
press [MENU/SET] to set.
(Screen when selecting [MULTI DELETE])
•  When you delete all pictures, only 
pictures in either of the built-in memory 
or the card can be deleted. (You cannot 
delete pictures in both the built-in 
memory and the card at the same time.)
•  [DELETE ALL PICTURES ON THE 
BUILT-IN MEMORY ?] or [DELETE ALL 
PICTURES ON THE MEMORY CARD ?] 
is displayed when using [ALL DELETE], 
and [DELETE ALL EXCEPT 
★?] is 
displayed when using [ALL DELETE 
EXCEPT 
★].
•  If you press [MENU/SET] while deleting 
pictures using [ALL DELETE] or [ALL 
DELETE EXCEPT 
★], the deleting will 
stop halfway.•  Do not turn off the camera while deleting.
•  When deleting pictures, use batteries 
with suffi cient battery power (P24) or use 
the AC adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional).
•  It is possible to delete up to 50 pictures at 
one time using [MULTI DELETE].
•  The more pictures there are to delete, the 
more time it takes.
•  In the following cases, pictures are not 
deleted even if [ALL DELETE] or [ALL 
DELETE EXCEPT 
★] is selected.
–  When the Write-protect switch of the 
SD Memory Card or SDHC Memory 
Card is set to the [LOCK] side (P16)
– When fi les do not conform to the DCF 
(P34)
–  When pictures are protected [c] 
(P79)
MENU
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MULTI DELETE
MARK/UNMARKDELETE
MENU
SETMENUSELECT SET
MULTI DELETE
YES
NO DELETE THE PICTURES
YOU MARKED ?
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Advanced-Shooting
About the LCD Monitor
Changing the information 
displayed
A LCD monitor (LCD)
Press the [DISPLAY] button to switch to 
the screen to be used.
•  When the menu screen appears, the 
[DISPLAY] button is not activated. During 
playback zoom (P69), while playing back 
motion pictures (P70) and during a slide 
show (P72), you can only select “Normal 
display” or “Non-display”.
In recording mode
B Normal  display
C Display with histogram
D Guide line display
E Non-display
*1 HistogramIn playback mode
F Normal  display
G Display with recording information and 
histogram
H Non-display
*2 The number of days that have passed 
since the travel date is displayed when a 
picture was taken with [TRAVEL DATE] 
(P55) setting.
*3 Displayed when you set birthday setting 
for [BABY1]/[BABY2] or [PET] in scene 
mode, and [WITH AGE] is selected 
(P50) at taking pictures.
In simple mode [ ]
I Normal  display
J Non-display
•  In [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT 
SCENERY], [STARRY SKY] and 
[FIREWORKS] in scene mode (P47), the 
guide lines are grey.
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Advanced-Shooting
■ About guide line display
When you align the subject on the guide 
lines or the cross point of these lines, 
you can take pictures with well-designed 
composition by viewing the size, the slope 
and the balance of the subject.
■ Histogram
•  A histogram is a graph that displays 
brightness along the horizontal axis 
(black to white) and the number of pixels 
at each brightness level on the vertical 
axis.
•  It allows the camera user to easily check 
the way a picture is being exposed.
•  When the values in the histogram are 
distributed evenly A, the exposure is 
adequate and the brightness is well-
balanced.
•  When the values are concentrated to 
the left B, the picture is under exposed. 
Pictures that are mostly black, such 
as night scenery, forms this type of 
histogram.
•  When the values are concentrated to 
the right C, the picture is over exposed. 
Pictures that are mostly white, form this 
type of histogram.Example of histogram
A Properly  Exposed
B Under  Exposed
C Over  Exposed
* Histogram
•  The image you are shooting and 
the histogram may not match when 
shooting in a dark place or with the 
fl ash. The histogram will be orange to 
indicate this.
•  The histogram in the recording mode is 
an approximation.
•  The histogram in recording and playback 
may not match each other.
•  The histogram in this camera does not 
match the one displayed in image editing 
software used with a PC, etc.
•  No histogram appears in the following 
cases.
–  In simple mode [ ].
–  In motion picture mode [i].
–  While multi playback is in progress.
–  While calendar playback is in progress.
–  While playback zoom is in use.
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Advanced-Shooting
Recording a picture with the 
camera held high above your 
head (High angle mode)
The LCD monitor becomes easier to see 
when the camera is held in the following 
position. This is useful when you cannot 
get close to the subject because there is a 
person in the way.
Press [HIGH ANGLE] A for 1 
second to display the High angle 
mode icon [ ] B.
•  High angle mode is activated. The 
LCD monitor becomes brighter and 
easier to see when the camera is held 
away from you. (However it becomes 
more diffi cult to see when looked at 
straight on.)
■ Canceling High angle mode
Press and hold [HIGH ANGLE] again for 1 
second or turn the camera off.
•  High Angle mode is also canceled if 
power save mode is activated.
•  Pictures are displayed on the LCD 
monitor with increased brightness in High 
angle mode. Therefore, some subjects 
may look different on the LCD monitor. 
However, this does not affect the 
recorded pictures.
•  If the LCD monitor screen is hard to see 
because of light from the sun etc. shining 
on it, block the light with your hands.
•  High angle mode is not activated in the 
following cases:
–  In simple mode [ ]
–  In playback mode
–  In print mode [ ]
–  While the menu screen is displayed
– During Review
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Advanced-Shooting
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
A: Photo fl ash
•  Do not cover the photo fl ash with your 
fi ngers or any other items.
■ Switching to the appropriate fl ash 
setting
Set the fl ash setting of the built-in fl ash 
according to the scene to be recorded.
1 Press q [