Panasonic Lumix DMC LS70 User Manual

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■ Setting the white balance manually 
(White set |)
Use this to set the white balance manually.
1 Select [|] (White set) and then 
press [MENU/SET].
2  Aim the camera at a sheet of white 
paper or a similar white object so that 
the frame on the center of the screen 
turns white and then press [MENU/SET].
3  Press [MENU/SET] twice to close the 
menu.
•  You can also press the shutter button 
halfway to fi nish.
•  The white balance may not be correct if 
the subject is out of fl ash range.
•  The white balance you set is saved 
even if you switch the camera off, but if 
you change the scene mode, the white 
balance setting returns to [AWB].
•  The white balance cannot be set in the 
following cases:
–  In simple mode [ ]
–  [SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], 
[NIGHT PORTRAIT], [FOOD], 
[PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT],  
[SUNSET], [FIREWORKS], [BEACH], 
[STARRY SKY], [SNOW], or [AERIAL 
PHOTO] in scene mode (P47)[SENSITIVITY]Setting the light sensitivity
ISO sensitivity represents the sensitivity 
of the image sensor to light. If you set 
the ISO sensitivity higher, the camera 
becomes more suitable for recording in 
dark places.
•  When setting to [AUTO], the ISO 
sensitivity is automatically adjusted to a 
maximum of [ISO400] according to the 
brightness. (When using the fl ash, the 
adjustment range becomes a maximum 
of [ISO640].)
ISO sensitivity 100 1250
Use in bright 
places 
(e.g. outdoors) SuitableNot 
suitable
Use in dark 
placesNot 
suitableSuitable
Shutter speed Slow Fast
Noise Less More
•  The ISO sensitivity is fi xed to [ISO3200] 
in [HIGH SENS.] (P51) in scene mode.
•  To avoid picture noise we recommend 
reducing the ISO sensitivity or setting 
[COL.MODE] to [NATURAL]. (P66)
•  If the camera is in Intelligent ISO mode 
(P45), the screen changes to the one for 
[ISO LIMIT].
•  The ISO sensitivity cannot be set in the 
following cases:
–  In simple mode [ ]
–  In motion picture mode [i]
–  In scene mode
MENU
WHITE SET
CANCEL SET
MENUSETPress [ ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P19)
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[ASPECT RATIO]Setting the aspect ratio of 
pictures
By changing the aspect ratio, you can 
select an angle of view that matches the 
subject.
hSelect to take pictures with the 
same aspect ratio as a 4:3 TV or 
a computer monitor.
Select to take pictures with the 
same 3:2 aspect ratio as 35 mm 
fi lm.
jThis is suitable for landscapes 
etc. where a wide view is 
preferable.
This is also suitable for playing 
back pictures on a wide-screen 
TV, high-defi nition TV etc.
•  You cannot choose [ ] during motion 
picture mode [i] (P53). 
•  The ends of the recorded pictures may 
be cut at printing. (P102) 
[PICT.SIZE]/[QUALITY]Setting a picture size and quality that 
matches your use of the pictures
A digital picture is made of numerous dots 
called pixels. Although you cannot see 
the difference on the camera’s screen, the 
more the pixels the fi ner the picture will 
be when it is printed on a large piece of 
paper or displayed on a computer monitor. 
Picture quality refers to the compression 
rate when saving digital pictures.
A Many pixels (Fine)
B Few pixels (Rough)
*  These pictures are examples to show 
the effect.
■ Number of pixels
Select a higher number of pixels for clearer 
pictures when printing.
Select a lower number of pixels [ ] (0.3M 
EZ) to store more pictures. Fewer pixels also 
means it is easier to send pictures by e-mail 
or use them on a homepage.
■ When the aspect ratio setting is 
[h]
DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70 (7M)3072 × 2304 pixels
DMC-LS60 only
 (6M)2816 × 2112 pixels
DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70 (5M EZ)2560 × 1920 pixels
  (3M EZ) 2048 × 1536 pixels
  (2M EZ) 1600 × 1200 pixels
  (1M EZ) 1280 × 960 pixels
  (0.3M EZ) 640 × 480 pixels
MENUSETPress [ ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P19)
iZ
Q
A
B
7M
5M
3M
2M
1M
0.3M
0.3M
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■ When the aspect ratio setting is [ ]
DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70 (6M)3072 × 2048 pixels
DMC-LS60 only
 (5M)2816 × 1880 pixels
  (2.5M EZ) 2048 × 1360 pixels
■
 When the aspect ratio setting is [j]
DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70 (5.5M)3072 × 1728 pixels
DMC-LS60 only
 (4.5M)2816 × 1584 pixels
  (2M EZ) 1920 × 1080 pixels
■ Quality
GFine (Low compression):
This type gives priority to picture 
quality. Picture quality will be high.
HStandard (High compression):
This type gives priority to the 
number of recordable pictures and 
records standard quality pictures.
•  The number of pixels that can be 
selected differs depending on the aspect 
ratio. If you change the aspect ratio, set 
the picture size.
•  [EZ] is an abbreviation of [Extended 
optical Zoom]. (P30)
•  The extended optical zoom does not 
work in [HIGH SENS.] (P51) in scene 
mode so the picture size for [EZ] is not 
displayed.
•  Pictures may have a mosaic-like 
appearance depending on the subject or 
the recording condition.
•  Refer to P104 for the number of 
recordable pictures.
•  In simple mode [ ], the settings become 
as follows.
– ENLARGE:
h/DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70:[ ] 
(7M), DMC-LS60:[ ] (6M)/Fine– 4˝ × 6˝/10 × 15 cm:
/[ ] (2.5M EZ)/Standard
– E-MAIL:
h/[ ] (0.3M EZ)/Standard
[AF MODE]Setting the focus method
Select the mode that matches the 
recording conditions and the composition.
5-area-focusing:
The camera focuses on any of 5 
focus areas. This is effective when 
the subject is not in the center of 
the screen.
W
H1-area-focusing (high speed):
The camera quickly focuses on 
the subject in the AF area on the 
center of the screen.
W1-area-focusing:
The camera focuses on the subject 
in AF area on the center of the 
screen.
5.5M
2M
2.5M
2.5M
7M
0.3M6M
M
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P19)MENUSET
5M
4.5M
6M
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■ About 1-area-focusing (High speed)
•  You can focus on the subject more 
quickly than other AF modes.
•  Pictures may become still in the condition 
they were in before the subject was 
focused when you press the shutter 
button halfway. However, it is not a 
malfunction.
•  When using the 
digital zoom or when 
you take pictures in 
dark places, the AF 
area is displayed 
on the center of the 
screen with a size wider than usual.
•  When multiple AF areas (max. 5 areas) 
light at the same time, the camera is 
focusing on all the AF areas. The focus 
position is not predetermined because 
it is set to the position the camera 
automatically determines at the time of 
focusing. If you want to determine the 
focus position to take pictures, switch the 
AF mode to 1-area-focusing or 1-area-
focusing (high speed) mode.
•  In 5-area focusing mode, AF areas are 
not displayed until the camera focused 
on a subject.
•  The AF mode cannot be set in simple 
mode [ ] or [FIREWORKS] in scene 
mode.[STABILIZER]This feature detects jitter and 
corrects for it
MODE1 
(7)The stabilizer operates 
continuously and can assist 
during photo composition.
MODE2 
(8)The jitter is compensated for 
when the shutter button is 
pressed. There is a greater 
stabilizing effect.
OFF 
()When image stabilization is not 
desired.
■ About demonstration of jitter/
movement detection screen
Press q to display [JITTER, SUBJ. MOVE 
DEMO.] when the [STABILIZER] screen 
is displayed. You cannot shoot while the 
demonstration is on. Press q again to stop 
the demonstration.
A Jitter  indicator
B Movement  indicator
•  The camera automatically detects 
jittering and movement of the subject and 
indicates them.
•  The demonstrations are examples only. 
•  The automatic ISO sensitivity setting 
using movement detection only works in 
Intelligent ISO mode and the [SPORTS], 
[BABY], and [PET] scene modes (P47).
MENUSETPress [ ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P19)
A
B
JITTER, SUBJ. MOVE DEMO.
CANNOT BE DISPLAYED
IN REC MODE
EXIT
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•  The stabilizer function may not work in 
the following cases so take special care 
not to move the camera when pressing 
the shutter button.
–  When too much jitter occurs.
–  When the zoom magnifi cation is high.
–  In digital zoom range.
–  When taking pictures while following 
subjects in motion.
–  When the shutter speed is extremely 
slow due to dark conditions or other 
reasons.
•  In simple mode [ ], the setting is fi xed 
to [MODE2] and in [STARRY SKY] (P51) 
in scene mode it is fi xed to [OFF].
•  In motion picture mode [i], [MODE2] 
cannot be set.[BURST]Shooting in quick succession
•  Turn this mode [ON] and when you 
press and hold the shutter button several 
pictures are taken in succession.
• The burst speed will become slower 
halfway. When it slows down depends 
on the type of card, picture size, and 
quality. 
•  You can take pictures until the capacity 
of the built-in memory or the card is full.
•  Burst speed slows when ISO sensitivity 
(P45, 61) is higher than [ISO400]. 
•  Shutter speed decreases in dark places, 
so burst speed may also be slower.
•  The focus is fi xed in the fi rst picture.
•  The camera sets the exposure and white 
balance for each picture in the series. 
•  When panning across areas with a 
large difference in brightness, the 
camera takes some time to get the right 
exposure. This means that the exposure 
may not be correct when taking pictures 
in succession.
•  When the self-timer is used, the number 
of recordable pictures in burst mode is 
fi xed to 3.
•  Burst mode is not canceled when the 
camera is switched off.
•  In Burst mode, auto review is activated 
even if the setting is off. You cannot 
change the auto review setting in the 
setup menu.
•  You can only take one photograph at a 
time when using the fl ash.
•  You cannot take photographs in 
succession when the camera is in simple 
mode [ ] or [STARRY SKY] in scene 
mode.
MENUSETPress [ ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P19)
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[AF ASSIST LAMP]Focusing in low light conditions 
becomes easier
Illuminating the subject with the AF assist 
lamp allows the camera to focus on the 
subject in low light conditions.
If the AF assist lamp is set to 
[ON], an AF area (P63) with 
a size wider than usual is 
displayed and the AF assist 
lamp A turns on.
ON The AF assist lamp turns on 
under low light conditions. In this 
time, the AF assist lamp icon 
[S] appears on the screen. The 
effective range of the AF assist 
lamp is 1.5 m (4.92 feet).
OFF The AF assist lamp does not turn 
on.
•  Be sure of the following points when the 
AF assist lamp is in use.
–  Do not look into the AF assist lamp 
closely.
–  Do not cover the AF assist lamp with 
your fi ngers or other objects.
•  When you do not want to use the AF 
assist lamp (e.g. when you take a picture 
of animals in a dark place), set the [AF 
ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case, it 
becomes diffi cult to focus on the subject.
•  The AF assist lamp is fi xed to [ON] while 
the camera is in simple mode [ ].
•  You cannot use the AF assist lamp 
in [SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], 
[SUNSET], [FIREWORKS] and [AERIAL 
PHOTO] in scene mode. (P47)
•  The AF assist lamp is changed to [OFF] 
in [PET] (P50) in scene mode.
[COL.MODE]Setting color effects for the 
recorded pictures
You can use following types of color effects 
depending on the image of the picture.
NATURAL Shoot softer pictures.
VIVID Shoot more vivid pictures.
B/W The picture becomes black 
and white.
SEPIA The picture becomes sepia.
•  Picture noises might stand out when 
taking a picture in a dark place. To avoid 
picture noises we recommend setting 
[COL.MODE] to [NATURAL].
[CLOCK SET]Setting the date, time and 
display
Set the clock when you change the date or 
time (P17).
MENUSETPress [ ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P19)
NT
3
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Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback)
1  Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [W] to display multiple 
screens.
For example: When you have chosen to 
show 9 pictures
• : 1 screen➝9 screens➝ 
25 screens➝Calendar screen 
display (P68)
•  Rotate the zoom lever towards [3] [T] to 
return to the previous screen.
2 Press e/r/w/q to select a 
picture.
A: Number of the selected picture and the 
total number of recorded pictures
•  Depending on the recorded picture 
and the setting, the following icons will 
appear.
– [ ]  (Favorites)
– [ ]  (Motion picture)
– [K]  ([BABY1]/[BABY2] in scene 
mode)
–  [ ]  ([PET] in scene mode)
– [ ]  (Travel date)
– [ ]  (Travel destination)
–  [ ]  (Date stamp complete)
■ Example of 25 screens
■ To return to the normal playback
Rotate the zoom lever towards [3] [T], or 
press [MENU/SET].
•  The image you select is shown.
■ To delete a picture during a multi 
playback
1 Press e/r/w/q to select a picture and 
then press [A].
2 Press e to select [YES].
3 Press [MENU/SET].
•  During multi playback, you cannot clear 
the shooting information from the display 
by pressing [DISPLAY].
•  Pictures will not be displayed in the 
rotated direction even if [ROTATE DISP.] 
is set to [ON] (P74).
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Displaying pictures by recording date (Calendar playback)
You can display pictures by recording date 
using the calendar playback function.
1  Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [W] several times 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 fi rst 
displayed.
•  If there are multiple pictures with the 
same recording date, the fi rst picture 
recorded on that day is displayed.
2 Press e/r/w/q to select the date 
to be played back.
e/r: Select the month
w/q: Select the date
•  If there were no pictures recorded during 
a month, the month is not displayed.
3  Press [MENU/SET] to display the 
pictures that were recorded on 
the selected date.
•  Rotate the zoom lever towards [ ] [W] 
to return to the calendar screen.
4 Press e/r/w/q to select a picture 
and then press [MENU/SET].
•  The selected picture is displayed on the 1 
screen playback screen.
■ To return to the 1 screen playback 
screen
After the calendar screen is displayed, 
rotate the zoom lever towards [3] [T] 
to display 25 screens, 9 screens and  1 
screen. (P67)
•  The pictures are displayed without being 
rotated even if you set [ROTATE DISP.] 
to [ON]. (P74)
•  You can display the calendar between 
January 2000 and December 2099.
•  If the recording date of the picture 
selected in 25 screens multi playback 
is not between January 2000 
and December 2099, the camera 
automatically displays it in the oldest 
calendar date.
•  Pictures edited on a PC or processed on 
other equipment may be displayed with 
dates different from the actual recording 
dates.
•  If the date is not set in the camera (P17), 
the recording date is set as January 1st, 
2007.
•  If you take pictures after setting the travel 
destination in [WORLD TIME] (P57), the 
pictures are displayed by the dates at the 
travel destination in calendar playback.
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30313
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19
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Using the Playback Zoom
1  Rotate the zoom lever towards 
[3] [T] to enlarge the picture.
• 3: 1×➝2×➝4×➝8×➝16×
•  When you rotate the zoom lever towards 
[ ] [W] after enlarging the picture, the 
magnifi cation becomes lower. When you 
rotate the zoom lever towards [3] [T], 
the magnifi cation becomes higher.
•  When you change the magnifi cation, the 
zoom position indication A appears for 
about 1 second to check the position of 
the section enlarged.
2 Press e/r/w/q to move the 
position.
•  When you move the position to be 
displayed, the zoom position indication is 
displayed for about 1 second.■ To stop using the playback zoom
Rotate the zoom lever towards [ ] [W] or 
press [MENU/SET].
■ To delete a picture during the 
playback zoom
1 Press [A].
2 Press e to select [YES].
3 Press [MENU/SET].
•  During playback zoom, you can clear the 
shooting information from the display by 
pressing [DISPLAY].
•  The more the picture is enlarged, the 
more its quality deteriorates.
•  If you want to save the enlarged picture, 
use the trimming function. (P81)
•  The playback zoom may not operate if 
pictures have been recorded with other 
equipment.
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Playing Back Motion pictures
Press w/q to select a picture with a 
motion picture icon [ ] / [ ] / 
[ ] / [ ] / [ ] / [ ] 
and then press r to play back.
•  The motion picture recording time A 
is displayed on the LCD monitor. After 
playback starts, the elapsed playback 
time is displayed on the bottom right of 
the LCD monitor. For example, 1 hour 20 
minutes and 30 seconds is displayed as 
[1h20m30s].
•  The cursor displayed during 
playback corresponds to e/r/w/
q. 
To stop motion picture playback
Press r.
Fast forwarding/Fast rewinding
During motion picture playback, keep 
pressing w/q.
q: Fast forward
w: Fast rewind
•  When releasing the button, it turns to 
normal motion picture playback.
To pause
Press e during motion picture playback.
• Press e again to cancel pause.
Frame-by-frame forward/reverse 
viewing
Press w/q during pause.• The fi le 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 fi les created with the camera on 
the PC (P84).
•  Some QuickTime Motion JPEG fi les 
recorded by a PC or other equipment 
may not be played back with this camera.
•  When playing back motion pictures 
that have been recorded with other 
equipment, the quality of pictures may be 
deteriorated or it may not be possible to 
play them back.
•  You cannot play back the audio of motion 
pictures with audio recorded on other 
equipment.
•  When using a high capacity card, it is 
possible that fast rewinding may be 
slower than usual.
•  You cannot use the following functions 
with motion pictures.
–  Playback zoom (While playing back or 
pausing motion pictures)
– [ROTATE DISP.]/[ROTATE]
– [DATE STAMP]
– [RESIZE]/[TRIMMING]
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