Panasonic Lumix DMC LS70 User Manual

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Advanced-Viewing
[TRIMMING]Enlarging a picture and trimming it
Use this function when you trim 
unnecessary parts of the recorded picture.
1 Press w/q to select the picture 
and then press r.
•  The following pictures cannot be 
trimmed.
– Motion pictures
–  Pictures imprinted with the date stamp
2  Enlarge or decrease the parts to 
be trimmed with the zoom lever.
3 Press e/r/w/q to move the 
position of the part to be 
trimmed.
4  Press the shutter button.•  The message [DELETE ORIGINAL 
PICTURE?] appears.
5 Press e/r to select [YES] or [NO] 
and then press [MENU/SET].
•  When you select [YES], the picture is 
overwritten. When trimmed pictures are 
overwritten, they cannot be restored.
•  When you select [NO], a trimmed picture 
is newly created.
•  When the original picture is protected, 
you cannot overwrite the trimmed picture. 
Select [NO] and newly create a trimmed 
picture.
6  Press [MENU/SET] twice to close 
the menu.
•  If you trim a picture, the number of pixels 
may be fewer in the trimmed picture than 
in the original.
•  The picture quality of the trimmed picture 
may be deteriorated.
•  It may not be possible to trim pictures 
recorded with other equipment.
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Press [ ] to display the [PLAY] mode menu and select the item to set. (P71)MENUSET
MENU
100-00011/19
7MTRIMMING
SELECTSET EXIT
MENU
SETMENU
TRIMMING
DELETE ORIGINAL 
PICTURE?
CANCEL
YES
NO
SELECT SET
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Advanced-Viewing
[COPY]Copying the picture data
You can copy recorded picture data from 
the built-in memory to a card or vice versa.
1 Press e/r to select the copy 
destination and then press 
[MENU/SET].
•  :
All the picture data in the built-in memory 
are copied onto the card at one time. 
(Perform step 3)
•  :
One picture at a time is copied from the 
card to the built-in memory. 
(Perform step 2)
2 Press w/q to select the picture 
and then press r.
(Only when   is selected)
3 Press e to select [YES] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
(The illustration shows the screen when 
pictures are copied from the built-in 
memory to a card.)
•  The message [COPY THIS PICTURE TO 
BUILT-IN MEMORY?] appears when you 
copy picture from the card to the built-in 
memory.
•  If you press [MENU/SET] while copying 
pictures from the built-in memory to the 
card, the copying will stop halfway.
•  Do not turn the camera off or do any 
other operations before copying is 
fi nished. The data on the built-in memory 
or the card may be damaged or lost.
4  Press [MENU/SET] several times 
to close the menu.
•  If you copy picture data from the 
built-in memory to a card, the screen 
automatically returns to the playback 
screen when all the pictures are copied.
•  If you copy picture data from the built-in 
memory to a card which does not have 
suffi cient free space, the picture data will 
only be copied halfway. We recommend 
using a card which has more free space 
than the built-in memory (about 27 MB).
•  You cannot copy an image fi le if there is 
already a fi le in the destination that has 
the same name (same fi le and folder 
numbers).
•  It may take time to copy the picture data.
•  Only pictures recorded with a Panasonic 
digital camera (LUMIX) will be copied. 
(Even if the pictures were recorded with 
a Panasonic digital camera, you may not 
be able to copy them if they were edited 
with a PC.)
•  DPOF settings on the original picture 
data will not be copied. Set the DPOF 
settings again after copying is fi nished. 
(P77)
Press [ ] to display the [PLAY] mode menu and select the item to set. (P71)MENUSET
MENU
SET
2
/
3
MENU
PLAY
SELECT SET DPOF PRINT
PROTECT
RESIZE
TRIMMING
COPY
MENUMENU
SET
COPYCOPY PICTURES FROM 
BUILT-IN MEMORY TO 
MEMORY CARD?
SELECTYES
NO
SET
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Advanced-Viewing
[FORMAT]Initializing the built-in memory 
or a card
Usually, it is not necessary to format the 
built-in memory and the card. Format them 
when the message [BUILT-IN MEMORY 
ERROR] or [MEMORY CARD ERROR] 
appears.
Press e to select [YES] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
(The illustration shows the screen when 
the built-in memory is formatted.)
•  When a card is not inserted, you can 
format the built-in memory. When a card 
is inserted, you can format the card.
•  If you press [MENU/SET] while formatting 
the built-in memory, the formatting will 
stop halfway. (However, all the pictures 
will be deleted.)
•  Once the card is formatted, all data 
including protected images are 
irretrievably erased. Please confi rm that 
all data is transferred to your PC before 
proceeding with format function.
•  If the card has been formatted on a PC or 
other equipment, format it on the camera 
again.
•  Use batteries with suffi cient power (P24) 
or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional) 
when formatting.
•  During formatting, do not turn the camera 
off.
•
  It may take longer to format the built-in 
memory than the card. (Max. about 15 sec.)
•  Sliding the Write-Protect switch of the SD 
Memory Card or the SDHC Memory Card 
to [LOCK] prevents formatting. (P16)
•  If the built-in memory or the card cannot 
be formatted, consult your nearest 
Service Center.
For USA assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033 or 
send e-mail to : [email protected]
For Canadian assistance, please call: 
1-800-99-LUMIX (1-800-995-8649) or send e-mail to: 
[email protected]
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Press [ ] to display the [PLAY] mode menu and select the item to set. (P71)MENUSET
MENU
MENU
SET
FORMAT
DELETE ALL DATA
ON THE BUILT-IN MEMORY ?
YES
NO
SELECT
SET
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Connecting to other equipment
Connecting to a PC
•  By connecting the camera to a computer, 
you can upload your pictures, then use the 
software on the included CD-ROM ([LUMIX 
Simple Viewer] and [PHOTOfunSTUDIO-
viewer-] for Windows
®) to print or send your 
images by e-mail.
•  If you use Windows 98/98SE, install 
the USB driver and then connect the 
camera to the computer.
•  For details about installing [LUMIX 
Simple Viewer] or [PHOTOfunSTUDIO-
viewer-] etc., refer to the separate 
operating instructions for PC connection.
A  : AC adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional)
•
  Use batteries with suffi cient battery power (P24) 
or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional).
•  Make sure this unit is off before 
connecting or disconnecting the AC 
adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional).
B  : USB connection cable (supplied)
C
  :  This message appears during data transfer.D  : Check the facing of the connector and 
push straight in.
•  Set the camera’s mode dial to a mode 
other than Print mode [ ].
1  Turn on the camera and the PC.
2  Connect the camera to a PC via 
the USB connection cable B 
(supplied).
•  Connect the USB connection cable with 
the [c] mark facing the [q] mark on 
the [DIGITAL] socket.
• Hold D and then insert or pull the USB 
connection cable straight. Do not try 
to force the connector in backwards or 
sideways. This can damage this unit and 
the equipment you are connecting.
[Windows]
The drive appears on the [My Computer] 
folder.
•  If it is the fi rst time you are connecting 
the camera to a PC, the required driver is 
installed automatically so that the camera 
can be recognized by the Windows Plug 
and Play, then it appears on the [My 
Computer] folder.
[Macintosh]
The drive is displayed on the screen.
•
  The drive is displayed as [LUMIX] when you 
connect the camera with no card inserted.
•  The drive is displayed as [NO NAME] or 
[Untitled] when you connect the camera 
with a card inserted.
■ Motion picture playback on a PC
Use “QuickTime” (for Windows 2000/XP) in 
the supplied CD-ROM when you play back 
motion pictures recorded on this camera 
on your PC.
•  Download [QuickTime6.5.2 for PC] from 
the following website and install it on your 
PC when you use Windows98/98SE/Me. 
http://www.apple.com/support/quicktime/
•  The software is a standard Macintosh 
feature.
B
A C
DIGITAL
V.OUT
DC IN
3V
D
ACCESS
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Connecting to other equipment
■ Folder Composition
Folders appear as follows.
1 Folder  number
2 File  number
3 JPG  :  Pictures
MOV : Motion pictures
MISC : Folder containing fi les with DPOF 
settings.
•  This unit stores up to 999 picture fi les in 
each folder. A new folder is created after 
this maximum is reached.
• To reset fi le and folder numbers, use 
[NO.RESET] in the setup menu. (P22)■ Conditions under which a different 
folder number is used
In the following cases, the picture is 
not recorded in the same folder as the 
previously recorded picture. It is recorded 
in a folder with a new number.
•  The folder containing the picture you 
just shot had a fi le numbered 999 in it 
(example: P1000999.JPG).
•  When the card just recorded to contains, 
for example, a folder with the number 
100 (100_PANA) in it and that card is 
removed and replaced with a card that 
has a folder with the number 100 in it 
recorded by a camera from a different 
maker (100XXXXX, with XXXXX being 
the name of the maker) and then a 
picture is recorded.
•  You start shooting again after using 
[NO.RESET] in the setup menu (P22). 
(It is recorded to a new folder that has 
a number following on from the one 
previous. You can also reset the folder 
number to 100 by using [NO.RESET] 
immediately after formatting the card 
when there are no folders or pictures on 
the card.)
■ Connection in the PTP mode
Windows XP/Mac OS X users can 
establish connection in the PTP mode by 
setting the camera in print mode [ ] and 
connecting it to their PC.
•  You can only load pictures from the 
camera and cannot write them on the 
card or delete them.
•  When there are 1000 or more pictures on 
a card, the pictures may not be imported.
DCIM
MISC
100_PANA
101_PANA
999_PANAP1000001.JPG
P1000002.JPG
P1000999.JPG
100_PANA
1
23• Built-in 
memory
• Card
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Connecting to other equipment
•  Do not use any other USB connection 
cables except the supplied one.
•  While [ACCESS] is being displayed, 
do not disconnect the USB connection 
cable.
•  Data transmission takes time when a 
card contains a large number of pictures.
• Motion image fi les in the built-in memory 
or on a card in this unit may not play 
properly on a computer, so upload them 
to your computer for playback.
•  If the remaining battery power is 
exhausted during communication, the 
recorded data may be damaged. When 
you connect the camera to the PC, use a 
battery with suffi cient battery power (P24) 
or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional).
•  If the remaining battery power becomes 
low while the camera and the PC are 
communicating, the status indicator 
blinks and the alarm beeps. In this case, 
stop the communication at once on the 
PC.
•  When connecting the camera to a 
Windows 2000 OS PC with the USB 
connection cable, do not replace the 
card while the camera and the PC 
are connected. The information on 
the card may be damaged. Before 
changing cards, make sure you do 
the necessary steps to safely remove 
hardware (double-click the icon in the 
task bar in Windows). 
•  Pictures edited or rotated with a PC may 
be displayed in black in playback mode 
(P34), multi playback (P67) and calendar 
playback (P68).
•  Refer to the operating instructions of the 
PC, too.
•  If a card is not inserted when the camera 
is connected to the PC, you can edit or 
access the picture data on the built-in 
memory. If a card is inserted, you can 
edit or access the picture data on it.•  You cannot switch between the built-in 
memory and the card while the camera is 
connected to the PC. When you want to 
switch between the built-in memory and 
the card, disconnect the USB connection 
cable, insert (or remove) the card and 
then connect the USB connection cable 
to the PC again.
•  When you change the mode dial to print 
mode [ ] with the camera connected 
to the PC, [PLEASE RE-CONNECT THE 
PRINTER.] appears on the camera’s 
LCD monitor. Before reconnecting the 
camera to a printer, change the mode 
from [ ] to another one and make sure 
that data transmission is not in progress. 
([ACCESS] appears on the camera’s 
LCD monitor while data transmission is in 
progress.)
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Connecting to other equipment
Connecting to a PictBridge-compliant Printer
By connecting the camera directly to a 
printer supporting PictBridge via the USB 
connection cable (supplied), you can select 
the pictures to be printed or start printing 
on the LCD monitor. Make the necessary 
settings on your printer beforehand. (Read 
your printer’s operating instructions.)
1  Turn on the camera and the printer.
2  Set the mode dial to [ ].•  [PLEASE CONNECT TO THE PRINTER] 
appears.
3  Connect the camera to a printer 
via the USB connection cable A 
(supplied).
•  Connect the USB connection cable with 
the [c] mark facing the [q] mark on 
the [DIGITAL] socket.
• Hold C and then insert or pull the USB 
connection cable straight.
•  Do not use any other USB connection 
cables except the supplied one.
•  When you connect the camera to a 
printer without setting the mode dial to 
[ ], remove the cable, set the mode 
dial to [ ], turn the camera and the 
printer off and on, and connect again.
•
  If a card is not inserted when the camera is 
connected to the printer, you can print the 
picture data on the built-in memory. If a card 
is inserted, you can print the picture data on it.
•  You cannot switch between the built-in 
memory and the card while the camera is 
connected to the printer. When you want to 
switch between the built-in memory and the 
card, disconnect the USB connection cable, 
insert (or remove) the card and then connect 
the USB connection cable to the printer again.
•  To print the age in [BABY1]/[BABY2] and [PET] in scene mode (P47) or the 
departure date for [TRAVEL DATE] (P55), 
use the software [LUMIX Simple Viewer] or 
[PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] in the CD-
ROM (supplied) and print from the PC. For 
information about this, refer to the separate 
operating instructions for PC connection.
• To fi nd out more about PictBridge compliant 
printers, contact your local dealer.
■ To connect
A  : USB connection cable (supplied)
B  : AC adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional)
•
  It may take time to print some pictures. Use 
batteries with suffi cient battery power (P24) 
or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional) 
when you connect to a printer.
•  Make sure this unit is off before 
connecting or disconnecting the AC 
adaptor (DMW-AC6; optional).
C  : Check the facing of the connector and 
push straight in. 
A
B
DIGITAL
V.OUT
DC IN
3V
C
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Connecting to other equipment
■ Printing the selected picture (making 
a single print)
1 Press w/q to select the picture 
and then press [MENU/SET].
•  A message displays for about 2 seconds.
2 Press e to select [PRINT START] 
and then press [MENU/SET].
•  Press [MENU/SET] to cancel printing.
3  Disconnect the USB connection 
cable after printing.
■ Selecting multiple pictures for 
printing
1 Press e.
2 Press e/r to select an item and 
then press [MENU/SET].
Item Setting contents
MULTI 
SELECTMultiple pictures are 
selected at once for 
printing.
[Operation]
On the plural pictures 
screen, press w/q to 
select pictures. When 
you press r, [ ] is 
displayed with the picture 
you selected for printing. 
(When you press r once 
more, the print setting is 
canceled.)
Press [MENU/SET] when 
you fi nish selection.
SELECT ALL All pictures in the built-in 
memory or the card are 
printed.
DPOF 
PICTUREPictures in the [DPOF 
PRINT] setting (P77) are 
printed.
FAVORITE Pictures set as favorites 
(P73) are printed.
•  This item appears only 
when favorite setting is 
[ON].
•  You cannot select 
any picture when 
[FAVORITE] is set to 
[ON], but no picture is 
marked with [
★].
MENU
SET
PictBridge
MENU
100-00011/19
7M
PLEASE SELECT
THE PICTURE TO PRINT
SELECT
PRINT MULTI PRINT
MENU
SETMENU
PictBridge
MULTI SELECT
SELECT ALL
DPOF PICTURE
FAVORITE
SET SELECT CANCELA
MENU
SET
1
MENU
SINGLE SELECT
PRINT START
PRINT WITH DATE
NUM.OF PRINTS
PAPER SIZE
PAGE LAYOUT
SELECT SETCANCEL AOFF
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Connecting to other equipment
3 Press e to select [PRINT START] 
and then press [MENU/SET].
•  In DPOF setting, [PRINT WITH DATE] and 
[NUM. OF PRINTS] are not displayed.
•  When you select [DPOF PICTURE], 
[DPOF SET] is selectable. When you 
select [DPOF SET], refer to P77.
•  Press [MENU/SET] when you wish to 
cancel printing halfway.
•  When you select [MULTI SELECT], 
[SELECT ALL] or [FAVORITE], the print 
confi rmation screen appears. Select 
[YES] and perform printing.
•  When the number of prints exceeds 
1,000, [PRINTING --- PICTURES DO 
YOU WANT TO PROCEED?] appears on 
the print confi rmation screen.
4  Disconnect the USB connection 
cable after printing.
■ Setting date printing, the number of 
prints, the paper size and the page 
layout
•  Select an item to set on the screen for 
step 2 in “Printing the selected picture 
(making a single print)” (P88) or on the 
screen for step 3 in “Selecting multiple 
pictures for printing” (P88, 89).•  When you want to print pictures in 
a paper size or a layout which is not 
supported by the camera, set [PAPER 
SIZE] and [PAGE LAYOUT] to [
F] and 
then set the paper size or the layout 
on the printer. (For details, refer to the 
operating instructions of the printer.)
•  [PRINT WITH DATE]
OFF Date is not printed.
ON Date is printed.
•  If the printer does not support date 
printing, the date cannot be printed on 
the picture. 
•  [NUM. OF PRINTS]
Set the number of prints.
•  You can set up to 999 prints.
• [PAPER SIZE]
(Possible paper sizes on the camera)
The items are listed on 1/2 and 2/2.
Press r to select the desired item.
1/2
FSettings on the printer are 
prioritized.
L/3.5˝ × 5˝89 mm × 127 mm
2L/5˝ × 7˝127 mm × 178 mm
POSTCARD 100 mm × 148 mm
A4 210 mm × 297 mm
2/2*
CARD SIZE 54 mm × 85.6 mm
10 × 15cm 100 mm × 150 mm
4˝ × 6˝101.6 mm × 152.4 mm
8˝ × 10˝203.2 mm × 254 mm
LETTER 216 mm × 279.4 mm
*  These items cannot be displayed when 
the printer does not support the paper 
sizes.
MENU
SET
1
MENU
MULTI SELECT
PRINT START
PRINT WITH DATE
NUM.OF PRINTS
PAPER SIZE
PAGE LAYOUT
SELECT SETCANCEL AOFF
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Connecting to other equipment
• [PAGE LAYOUT]
(Possible layouts on the camera)
FSettings on the printer are 
prioritized.
G1 page with no frame print
H1 page with frame print
I2 pages print
J4 pages print
•  An item cannot be selected if the 
printer does not support the page 
layout.
■ Layout printing
•  When printing a picture several times 
on 1 sheet of paper
For example, if you want to print a picture 
4 times on 1 sheet of paper, set [PAGE 
LAYOUT] to [
J] and then set the 
number of prints to 4 for the picture on 
[NUM. OF PRINTS].
•  When printing different pictures on 1 
sheet of paper
For example, if you want to print 4 
different pictures on 1 sheet of paper, 
set [PAGE LAYOUT] to 4-picture printing 
[
J] and then set [NUM. OF PRINTS] 
for the pictures to 1.•  Do not disconnect the USB connection 
cable when the cable disconnection 
warning icon [K] is indicated. 
(Depending on the printer, the icon may 
not be displayed.)
•  If the remaining battery power becomes 
low while the camera and the printer are 
connected, the status indicator blinks 
and the alarm beeps. If this happens 
during printing, press [MENU/SET] and 
stop printing at once. If not printing, 
disconnect the USB connection cable.
•  The camera is receiving an error 
message from the printer when the [*] 
indication lights orange during printing. 
After fi nishing printing, make sure there 
are no problems with the printer.
•  If the total number of ordered prints or 
the number of pictures set for print is 
large, printing is performed at intervals. 
In such cases, the number of remaining 
prints shown on the display will differ 
from the number of prints you set. The 
discrepancy, however, does not indicate 
an error.
•  Date print function on the printer may 
have priority over the same settings on 
the camera. Check the setting on the 
printer as well.
•  When the mode dial is set to a choice 
other than print mode [ ], [USB MODE 
CHANGED. PLEASE REMOVE THE 
USB CABLE.] appears on the camera’s 
LCD monitor. Set the mode dial back 
to [ ] before disconnecting the USB 
connection cable. Disconnect the USB 
connection cable after canceling printing.
•  When you want to print pictures with 
date, the [DATE STAMP] function (P75) 
is also useful. Note that if you use date 
stamp and then specify printing the 
date when you order prints or on a 
printer, both dates will be printed and 
may overlap. 
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