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Panasonic DMC-FX37 User Manual

Panasonic DMC-FX37
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VQT1R87
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Operating Instructions
Digital Camera
Model No. DMC-FX37
until
2008/8/1
VQT1R87.book 1 ページ 008年6月23日 月曜日 午前11時17分
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Panasonic DMC-FX37 Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandPanasonic
ModelDMC-FX37
CategoryDigital Camera
LanguageEnglish

Summary

Before Use

Information for Your Safety

Safety warnings, cautions, and precautions for operating the device.

Declaration of Conformity

About the battery pack

Precautions and information related to the camera's battery pack.

About the battery charger

Care of the camera

Guidelines and warnings for handling and maintaining the camera's condition.

Preparation

Quick Guide

Standard Accessories

Names of the Components

Charging the Battery

About the Battery (charging/number of recordable pictures)

Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery

About the Built-in Memory/the Card

Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)

Setting the Menu

Changing the clock setting

Procedure for modifying the camera's date and time settings.

Setting menu items

Switching to the [SETUP] menu

Steps to access and navigate the camera's setup menu.

Using the quick menu

About the Setup Menu

Selecting the [REC] Mode

List of [REC] modes

Overview of available recording modes like Intelligent Auto, Normal, Scene.

Taking pictures using the automatic function (ñ: Intelligent Auto Mode)

Scene detection

Face detection

The Backlight Compensation

AF Tracking Function

Taking pictures with your favorite settings (·: Normal picture mode)

Focusing

How to aim and achieve focus on the desired subject.

Preventing jitter (camera shake)

Direction detection function

Taking Pictures with the Zoom

Types of zooms

Explanation of optical, extended optical, and digital zoom features.

Playing back Pictures ([NORMAL PLAY])

Fast forwarding/Fast rewinding

How to quickly navigate through recorded pictures.

Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback)

Using the Playback Zoom

How to enlarge and view parts of a picture during playback.

Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode

Deleting Pictures

To delete a single picture

Step-by-step guide to delete one picture at a time.

To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures

Procedure for deleting multiple or all recorded pictures.

About the LCD Monitor

Recording guide line

How to use on-screen grid lines for better composition.

About the Histogram

Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash

Switching to the appropriate flash setting

Options for adjusting flash modes like Auto, Forced, Slow Sync.

About the digital red-eye correction

Available flash settings by recording mode

Table showing flash setting availability across different camera modes.

The available flash range to take pictures

Shutter speed for each flash setting

Taking Close-up Pictures

Focus range

Details on the camera's focus range for close-up shots.

Taking Pictures with the Self-timer

Compensating the Exposure

Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket

Taking pictures that match the scene being recorded (¿: Scene mode)

About the information

Explanations for each scene mode are displayed when selected.

[PORTRAIT]

Mode for taking portraits, enhancing skin tones and texture.

+ [SOFT SKIN]

[TRANSFORM]

0 [SELF PORTRAIT]

, [SCENERY]

- [SPORTS]

. [NIGHT PORTRAIT]

Technique for Night portrait mode

Tips for taking portraits in low light with flash and tripod.

/ [NIGHT SCENERY]

Technique for Night scenery mode

Tips for capturing night landscapes, using tripod and self-timer.

1 [FOOD]

2 [PARTY]

3 [CANDLE LIGHT]

: [BABY1]/; [BABY2]

Birthday/Name setting

How to set birth dates and names for baby modes.

í [PET]

ï [SUNSET]

9 [HIGH SENS.]

Picture size and aspect ratio

Adjusting picture size and aspect ratio for high sensitivity mode.

ô [HI-SPEED BURST]

Picture size and aspect ratio

Setting picture size and aspect ratio for high-speed burst mode.

[FLASH BURST]

Picture size and aspect ratio

Setting picture size and aspect ratio for flash burst mode.

5 [STARRY SKY]

Setting the shutter speed

Options for selecting shutter speed for starry sky mode.

4 [FIREWORKS]

Technique for Fireworks mode

Tips for capturing fireworks, recommending tripod use.

6 [BEACH]

8 [SNOW]

7 [AERIAL PHOTO]

Technique for Aerial photo mode

Method for focusing in aerial photography, especially for clouds.

[PIN HOLE]

Picture size and aspect ratio

Setting picture size and aspect ratio for pinhole mode.

[FILM GRAIN]

Picture size and aspect ratio

Setting picture size and aspect ratio for film grain effect.

< [UNDERWATER]

Fixing the focus underwater (AF Lock)

How to lock focus underwater to capture moving subjects.

White balance fine adjustment

Adjusting white balance to match water depth and conditions.

Motion Picture Mode

Changing the settings for the picture quality

How to adjust resolution and frame rate for motion pictures.

Useful Functions at Travel Destinations

Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture

Records the day of the vacation when a picture is taken.

Recording Dates/Times at Overseas Travel Destinations (World Time)

Using the [REC] Mode Menu

@ [PICTURE SIZE]

Setting the resolution (number of pixels) for still pictures.

A [QUALITY]

? [ASPECT RATIO]

[INTELLIGENT ISO]

> [SENSITIVITY]

= [WHITE BALANCE]

Setting the white balance manually

Finely adjusting the white balance

Auto white balance

[AF MODE]

About [š]

Information about the Face Detection AF mode and its indicators.

Setting up [ ] (AF Tracking)

˜ [BURST]

[I.EXPOSURE]

)[DIGITAL ZOOM]

H [COLOR MODE]

[STABILIZER]

[MIN. SHTR SPEED]

B [AUDIO REC.]

F [AF ASSIST LAMP]

U [CLOCK SET]

Taking and viewing clipboard pictures (¨: Clipboard mode)

Taking clipboard pictures

Instructions for capturing and saving quick notes or information.

Clipboard recording menu

Menu options available during clipboard picture capture.

Viewing clipboard pictures

Enlarging clipboard pictures and storing them in the memory (zoom marks)

How to enlarge parts of clipboard images and save zoom positions.

Playing Back Pictures in Sequence (Slide Show)

Changing the slide show settings

Selecting Pictures and Playing them Back ([CATEGORY PLAY]/[FAVORITE PLAY])

[CATEGORY PLAY]

How to search and play back pictures sorted by scene mode or category.

[FAVORITE PLAY]

Playing Back Motion Pictures/Pictures with Audio

Motion pictures

How to play back recorded motion picture files.

Pictures with audio

Creating still pictures from a motion picture

Change the number of frame rate per second

Adjusting frame rate for creating still images from motion pictures.

Using the [PLAYBACK] mode menu

[CALENDAR]

Displaying and playing pictures sorted by date using a calendar view.

[TITLE EDIT]

[TEXT STAMP]

Q [RESIZE] Reducing the picture size (number of pixels)

[TRIMMING]

[LEVELING]

? [ASPECT CONV.]

N [ROTATE]/M [ROTATE DISP.]

Ü [FAVORITE]

O [DPOF PRINT]

P [PROTECT]

B [AUDIO DUB.]

S [COPY]

Connecting to a PC

∫ Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely

∫ Viewing the contents of the built-in memory or card using the PC (folder composition)

Printing the Pictures

Selecting a single picture and printing it

Selecting multiple pictures and printing them

Print Settings

[PAPER SIZE]

[PAGE LAYOUT]

Playing back pictures using the AV cable (supplied)

Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot

Playing back on the TV with component socket

Screen Display

In recording

Displays information shown on screen during recording.

In recording (after settings)

Displays information shown on screen after adjusting settings.

In playback

Cautions for Use

Optimal use of the camera

Guidelines for proper handling and care to ensure optimal camera performance.

Cleaning

Instructions on how to clean the camera and its components safely.

About the Lens

Battery

Charger

Card

When not using the camera for a long period of time

Storage and maintenance advice for the camera and battery during long periods of inactivity.

About the picture data

About tripods

Message Display

Functions that cannot be set or will not work under some conditions

Troubleshooting

Battery and power source

Troubleshooting common issues related to the camera's battery and power supply.

Recording

Solutions for problems encountered during the picture recording process.

The recorded picture is whitish.

The recorded picture is too bright or dark.

The subject is not focused properly.

The recorded picture is blurred.

The brightness or the hue of the recorded picture is different from the actual scene

Motion picture recording stops in the middle.

The subject cannot be locked. (AF track fails)

Lens

Recorded image may be warped, or nonexistent color is surrounding the subject.

Explains image warping or color issues due to lens characteristics.

LCD monitor

The LCD monitor turns off although the camera is turned on.

Troubleshooting when the LCD monitor remains off during operation.

The LCD monitor becomes darker or brighter for a moment.

Explains temporary brightness changes on the LCD monitor.

The LCD monitor flickers indoors.

The LCD monitor is too bright or dark.

Black, red, blue and green dots appear on the LCD monitor.

Noise appears on the LCD monitor.

Flash

The flash is not activated.

Solutions when the camera's flash fails to fire.

Flash is activated several times.

Explains why the flash might fire multiple times.

Playback

The picture is not played back.

Troubleshooting steps when recorded pictures fail to display.

The recorded pictures are not displayed.

Problems related to displaying recorded pictures.

The folder number and the file number are displayed as [—] and the screen turns black.

White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture.

[THUMBNAIL IS DISPLAYED] appears on the screen.

A clicking sound is recorded in the motion pictures.

TV, PC and printer

The picture does not appear on the television.

Solutions when TV display fails to show camera images.

The display areas on the TV screen and the camera’s LCD monitor are different.

Explains differences in display areas between TV and camera LCD.

The motion pictures cannot be played back on a TV.

Reasons why motion pictures might not play on a TV and alternative methods.

The picture is not displayed fully on the TV.

The picture cannot be transferred when the camera is connected to a PC.

The card is not recognized by the PC. (The built-in memory is recognized.)

Troubleshooting when the PC doesn't recognize the camera's card or memory.

The picture cannot be printed when the camera is connected to a printer.

The ends of the pictures are cut at printing.

Issues with printing where picture edges are cropped.

An unreadable language was selected by mistake.

A red lamp sometimes turns on when the shutter button is pressed halfway.

The AF assist lamp does not turn on.

The camera becomes warm.

The lens clicks.

The clock is reset.

When pictures are taken using the zoom, they are slightly distorted and the areas around the subject contain colors which are not actually present.

Zooming stops instantaneously.

The file numbers are not recorded consecutively.

[AGE] is not displayed correctly.

The lens barrel is retracted.

Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time

∫ Number of recordable pictures

Tables showing how many pictures can be stored based on size, quality, and card type.

∫ Available recording time (when recording motion pictures)

Specifications

Digital Camera Accessory System

Digital Camera Accessory Order Form

Request for Service Notice

Limited Warranty

Customer Services Directory

Précautions à prendre (pour le Canada)

Index

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