Name: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20
Brand: Panasonic
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Contents

Before use

Before use .............................................. 5

About GPS ....................................................7

Standard Accessories ........................... 8

Names of parts....................................... 9

Preparations

Charging battery .................................. 10

Guidelines for number of recordable

pictures and operating time ......................... 11

Inserting and removing the card

(optional)/the battery ........................... 12

Using the AC adaptor (optional) and DC

coupler (optional) instead of the battery ......13

Picture save destination

(cards and built-in memory) ........................14

Remaining battery and memory capacity ....15

Recording capacity guidelines

(pictures/recording time) .............................15

How to operate the camera................. 16

Touch operations .........................................17

Setting the clock .................................. 18

To change time setting ................................19

Basics

Sequence of operations ...................... 20

Taking pictures with your own settings

[Program AE] Mode ............................. 22

How to adjust focus ............................ 23

Touching the screen and recording

(Touch Shutter function) ..................... 24

Touching the screen and adjusting the

focus and exposure

(Touch AF/AE function) ....................... 25

Taking pictures with automatic settings

[Intelligent Auto] Mode ........................ 26

Automatic Scene Detection .........................26

About flash ..................................................27

About Happy colours ...................................27

[Motion Deblur] ............................................27

[iHandheld Nite Shot] ..................................27

AF Tracking .................................................28

[Intelligent Auto] Mode restrictions ..............29

Taking motion pictures ....................... 30

Viewing your pictures

[Normal Play] ....................................... 32

Viewing motion pictures ..............................33

Zooming in and viewing “Playback Zoom”

... 34

Viewing a list of pictures “Multi Playback” ...34

Viewing pictures by their recording date

“Calendar Playback” ....................................35

Deleting pictures ................................. 36

To delete multiple (up to 100)/

To delete all pictures ...................................37

Setting the menu ................................. 38

Menu type ...................................................40

Using Quick menu .......................................41

Using the [Setup] menu ...................... 42

[Clock Set] ...................................................42

[Auto Clock Set] ..........................................42

[World Time] ................................................42

[Travel Date] ................................................42

[Beep] .......................................................... 42

[Volume] ......................................................43

[Cust.Set Mem.] ..........................................43

[LCD Mode] .................................................43

[Guide Line] .................................................43

[Histogram] .................................................. 44

[Rec Area] ...................................................44

[Zoom Resume] ...........................................44

[Economy] ...................................................45

[Auto Review] ..............................................45

[No.Reset] ...................................................46

[Reset] ......................................................... 46

[USB Mode] .................................................46

[Output] .......................................................47

[VIERA Link] ................................................47

[3D Playback] ..............................................47

[Rotate Disp.] ..............................................48

[Version Disp.] .............................................48

[Format] ....................................................... 48

[Calibration] .................................................49

[Language] ..................................................49

[Demo Mode] ...............................................49

Application (Record)

Taking pictures with zoom .................. 50

Using the zoom by performing touch

operations ...................................................50

Zoom types and use ....................................51

Taking pictures with flash ................... 52

Taking close-up pictures .................... 54

[Macro Zoom] ..............................................54

Focus range ................................................55

Taking pictures with self-timer ........... 56

Taking pictures with Exposure

Compensation ...................................... 57

Recording while exposure is changed

automatically ([Auto Bracket]) .....................57

Determine aperture and shutter speed

and record ........................................... 58

[Aperture-Priority] Mode ..............................58

[Shutter-Priority] Mode ................................58

[Manual Exposure] Mode ............................59

[Custom] Mode .................................... 60

[Cust.Set Mem.] ..........................................60

[Custom] ...................................................... 60

Taking pictures according to the scene

[Scene Mode] ....................................... 61

[My Scene Mode] ........................................62

[Portrait] .......................................................62

[Soft Skin] ....................................................62

[Transform] ..................................................62

[Self Portrait] ...............................................63

[Scenery] .....................................................63

[Panorama Assist] .......................................63

[Sports] ........................................................ 64

[Night Portrait] .............................................64

[Night Scenery] ............................................64

[Handheld Night Shot] .................................64

[Food] ..........................................................64

[Party] .......................................................... 65

[Candle Light] ..............................................65

[Baby] ..........................................................65

[Pet] ............................................................. 65

[Sunset] .......................................................66

[High Sens.] .................................................66

[Flash Burst] ................................................66

[Starry Sky] ..................................................66

[Fireworks] ...................................................67

[Beach] ........................................................67

[Snow] .........................................................67

[Aerial Photo] ...............................................67

[Pin Hole] .....................................................67

[Film Grain] ..................................................67

[High Dynamic] ............................................67

[Photo Frame] .............................................68

[Underwater] ................................................68

[High Speed Movie] .....................................68

Taking 3D pictures

[3D Photo Mode] .................................. 69

Burst function ...................................... 70

Recording with the Face Recognition

function [Face Recog.] ........................ 72

Registering face pictures ............................73

Editing or deleting information about

registered persons .....................................74

Recording the place of recording

with GPS ............................................... 75

Using GPS ..................................................76

Executing positioning immediately and

updating your current location .....................78

Changing the recorded place name

information ..................................................79

Registering your current location as a

landmark .....................................................80

Changing the display of location name

information ..................................................81

Using GPS to set the clock ........................81

Useful features for travel .................... 82

[Travel Date] ................................................82

[World Time] ...............................................83

Entering Text ........................................ 84

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20 Specifications

General

Megapixel	14.1 MP
Camera type	Compact camera
Sensor type	CMOS
Image stabilizer	Yes
Total megapixels	15.1 MP
Image sensor size	1/2.33 \
Supported aspect ratios	3:2, 4:3, 16:9
Maximum image resolution	4320 x 3240 pixels
Still image resolution(s)	480 x 480, 640 x 360, 640 x 424, 640 x 480, 1536 x 1536, 1920 x 1080, 1920 x 1920, 2048 x 1360, 2048 x 1536, 2304 x 2304, 2560 x 1440, 2560 x 1712, 2560 x 1920, 2736 x 2736, 3072 x 1728, 3072 x 2048, 3072 x 2304, 3648 x 2056, 3648 x 2432, 3648 x 2736, 4320 x 2432, 4320 x 2880, 4320 x 3240
Digital zoom	4 x
Optical zoom	16 x
Combined zoom	64 x
Extra/Smart zoom	33.8 x
Focal length range	4.3 - 68.8 mm
Maximum aperture number	5.9
Minimum aperture number	3.3
Number of aspheric elements	3
Lens structure (elements/groups)	12/10
Maximum focal length (35mm film equiv)	464 mm
Minimum focal length (35mm film equiv)	29 mm
Focus adjustment	Auto
Normal focusing range	0.5 - ∞/2.0 - ∞ m
Auto focusing (AF) modes	Continuous Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus, Spot Auto Focus
Macro focusing range (tele)	1.0 - ∞ m
Macro focusing range (wide)	0.03 - ∞ m
Normal focusing range (tele)	2 - ∞ m
Normal focusing range (wide)	0.5 - ∞ m
Light metering	Centre-weighted, Spot
ISO sensitivity	100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 2250, 3200, 6400, Auto
Light exposure modes	Aperture priority AE, Manual, Shutter priority AE
Light exposure control	Program AE
Light exposure correction	± 2EV (1/3EV step)
Flash modes	Auto, Flash off, Flash on, Forced off, Forced on, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
Flash range (tele)	1 - 2.8 m
Flash range (wide)	0.6 - 5 m
Video out	AV
Digital SLR	No
Power source type	Battery
Video memory capacity	29min. 59sec.
Scene modes	Beach, Candlelight, Children, Fireworks, Night, Night portrait, Panorama, Party (indoor), Portrait, Self-portrait, Snow, Sports, Sunset, Underwater
Image editing	Resizing, Rotating, Trimming
Photo effects	Black&White, Neutral, Sepia, Vivid
White balance	Auto, Cloudy, Daylight, Incandescent, Shade
Shooting modes	Auto, Movie
Camera playback	Movie, Single image, Slide show, Thumbnails
Self-timer delay	2, 10 s
Camera file system	Exif 2.3
On Screen Display (OSD) languages	ENG, ESP, FRE, ITA, JPN
Video resolutions	320 x 240, 640 x 480, 1280 x 720 pixels
Motion JPEG frame rate	30 fps
Video formats supported	M-JPEG
Maximum video resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels
Analog signal format system	NTSC, PAL
Internal memory	18 MB
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC, SDXC
Field of view	100 %
Display diagonal	3 \
Display resolution (numeric)	460000 pixels
USB version	2.0
Product color	Black
Battery voltage	3.6 V
Battery capacity	895 mAh
Battery life (CIPA standard)	260 shots
Cables included	AC, AV, USB
Bundled software	PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.1 HD Lite Edition / QuickTime / Adobe Reader / Super LoiLoScope
Fastest camera shutter speed	1/4000 s
Slowest camera shutter speed	60 s