Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZX3 - Table of Contents

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Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................4
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names of the Components .......................7
Preparation
Charging the Battery .................................9
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures ..........12
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery ...............................14
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........16
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................18
• Changing the Clock Setting ..............19
Setting the Menu .....................................20
• Setting menu items ...........................22
• Using the Quick Menu.......................24
About the Setup Menu ............................25
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and
Record Still Picture or Motion Picture .....31
• Taking the still picture .......................33
• Recording the motion picture ............33
Basic
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............34
• Scene Detection................................35
• AF Tracking Function........................36
• [Happy] colour ([COLOR MODE]).....36
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......37
Taking Pictures with Your Favourite
Settings (Normal Picture Mode) ..............38
• Focusing ...........................................39
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the centre
of the composition of the picture you
want to take) .....................................39
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......40
• Direction Detection Function.............40
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................41
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom .....................41
Playing Back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................44
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................45
• Using the Playback Zoom .................46
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode.....46
Deleting Pictures .....................................47
• To delete a single picture ..................47
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures ..............48
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor............................49
Taking Pictures Using the Built-in
Flash........................................................51
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.......................................51
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................56
• [AF MACRO] ....................................56
• [MACRO ZOOM] ..............................57
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........58
Compensating the Exposure...................59
Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket........60
Taking Pictures that Match the Scene
Being Recorded (Scene Mode) ...............61
• Registering scenes in Scene Mode
(My Scene Mode)..............................61
• Selecting the Scene Mode for each
recording (Scene Mode) ...................62
• [PORTRAIT] .....................................63
• [SOFT SKIN] ....................................63
• [TRANSFORM] ................................63
• [SELF PORTRAIT] ...........................64
• [SCENERY] ......................................64
• [PANORAMA ASSIST] .....................65
• [SPORTS] ........................................66
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT] .........................66
• [NIGHT SCENERY]..........................66
• [FOOD].............................................67
• [PARTY] ...........................................67
• [CANDLE LIGHT] .............................67
• [BABY1]/[BABY2] .............................68
• [PET] ................................................69
• [SUNSET].........................................69
• [HIGH SENS.] ..................................69
• [HI-SPEED BURST] .........................70
• [FLASH BURST] ..............................71
• [STARRY SKY] ................................72
• [FIREWORKS] .................................72
• [BEACH] ...........................................73
• [SNOW] ............................................73
• [AERIAL PHOTO].............................73
• [PIN HOLE] ......................................74
• [FILM GRAIN]...................................74
• [HIGH DYNAMIC].............................75
• [PHOTO FRAME].............................75
• [UNDERWATER] .............................76