Panasonic DMC-FZ7 User Manual

Advanced

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• The brightness of the pictures displayed 

on the LCD monitor is adjusted when 
Power LCD mode or High angle mode is 
activated. Therefore, some subjects may 
look different on the LCD monitor. 
However, this does not affect the recorded 
pictures.

• The LCD monitor automatically returns to 

normal brightness after 30 seconds when 
recording in Power LCD mode. Press any 
button to make the LCD monitor bright 
again.

• You may not notice the High angle mode 

effect if the LCD monitor is difficult to see 
because of light from the sun etc. shining 
on it. In this case, we recommend using 
your hand or another object to block the 
light when using the camera.

• High angle mode is not activated in the 

following cases.
– In simple mode [

]

– In playback mode
– While the menu screen is displayed
– While the review screen is displayed

A To open the flash

Press the [

OPEN] button.

B To close the flash

Press the flash until it clicks.

• Be sure to close the flash when not in use.
• The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF 

[

] while the flash is closed.

∫ Switching to the appropriate flash 

Set the flash to match the recording.

1 [ ] to switch the flash 

• For information about flash settings that 

can be selected, refer to “Available flash 
settings by recording mode”. (P43)

The flash is automatically activated when 
the recording conditions make it necessary.

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The flash is automatically activated when 
the recording conditions make it necessary.
It is activated once before the actual 
recording to reduce the red-eye 
phenomenon (eyes of the subject 
appearing red in the picture) and then 
activated again for the actual recording.

OPEN