Panasonic DMC-FZ150 User Manual

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Contents

Care of the camera ...................................5
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names and Functions of Main Parts .........7

Preparation

Attaching the Lens Cap/
Shoulder Strap ........................................12
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................14
Charging the Battery ...............................15

• Charging ...........................................15
• Approximate operating time and

number of recordable pictures ..........17

Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...............................19
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........20

• Approximate number of recordable

pictures and available
recording time ...................................22

Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................23

• Changing the clock setting................24

Selecting the Recording Mode ................25
Tips for taking good pictures ...................27

• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......27

Taking Pictures with Your Favourite
Settings (Programme AE Mode) .............28

• Programme Shift ...............................29

Focusing..................................................30
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............32
Recording Motion Pictures ......................35

• Recording still pictures while

recording motion pictures .................38

Playing Back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................39

• Selecting a picture.............................40
• Displaying Multiple Screens

(Multi Playback) ................................40

• Using the Playback Zoom .................41

Playing Back Motion Pictures..................42

• Creating Still Pictures from

a Motion Picture ................................43

Deleting Pictures .....................................44

• To delete a single picture ..................44
• To delete multiple pictures

(up to 100) or all the pictures ............45

Setting the Menu .....................................46

• Setting menu items ...........................48
• Using the Quick Menu.......................49

About the Setup Menu.............................50

About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ..........62
Using the Zoom .......................................64

• Using the Optical Zoom/

Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom......................64

Taking Pictures using the Flash ..............67

• Switching to the appropriate flash

setting ...............................................67

• Adjust the flash output.......................71

Taking Close-up Pictures ........................72
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........73
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer.........75
Compensating the Exposure ...................76
Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket........77
Taking Pictures Using Burst Mode ..........78
Setting the Light Sensitivity .....................80
Taking Pictures by Specifying
the Aperture/Shutter Speed.....................82

• Aperture-Priority AE ..........................82
• Shutter-Priority AE ............................82
• Manual Exposure Mode ....................83

Taking Pictures with different image
effects (Creative Control Mode) ..............84