Panasonic DMC-TZ5 Operating Guide

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 ISO sensitivity is high, or shutter speed is low.

  (Default SENSITIVITY setting is ‘AUTO’ – interference may appear with indoor 

pictures.)

  →  Lower ‘SENSITIVITY’ (P.57).

  →  Set ‘COLOR MODE’ to ‘NATURAL’ (P.62)

  →  Take pictures in brighter locations.

 Camera set to ‘HIGH SENS.’ or ‘HI-SPEED BURST’ scene modes. 

  (Picture becomes slightly coarser in response to high sensitivity)
Brightness or colouring of recorded picture different from real life.

 Taking pictures under fluorescent lighting may require a faster shutter speed and 

result in slightly changed brightness or colouring, but this is not a fault.

 This is a characteristic of CCD and may appear if subject contains 

brighter areas. Some blurring may occur around these areas, but this is 

not a fault. This will be recorded in motion pictures, but not in still pictures.

 We recommend keeping the screen away from strong light sources such 

as sunlight when taking pictures.

 Using MultiMediaCard (not compatible with motion picture recording).

 We recommend using a card of at least 10 MB/s (as marked on its packaging, etc.).

 With some cards, access display may appear briefly after recording, and recording 

may end midway.

 LCD monitor may dim if continuing motion picture recording for long periods.

 Camera set to ‘AUTO LCD OFF’ (P.24).

  (LCD monitor shuts off during flash recharging)

 After recording, monitor shuts off until next picture can be recorded.

 Aperture value is set while shutter button is pressed halfway.

  (Does not affect recorded picture.)
Monitor flickers indoors.

 Monitor may flicker after turning on (prevents influence from fluorescent lighting).

 Adjust ‘MONITOR’ setting (P.22).

 Camera set to ‘LCD MODE’ (P.22).

 This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures, so there is no need to worry.

 Current date, ‘TRAVEL DATE’ (P.53), and ages in ‘BABY’ and ‘PET’ (P.48) scene 

modes are only displayed for approx. 5 sec. after start-up, setting changes, or mode 

changes. They cannot be always displayed.

 Flash set to ‘FORCED FLASH OFF  ’ (P.38).

 When set to ‘AUTO 

’, flash may not be emitted in certain conditions.

 Flash cannot be emitted in 

 (MOTION PICTURE mode), or the ‘SCENERY’, 

‘NIGHT SCENERY’, ‘SUNSET’, ‘HI-SPEED BURST’, ‘FIREWORKS’, ‘STARRY SKY’, 

and ‘AERIAL PHOTO’ scene modes, or when using ‘AUTO BRACKET’ or ‘BURST’.

 Red-eye reduction is active (P.38).

  (Flashes twice to prevent eyes appearing red.)

 ‘ROTATE DISP.’ is set to ‘ON’.

  (Automatically rotates pictures from portrait to landscape. Some pictures taken facing 

up or facing down may be interpreted as being portrait.)

  →  Set ‘ROTATE DISP.’ to ‘OFF’. You can also rotate display manually using ‘ROTATE’ 

(P.76).

 REC/PLAY switch is not set to 

 (play).

 No pictures in built-in memory or card (pictures played from card if inserted, from built-

in memory if not).

 Camera set to ‘CATEGORY PLAY’ or ‘FAVORITE PLAY’.

  →  Set playback mode to ‘NORMAL PLAY’ (P.69).
Folder/file number displayed as ‘-’. Picture is black.

 Picture edited on computer or taken on different device.

 Battery removed immediately after picture taken, or picture taken with low battery.

  →  Use ‘FORMAT’ to delete (P.27).
Incorrect date displayed in calendar playback.

 Picture edited on computer or taken on different device.

 ‘CLOCK SET’ is incorrect (P.19).

  (Incorrect date may be displayed in calendar playback on pictures copied to computer 

and then back to camera, if computer and camera dates differ.)

 This is called moire. This is not a malfunction.

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