Panasonic DMCTZ20EP Operating Guide

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Use cursor button to select the frame, and then press [MENU/SET].

Notes

 

• The recording pixel level is 2 M (

).

 

• Guide lines cannot be displayed.

 

Tips

 

• For fast moving subjects, align with the AF area and press 

◄ (AF Lock).

(Press 

◄ again to release.)

[AF Lock]

(focus fixed)

AF area

 

• If the zoom is operated after AF Lock is set, the AF Lock setting will be 

cancelled and must be set again.

 

• AF Lock cannot be set if [AF Mode] is set to 

.

 

• Adjust the colouring with “White Balance fine adjustment” (

Notes

• Always use marine case (optional).

 

• Positioning is not possible underwater, because the GPS signals cannot reach 

the camera.

 

 Press the motion picture button to start recording

 Press the motion picture button again to finish recording 

 

• Motion picture recording can also be started or finished by pressing the 

shutter button.

 

• During playback, the movements of a subject that cannot be seen by the 

naked eye can be made recognisable by playing back the motion pictures 

using slow motion.

Notes

 

• High-speed motion pictures cannot be recorded in the built-in memory.

 

• They are recorded in [QVGA] of [Motion JPEG] motion pictures. (up to 2 GB, 

about 7 minutes 20 seconds at one recording.) 

 

• No sound is recorded.

 

• Still pictures cannot be recorded while high-speed motion pictures are being 

recorded.

 

• The settings for the focus, zoom, exposure and White Balance are fixed to the 

settings specified when recording was started.

 

• The Optical Image Stabilizer does not work.

 

• The [AF Mode] is set to 

 (1-area-focusing).

 

• Flickering or horizontal stripes may appear while recording under fluorescent 

lighting.

Pictures are recorded continuously while moving the camera horizontally, and two 
pictures selected automatically are combined to make a single 3D picture. To view 3D 
pictures, a television that supports 3D is required (This unit will playback in 2D). (

 

• Description of recording method is displayed.

 

• A guide is displayed while recording.

 

• Move the camera approximately 10 cm 

(0.33 feet) within approximately 4 seconds 
using the guide.

 

• Record a stationary subject.

 

• Record a picture outdoors or in other bright locations.

 

• Press the shutter button halfway to fix the focus and the exposure, press the shutter 

button fully, and then slide the camera.

 

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3D still pictures cannot be recorded by holding this camera vertically.

 

●

3D still pictures are recorded in MPO format (3D).

 

●

The zoom position is fixed to the W end.

 

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The picture size is fixed to 2M 

.

 

●

ISO Sensitivity is automatically adjusted. However, ISO Sensitivity is increased to 
increase the shutter speed.

 

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Motion pictures cannot be recorded.

 

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When any of the recording conditions as listed below exists, the 3D effect may not be 
available even if a picture is recorded in 3D, or image may be distorted:

 

• When the subject is too dark or its brightness changes

 

• When the subject is moving

 

• When pictures are recorded under water