Panasonic DMCZX3 Guia De Utilização

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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