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FZ20-PP.book 1 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分
Operating Instructions
Digital Camera
Model No.DMC-FZ20PP
Before use, please read these
instructions completely.
For USA assistance , please call: 1-800-272-7033 or send e-mail to : digitalstillcam@panasonic.com
For Canadian assistance, please call: 1-800-561-5505 or visit us at www.panasonic.ca
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FZ20-PP.book 2 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Before Use Before Use Carefully observe copyright laws. Dear Customer, Recording of pre-recorded tapes or We would like to take this opportunity to disks or other published or broadcast thank you for purchasing this Panasonic material for purposes other than your Digital Camera. Please read these own private use may infringe copyright Operating Instructions carefully and keep laws. Even for the purpose of private them handy for future reference.
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FZ20-PP.book 3 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Before Use FCC Note: (U.S. only) Trade Name: Panasonic This equipment has been tested and Model No.: DMC-FZ20 found to comply with the limits for a Responsible party: Matsushita Electric Class B digital device, pursuant to Part Corporation of 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are America designed to provide reasonable One Panasonic protection against harmful interference Way, Secaucus, NJ in a residential installation. This 07094 equipment gen
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FZ20-PP.book 4 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Before Use ∫ Care for the camera Do not press the lens strongly. Do not shake or cause impact to the Leaving the camera with the lens facing camera. The camera may not be the sun may cause a malfunction. Be operated normally or recording of pictures careful when you put the camera outside may be disabled, or the lens may be or near a window. damaged. ∫ About Condensation • Sand or dust may cause a malfunction Condensation takes place when the
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M S A FZ20-PP.book 5 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Before Use About These Operating Instructions Please note that the description on this page is a sample and all pages are not described in this manner. Modes indicated here allow you to use the functions or settings described on this page. Set the Mode dial to any of the modes to use the functions or settings. Compensating the Exposure SCN1 SCN2 EV is an abbreviation of Exposure Value, Use this function when you cannot achieve and it is t
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FZ20-PP.book 6 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Contents Before Use Recording pictures (advanced) Information for Your Safety....................... 2 Using the Mode Dial ............................... 51 About These Operating Instructions .........5 Aperture-priority AE ......................... 51 Shutter-priority AE ............................ 52 Manual exposure .............................. 53 Preparation Macro mode...................................... 56 Motion image mode ..........
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FZ20-PP.book 7 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Playback (advanced) Others Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion Using the MC Protector/ND Filter .........104 Images ................................................83 Using the Remote Shutter ....................105 Using the [PLAY] mode menu ................84 Screen Display......................................106 Rotating the Picture [ROTATE]......... 84 Cautions for Use ...................................108 Setting the Picture to be Printed
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FZ20-PP.book 8 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Preparation Standard Accessories Before using your camera, check the contents. ∫ SD Memory Card (16 MB) ∫ AV Cable RP-SD016B K1HA08CD0002 (In the text, it is indicated as “Card”) ∫ USB Connection Cable ∫ Battery Pack K1HA08CD0001 CGA-S002A (In the text, it is indicated as “Battery”) ∫ CD-ROM ∫ Battery Charger DE-993B (In the text, it is indicated as “Charger”) 8
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FZ20-PP.book 9 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation ∫ Lens Cap VYK0W96 ∫ Strap VFC4078 ∫ Lens Hood VYQ3234 ∫ Lens Hood Adaptor VYQ3213 (Black) VYQ3226 (Silver) 9
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FZ20-PP.book 10 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Names of the Components 1Lens 12 34 2 Flash (P39) 3 Microphone (P57, 71) 4 Self-timer Indicator (P42) AF Assist Lamp (P74) 5 Diopter Adjustment Dial (P29) 6 Viewfinder (P28, 106) 56 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 [EVF/LCD] Button (P28) 8 Flash Open Button (P39) 9 [DISPLAY] Button (P28) 10 [EXPOSURE] Button (P35, 51, 52, 53) 11 Power Indicator (P32) 12 Camera Switch (P12) 13 LCD Monitor (P28, 106) 14 [MENU] Button (P24) 15 Delete Button (P49) 16 Cursor bu
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SC2 SC1 FZ20-PP.book 11 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation 18 MF Ring (P65) 19 Zoom Lever (P38, 74) 18 20 Hot Shoe (P81) 21 Mode Dial (P31) 19 22 Shutter Button (P32) 23 Single/Burst Mode Button (P45, 82) 20 21 22 23 24 Focus Switch (P62, 65) 24 25 Strap Eyelet (P19) 26 [REMOTE] Socket (P105) 27 [AV OUT/DIGITAL] Socket 25 (P95, 98, 100) 28 [DC IN] Socket (P98, 100) Please be sure to use genuine 26 Panasonic AC adaptor (DMW-CAC1; 27 optional). 28 29 Terminal Door 29 30 Card/Battery Door
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M S M S A P A FZ20-PP.book 12 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Quick Guide This is the overview of the procedure to 3 Turn the camera on to take record pictures with this camera. For each pictures. operation, be sure to refer to the Set the clock. (P22) corresponding pages. 1 Charge the battery. (P13) When the camera is shipped, the battery is not charged. Charge the battery before use. OPEN OFF ON 1 Set the mode dial to [ ]. 2 Open the flash. 2 Insert the battery and the card
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FZ20-PP.book 13 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Charging the Battery with the Charger When the camera is shipped, the battery is not charged. Charge the battery before After charging is completed, be sure to use. disconnect the charger from the electrical outlet. 1 Attach the battery to the charger. The battery becomes warm after use/ charge or during charge. The camera also becomes warm during use. However, it is not a malfunction. Use the dedicated charger and battery. Ch
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FZ20-PP.book 14 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation About the Battery ∫ Battery indication Playback time when using the LCD monitor The remaining battery power appears on the screen. [It does not appear when you Playback time Approx. 240 min. use the camera along with the AC adaptor The number of recordable pictures and (DMW-CAC1; optional).] playback time will vary depending on the > > > operating conditions and storing condition of the battery. The indication turns red and blinks: Re
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FZ20-PP.book 15 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Inserting/Removing the Battery Check that the camera is turned off and 3 1 Close the card/battery door. that the lens is retracted. 2 Slide the card/battery door to Close the flash. the end and then close it firmly. 1 Slide the card/battery door to open it. Please be sure to use genuine Panasonic’s batteries (CGA-S002A). If you will not be using the camera for a 2 Insert: long time, remove the battery. Insert the charged batte
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FZ20-PP.book 16 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Inserting/Removing the Card Check that the camera is turned off and Check the direction of the card. that the lens is retracted. Do not touch the connection terminals Close the flash. on the back side of the card. The card may be damaged if it is not 1 Slide the card/battery door to fully inserted. open it. 3 1 Close the card/battery door. 2 Slide the card/battery door to the end and then close it firmly. The card and the d
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FZ20-PP.book 17 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation About the Card ∫ Access to the card ∫ SD Memory Card (supplied) and While the card is being accessed MultiMediaCard (optional) (Recognizing/Recording/Reading/ The SD Memory Card and MultiMediaCard Deleting), the card access indication 1 are small, lightweight, removable external lights. memory cards. The reading/writing speed of an SD Memory Card is fast. The SD 2560 Memory Card is equipped with a 19 Write-Protect switch A that can inh
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FZ20-PP.book 18 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Approximate number of recordable pictures and the size Picture size 2560k1920 2048k1536 1600k1200 Quality 16 MB 0 5 11 1 9 17 2 14 28 32 MB 1 12 24 3 19 37 4 31 59 64 MB 3 25 49 6 39 75 10 63 121 128 MB 8 51 100 12 79 153 20 128 244 256 MB 15 102 200 24 157 306 40 255 487 512 MB 32 205 403 50 317 616 81 515 982 1 GB 61 395 775 96 610 1185 157 991 1889 Picture size 1280k960 640k480 1920k1080 (HDTV) Quality 16 MB 3 22 41 13 69 113 2 13 25 32
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FZ20-PP.book 19 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap ∫ Lens Cap ∫ Strap 1 Attach the lens cap. 1 Pass the strap through the hole at the Strap Eyelet. 2 Pass the strap through the stopper and fasten the strap. A: Pull the strap 2 cm or more. Attach the strap to the other side of the camera being careful not to twist it. Check that the strap is firmly attached to the camera. Attach the strap so that you can see “LUMIX” logo. When you turn the camera of
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FZ20-PP.book 20 ページ ２００４年７月６日 火曜日 午後２時６分 Preparation Attaching the Lens Hood In bright sunlight or backlight, the lens hood 2 Attach the lens hood. will minimize lens flare and ghosting. The 1 Place the camera upside down. lens hood cuts off excess lighting and 2 Catch the hook on the lens improves the picture quality. hood adaptor. Check that the camera is turned off and 3 Push the lens hood. that the lens is retracted. 4 Align the marks as illustrated. Close the flash. 5 Tighten the
