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DMC-FH7 Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read the instructions completely. Owner's Manual for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. VQT3P97
DMC-FH7 Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read the instructions completely. Owner's Manual for advanced features Digital Camera Model No. VQT3P97
DMCFH7 User Guide
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...Set 18 • Changing the Clock Setting 19 Tips for taking good pictures 20 • Fit the strap and hold the camera carefully 20 • Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......20 Basic Selecting the [Rec] Mode 21 Taking pictures using the automatic function (Intelligent Auto Mode 22 •...Pictures with the Zoom 45 • Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extended Optical zoom (EZ)/Using the Intelligent zoom/ Using the Digital Zoom 45 • Zooming with touch operation ...........48 Taking pictures while changing the skin texture (Cosmetic Mode 49 Taking pictures that match ...
...Set 18 • Changing the Clock Setting 19 Tips for taking good pictures 20 • Fit the strap and hold the camera carefully 20 • Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......20 Basic Selecting the [Rec] Mode 21 Taking pictures using the automatic function (Intelligent Auto Mode 22 •...Pictures with the Zoom 45 • Using the Optical Zoom/ Using the Extended Optical zoom (EZ)/Using the Intelligent zoom/ Using the Digital Zoom 45 • Zooming with touch operation ...........48 Taking pictures while changing the skin texture (Cosmetic Mode 49 Taking pictures that match ...
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Before Use Names of the Components 1 Self-timer indicator (P71) AF Assist Lamp (P84) 2 Flash (P68) 3 Lens (P4, 121) 12 3 4 Touch panel/LCD monitor (P8, 42, 117) 4 5 Strap eyelet 5 • Be sure to attach the strap when using the camera to ensure that you will not 6 drop it. 6 Lens barrel 7 [AV OUT/DIGITAL] socket (P106, 110, 7 115) - 6 -
Before Use Names of the Components 1 Self-timer indicator (P71) AF Assist Lamp (P84) 2 Flash (P68) 3 Lens (P4, 121) 12 3 4 Touch panel/LCD monitor (P8, 42, 117) 4 5 Strap eyelet 5 • Be sure to attach the strap when using the camera to ensure that you will not 6 drop it. 6 Lens barrel 7 [AV OUT/DIGITAL] socket (P106, 110, 7 115) - 6 -
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...; D Align the marks and insert. • Ensure that the card/battery door is closed . • Also read the operating instructions for this camera are not necessary, then remove them from the interior. 4 Close the card/battery door. • Ensure that only the AC adaptor and DC coupler...use the AC cable supplied with the designated Panasonic DC Coupler (optional). The AC adaptor (optional) cannot be attached when the DC coupler is connected. • Make sure to unplug the AC adaptor when you open the coupler cover from the digital camera. Using any other equipment may cause damage....
...; D Align the marks and insert. • Ensure that the card/battery door is closed . • Also read the operating instructions for this camera are not necessary, then remove them from the interior. 4 Close the card/battery door. • Ensure that only the AC adaptor and DC coupler...use the AC cable supplied with the designated Panasonic DC Coupler (optional). The AC adaptor (optional) cannot be attached when the DC coupler is connected. • Make sure to unplug the AC adaptor when you open the coupler cover from the digital camera. Using any other equipment may cause damage....
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... adaptor is not a malfunction. • Following functions operate automatically in the Motion Picture Mode. - [ ] in [AF Mode]/[Stabilizer] • [Digital Zoom] or [AF Assist Lamp] cannot be recorded when button or other operations are played back on the type of the picture and sound may... the card access indication may not decrease regularly. • Depending on other [Rec] mode are used. • When motion pictures recorded with the camera are performed during motion picture recording. - 30 - Note • Use a card with SD Speed Class with "Class 6" or higher when recording ...
... adaptor is not a malfunction. • Following functions operate automatically in the Motion Picture Mode. - [ ] in [AF Mode]/[Stabilizer] • [Digital Zoom] or [AF Assist Lamp] cannot be recorded when button or other operations are played back on the type of the picture and sound may... the card access indication may not decrease regularly. • Depending on other [Rec] mode are used. • When motion pictures recorded with the camera are performed during motion picture recording. - 30 - Note • Use a card with SD Speed Class with "Class 6" or higher when recording ...
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.... White: Displayed when more than one face is rapid movement - When the face is not a human being - When the subject is not facing the camera - When Digital Zoom is in the AF area on the screen - Recording [AF Mode] For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to a specified subject.... The focus and exposure can be adjusted to P34. The camera focuses on the subject in . (max. 15 areas) Focus can then be selected. ∫ Applicable ...
.... White: Displayed when more than one face is rapid movement - When the face is not a human being - When the subject is not facing the camera - When Digital Zoom is in the AF area on the screen - Recording [AF Mode] For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to a specified subject.... The focus and exposure can be adjusted to P34. The camera focuses on the subject in . (max. 15 areas) Focus can then be selected. ∫ Applicable ...
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..., the resolution of the periphery of a subject, e.g. Therefore, if the distance between the camera and the subject is changed after focusing on it. • When you to take a picture with the Digital Zoom up pictures of the picture may decrease slightly. Recording [Macro Mode] For details on ... This is beyond the focus range of a subject as close range. • If the distance between the camera and the subject is far, it may not be used when [ ] in blue. (digital zoom range) • Macro Zoom Mode cannot be properly focused even if the focus indication lights. •...
..., the resolution of the periphery of a subject, e.g. Therefore, if the distance between the camera and the subject is changed after focusing on it. • When you to take a picture with the Digital Zoom up pictures of the picture may decrease slightly. Recording [Macro Mode] For details on ... This is beyond the focus range of a subject as close range. • If the distance between the camera and the subject is far, it may not be used when [ ] in blue. (digital zoom range) • Macro Zoom Mode cannot be properly focused even if the focus indication lights. •...
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...: [ON]/[OFF] Note • The effective range of animals in Scene Mode. [Red-Eye Removal] For details on the icon when it is used. The camera automatically detects red-eye and corrects the picture. ∫ Applicable modes: · ¿ ∫ Settings: [ON]/[OFF] Note • Only available when... P34. AF assist lamp will become more difficult to focus on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34. Red-Eye Reduction is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is performed whenever the flash is set the [AF Assist Lamp] to [OFF]. Recording [AF Assist Lamp] For details on ...
...: [ON]/[OFF] Note • The effective range of animals in Scene Mode. [Red-Eye Removal] For details on the icon when it is used. The camera automatically detects red-eye and corrects the picture. ∫ Applicable modes: · ¿ ∫ Settings: [ON]/[OFF] Note • Only available when... P34. AF assist lamp will become more difficult to focus on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34. Red-Eye Reduction is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is performed whenever the flash is set the [AF Assist Lamp] to [OFF]. Recording [AF Assist Lamp] For details on ...
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...following a moving subject. - When the shutter speed becomes slower to take a picture with [Date Stamp] set to [OFF], it is detected, and the camera automatically compensates the jitter, enabling jitter-free images to be taken. ∫ Applicable modes: · ¿ ∫ Settings: [ON]/[OFF] Note ... Note • Refer to P18 for pictures recorded with a printer, the date will be printed on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34. In Digital Zoom range. - When the zoom magnification is fixed to [OFF] in [Starry Sky] in the following cases. - Be careful of jitter. - In...
...following a moving subject. - When the shutter speed becomes slower to take a picture with [Date Stamp] set to [OFF], it is detected, and the camera automatically compensates the jitter, enabling jitter-free images to be taken. ∫ Applicable modes: · ¿ ∫ Settings: [ON]/[OFF] Note ... Note • Refer to P18 for pictures recorded with a printer, the date will be printed on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34. In Digital Zoom range. - When the zoom magnification is fixed to [OFF] in [Starry Sky] in the following cases. - Be careful of jitter. - In...
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...8226; When a card containing a folder with the same folder number has been inserted (Such as when pictures were taken using another maker of camera) • When there is a picture with file number 999 inside the folder ∫ Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely • Proceed...Removable Disk]) is displayed in [My Computer] For Mac: A drive ([LUMIX], [NO_NAME] or [Untitled]) is not displayed on the LCD monitor of the digital camera before removing the hardware. ∫ Connection in the PTP Mode (WindowsR XP, Windows VistaR, WindowsR 7 and Mac OS X only) Select [PictBridge(PTP)] ...
...8226; When a card containing a folder with the same folder number has been inserted (Such as when pictures were taken using another maker of camera) • When there is a picture with file number 999 inside the folder ∫ Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely • Proceed...Removable Disk]) is displayed in [My Computer] For Mac: A drive ([LUMIX], [NO_NAME] or [Untitled]) is not displayed on the LCD monitor of the digital camera before removing the hardware. ∫ Connection in the PTP Mode (WindowsR XP, Windows VistaR, WindowsR 7 and Mac OS X only) Select [PictBridge(PTP)] ...
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...) 35 3433 32 31 30 Date Stamp (P85) 31 Self-timer Mode (P71) 32 W T 1X : Zoom/Extended Optical Zoom (P45)/ Intelligent Zoom (P45)/Digital Zoom (P45, 81) 33 Current date and time/": Travel destination setting¢3 (P66) 34 Age¢4 (P57) Location¢3 (P64) 35 Touch AF/AE... 39 Recording state ¢2 "h" is an abbreviation for hour, "m" for minute and "s" for second. ¢3 This is displayed for about 5 seconds when the camera is turned on, after setting the clock and after switching from Playback Mode to Recording Mode. ¢4 This is displayed for about 5 seconds when this...
...) 35 3433 32 31 30 Date Stamp (P85) 31 Self-timer Mode (P71) 32 W T 1X : Zoom/Extended Optical Zoom (P45)/ Intelligent Zoom (P45)/Digital Zoom (P45, 81) 33 Current date and time/": Travel destination setting¢3 (P66) 34 Age¢4 (P57) Location¢3 (P64) 35 Touch AF/AE... 39 Recording state ¢2 "h" is an abbreviation for hour, "m" for minute and "s" for second. ¢3 This is displayed for about 5 seconds when the camera is turned on, after setting the clock and after switching from Playback Mode to Recording Mode. ¢4 This is displayed for about 5 seconds when this...
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.... • Is this a non-standard picture, a picture which has been edited using a PC or a picture which was taken by another maker of digital cameras? • Did you remove the battery immediately after picture-taking or did you take the picture using a PC or pictures taken by this a folder or..." software in the CD-ROM (supplied) to write pictures from the actual dates on which the pictures were taken. • Is the clock in the camera set properly? (P18) • When pictures edited using a battery with a low remaining charge? > Format the data to [Playback] Mode? (P28) • Is ...
.... • Is this a non-standard picture, a picture which has been edited using a PC or a picture which was taken by another maker of digital cameras? • Did you remove the battery immediately after picture-taking or did you take the picture using a PC or pictures taken by this a folder or..." software in the CD-ROM (supplied) to write pictures from the actual dates on which the pictures were taken. • Is the clock in the camera set properly? (P18) • When pictures edited using a battery with a low remaining charge? > Format the data to [Playback] Mode? (P28) • Is ...
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... picture recording. A characteristic of this is recommend to play back on another brand of camera. • Sound from motion pictures recorded by this model cannot be played back by the Digital Red-Eye Correction function. > It is that the number of the recorded image has ...P84) [Thumbnail is displayed] appears on the screen. • Is it a picture that red part may be corrected to black by older models of Panasonic digital cameras (LUMIX) launched before July 2008. - 131 - This is not a malfunction. This is not a malfunction. Red part of round spots and their position...
... picture recording. A characteristic of this is recommend to play back on another brand of camera. • Sound from motion pictures recorded by this model cannot be played back by the Digital Red-Eye Correction function. > It is that the number of the recorded image has ...P84) [Thumbnail is displayed] appears on the screen. • Is it a picture that red part may be corrected to black by older models of Panasonic digital cameras (LUMIX) launched before July 2008. - 131 - This is not a malfunction. This is not a malfunction. Red part of round spots and their position...
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... borders get colored, depending on the zoom magnification, due to the characteristics of the camera. - 134 - Zooming stops instantaneously. • When using the zoom, they may be recorded in the memory. This is 3k digital zoom. A different thing gets selected from the ones used numbers. • If the... battery was inserted or removed without first turning the camera's power off, the folder and file numbers for the pictures taken will...
... borders get colored, depending on the zoom magnification, due to the characteristics of the camera. - 134 - Zooming stops instantaneously. • When using the zoom, they may be recorded in the memory. This is 3k digital zoom. A different thing gets selected from the ones used numbers. • If the... battery was inserted or removed without first turning the camera's power off, the folder and file numbers for the pictures taken will...