Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Ts3 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Note
•It may not measure correctly when you measure with this unit upside down.•The bearing measurement value may be affected in locations with weak geomagnetism.•It may not measure accurately if close to the following objects:–Permanent magnets (metals in magnetic necklac es, etc.)/metallic objects (steel desks, 
lockers, etc.)/high-voltage lines or overhead wires/household appliances (TVs, PCs, 
speakers, etc.)
•It may not measure accurately in the following locations:–Inside...

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You can check the altitude of the current location.
•Displaying range is j600 m (–2000 feet) to 9000 m (30000 feet).•There are the following 2 ways to display altitude value:–Sea level altitude (absolute altitude from sea level)–Relative altitude (difference of altitude between two places)The altitude value displayed on this unit employs relative altitude. Displayed relative 
altitude is estimated by a method which  uses the relationship between the altitude and 
atmospheric pressure in...

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This can be used as a rough indication to understand the 
trend of weather change during mountain climbing or 
camping, etc. With the most current atmospheric pressure as 
a reference, it is displayed on the graph within the range of 
j10 hPa
¢ to  _10 hPa¢. (Atmospheric pressure out of range 
cannot be displayed in details)
A Current atmospheric pressure information
B Atmospheric pressure information in 90 minute intervals
C Atmospheric pressure information 24 hours ago
¢ hPa...

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[Rec] Mode: ñ· ¿
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations
For details on the [Setup] menu settings, refer to P44.
If you set the departure date or the travel destination of the vacation in advance, the 
number of days that have passed since the departu re date (which day of the vacation it is) 
is recorded when you take the picture. You can display the number of days that have 
passed when playing back the pictures and stamp it on the recorded pictures with [Text 
Stamp]  (P127).
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The...

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Enter the location.
•For details on how to enter characters, refer to “Entering Text” on P115 .•Exit the menu after it is set.
∫Canceling the travel date
The travel date is automatically canceled if the current date is after the return date. If you 
want to cancel the travel date before the end of the vacation, select [OFF] on the screen 
shown in step 
3. If the [Travel Setup] is set to [OFF], [Location] will be also set to [OFF].
To delete only the [Location] data, select [OFF] on the...

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For details on the [Setup] menu settings, refer to P44.
You can display the local times at the travel  destinations and record them on the pictures 
you take.
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Select [Clock Set] to set the current date and time in advance.  (P27)
Note
•If you cannot find the travel destination in the areas displayed on the screen, set by the time 
difference from the home area.
•The travel destination icon [ “] appears when playing back pictures taken at the travel 
destination.
•When the [Auto Clock...

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Using the [Rec] Mode Menu
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P44.
This allows you to select the aspect ratio of  the pictures to suit printing or the playback 
method.
Applicable modes: 
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Note
•The ends of the recorded pictures may be cut at printing so check before printing.  (P183)
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P44.
Set the number of pixels. The higher the num bers of pixels, the finer the detail of the 
pictures will appear even when they  are...

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When the aspect ratio is [W].
When the aspect ratio is [ ].
Note
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A digital picture is made of numerous dots called pixels. The higher the numbers of pixels, the 
finer the picture will be when it is printed on  a large piece of paper or displayed on a PC 
monitor.
•If you change the aspect ratio, set the picture size again.•The Extended Optical Zoom does not work in the following cases so the picture size for [ ] is 
not displayed.
–In [Motion Deblur] in Intelligent Auto Mode–In Macro...

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For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P44.
Set the compression rate at which the pictures are to be stored.
Applicable modes:
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Note
•The setting is fixed to [ ›] in [Transform], [Handheld Night Shot], [High Sens.], 
[Hi-Speed Burst] or [Flash Burst] in Scene Mode.
•The following icons are displayed during the 3D recording.
[Quality]
[A ] Fine (when giving priority to the picture quality)
[› ] Standard (when using the standard picture quality and increasing the number of...

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For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P44.
This allows the sensitivity to light (ISO sens itivity) to be set. Setting to a higher number 
enables pictures to be taken even in dark plac es without the resulting pictures coming out 
dark.
Applicable modes: 
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[AUTO]/[]/[100]/[200]/[400]/[800]/[1600]
∫ About [ ] (Intelligent ISO sensitivity control)
The camera 
detects movement of the subject and then automatically sets the optimum ISO 
sensitivity and shutter speed to suit the...