Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs40 Owners Manual

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  ■Recording modes[Intelligent Auto] Mode
Take pictures with automatic settings.
You can switch to the [Intelligent Auto Plus] Mode on the menu to adjust the 
brightness and color settings to your liking.
[Program AE] Mode
Take pictures with automatic shutter speed and aperture value settings.
[Aperture-Priority] Mode
Determine aperture, then record pictures.
[Shutter-Priority] Mode
Determine shutter speed, then record pictures.
[Manual Exposure] Mode
Determine aperture and shutter...

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Taking pictures with automatic settings  [Intelligent Auto] Mode
  ■Zoom types
You can adjust the area of a picture to be taken using zoom.
Capture a wider area
(wide-angle)
Enlarge the subject
(telephoto)
  •Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 30x is possible if pictures without [ 
 ] have been selected 
by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu.
  •Extended optical zoom
Zooming in up to 71.7x is possible when pictures with [ 
 ] have been 
selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu....

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Recording motion pictures
You can record motion pictures with audio (stereo).
  • You can record motion pictures fitting each Recording Mode.
  • Motion pictures cannot be recorded in the built-in memory.
Press the motion picture button () to 
start recording
  ●Do not block the microphones () when recording 
motion pictures.
  ●You can also use zoom while recording motion 
pictures.
  • The zoom speed will be slower than normal.
  • The operating sounds of the zoom lever or 
control...

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Recording motion pictures
  ■About the recording format for recording motion pictures
This unit can record motion pictures in either AVCHD or MP4 formats.
The recording format for motion pictures can be changed in [Rec Format] of 
the [Motion Picture] menu.
  ■About the recording quality setting
The recording quality for motion pictures can be changed in [Rec Quality] of 
the [Motion Picture] menu.
[AVCHD] in [Rec Format]∗ AVCHD  Progressive
Item Picture size fps Bit rate
[FHD/60p]/...

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Using the control ring/control dial
You can use the control ring/control dial to perform frequently used operations 
and settings directly.
Control ring
Control dial
Items that can be set by the control ring/control dial vary depending on recording 
modes. Following are the pre-assigned settings.
Recording modeSetting
Control ring∗1Control dial
Step Zoom (→22)
Program Shift
Aperture adjustment
Shutter speed adjustment
Aperture adjustment
Shutter speed adjustment∗2
Picture effects...

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Using the control ring/control dial
  ■To change the settings assigned to the control ring/control dial
Changes the settings assigned to the control ring/control dial.
  Press [MENU/SET]  Press     to select [Setup] menu and press [MENU/SET]  Press   to select [Ring/Dial Set] and press [MENU/SET]  Press   to select [  ] (control ring) or [  ] (control dial), and then press 
[MENU/SET]
  Press   to select the setting and press [MENU/SET]
The following settings can be assigned
  •...

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Registering preferred functions to the [Fn] button
Taking pictures with the composition determined 
[Composition Guide]
It is set to [Composition Guide] at the time of purchase.
Press [MENU/SET]
Press     to select [Setup] menu and press [MENU/SET]
Press   to select [Fn Button Set] and press [MENU/SET]
Press   to select the function to register and press 
[MENU/SET]
Press [Fn] button
  • If the setting of the [Fn] button has been changed, select [Composition 
Guide] in the [Setup]...

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Viewing your pictures
Press the Playback button ()
  • By holding down the Playback button while 
the camera is off, you can turn the camera 
on in Playback Mode.
Press   or turn the control dial to select the picture to be 
displayed
Folder/File numberPicture number/
Total pictures
Location name information 
and latitude & longitude 
information are provided
  • To play back a motion picture, select a picture with the motion picture 
icon, and press
 .
Deleting pictures
Deleted...

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What you can do with the Wi-Fi® function
  ■Using a smartphone/tablet as a camera remote control
By installing the “Panasonic Image App” on your smartphone/tablet, you can 
operate the camera remotely and use the smartphone/tablet to record and 
play back. In addition, you can copy pictures in the camera to the smartphone/
tablet.
  • For information on installing “Panasonic Image App” and basic operations 
on the smartphone/tablet, refer to “Wi-Fi
® Quick Guide”.
  ■Sending pictures...

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What you can do with the Wi-Fi® function
  ■Using WEB services
Through LUMIX CLUB, you can send still pictures and motion pictures to 
social networking services, etc. To upload recorded pictures to a social 
networking service right away, we recommend that you first send the pictures 
to your smartphone/tablet and then upload them from your smartphone/tablet.
Wireless access pointLUMIX CLUBWEB services
Cloud synchronization 
services
  ■LUMIX CLUB
If you register this unit to the...