Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs50 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

Application (Record)
Using the [Rec] menuSQW0195
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Press   to select [Start Shooting] and press [MENU/SET]
Press the shutter button fully
 • The recording starts automatically. • If the recording interval is set to 40 seconds or more, this camera will turn off automatically while in recording standby. 
The [Time Lapse Shot] recording will 
continue even if the camera is turned off, and the camera is automatically turned 
on at the recording start time. If you want to turn on the camera manually ,...

Application (Record)
Using the [Rec] menuSQW0195
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 • For the setting procedures of the menu.  (→61)
[AF Assist Lamp]
 ■Recording mode: 
Illuminates lamp when dark to facilitate focus alignment.
 ■Settings
[ON]Lamp illuminated with halfway press of shutter button. ([  ] appears.)
[OFF] Lamp is not illuminated. (Taking pictures of animals in the dark, etc.)
 ●The AF Assist Lamp has an effective distance of 1.5 m (4.9 feet). • The AF 
Assist Lamp’s effective distance becomes shorter when using the...

Application (Record)
Using the [Rec] menuSQW0195
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 • For the setting procedures of the menu.  (→61)
[Motion Deblur]
 ■Recording mode: 
For details (→38).
[iHandheld Night Shot]
 ■Recording mode: 
For details (→39).
[iHDR]
 ■Recording mode: 
For details (→40).
[Stabilizer]
 ■Recording mode: 
Automatically detects and prevents jitter.
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 ●The setting is fixed to [ON] in [Handheld Night Shot] Scene Mode. ●The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following Scene Modes: 
[Starry...

Application (Record)
Using the [Rec] menuSQW0195
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 • For the setting procedures of the menu.  (→61)
[Date Stamp]
 ■Recording mode: 
Still pictures can be taken with the recording date and time stamped on the still picture.
 ■Settings: [W/O TIME] / [WITH TIME] / [OFF]
 ●Do not request date printing in store or make date printing on printer for still pictures 
with date stamps. (Date printing may be overlapped.)
 ●Date stamps on still pictures cannot be erased. ●The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the...

Application (Record)
Using the [Motion Picture] menu
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You can select the recording mode and picture quality and other settings.
 • For the setting procedures of the menu. (→61)
[Rec Format]
 ■Recording mode: 
Sets the data format of the motion picture that is recorded.
 ■Settings
[AVCHD]This is a data format suitable for playback on high-definition TVs.
[MP4] This data format is suited for playing back motion pictures on a computer and other 
such devices.
 ●For details about recording...

Application (Record)
Using the [Motion Picture] menuSQW0195
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 ■About motion picture icon
[Rec Format]
Picture size
0077007100AAfps
 ●What is bit rate 
Bit rate is the volume of data for a definite period of time, and the quality becomes 
higher when the number gets bigger. This unit uses the “VBR” recording method. 
“VBR” is an abbreviation of “Variable Bit Rate”, and the bit rate (volume of data for 
definite period of time) is changed automatically depending on the subject to record. 
Therefore,...

Application (Record)
Using the [Motion Picture] menuSQW0195
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 • For the setting procedures of the menu.  (→61)
[Continuous AF]
 ■Recording mode: 
Either allow the focus to be constantly adjusted during motion picture recording, or fix the 
focus position at the start of recording.
 ■Settings
[ON]
[OFF]: Fix focus position at the start of motion picture recording.
 ●The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following case: • [Starry Sky] Scene Mode
[Level Shot]
 ■Recording mode: 
Level Shot function...

Application (Record)
Using the [Motion Picture] menuSQW0195
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 • For the setting procedures of the menu.  (→61)
[Wind Cut]
 ■Recording mode: 
Automatically detects wind sounds (wind noise) captured by the microphones and 
suppresses the sound if the wind is blowing too strongly.
 ■Settings
[AUTO]: Wind noise is automatically suppressed depending on volume.
[OFF]
 ●When [Wind Cut] is set to [AUTO], the sound quality may differ from that of normal 
recordings.
 ●The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the...

Application (View)
Changing the picture information display, etc.
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Application (View)
You can disable the display of picture information (file number, etc.) and recording 
information (settings used for recording, etc.) when a picture is played back.
Press [DISP.] button to change display
Has picture information
(recording date and time, etc.) Has recording information
([Flash], [Sensitivity] etc.) No display
 ●You can only turn the display on or off in the following cases: • During...

Application (View)
Viewing the group picture
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You can consecutively play back multiple pictures in a group or play back group pictures 
one by one.
[
  ]:  Group pictures recorded consecutively by setting [Burst] 
to [  ] or [  ] (→103)
[  ]:  Group pictures recorded using [Time Lapse Shot] (→150)
A representative picture (the first picture in a group) is displayed when it is displayed 
together with other still pictures or with motion pictures.
 • You can delete or edit pictures in group...