Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs50 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Recording motion picturesSQW0195
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 ●If the surrounding temperature is high, or a motion picture is recorded 
continuously, [  ] is displayed and recording may be stopped halfway through 
to protect the camera.
 ●When using zoom while recording motion pictures, it may take some time to focus. ●Depending on the environment when recording motion pictures, the screen may 
turn black for an instant or noise may be recorded because of static electricity , 
electromagnetic waves, etc. 
 ●The...

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Recording motion picturesSQW0195
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Taking still pictures while a motion picture is being recorded
Still pictures can be recorded even while a motion picture is being recorded.
Press the shutter button fully during the motion picture 
recording
Still pictures can be taken while a motion picture is being recorded.
[Still Picture Size]  (→156)Maximum number of pictures
9M 10 pictures
6M
2M
 • The clicking sound made when the shutter button is operated may be recorded. • When still pictures are...

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Viewing your pictures
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When a card is in the camera, pictures are played back from the card. Without a card, 
pictures are played back from the built-in memory.
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
 • When you press and hold  , the pictures are displayed one after another.
View pictures
Picture number/Total pictures...

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Viewing your picturesSQW0195
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Zooming in and viewing “Playback Zoom”
Move the zoom lever toward T side
Current zoom position
 • Each time you move the zoom lever toward the T  side, the magnification 
increases through four levels: 2x, 4x, 8x, and 16x.  
(The picture quality displayed becomes successively lower.)
 • To reduce zoom → Move the zoom lever toward W side. • Move zoom position → Press    .
 ●Playback zoom cannot be used during motion picture playback, automatic scrolling 
playback...

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Viewing your picturesSQW0195
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Viewing a list of pictures “Multi Playback”
Move the zoom lever toward W side
Picture no./Total no.
Motion picturesPanorama pictures
 • Move the zoom lever toward the W side and you can switch the display methods in the following order: 1-picture screen (full-screen) → 12-picture screen → 
30-picture screen → Calendar screen. (Move the lever to the T
 side to return.)
 • When you select a picture using the cursor button and press [MENU/SET] on the 12-picture or...

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Viewing your picturesSQW0195
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Searching and viewing pictures by their recording date [Calendar]
Move the zoom lever toward W side several times
Use     to select recording date and press [MENU/SET]
 • Pictures are displayed in Multi Playback (30-picture screen). The cursor will appear on the first picture taken on the selected date.
 • You can also select the date with the control dial.
 ●Only months when pictures were taken are shown on the calendar screen. Pictures 
taken without clock...

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Viewing motion pictures
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This unit was designed to play motion pictures using the AVCHD, MP4 and QuickTime 
Motion JPEG formats.
Select a picture with the motion picture icon, and press 
Playback now starts.
Motion picture recording timeExample: After 29 minutes and 30 seconds: [29m30s]
 • After playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed on the screen.
Motion picture icon (differs by [Rec Format] and [Rec Quality])
 ■Operations during motion picture playback
: Pause/play:...

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Viewing motion picturesSQW0195
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Capturing still pictures from motion pictures
Save a scene from a motion picture as a still picture.
Display the picture that you want to capture as a still picture 
by pausing a motion picture during playback
Press [MENU/SET]
 • A confirmation screen is displayed.   Select [Y es] and press [MENU/SET] to save the 
picture.
 • Still pictures are saved with [Aspect Ratio] setting of [16:9] and [Picture Size] at  2M *
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 In the following cases, saved pictures...

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Deleting pictures
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Pictures will be deleted from the card if the card is inserted, or from the built-in memory if 
the card is not inserted. (Deleted pictures cannot be recovered.)
However, pictures will not be deleted in the following cases:
 • Protected pictures  • Card switch is in “LOCK” position. • Pictures that are not based on the DCF standard (→53)
Press [  ] button to delete displayed picture
 • A confirmation screen is displayed. Select [Yes] and press [MENU/SET]. 
 ●Do not...

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Deleting picturesSQW0195
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To delete multiple (up to 100)/To delete all pictures
A picture group  (→160) is handled as 1 picture. (All the pictures in the selected picture group 
are deleted.)
Press [  ] button while viewing a pic ture 
Use   to select [Delete Multi]/[Delete All] and press 
[MENU/SET]
 • Items can also be selected by turning the control dial.
 ●[Delete Multi]
Use     to select picture and press [DISP.] button
 Picture selected
 • To cancel → Press [DISP.] button again. • To...