Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs50 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Owner’s Manual  
for advanced features
Digital Camera
Model No.DMC-ZS50
Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and 
save this manual for future use.
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www.panasonic.com/register 
(U.S. customers only) 
						

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Preparations
Before use .............................................. 8
Standard Accessories
 ......................... 10
Names and Functions of  
Main Parts
 ............................................ 11Viewfinder (LVF) .......................................... 14
[MENU/SET] button / Cursor button /  
Control dial
 .................................................. 16
Putting on the hand strap ............................ 16
Charging battery .................................. 17Inserting the battery .................................... 18
Charging the battery .................................... 19
Remaining battery
 ....................................... 22
Estimated number of recordable pictures  
and operating time
 ...................................... 22
Inserting and removing the card 
(optional) .............................................. 24
Saving your pictures  
(cards and built-in memory)
 ............... 25Estimated recording capacity  
(number of pictures/recording time) ............ 26
Setting the clock .................................. 28Changing time settings ................................ 29
Basics
Sequence of operations ...................... 30
Using the control ring/control dial
 ..... 33Using Quick menu ....................................... 34
Taking pictures with  
automatic settings   
[Intelligent Auto] Mode
 ........................ 35Using flash .................................................. 35
Automatic Scene Detection ......................... 36
Defocusing the background ........................ 37
[Motion Deblur] ............................................ 38
[iHandheld Night Shot] ................................ 39
[iHDR] ..........................................................

40
AF Tracking
 ................................................. 41
[Intelligent Auto Plus] Mode .........................

42
About [Intelligent Auto] setting items 
 .......... 44
Taking pictures with  
your own settings   
[Program AE] Mode
 ............................. 45Program Shift .............................................. 46
Adjusting focus ................................... 48
Recording motion pictures
 ................. 49Taking still pictures while a motion picture  
is being recorded ......................................... 52
Viewing your pictures ......................... 53Zooming in and viewing  
“Playback Zoom” ......................................... 54
Viewing a list of pictures 
 
“Multi Playback”
 ...........................................

55
Searching and viewing pictures by their 
recording date [Calendar]
 ............................

56
Viewing motion pictures ..................... 57Capturing still pictures from  
motion pictures ............................................ 58
Deleting pictures ................................. 59To delete multiple (up to 100)/ 
To delete all pictures ................................... 60
Setting the menu ................................. 61Menu type ................................................... 62    
						

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Using the [Setup] menu ...................... 63[Clock Set] ................................................... 63
[World  Time] ................................................ 63
[Travel Date] ................................................ 63
[Airplane Mode] ........................................... 63
[Beep] .......................................................... 64
[Cust.Set Mem.] .......................................... 65
[Fn Button Set] ............................................ 65
[Zoom Lever Set] .........................................

65
[Ring/Dial Set]
 ............................................. 65
[Live View Mode] ......................................... 66
[Monitor Display] / [Viewfinder] .................... 66
[Monitor Luminance] ....................................

67
[Eye Sensor]
 ................................................

67
[Composition Guide]
 ....................................

67
[Guide Line]
 ................................................. 67
[Histogram] .................................................. 68
[Video Rec 

Area]
 ......................................... 68
[Remaining Disp.] ........................................ 69
[Lens Resume] ............................................ 69
[MF Assist] ...................................................

69
[Peaking]
 ..................................................... 69
[Economy] ................................................... 70
[Auto Review] .............................................. 71
[Exposure Comp. Reset] ............................. 71
[Self T

imer Auto Off]
 .................................... 71
[No.Reset] ................................................... 72
[Reset] ......................................................... 72
[Reset Wi-Fi Settings] ................................. 72
[USB Mode] ................................................. 73
[TV Connection] .......................................... 73
[Rotate Disp.] .............................................. 74
[Version Disp.] ............................................. 75
[Format] ....................................................... 75
[Language] .................................................. 75
Entering Text ........................................ 76
Application (Record)
Switching the display of recording 
information, etc. ................................... 77
Taking pictures with the 
 
composition determined   
[Composition Guide]
 ........................... 78
Using the level gauge.......................... 80
Using Zoom
 .......................................... 81Zoom types and use .................................... 82
[Step Zoom] ................................................. 84
Taking pictures with flash ................... 86
Taking pictures with  Auto Focus
 ....... 89Taking front-on pictures of people  
(Face Detection) .......................................... 90
Automatically locking the focus on a  
moving subject (AF Tracking)
 ......................

91
Subject not centered in picture  
(23-area-focusing)
 ....................................... 92
Determined position for focus  
(1-area-focusing)
 ......................................... 92
Taking close-up pictures   
(Macro recording) ................................ 94Focus range ................................................ 95
[Macro Zoom] .............................................. 96
Taking pictures with Manual Focus ... 97
Taking pictures by locking   
the focus and/or exposure   
[AF/AE Lock]
 ...................................... 100
Taking pictures with Exposure 
Compensation
 .................................... 101Recording while exposure is changed 
automatically ([Auto Bracket]) ................... 102
Burst function .................................... 103
Taking pictures with self-timer
 ......... 106    
						

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Taking pictures by setting the  
aperture value   
[Aperture-Priority] Mode
 ................... 107
Taking pictures by setting the 

 
shutter speed   
[Shutter-Priority] Mode
 ..................... 108
Taking pictures by setting the 

 
aperture value and shutter speed  
[Manual Exposure] Mode
 .................. 109
Taking Pictures with 

 
different picture effects   
[Creative Control] Mode
 .....................11

1
[Expressive] ............................................... 113
[Retro] ....................................................... 113
[Old Days] ................................................. 113
[High Key] ..................................................

114
[Low Key]
 .................................................. 114
[Sepia] ....................................................... 114
[Dynamic Monochrome] ............................ 115
[Impressive 

Art]
 ......................................... 115
[High Dynamic] .......................................... 115
[Cross Process] ......................................... 116
[T

oy Effect]
 ................................................ 116
[Miniature Ef

fect]
 ....................................... 117
[Soft Focus] ............................................... 118
[Star Filter] .................................................

118
[One Point Color]
 .......................................

119
Recording panorama pictures  
[Panorama Shot] Mode ..................... 120Taking pictures according 
 
to the scene  [Scene Mode]
 .............. 124[Portrait] ..................................................... 125
[Soft Skin] .................................................. 125
[Scenery] ................................................... 125
[Sports] ...................................................... 126
[Night Portrait] ........................................... 126
[Night Scenery] ..........................................

126
[Handheld Night Shot]
 ............................... 127
[HDR] ........................................................ 127
[Food] ........................................................ 127
[Baby] ........................................................ 128
[Pet] ........................................................... 128
[Sunset] ..................................................... 128
[High Sens.] ...............................................

129
[Starry Sky]
 ................................................

129
[Glass Through]
 ......................................... 129
[High Speed Video] ................................... 130
[3D Photo Mode] ....................................... 131
Registering your own settings  
and recording  [Custom] Mode ........ 132[Cust.Set Mem.] ........................................ 132
[Custom] .................................................... 133
Registering preferred functions  
to the function button ....................... 134
Changing the settings assigned to  
the control ring/control dial
 .............. 135
Recording with the  
Face Recognition function   
[Face Recog.]
 ..................................... 136Registering face pictures  .......................... 137
Editing or deleting information about 
registered persons 
 ................................... 138
Useful features for travel .................. 139[Travel Date] .............................................. 139
[World  Time]  ............................................. 140    
						

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Using the [Rec] menu ........................ 141[Aspect Ratio] ............................................ 141
[Picture Size] ............................................. 141
[Quality] ..................................................... 142
[Sensitivity] ................................................ 143
[ISO Limit Set] ........................................... 144
[White Balance] ......................................... 145
[AF Mode] ..................................................

147
[Quick AF]
 ..................................................

147
[Face Recog.]
 ............................................ 147
[AF/AE Lock] ............................................. 147
[Metering Mode] ........................................ 148
[i.Exposure] ............................................... 148
[Min. Shtr Speed] ...................................... 149
[i.Resolution] ............................................. 149
[i.Zoom] ..................................................... 149
[Digital Zoom] ............................................ 149
[Time Lapse Shot] ..................................... 150
[AF Assist Lamp] ....................................... 152
[Red-Eye Removal] ................................... 152
[Motion Deblur] .......................................... 153
[iHandheld Night Shot] .............................. 153
[iHDR] ........................................................

153
[Stabilizer]
 ................................................. 153
[Date Stamp] ............................................. 154
Using the [Motion Picture] menu ..... 155[Rec Format] ............................................. 155
[Rec Quality] .............................................. 155
[Still Picture Size]
 ...................................... 156
[Continuous AF] .........................................

157
[Level Shot]
 ............................................... 157
[Wind Cut] ................................................. 158
[Zoom Mic] ................................................ 158
Application (View)
Changing the picture information 
display, etc. ........................................ 159
Viewing the group picture
 ................ 160
Different playback methods   
[Playback Mode]
 ................................ 163[2D/3D Settings] ........................................ 163
Selecting pictures to play back  
[Filtering Play] .................................... 164Narrowing down by selecting  
picture type ................................................ 165
Narrowing down by selecting pictures 
recorded at a destination
 ...........................

165
Narrowing down by selecting picture  
category or a person in the picture
 ............

166
Narrowing down by selecting  
recording date
 ........................................... 167
Narrowing down by selecting  
favorite pictures
 ......................................... 167
Playing back pictures in order 
automatically  [Slide Show] .............. 168
Searching by recording date  
[Calendar]
 ........................................... 170
Retouching pictures
 .......................... 171[Auto Retouch] .......................................... 171
[Creative Retouch] .................................... 172
Using the [Playback] menu............... 174[Location Logging] ..................................... 174
[Title Edit] .................................................. 176
[Text Stamp] .............................................. 177
[Retouch] ................................................... 178
[Video Divide] ............................................ 179
[Time Lapse V

ideo]
 ................................... 180
[Resize] ..................................................... 181
[Cropping] ..................................................

183
[Favorite]
 ................................................... 184
[Print Set] .................................................. 185
[Protect] ..................................................... 186
[Face Rec Edit] ..........................................

187
[Copy]
 ........................................................ 188    
						

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Wi-Fi/NFC
Wi-Fi® Function and 
NFC Function ..................................... 189[Airplane Mode] ......................................... 191
What you can do with the  
Wi-Fi function ..................................... 192
Operating the camera using a 
smartphone/tablet
 ............................. 193Installing the smartphone/tablet app 
“Panasonic Image App” ............................. 193
Connecting to a smartphone/tablet ........... 194
Connecting to a smartphone/tablet  
using NFC function
 ....................................

201
Taking pictures via a smartphone/tablet 
(remote recording)
 .....................................

203
Playing back pictures in the camera on  
a smartphone/tablet
 .................................. 204
Saving pictures in the camera to the 
smartphone/tablet
 ..................................... 204
Sending pictures in the camera to  
social networking services
 ........................ 207
Adding location information to a picture  
in the camera that is being played back
 .... 208
Adding location information to pictures  
in the camera
 ............................................ 211
Operating the camera to send pictures 

 
to a smartphone or tablet
 .......................... 213
Displaying still pictures on a TV ...... 218
Wireless printing
 ............................... 219 Sending pictures to  
AV equipment
 ..................................... 220
Sending pictures to a PC
 .................. 223
Using WEB services
 .......................... 228When sending images to WEB service ..... 229
When sending images to  
[Cloud Sync. Service]
 ................................ 234
Using “LUMIX CLUB” ........................ 237About the “LUMIX CLUB” .......................... 237
Transferring pictures automatically  
[Smart Transfer] ................................. 242Setting [Smart Transfer] ............................ 244
[Auto T ransfer] ........................................... 245
[Transfer Now]
 ........................................... 246
[Set Destination] ........................................ 247
[Charge Priority] ........................................ 248
[Display Log] ............................................. 248
About connections ............................ 249[Via Network]  
Connecting via a wireless access point .... 250
[Direct]  
Connecting directly
 ....................................

253
Connecting quickly with the same  
settings as used previously 
([History Connection] /  
[Favorite Connection])
 ............................... 254
Settings for sending pictures ..................... 257
[Wi-Fi Setup] menu ............................ 259    
						

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Connecting with other devices
Viewing on TV screen ....................... 261VIERA Link (HDMI) (HDAVI Control™) ..... 263
Viewing 3D still pictures ............................ 265
Storing recorded still pictures and 
motion pictures in the recorder ....... 267Copying by inserting the card into the 
recorder ..................................................... 267
Dubbing playback pictures via A
V cables 
(optional)
 ................................................... 267
Storing recorded still pictures and 
motion pictures on your PC ............. 268About supplied software ............................ 269
Installing supplied software ....................... 270
Downloading SILKYPIX Developer  
Studio SE
 .................................................. 271
Copying still pictures and motion  
pictures
 ......................................................

272
Printing ............................................... 275Printing multiple pictures ........................... 277
Printing with date and text ......................... 277
Making print settings on the camera ......... 278
Others
List of LCD monitor/Viewfinder 
displays .............................................. 279In recording ............................................... 279
In playback ................................................ 282
Message displays .............................. 284
Q&A  T roubleshooting
 ...................... 288
Usage cautions and notes
 ................ 299    
						

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Before use
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 ■Camera handling
Keep the camera away from excessive vibration, force, 
or pressure.
 ●Avoid using the camera under the following conditions, 
which may damage the lens, LCD monitor, viewfinder, or 
camera body.  
This may also cause the camera to malfunction or prevent 
recording.
 • Dropping or hitting the camera against a hard surface • Sitting down with the camera in your pants pocket or forcing it into a full bag
 • Adding accessories to the camera strap • Pushing with excessive force on the lens or LCD monitor
The camera is not dust resistant, splash resistant, or 
waterproof.
Avoid using the camera in places with excessive dust 
or sand, or where water can come into contact with the 
camera.
 ●Avoid using the camera under the following conditions, 
which present a risk that sand, water, or foreign material 
may enter the camera through the lens or openings around 
buttons. Be especially careful because these conditions 
may damage the camera, and such damage may not be 
repairable.
 • In extremely dusty or sandy places • In the rain or by the shore, where the camera may be  exposed to water
 ■Condensation (When the lens, the LCD monitor, or viewfinder, is fogged up) 
 ●Condensation may occur when the camera is exposed to 
sudden changes of temperature or humidity. Avoid these 
conditions, which may make the lens, LCD monitor, or 
viewfinder, dirty, cause mold, or damage the camera. 
 ●If condensation does occur, turn off the camera and wait 
about two hours before using it. Once the camera adjusts 
to the surrounding temperature, the fogging will clear 
naturally.
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 ■Always take a test shot first
Before important events when you will use the camera (at weddings, for example), 
always take a test shot to make sure that pictures and sound record correctly . 
 ■No compensation for missed shots
We cannot compensate for missed shots if technical problems with the camera or card 
prevent recording.
 ■Carefully observe copyright laws
Unauthorized use of recordings that contain works with copyright for purposes other 
than personal use is prohibited under copyright law. Recording of certain material may 
be restricted even for the purpose of personal use.
 ■Also refer to “Usage cautions and notes” (→299)
 ●Please note that the actual controls and components, menu items, and other 
information for your digital camera may differ from those in the illustrations and 
screens provided in this manual.
 ●Recording mode icons
In recording modes that show icons in black, you can select and execute indicated 
menus and functions.
*
  [  ] and [  ] will differ depending on the recording modes registered under custom settings.    
						

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Standard Accessories
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Check that all the accessories are supplied before using the camera.
 ●The accessories and their shape will differ depending on the country or area where the 
camera was purchased. 
For details on the accessories, refer to Basic Owner’s Manual.
 ●Battery Pack is indicated as battery pack or battery in the text. ●SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card are indicated as card 
in the text.
 ●Please dispose of all packaging appropriately. ●Keep small parts in a safe place out of the reach of children.
 ■Optional accessories
 •Cards are optional. 

You can record or play back pictures on the built-in memory 
when you are not using a card.  (→25)