Panasonic Dmc Fh7 Owners Manual

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This mode allows you to take beautiful pictures of fireworks exploding in the night sky.
∫Technique for Fireworks Mode
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Since the shutter speed becomes slower, we recommend using a tripod.
Note
•This mode is most effective when the subject is 10 m (32.8 feet) or more away.•The shutter speed is fixed to 1/4th of a second or 2 seconds.•You can change the shutter speed by compensating the exposure.•The AF area is not displayed.
This allows you to take even more vivid pictures of the blue...

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Picture is taken darker and with soft focus around the subjects.Note
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Face Detection may not operate normally in the dark areas around the edges of the screen.
Picture is taken with a grainy texture as though blasted with sand.
You can use this mode to easily record pictur es in which bright and dark regions of the 
scene are expressed with suitable brightness w hen looking into the sun, at night, or in 
similar circumstances.
∫ Setting the effect
Note
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Compensation effect may not be...

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Record the image with a frame around it.
∫Setting the frame
Select from 3 types of frames.
Note
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The picture size is fixed to 5M (4:3).•The color of the frame displayed on the screen and the color of the frame around the actual 
image may differ, but this is not a malfunction.
[Photo Frame] 

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[Rec] Mode: ñ· ¿n
RecordingUseful Functions at Travel Destinations
For details on the [Setup] menu settings, refer to P34.
If you set the departure date or the travel destination of the vacation in advance, the 
number of days that have passed since the dep arture date 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]  (P93).
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The number of days that have...

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Enter the location.
•For details on how to enter characters, refer to “Entering Text” on P67 .•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 P34.
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.  (P18)
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.
Recording Dates/Times at...

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Entering Text
It is possible to enter babies’ and pets’ names and the names of travel destinations when 
recording. (Only alphabetical characters and symbols can be entered.)
You can use the stylus pen (supplied) if it  is hard to operate with your fingers.
Display the entry screen.
•You can display the entry screen via the following operations.–[Name] of [Baby1]/[Baby2] or [Pet] in Scene Mode.  (P57)–[Location] in [Travel Date] (P64).
Enter characters.
•Touch [ ] to switch text between...

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Using the [Rec] Mode Menu
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34.
Set the flash to match the recording.
∫ Applicable modes:
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∫Settings
¢ The flash is activated twice. The subject should not move until the second flash is 
activated. Interval until the second flash depends on the brightness of the subject.
[Flash]
‡: AUTO The flash is automatically activated when the recording conditions make it 
necessary.
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AUTO/Red-Eye 
Reduction
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The flash is automatically...

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∫Available Flash Settings by Recording Mode
The available flash settings depend on the Recording Mode.
(± : Available, —: Not available,  ¥: Scene Mode initial setting)
¢ [ ] is displayed.•The flash setting may change if the Recording Mode is changed. Set the flash setting again if 
necessary.
•The flash setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off. However, the Scene Mode flash 
setting is reset to the initial setting when the Scene Mode is changed.
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∫The available flash range
•The available flash range is an approximation.
∫ Shutter speed for each flash setting
¢1The shutter speed changes depending on the [Stabilizer] setting.¢2 When [ ] in [Sensitivity] is set.•¢1, 2: The shutter speed becomes a maximum of 1 second in the following cases.–When the Optical Image Stabilizer is set to [OFF].–When the camera has determined that there is very little jitter when the Optical Image 
Stabilizer is set to [ON].
•In Intelligent Auto Mode,...