Panasonic Dmc Fz2500 Operating Instructions Manual

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You can perform the following operations:
• When the picture is displayed in windowed mode, you can enlarge/reduce the picture by approximately 3
k to 6k; when the picture is displayed in full screen, you can enlarge /
reduce the picture by approximately 3k to 10k.
5Press the shutter button halfway.
• You can also perform the same operation by pressing [MENU/SET] .
• If you have enlarged the picture by rotating the focus ring, t he assist screen...

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Fixing the Focus and the Exposure (AF/AE Lock)
Applicable modes: 
This is useful when you want to take a picture of a subject outside the AF area or the 
contrast is too strong and you cannot achieve appropriate expos ure.
1Align the screen with the subject.
2Press and hold [AF/AE LOCK] to fix the focus 
or exposure.
• If you release [AF/AE LOCK], AF/AE Lock is canceled.
• Only the exposure is locked in the default setting.
3While pressing...

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Compensating the Exposure
Applicable modes: 
Use this function when you cannot achieve appropriate exposure due to the difference in 
brightness between the subject and the background.
1Press [ ].
• You can also use the button as a function button.  (P55)
2Rotate the rear dial to compensate the 
exposure.
AExposure Bracket
B Exposure Compensation
C [Flash Adjust.]
• You can perform the operations below while the 
exposure compensation screen is...

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• You can set the exposure compensation value in the range between j5 EV and i5 EV.
Settings can be made within a range of 
j3 EV to i3 EV while recording motion pictures, 
recording 4K photos, or recording in [Post Focus].
• When [Auto Exposure Comp.] in [Flash] in the [Rec] menu is set  to [ON], the brightness of the 
flash will automatically be set to the level appropriate to the  selected Exposure Compensation. 
(P154)
• When the exposure...

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Setting the Light Sensitivity
Applicable modes: 
This allows the sensitivity to light (ISO sensitivity) to be set.
Setting to a higher figure enables pictures to be taken even in  dark places without the 
resulting pictures coming out dark.
1Press  3 ( ).
2Select the ISO sensitivit y by rotating the rear 
dial.
• You can switch the functions between the rear dial and  the front dial by pressing [DISP.].
A ISO Limit Set
B ISO sensitivity
3Rotate...

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¢1 When the [ISO Limit Set]  (P205) of [Rec] menu is set to anything except [OFF], it is set 
automatically within the value set in [ISO Limit Set].
¢ 2 Only available when [Extended ISO] is set.
AUTO The ISO sensitivity is automatically adjusted according to the 
brightness.
• Maximum [ISO3200] (With the flash on [ISO1600])¢
1
(Intelligent) The camera detects movement of the subject and then 
automatically sets the optimum ISO sensitivity and...

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Adjusting the White Balance
Applicable modes: 
In sunlight, under incandescent lights or in other such conditions where the color of white 
takes on a reddish or bluish tinge, this item adjusts to the co lor of white which is closest to 
what is seen by the eye in acc ordance with the light source.
1Press 1 ( ).
2Rotate the rear dial or front dial to select the 
White Balance.
[AWB] Automatic adjustment
[V ] When taking pictures outdoors under a...

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¢When you start recording a motion picture,  [AWB]  will be select ed. If recording is 
performed with the 4K Photo function or Post Focus function, th is setting works in the 
same way as  [AWB] .
3Press [MENU/SET] to set.
• You can also press the shutter button halfway to set.
∫ Auto White Balance
Depending on the conditions prevailing when pictures are taken,  the pictures may take on 
a reddish or bluish tinge. Furthermore, when a multiple...

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You can finely adjust the White Balance when you cannot acquire the desired hue by 
setting the White Balance.
1Select the White Balance and then press 4.2Press 3/4 /2 /1  to fine-adjust the White Balance.
• You can also make fine adjustments by touching the White 
Balance graph.
• Pressing [DISP.] resets the position back to the center.
3Press [MENU/SET].
Finely adjusting the White Balance
2 : A (AMBER: ORANGE)
1 : B (BLUE: BLUISH)
3 : G...

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Bracket setting is performed based on the adjustment values for the White Balance fine 
adjustment, and 3 pictures with different colors are automatically recorded when the 
shutter button is pressed once.
1Fine-adjust the White Balance in step 2 of “Finely 
adjusting the White Balance” and then perform the 
bracket setting by rotating the rear dial.
Rotating the rear dial to the right:
Horizontal ([A] to [B])
Rotating the rear dial to the...