Panasonic Dmc Fz2500 Operating Instructions Manual

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Applicable modes: 
If you set the name and birthday of your baby or pet in advance, you can record their name 
and age in months and years in the images.
You can display these at playback or stamp the recorded images  using [Text Stamp] 
(P249) .
Settings: [ ] ([Baby1])/[ ] ([Baby2])/[ ] ([Pet])/[OFF]/[SET]
∫ Setting [Age] or [Name]
1Press  3/4  to select [SET] and then press [MENU/SET].2Press  3/4  to select [Baby1], [Baby2] or [Pet] and then press [MENU/SET].
3Press  3/4  to...

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Applicable modes: 
The camera automatically detects its tilt and corrects the motion pictures you record to a 
level position to prevent them from being skewed.> [Motion Picture]  > [Level Shot]
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
: [Motion Picture] menu
• [Photo Style]  (P191)
• [Filter Settings]  (P193)
• [Slow/Quick]  (P169)
• [Dolly Zoom]  (P170)
• [4K Live Cropping]  (P171)
• [Snap Movie]  (P165)
• [Rec Format]  (P159)
• [Rec Quality]  (P159)
• [Exposure Mode]  (P173)
• [Variable Frame...

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Applicable modes: 
Select the luminance range to match the use of video.
Settings: [0s255]/[16s235]/[16s 255]
Applicable modes: 
Time code represents the recording time by the units of hour, 
minute, second and frame, and can be used as a time scale 
for editing motion pictures.
This unit automatically records time code during motion 
picture recording.
• Time codes are not recorded on motion pictures recorded when  the [Rec Format] is set to [MP4].
[Luminance Level]
> [Motion...

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∫Conditions for outputting a time code to HDMI output
A time code is output to video from the HDMI output only when a ll the following conditions 
are satisfied.
[Time Code Value]
Sets the start point (starting time) for the time code.
[Reset]:
Sets to 00:00:00:00 (hour: minute: second: frame)
[Manual Input]:
Manually input hour, minute, second and frame.
[Current Time]:
Sets hour, minute and second to current time and sets frame to 
00.
[Time Code Mode]
Sets the time code...

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Applicable modes: 
The shutter speed can be fixed to reduce the flicker or striping in the motion picture.
Settings: [1/50]/[1/60]/[1/100]/[1/120]/[OFF]
Applicable modes: 
You can record motion pictures while hearing the sounds that ar e being recorded by 
connecting a commercially available headphones to this unit.
A Commercially available headphone
• Do not use the headphone cables with the length of 3 m (9.8 feet ) or more.
• When headphones are connected, electronic sounds...

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Applicable modes: 
Display the microphone level on the recording screen.
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
• When [Mic Level Limiter] is set to [OFF], [Mic Level Disp.] is fixed to [ON].
Applicable modes: 
Adjust the sound input level to 19 different levels (j12 dB to  i6dB).
• Displayed dB values are approximate.
Applicable modes: 
The camera adjusts the sound input level automatically, minimiz ing the sound distortion 
(crackling noise) when the volume is too high.
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]...

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Applicable modes: 
This will reduce the wind noise coming into the built-in microphone while maintaining 
sound quality.
Settings: [HIGH]/[STANDARD]/[OFF]
• [HIGH] effectively reduces the wind noise by minimizing the lo w-pitched sound when a strong 
wind is detected.
• [STANDARD] extracts and reduces only the wind noise without de teriorating the sound quality.
• You may not see the full effect depending on the recording con ditions.
• This function works only with the...

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Applicable modes: 
You can display color bars, which is convenient for adjusting settings such as the picture 
quality of an external monitor. When you display color bars, a test tone will also be output.
• The brightness and color tone that appear on the camera’s moni tor or viewfinder may differ 
from those that appear on another device such as an external mo nitor.
Check the final picture quality on another device such as an ex ternal monitor.
• Color bars will be displayed...

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• If you press [MENU/SET] while recording color bars as a motion picture, the color bars will 
disappear, but you can continue the recording. This operation a llows you to record color bars 
in the beginning of a motion picture.
• If you assign [Color Bars] to [Fn Button Set]  (P55) in the [Custom] menu, each time you press 
the function button to which the setting is assigned, you can d isplay or hide color bars. In this 
operation, the color bars you used last time will be...

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: [Custom] menu
> [Custom]
[Cust.Set Mem.] Registers the current camera settings as custom set. P85
[Silent Mode]Disables operational sounds and output of light at once.
• Audio from the speaker will be muted and the flash and 
the AF Assist lamp will be disabled.
The following settings are fixed.
– [Shutter Type]: [ESHTR]
– [Flash Mode]: [ Œ] (forced flash off)
– [AF Assist Lamp]: [OFF]
– [Beep Volume]: [ s] (OFF )
– [Shutter Vol.]: [ ] (OFF )
– An ND  filter setting of...