Panasonic Dmc Fz300 Owners Manual

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Recording mode
Registering your own settings and recording   
(Custom Mode)
Recording mode: 
You can register the current camera settings as custom settings. If you t\
hen record in 
Custom Mode, you can use the registered settings.
 • Initial setting of the Program 
AE Mode is registered as the custom settings initially.
Registering your own settings ([Cust.Set Mem.])
To allow recording using the same settings, up to 3 sets of current camera settings can be\
 
registered using [Cust.Set Mem.]. ([...

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Recording mode
Registering your own settings and recording  (Custom Mode) 
Recording using registered custom set
1Set mode dial to [  ] • The custom set you used last time will be called up.
 ■To change a custom set
Set mode dial to [  ]Press [MENU/SET] to bring up the menuPress   to select the custom set you want to use, and press [MENU/SET]
It is also possible to display the selection screen by touching the 
Recording mode icon in recording screen.60p
 • The settings are switched to those settings...

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Picture Quality and coloring SettingsAdjusting the picture quality with effects  
[Photo Style]
Recording mode: 
You can adjust the colors and picture quality according to the concept of\
 the picture that 
you want to create.
 →  [Rec] → [Photo Style]
[Standard] Standard setting.
[Vivid]*1Setting with slightly high contrast and saturation.
[Natural]*1Setting with slightly low contrast.
[Monochrome]Setting that creates a picture using monochrome shades of gray only, 
such as black and white....

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the picture quality with effects  [Photo Style]
 ■Adjusting the picture quality
 • Picture quality cannot be adjusted in the Intelligent 
Auto Plus Mode.
Press   to select the type of Photo StyleStandard
Press   to select an item and press   to adjust
[Contrast][+] Increases the contrast in a picture.
[–] Decreases the contrast in a picture.
[Sharpness] [+] Enhances the outlines in a picture.
[–] Softens the outlines in a picture.
[Noise Reduction]...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Taking pictures using picture effects  [Filter Settings]
Recording mode: 
You can apply picture effects (filters) that are available for Creative Control Mode to 
images in other modes, such as Aperture-Priority AE Mode or Panorama Shot Mode. For 
details (→101).
 →  [Rec] → [Filter Settings] → [Filter Select]
 • If you do not want to add picture ef

fects, please select [No Effect].
 ■Change the settings by using the touch screen
Touch [  ]
EXPSEXPSTouch the...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Taking pictures using picture effects  [Filter Settings]
Taking two still pictures with and without picture effects  
([Simultaneous record w/o filter])
You can take two still pictures at the same time by pressing the shutter \
button once; one 
with effects and one without effects.
 →  [Rec] → [Filter Settings] → [Simultaneous record w/o filter]
Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 • When [ON] is set, the camera will take a still picture with the ef fects applied and then a...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting highlights and shadows  [Highlight Shadow]
Recording mode: 
You can adjust the highlights and shadows in a picture while confirming t\
he brightness of 
these areas on the screen.
1Set the menu
 →  [Rec] → [Highlight Shadow]
2Press   to select the item
([Standard])No adjustments.
([Higher contrast])Makes the highlighted areas brighter and shadowed areas 
darker.
([Lower contrast])Makes the highlighted areas darker and shadowed areas 
brighter....

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the White Balance
Recording mode: 
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 color of white which is close\
st to 
what is seen by the eye in accordance with the light source.
1Press [  ] button (  )
2Rotate the side or rear dial to select the White Balance and 
press [MENU/SET]
 • You can also press the shutter button halfway to set the...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the White Balance
 ■Auto White Balance
When [AWB] (Automatic White Balance) is set, the coloring is adjusted in accord\
ance 
with the light source. However, if the scene is too bright or too dark or if other extreme 
conditions apply, the pictures may appear reddish or bluish. The White Balance may 
not operate correctly if there is a multiple number of light sources. In\
 that case, set the 
[White Balance] to settings other than [AWB ] to adjust the...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the White Balance
Setting the White Balance using color temperature
You can set the White Balance using color temperature. Color temperature \
is a numeric 
value that expresses the color of light (unit: K*
). A picture becomes bluish when the color 
temperature value is higher, and reddish when the temperature value is lower.
*
 Kelvin
1Press [  ] button (  )
2Rotate the side dial to select [  ] and press 
3Use   to select the color temperature value...