Panasonic Dmc Fz47 Owners Manual

Owner’s Manual
for advanced features
Digital Camera
Model No. DMC-FZ47
VQT3R48
 Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read the inst ructions completely.
until 
2011/8/8 

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Contents
Before Use
Care of the camera ................................... 5
Standard Accessories ............................... 6
Names and Functions of Components ...... 7
Preparation
Attaching the Lens Cap/
Shoulder Strap ........................................ 11
Attaching the Lens Hood ......................... 13
Charging the Battery ............................... 14• Charging ........................................... 14
• Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures...

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Taking Pictures by Specifying the 
Aperture/Shutter Speed .......................... 78• Aperture-Priority AE .......................... 78
• Shutter-Priority AE ............................ 78
• Manual Exposure Mode .................... 79
Taking Pictures with different image 
effects (Creative Control Mode) .............. 80
Taking Expressive Portraits and 
Landscape Pictures 
(Advanced Scene Mode)......................... 82 • [PORTRAIT] ...................................... 82
•...

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Playback/Editing
Various methods to play back ............... 127• [SLIDE SHOW] ............................... 127
• [MODE PLAY] ................................. 129
• [CATEGORY PLAY]........................ 129
• [FAVORITE PLAY] .......................... 129
Using the [PLAYBACK] Mode Menu ..... 130 • [CALENDAR] .................................. 130
• [UPLOAD SET] ............................... 131
• [TITLE EDIT] ................................... 132
• [VIDEO DIVIDE]...

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Before Use
Before UseCare of the camera
Do not subject to strong vibration, shock, or pressure.
•The lens, LCD monitor, or external case may be damaged if used in 
following conditions. 
It may also malfunction or image may not be recorded.
–Drop or hit the camera.–Press hard on the lens or the LCD monitor.•When carrying or using the playback feature, ensure that the 
lens is in the stored position.
•There are times when rattling sounds or vibrations will come 
from the camera, but these are due to...

Before Use
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Standard Accessories
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 Owners Manual.
•Battery Pack is indicated as battery pack or battery  in the text.•Battery Charger is indicated as battery charger  or charger in the text.•SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and SDXC Memory Card are indicated as  card in the...

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Before Use
Names and Functions of Components
1 Lens (P5, 171)
2 Self-timer indicator  (P73)
AF Assist Lamp  (P121)
3Flash  (P65)
4 Flash open button  (P65)
5 Diopter adjustment dial  (P9)
6 Viewfinder  (P9, 167)
7 [EVF/LCD] button (P9)
8 [AF/AE LOCK] button  (P114, 116)
9 Rear dial (P10)
10 [AF/AF #/MF] button  (P70, 71)
11 Playback button (P37)
12 [MENU/SET] button (P10 , 22)
13 Cursor buttons  (P10)
14 [Q.MENU] button  (P47)/Delete button (P42)
15 [DISPLAY] button (P60)
16 LCD monitor  (P60,...

Before Use
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17 Stereo microphone
18 Zoom lever (P62)
19 Shutter button  (P27, 31)
20 Motion picture button  (P34)
21 [FOCUS] button  (P31, 72, 115)
22 Power lamp  (P22)
23 Camera ON/OFF switch  (P22)
24 Mode dial  (P24)
25 Speaker  (P50)
•
Do not cover the speaker with your fingers.
26 Shoulder strap eyelet  (P12)
27 [HDMI] socket  (P146)
28 [AV OUT/DIGITAL] socket  (P146, 153 , 156, 
159)
29 Terminal door
30 Lens barrel
31 Tripod receptacle (P175)
32 Release lever  (P18)
33 Card/Battery door...

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Before Use
∫Switching the LCD monitor/Viewfinder
Press [EVF/LCD].
•
You can switch between LCD monitor display and Viewfinder 
display.
•Switching via the [EVF/LCD] button will be maintained even 
when the power of the digital camera is turned [OFF].
∫ Diopter adjustment
Adjust the diopter to suit your vision so that you can see the 
Viewfinder clearly.
Look at the display on the Viewfinder and rotate the 
diopter adjustment dial to where the screen is clearest.
A Diopter adjustment dial
Viewfinder 

Before Use
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This document expresses the up, down, left, and right of the cursor button as follows, or as 
3 /4 /2 /1.
Cursor button:
Selection of items or setting of values etc., is performed.
[MENU/SET] button:
Confirmation of setting contents, etc., is performed.
There are 2 ways to operate the rear dial, rotating left or right, and deciding by pressing.
Rotating:
Selection of items or setting of values is performed during the various settings.
Pressing:
Operations that are the same as [MENU/SET]...