Panasonic Dmc Fz50 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced
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Playing Back Motion 
Pictures/Pictures with 
Audio
wMotion pictures
Press  to select a picture 
with a motion picture icon [ ]/
[]/[]/[]/[ ]/
[ ] and then press 
 to play 
back.
• The motion picture recording time  is 
displayed on the screen. After playback 
starts, the motion picture recording time 
disappears and the elapsed playback time 
is displayed on the bottom right of the 
screen.
For example, 1 hour 20 minutes and 
30 seconds is displayed as [1h20m30s].
• The cursor...

Menu Settings
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Menu Settings
Using the [REC] Mode 
Menu
Increase the variety of pictures you can 
take by setting color effect, picture 
adjustment etc.
• Set the mode dial to the desired recording 
mode.
• Menu items differ depending on the mode 
selected with the mode dial (P6). This 
page describes how to set [AUDIO REC.] 
in program AE mode [ ]. (Refer to P83  to 
101 for each menu item.)
• Select [RESET] in the [SETUP] menu to 
return the menu settings to the initial 
settings at the time...

Menu Settings
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wUsing FUNCTION setting
You can use the [FUNCTION] button to 
easily set the following 6 items when 
recording.
• AF mode (P90)
• Metering mode (P89)
• White balance (P83)
• ISO sensitivity (P85)
• Picture size (P87)
• Quality (P87)
1Press [FUNCTION] when 
recording.
2Press /// to select the 
menu item and then press 
[FUNCTION] to close the menu.
• You can select menu items by rotating 
the front dial or rear dial.
• The menu items that can be set differ 
depending on the...

Menu Settings
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wAuto white balance
The available white balance range is shown 
in the following illustration. When you take 
a picture beyond the available white 
balance range, the picture may appear 
reddish or bluish. Even when you take a 
picture inside the range shown in the 
illustration, auto white balance may not 
operate properly if there are many light 
sources or there is no color close to white. 
In these cases, set the white balance to a 
mode other than [AUTO].
1 Auto white balance...

Menu Settings
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Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode 
menu and select the item to set. (P82)
You can adjust the white balance finely 
when you cannot acquire the desired hue 
by setting the white balance.
1Press /// to finely adjust 
the white balance.
•: A (AMBER: ORANGE)
• : B (BLUE: BLUISH)
• : GA(GREEN: GREENISH)
• : MB (MAGENTA: REDDISH)
2Press [MENU/SET] to finish.
• You can also press the shutter 
button halfway to finish.
• If you finely adjust the white balance to 
A (amber),...

Menu Settings
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• When setting to [AUTO], the ISO 
sensitivity is automatically adjusted from 
[ISO100] to [ISO200] according to the 
brightness. (It can be adjusted from 
[ISO100] to [ISO400] when using the 
flash.)
wAbout [ ] (Intelligent ISO 
sensitivity control)
The camera detects the movement of the 
subject near the center of the screen and 
then sets the optimal ISO sensitivity and 
shutter speed according to the movement 
and the brightness of the subject. 
• Jitter is avoided when taking...

Menu Settings
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• ISO sensitivity cannot be set in motion 
picture mode [ ].
• To avoid picture noises, we recommend 
reducing the ISO sensitivity, setting 
[NOISE REDUCTION] in [PICT.ADJ.] to 
[HIGH] or setting the items except 
[NOISE REDUCTION] to [LOW] to take 
pictures. (P94)
• Refer to P57 for information about Shutter 
speed.
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode 
menu and select the item to set. (P82)
By changing the aspect ratio, you can 
select an angle of view that matches the...

Menu Settings
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wWhen the aspect ratio is [ ].
wWhen the aspect ratio is [ ].
wWhen the aspect ratio is [ ].
wQuality
You can increase the number of recordable 
pictures without changing the picture size if 
quality is set to [ ].
• The number of pixels that can be selected 
differs depending on the aspect ratio. If 
you change the aspect ratio, set the 
picture size.
• “EZ” is an abbreviation of 
“Extended optical Zoom”. This is a 
function which further extends the optical 
zoom ratio. If you...

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Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode 
menu and select the item to set. (P82)
You can record audio with the still picture if 
this is set to [ON]. This means you can 
record the conversation that took place 
when you were recording or an explanation 
of the picture.
• [ ] appears on the screen when you set 
[AUDIO REC.] to [ON].
• Focus on the subject and press the 
shutter button to start recording. 
Recording will automatically stop about 
5 seconds later. There is no need to...

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Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode 
menu and select the item to set. (P82)
Select the mode that matches the 
recording conditions and the composition.wAbout [ ] and [ ]
• You can focus on the subject more quickly 
than other AF modes.
• The picture may stop moving for a 
moment before being brought into focus 
when you press the shutter button 
halfway. This is not a malfunction.
wSelecting the AF area
When selecting 1-area-focusing or 
1-area-focusing (High speed), the AF area...