Panasonic Dmc Fz50 Operating Instructions Manual

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Recording which day 
of the vacation you 
take the picture
If you set the departure date in advance, 
you can record which day of the vacation 
you take the picture.
• When you play back a picture, the date on 
which it was taken is displayed.
: The number of days that have passed 
since the departure date 
• The number of days that have passed 
since the departure date can be printed 
on each picture by using the software 
[LUMIX Simple Viewer] or 
[PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] in the 
CD-ROM (supplied). (For information 
about printing, refer to the separate 
operating instructions for PC connection.)
wSetting the travel date
(The following screens are shown 
when program AE mode [ ] is 
selected.)
1Press [MENU/SET] and then 
press 
.
2Press  to select the [SETUP] 
menu icon [ ] and then press 
.
3Press  to select [TRAVEL 
DATE] and then press 
.
4Press  to select [SET] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
5Press /// to select the 
date.
/: Select the desired item.
/: Set the year, month and date.
6Press [MENU/SET] twice to close 
the menu.
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7Take a picture.
: The number of days that have passed 
since the departure date 
• The current date and time and which 
day of the vacation it is are displayed for 
about 5 seconds at the bottom of the 
screen if the camera is turned on when 
the travel date is set, after setting the 
clock, departure date or travel date, 
after changing the world time setting 
and after switching from playback mode 
to another mode.
• When [TRAVEL DATE] is set, [ ]“
appears on the lower right of the 
screen.
wCanceling the travel date
If you leave [TRAVEL DATE] set to [SET], 
the number of days that have passed since 
the departure date will continue to be 
recorded.
When the vacation is finished, set [TRAVEL 
DATE] to [OFF] on the screen shown in 
step 
4 and then press [MENU/SET] twice.
• The travel date is calculated using the 
date in the clock setting (P26) and the 
departure date you set. If you set 
[WORLD TIME] (P73) to the travel 
destination, the travel date is calculated 
using the date in the clock setting and the 
travel destination setting.
• The travel date setting is memorized even 
if the camera is turned off.
• If you set a departure date and then take a 
picture on a date before this departure 
date, [-] (minus) is displayed in orange and the day of the vacation that you took 
the picture is not recorded.
• If you set a departure date and then 
change the clock setting to the date and 
time at the travel destination, [-] (minus) is 
displayed in white and the day of the 
vacation that you took the picture is 
recorded when the travel destination date 
is, for example, one day before the 
departure date.
• If [TRAVEL DATE] is set to [OFF], the 
number of days that have passed since 
the departure date will not be recorded 
even if you set the travel date or the clock. 
Even if [TRAVEL DATE] is set to [SET] 
after taking the pictures, which day of the 
vacation you took them is not displayed.
• If you set a departure date when the clock 
is not set, the message [PLEASE SET 
THE CLOCK] appears. In this case, set 
the clock. (P26)
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Displaying the time at 
the travel destination 
(World Time)
If you set your home area and the travel 
destination area when traveling abroad 
etc., the local time at the travel destination 
area can be displayed on the screen and 
recorded on the pictures taken.
• Select [CLOCK SET] to set the current 
date and time in advance. (P26) 
1Press [MENU/SET] and then 
press 
.
2Press  to select the [SETUP] 
menu icon [ ] and then press 
.
3Press / to select 
[WORLD TIME] and then press 
.
• If you are setting the world time for the 
first time, the message [PLEASE SET 
THE HOME AREA] appears. If this message appears, press [MENU/SET] 
and then set home area from the 
screen shown in step  in “Setting the 
home area [HOME]”.
wSetting the home area [HOME]
(Perform steps 
1,2 and 3.)
Press 
 to select [HOME] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
Press / to select your home area 
and then press [MENU/SET].
• The current time is displayed on the top 
left of the screen and the time 
difference from GMT “Greenwich Mean 
Time” is displayed on the bottom left of 
the screen.
• If daylight saving time [ ] is used at 
the home area, press . Press 
again to return to the original time.
• The daylight saving time setting for the 
home area does not advance the 
current time. Advance the clock setting 
by one hour. (P26)
wFinishing setting the home area
• If you are setting the home area for the 
first time, the screen returns to the screen 
shown in step  of “Setting the home 
area [HOME]” after you press [MENU/
SET] to set your home area. Press  to 
return to the screen shown in step 
3 and 
then press [MENU/SET] to close the 
menu.
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• If you are setting the home area for the 
second time etc., the screen returns to the 
screen shown in step 
3 after you press 
[MENU/SET] to set your home area. 
Press [MENU/SET] again to close the 
menu.
wSetting the travel destination area
(Perform steps 
1,2 and 3.)
Press  to select [DESTINATION] and 
then press [MENU/SET] to set.
: Depending on the setting, the time at 
the travel destination area or the 
home area is displayed.
• If you are setting the travel destination 
area for the first time, the date and time 
are displayed as shown in the screen 
above.
Press 
/ to select the area the travel 
destination is in and then press 
[MENU/SET] to set.
€ The current time at the selected travel 
destination area is displayed on the top 
right of the screen and the time 
difference from the home area is 
displayed at the bottom left of the 
screen.
€ If daylight saving time [ ] is used at 
the travel destination, press . (The 
time advances by one hour.) Press 
again to return to the original time.• The names of major cities in the 
selected area are displayed. Also, the 
time difference between the selected 
area and the home area is displayed on 
the bottom left of the screen. (Refer to 
P75 for information about the names of 
the major cities that are displayed.)
Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.
• The icon changes from [ ] to [ ] 
after setting the travel destination.
• Return the setting to [HOME] when the 
vacation is finished by performing steps 
1,2,3 and then steps  and  of 
“Setting the home area [HOME]”.
• If you cannot find the travel destination in 
the areas displayed on the screen, set by 
the time difference from the home area.
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_“GMT” is an abbreviation of “Greenwich Mean Time”.
Location candidates for World Time settings
Offset from 
GMTListed location name
-11 Midway Islands Samoa
-10 Hawaii Honolulu Tahiti
-9 Alaska Anchorage
-8 Vancouver Seattle Los Angeles
-7 Denver Phoenix
-6 Chicago Houston Mexico City
-5 Toronto New York Miami Lima
-4 Caracas Manaus La Paz
-3:30 Newfoundland
-3 Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo Buenos Aires
-2Fernando de 
Noronha
-1 Azores
0 London Casablanca
+1 Berlin Paris Rome Madrid
+2 Helsinki Athens Cairo Johannesburg
+3 Moscow Kuwait Riyadh Nairobi
+3:30 Tehran
+4 Dubai Abu Dhabi
+4:30 Kabul
+5 Islamabad Karachi Male
+5:30 Delhi Kolkata Mumbai Chennai
+5:45 Kathmandu
+6 Dacca Colombo
+6:30 Yangon
+7 Bangkok Jakarta
+8 Beijing Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur Singapore
+9 Seoul Tokyo
+9:30 Adelaide
+10 Guam Sydney
+11 Solomon Islands New Caledonia
+12 Fiji Auckland Wellington
+12:45Chatham 
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Motion Picture Mode
1Press the shutter button halfway 
to focus and then press it fully to 
start recording.
• When the subject is focused, the focus 
indication lights.
• The aperture value is fixed to the 
setting when recording starts (first 
frame).
• The available recording time  is 
displayed on the top right and the 
elapsed recording time  is displayed 
on the bottom right of the screen.
For example, 1 hour 20 minutes and 
30 seconds is displayed as 
[1h20m30s].
• The available recording time and the 
elapsed recording time are 
approximations.
• Audio recording starts simultaneously 
from the camera’s built-in microphone.
• If you rotate the focus ring or zoom 
ring while recording motion pictures, 
a grinding noise may be recorded.
2Press the shutter button fully to 
stop recording.
• If the card becomes full in the middle of 
recording, the camera stops recording 
automatically.
wChanging the settings for the aspect 
ratio and the picture quality
1Press [MENU/SET].
2Press  to select 
[ASPECT RATIO] and then press 
.
3Press  to select the item and 
then press [MENU/SET].
4Press  to select 
[PICT.MODE] and then press 
.
5Press  to select the item and 
then press [MENU/SET].
If you selected [ ] on the screen 
shown in step 2
If you selected [ ] on the screen 
shown in step 2
• fps “frames per second”; This refers to 
the number of frames used in 1 second.
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ItemPicture sizefps
[30fpsVGA]
640M480 pixels30
[10fpsVGA]10
[30fpsQVGA]320M240 pixels30[10fpsQVGA]10
ItemPicture sizefps
[30fps16:9]
848M480 pixels30
[10fps16:9]10
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• You can record smoother motion 
pictures with “30 fps”.
• You can record longer motion pictures 
with “10 fps” although the picture quality 
is lower.
• The file size with [10fpsQVGA] is small 
so it is suitable for e-mails.
6Press [MENU/SET] to close the 
menu.
• You can also press the shutter 
button halfway to close the menu.
•The focus range is 30 cm  (0.98 feet) 
[AF MACRO: 5 cm (0.16 feet)] (Wide)/
2 m (6.56 feet) (Tele) to 
c.
• Refer to P131 for information about the 
available recording time.
• The available recording time is an 
approximation.
(It varies depending on the recording 
condition and the types of Card.)
• The available recording time changes with 
subjects.
• The available recording time displayed on 
the screen may not decrease regularly.
• Motion pictures cannot be recorded 
without audio.
• This unit does not support recording 
motion pictures on MultiMediaCards.
• When you set the picture quality to 
[30fpsVGA] or [30fps16:9], we 
recommend using a high speed Card 
with “10MB/s” or greater displayed on 
the package.
• Depending on the type of SD Memory 
Card or SDHC Memory Card, recording 
may stop in the middle.
• We recommend using Panasonic’s SD 
Memory Card/SDHC Memory Card.
• Depending on the type of SD Memory 
Card or SDHC Memory Card, the card 
access indication may appear for a while 
after recording motion pictures. This is not 
a malfunction.• When motion pictures recorded with the 
camera are played back on other 
equipment, the quality of the picture and 
sound may deteriorate and it may not be 
possible to play them back. Also the 
recording information may not be 
displayed correctly.
• In motion picture mode [ ], you cannot 
use the direction detection function and 
the review function. You cannot set 
[MODE2] on the optical image stabilizer 
function.
• The bundled software includes QuickTime 
to play back motion picture files recorded 
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Displaying Multiple 
Screens (Multi Playback)
1Rotate the front dial to the left to 
display multiple pictures.
(Screen when 9 screens are displayed)
1 screen9 screens
25 screensCalendar screen display
• After the multiple screens are 
displayed, rotate the front dial further 
towards the left to display 25 screens 
and the calendar screen (P79). Rotate 
the front dial towards the right to return 
to the previous screen.
• When you switch to multiple screens, a 
scroll bar  appears. You can confirm 
the location of the displayed picture in 
all the recorded pictures with this scroll 
bar.
2Press to select a 
picture.
• The recording date and number of the 
selected picture and the total number of 
recorded pictures are displayed.
• Depending on the recorded picture and 
the setting, the following icons will 
appear.–[ ] (Favorites)
– [ ] (Motion picture)
– [ ] ([BABY1]/[BABY2] in scene 
mode, age in months, age in 
years etc.)
– [ ] (Travel date)
– [ ] (Flip animation)
wExample of 25 screens
wTo return to normal playback
Rotate the front dial towards the right or 
press the [MENU/SET] button.
• The picture appears framed in orange.
wTo delete a picture during multi 
playback
1Press to select a picture 
and then press [ ].
2Press  to select [YES].
3Press [MENU/SET].
• Even if the indications on the screen are 
turned off in normal playback mode (P43), 
the recording information etc. appears on 
the screen in multi playback. If you return 
to the previous screen, the indications on 
the screen are displayed as in normal 
playback mode.
• Pictures will not be displayed in the 
rotated direction even if [ROTATE DISP.] is 
set to [ON]. (P104)
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Displaying pictures by 
recording date 
(Calendar playback)
You can display pictures by recording date 
using the calendar playback function.
1Rotate the front dial towards the 
left to display the calendar 
screen.
• The recording date of the picture 
selected in the playback screen 
becomes the date selected when the 
calendar screen is first displayed.
• If there are multiple pictures with the 
same recording date, the first picture 
recorded on that day is displayed.
• The calendar is displayed monthly.
2Press  to select the 
date to be played back.
: Select the date: Select the month
• If there were no pictures recorded 
during a month, the month is not 
displayed.
3Press [MENU/SET] to display the 
pictures that were recorded on 
the selected date.
• The pictures that were recorded on the 
selected date are displayed on the 
9 screens playback screen.
• Rotate the front dial towards the left to 
return to the calendar screen.
4Press  to select a 
picture and then press 
[MENU/SET].
• The selected picture is displayed on the 
1 screen playback screen.
wTo return to the 1 screen playback 
screen.
After the calendar screen is displayed, 
rotate the front dial towards the right to 
display 25 screens, 9 screens and the 
1screen. (P78)
• The pictures are displayed without being 
rotated even if you set [ROTATE DISP.] to 
[ON]. (P104)
• You can display the calendar between 
January 2000 and December 2099.
• If the recording date of the picture 
selected in 25 screen multi playback is not 
between January 2000 and December 
2099, the camera automatically displays it 
in the oldest calendar date.
• If you take pictures after setting the travel 
destination in [WORLD TIME] (P73), the 
pictures are displayed by the dates at the 
travel destination in calendar playback.
• Pictures processed on a PC or other 
equipment may be displayed with dates 
different from the actual recording dates.
• If the date is not set in the camera (P26), the 
recording date is set as January 1st, 2006.
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Using the Playback 
Zoom
1Rotate the front dial towards the 
right to enlarge the picture.
• When you rotate the front dial towards 
the left after the picture is enlarged, the 
magnification becomes lower. When 
you rotate the front dial towards the 
right, the magnification becomes 
higher.
• When you change the magnification, 
the zoom position indication  appears 
for about 1 second so that you can 
check the position of the enlarged 
section.
2Press to move the 
position.
• When you move the position to be 
displayed, the zoom position indication 
appears for about 1 second.
wTo stop using the playback zoom
Rotate the front dial towards the left or 
press [MENU/SET].wTo delete a picture during the 
playback zoom
1Press [ ].
2Press  to select [YES].
3Press [MENU/SET].
• Even if the indications on the screen are 
turned off in normal playback mode (P43), 
the magnification and operation appear on 
the screen when the playback zoom is 
activated. You can switch between 
displaying or not displaying the indications 
on the screen by pressing [DISPLAY]. 
When you set the magnification to 1M, the 
indications on the screen are displayed as 
in normal playback mode.
• The more a picture is enlarged, the more 
its quality deteriorates.
• If you want to save the enlarged picture, 
use the trimming function. (P109)
• The playback zoom may not operate if 
pictures have been recorded with other 
equipment.
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