Panasonic Dmc Fz70 Owners Manual

Basics
Using the [Setup] menu
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[Clock Set], [Economy] and [Auto Review] are important for clock setting and 
battery life. Please check these before use.
 • For the setting procedures of the menu. (→

57)
[Clock Set]
Set time, date, and display format. (→26)
[World Time]
Set the local time at travel destination.  (→141)
[Travel Date]
Record the number of days elapsed in your travels.  (→140)
[Beep]
Change or mute the beep/shutter sounds.
 ■Settings
[Beep Level]
 /  / : High / Low / Mute...

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[Cust.Set Mem.]
Register the current camera settings.  (→134)
[AF/AE LOCK / Fn1]
The operation of the [AF/AE LOCK (Fn1)] button can be switched either to the  AF/AE 
Lock function or to the Fn (function) operation to call up the registered function.
 ■Settings
[AF/AE LOCK] Switches the button to the AF/AE Lock function.
[Fn1] Switches the button to the Fn (function) operation.
 ●At the time of purchase, AF/AE...

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[Monitor Display] / [Viewfinder]
Brightness, color, or red or blue tint of the LCD monitor/viewfinder is adjusted.
 ■Settings
[Brightness] Adjust the brightness.
[Contrast · Saturation] Adjust the contrast or clarity of colors.
[Red Tint] Adjust the red tint.
[Blue Tint] Adjust the blue tint.
  Press   to select the setting item and press   to make adjustments  Press [MENU/SET]
 ●It will adjust the LCD monitor...

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[LVF Disp.Style]
Set the Live View Finder display. (→74)
 ■Settings
: Live View Finder style display layout: LCD monitor style display layout
[Monitor Disp. Style]
Set the display of the LCD monitor. (→74)
 ■Settings
: Live View Finder style display layout: LCD monitor style display layout
[Guide Line]
Display the guide lines used as a reference for picture composition. 
 ■Settings:  /  /  / [OFF]
 ■Setting the...

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[Histogram]
Displays distribution of brightness in picture – e.g. 
if the graph peaks at the right, this means there are 
several bright areas in the picture. A peak in the center 
represents correct brightness (correct exposure). This 
can be used as a reference for exposure correction, etc.
(Example)
Dark ← OK → Bright
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 ●When the histogram is not the same as that of the recorded...

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[Video Rec Area]
Enables verification of the recordable area for a motion 
picture before recording.
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
 ●Recordable area displayed for motion pictures should be interpreted as a guideline. ●Recording area display may disappear when zooming to Tele depending on the 
picture size setting.
 ●For [Intelligent Auto] Mode, the setting is fixed to [OFF].
[Remaining Disp.]
Switch the display...

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[Expo.Meter]
You can set whether to display the exposure meter when 
operations such as shutter speed and aperture value 
adjustments or Exposure Compensation are performed.
 ■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
Exposure meter
 ●If the exposure meter is not displayed, press the [DISP.] button to switch the display of 
the LCD monitor/viewfinder.
 ●The exposure meter will turn off if no operation is performed for...

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[MF Assist]
Set whether to enlarge the focus point when Manual Focus is used to adjust focus.  (→104)
[Economy]
Turn off the camera or make the LCD monitor go dark while not using the camera to 
minimize battery consumption.
 ●[Sleep Mode]
The camera is automatically turned off if the camera has not been used for the time 
selected on the setting.
 • T

o restore →   
Press the shutter button halfway
 , or turn...

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[Play on Monitor]
Pictures are automatically played back on the LCD monitor after switching from recording 
mode to playback mode.
 ■Settings
[ON] Pictures are played back on the LCD monitor.
[OFF] Pictures are played back on the viewfinder or the LCD monitor depending on 
which one was used to play back pictures previously.
[Auto Review]
Automatically display still pictures immediately after taking them....

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[Reset]
Reset to the default settings.
 ●[Reset Rec. settings?] ●[Reset setup parameters?]
 ●Information registered in [Face Recog.] is reset if recording settings are reset. ●When [Setup] menu settings are reset, the following settings are also reset. • The birthday and name settings for [Baby1]/[Baby2] and [Pet] in Scene Mode. ●Folder numbers and clock settings will not be reset. ●Camera movement may be...