Panasonic Dmc Fz70 Owners Manual

							VQT5B76
M0713KZ0
Owner’s Manual  
for advanced features
Digital Camera
Model No.DMC-FZ70
Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and 
save this manual for future use.
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							Contents
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Preparations
Before use .............................................. 7
Standard  Accessories
 ........................... 9
Names and Functions of Main Parts ... 10Viewfinder ................................................... 13
Cursor button / [MENU/SET] button  ............ 14
Rear Dial ..................................................... 14
Attaching the Lens Cap/ 
Shoulder Strap ..................................... 15Attaching the Lens Cap ............................... 15
Attaching the Shoulder Strap ...................... 16
Charging battery .................................. 17Remaining battery ....................................... 18
Guidelines for number of recordable  
pictures and operating time
 ......................... 19
Inserting and Removing the Card 
(optional)/the Battery  .......................... 21
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ... 23Recording capacity guidelines  
(pictures/recording time) ............................. 24
Setting the clock .................................. 26To change time setting ................................ 27
Tips for taking good pictures ............. 28Preventing jitter (camera shake) ................. 28
Basics
Sequence of operations ...................... 29
Taking pictures with your own settings  
[Program AE] Mode
 ............................. 32Program Shift .............................................. 33
How to adjust focus ............................ 35
Taking pictures with automatic settings  
[Intelligent Auto] Mode ........................ 36Automatic Scene Detection ......................... 37
Defocusing the background ........................ 38
About flash
 
.................................................. 39
About [Intelligent 

Auto] setting items   
.......... 39
[Color Mode] ...

............................................. 39
[Motion Deblur]
 ............................................ 40
[iHandheld Nite Shot] .................................. 40
[iHDR]

 
...
 ....................................................... 41
AF Tracking
 ................................................. 42
[Intelligent 

Auto Plus] Mode  
...
 ...................... 43
Recording motion pictures ................. 45Recording still pictures while a motion  
picture is being recorded ............................. 48
Viewing your pictures   
([Normal Play]) ..................................... 49Zooming in and viewing  
“Playback Zoom” ......................................... 50
V
iewing a list of pictures  
“Multi Playback”
 ...

........................................ 51
Viewing pictures by their recording date 
[Calendar]
 ...

................................................. 52
Viewing motion pictures ..................... 53Capturing still pictures from motion  
pictures ... ..................................................... 54
Deleting pictures ................................. 55To delete multiple (up to 50)/ 
To delete all pictures ................................... 56
Setting the menu ................................. 57Setting menu items ..................................... 57
Using Quick menu ....................................... 60    
						

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Using the [Setup] menu ...................... 61[Clock Set] ................................................... 61
[W orld Time]  ................................................ 61
[T
ravel Date]  
................................................ 61
[Beep]

 
.......................................................... 61
[Speaker V

olume]  
........................................ 61
[Cust.Set Mem.] .......................................... 62
[AF/AE LOCK / Fn1] .................................... 62
[Fn Button Set] ............................................ 62
[Live V

iew Mode]
 ......................................... 62
[Monitor Display] / [V

iewfinder]
 .................... 63
[Monitor Luminance] ...

................................. 63
[LVF Disp.Style]
 
........................................... 64
[Monitor Disp. Style]

 
.................................... 64
[Guide Line] ................................................. 64
[Histogram]

 
.................................................. 65
[V

ideo Rec Area]  
......................................... 66
[Remaining Disp.] ........................................ 66
[Highlight] .................................................... 66
[Expo.Meter]

 
................................................ 67
[Lens Resume] ............................................ 67
[MF 

Assist]  
...
 ................................................ 68
[Economy]
 
................................................... 68
[Play on Monitor]

 
......................................... 69
[Auto Review]

 
.............................................. 69
[No.Reset]

 
................................................... 69
[Reset]

 
......................................................... 70
[USB Mode]

 
................................................. 70
[Output]

 
....................................................... 71
[VIERA

 Link]  
................................................ 71
[3D Playback]

 
.............................................. 71
[Rotate Disp.]

 
.............................................. 72
[Scene Menu]

 
.............................................. 72
[Menu Resume] ........................................... 72
[V

ersion Disp.]
 ............................................. 72
[Format]

 
....................................................... 73
[Language] .................................................. 73
[Stabilizer Demo.] ........................................ 73
Application (Record)
Switching the display of recording 
information, etc. ................................... 74
Using Zoom
 .......................................... 75Enlarging a subject further .......................... 76
Taking pictures with the  
built-in flash ......................................... 78Changing the setting of the flash ... .............. 79
Taking pictures with Exposure 
Compensation
 ...................................... 82
Burst function
 ...................................... 83
T

aking pictures with self-timer
 ........... 86
Setting the Light Sensitivity
 ............... 88
Setting coloring  (White Balance)
 ...... 90Setting the White Balance manually ........... 91
Setting the White Balance using color 
temperature
 ................................................. 92
Performing White Balance fine  
adjustments
 ................................................. 92
Bracket recording using White Balance ...... 93
Taking pictures with Auto Focus ....... 95Taking front-on pictures of people  
(Face Detection) ... ....................................... 96
Automatically locking the focus on a  
moving subject (AF Tracking)
 ...

................... 97
Subject not centered in picture  
(23-area-focusing)
 ....................................... 98
Determined position for focus  
(1-area-focusing)
 ......................................... 98
Taking close-up pictures   
(Macro recording)  .............................. 100Focus range .............................................. 101
[Macro Zoom]  ............................................ 102
Taking pictures with Manual Focus ... 103Technique for Manual Focus ..................... 104
Taking pictures by locking the  
focus and/or exposure   
[AF/AE LOCK]
 
.................................... 105
Using the function button
 ................. 107
T

aking pictures by setting the  
aperture value   
[Aperture-Priority] Mode
 
................... 108    
						

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Taking pictures by setting the  
shutter speed   
[Shutter-Priority] Mode  
..................... 109
T

aking pictures by setting the  
aperture value and shutter speed  
[Manual Exposure] Mode
 .................. 1

10
Taking pictures with different  
picture effects   
[Creative Control] mode
 
.................... 1
 12
[Expressive] ............................................... 114
[Retro]  ....................................................... 1 14
[Old Days]
 
................................................. 1
 14
[High Key]
 
...
 ............................................... 115
[Low Key]
 
.................................................. 1
 15
[Sepia]
 
....................................................... 1
 15
[Dynamic Monochrome]
 ............................ 1

16
[Impressive Art]
 
......................................... 1
 16
[High Dynamic]
 .......................................... 1

16
[Cross Process]
 
......................................... 1
 17
[Toy Effect]
 
................................................ 1
 17
[Miniature Effect]
 
....................................... 1
 18
[Soft Focus]
 ............................................... 1

19
[Star Filter]
 
...
 .............................................. 119
[One Point Color]
 
...
 .................................... 120
Recording panorama pictures  
[Panorama Shot] Mode  ..................... 121Setting the recording direction and  
picture effect
 .............................................. 122
Taking pictures according to the scene  
[Scene Mode]
 ..................................... 124[Portrait] ..................................................... 125
[Soft Skin]
 .................................................. 125
[Scenery]
 
................................................... 125
[Sports]

 
...................................................... 125
[Panning] ................................................... 126
[Night Portrait]

 
........................................... 127
[Night Scenery]

 
...
 ....................................... 127
[Handheld Night Shot]
 ............................... 128
[HDR]

 
........................................................ 128
[Food]

 
........................................................ 128
[Baby]

 
........................................................ 129
[Pet]

 
........................................................... 129
[Sunset]

 
..................................................... 129
[High Sens.]

 
...
 ............................................ 130
[Starry Sky]
 ...

............................................. 130
[Glass Through]
 
......................................... 130
[3D Photo Mode]

 
....................................... 131
Recording motion pictures with  
manual operation   
[Creative Video Mode]
 ....................... 132
Register your own settings and record  
[Custom] Mode
 .................................. 134[Cust.Set Mem.] ........................................ 134
[Custom]  .................................................... 135
Recording with the Face Recognition 
function  [Face Recog.] ..................... 136Registering face pictures  ... ....................... 137
Editing or deleting information about 
registered persons 
 ................................... 138
Entering Text ...................................... 139
Useful features for travel
 .................. 140[Travel Date] .............................................. 140
[W orld Time]   ............................................. 141    
						

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Using the [Rec] menu ........................ 142[Photo Style] .............................................. 142
[Aspect Ratio]  ............................................ 143
[Picture Size]
 
............................................. 143
[Quality]

 
..................................................... 144
[ISO Limit Set] ........................................... 145
[ISO Increments] ....................................... 145
[Face Recog.]

 
............................................ 146
[AF Mode]

 
...
 ............................................... 146
[AF Style]
 ...

................................................ 146
[Quick AF]
 
...
 ............................................... 147
[AF/AE Lock]
 ............................................. 147
[Metering Mode] ........................................ 148
[i.Dynamic]

 
................................................ 148
[Min. Shtr Speed]

 
...................................... 149
[i.Resolution] ............................................. 149
[Digital Zoom]

 
............................................ 149
[Stabilizer]

 
................................................. 150
[AF 

Assist Lamp]  
....................................... 151
[Flash]

 
....................................................... 151
[Flash Synchro]

 
......................................... 152
[Flash 

Adjust.]  
...
 ......................................... 153
[Red-Eye Removal]
 ................................... 153
[Color Mode] ...

........................................... 154
[Motion Deblur]
 .......................................... 154
[iHandheld Nite Shot] ................................ 154
[iHDR]

 
...
 ..................................................... 154
[Conversion]
 .............................................. 154
[Auto Bracket]

 
...
 ......................................... 155
[Date Stamp]
 
............................................. 156
[Clock Set]

 
................................................. 156
Using the [Motion Picture] menu ..... 157[Rec Format] ............................................. 157
[Rec Quality]  ... ........................................... 158
[Continuous AF]
 
...
 ...................................... 159
[Wind Cut]
 
................................................. 159
[Zoom Mic]

 
................................................ 160
Application (View)
Changing the picture information 
display, etc.  ........................................ 161
Different playback methods  
 
[Playback Mode]
 
................................ 162[2D/3D Settings] ........................................ 162
[Slide Show] .............................................. 163
[Filtering Play]
 
........................................... 165
[Calendar] ...

............................................... 166
Retouching pictures .......................... 167[Auto Retouch] .......................................... 167
[Creative Retouch] .................................... 168
Using the [Playback] menu............... 170[Title Edit] .................................................. 170
[T ext Stamp]  .............................................. 171
[Retouch]
 
................................................... 172
[V

ideo Divide]
 ............................................ 173
[Resize]

 
..................................................... 174
[Cropping] ...

............................................... 176
[Leveling]
 ................................................... 177
[Favorite]

 
................................................... 178
[Print Set]

 
.................................................. 179
[Protect]

 
..................................................... 180
[Face Rec Edit]

 
...
 ....................................... 181
[Copy]
 
........................................................ 182    
						

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Connecting with other devices
Viewing on TV screen ....................... 183VIERA Link (HDMI) (HDAVI Control™) ..... 185
V iewing 3D still pictures ............................ 187
Keeping the still pictures and  
motion pictures on your PC ............. 189About supplied software ............................ 190
Installing supplied software ....................... 191
Downloading SILKYPIX Developer  
Studio
 
........................................................ 192
Copying still pictures and motion  
pictures

 
...
 ................................................... 193
Keeping the still pictures and  
motion pictures in the recorder ....... 196Copy by inserting the SD card into the 
recorder ..................................................... 196
Dubbing playback pictures via 
AV cables 
(optional)
 ................................................... 196
Printing ............................................... 197Selecting a single picture and printing it ... . 198
Selecting multiple pictures and printing  
them
 
.......................................................... 198
Print Settings

 
............................................. 199
Print with date and text

 
...
 ........................... 201
Others
Optional accessories ........................ 202Conversion Lens (optional) ....................... 202
Protector/Filter (optional) ... ........................ 204
External Flash (optional)
 ........................... 205
AC adaptor (optional)/ 
DC coupler (optional)
 ................................ 207
List of LCD monitor/Viewfinder 
displays  .............................................. 208In recording ............................................... 208
In playback ................................................ 209
Message displays .............................. 210
Q&A   Troubleshooting
 ...................... 212
Usage cautions and notes

 
................ 221    
						

							Preparations
Before use
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 ■Camera handling
Keep the camera away from excessive vibration, force, or 
pressure.
 ●Avoid using the camera under the following conditions, which 
may damage the lens, LCD monitor, viewfinder, or camera 
body. This may also cause the camera to malfunction or prevent 
recording.
 • Dropping or hitting the camera against a hard surface • Pushing with excessive force on the lens, LCD monitor
, or 
viewfinder
 ●When camera is not in use or when using the playback 
feature, ensure that the lens is in the stored position, with 
lens cap on.
 ●There are times when rattling sounds or vibrations will 
come from the camera, but these are due to the motion of 
the aperture, the zoom and the motor and do not indicate a 
defect.
The camera is not dust resistant, splash resistant, or 
waterproof.
Avoid using the camera in places with excessive dust or 
sand, or where water can come into contact with the camera.
 ●Avoid using the camera under the following conditions, 
which present a risk that sand, water, or foreign material 
may enter the camera through the lens or openings around 
buttons.  Be especially careful because these conditions may 
damage the camera, and such damage may not be repairable.
 • In extremely dusty or sandy places • In the rain or by the shore, where the camera may be exposed  to water
 ■Condensation (When the lens, the LCD monitor, or viewfinder, is fogged up) 
 ●Condensation may occur when the camera is exposed to 
sudden changes of temperature or humidity. Avoid these 
conditions, which may make the lens, LCD monitor, or 
viewfinder, dirty, cause mold, or damage the camera. 
 ●If condensation does occur, turn off the camera and wait about 
two hours before using it. Once the camera adjusts to the 
surrounding temperature, the fogging will clear naturally.
Preparations    
						

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 ■Always take a test shot first
Before important events when you will use the camera (at weddings, for example), 
always take a test shot to make sure that pictures and sound record correctly . 
 ■No compensation for missed shots
We cannot compensate for missed shots if technical problems with the camera or card 
prevent recording.
 ■Carefully observe copyright laws
Unauthorized use of recordings which contain works with copyright for purposes other 
than personal use is prohibited under copyright law. Recording of certain material may 
be restricted even for the purpose of personal use.
 ■Also refer to “Usage cautions and notes” (→221)
 ●Please note that the actual controls and components, menu items, and other 
information for your digital camera may differ from those in the illustrations and 
screens provided in this manual.
 ●Some parts of displays, for example some of the icons, may be omitted from screens 
illustrated in this manual.
 ●Recording mode icons
In recording modes that show icons in black, you can select and execute indicated 
menus and functions.
 will differ depending on the recording modes registered under custom settings.    
						

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Standard Accessories
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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 Owner’s Manual.
 ●A lens hood is not supplied with this unit. ●SILKYPIX Developer Studio is not provided on the supplied CD-ROM. Download 
this software from the website and install it on your computer to use. (→192)
 ●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 text.
 ●Please dispose of all packaging appropriately. ●Keep small parts in a safe place out of the reach of children.
 ■Optional accessories
 •Cards are optional. 

You can record or play back pictures on the built-in memory 
when you are not using a card.
 • If any accessories are lost, customers in the USA

 and Puerto Rico should contact 
Panasonic’s parts department at 1-800-833-9626 and customers in Canada should 
contact 1-800-99-LUMIX (1-800-995-8649) for further information about obtaining 
replacement parts.    
						

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Names and Functions of Main Parts
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 ●The illustrations and screens in this manual may differ from the actual product.1
Self-timer indicator (→86) /
AF Assist Lamp (→151)Illuminates when the self-timer is set or 
when the Auto Focus is operated in dark 
locations.
2Flash (→78)Press [  ] to open the flash. 
3Lens barrel
4Lens (→7, 223)
1 2
3 4
5
Tripod mount (→223)Do not attach to a tripod with a 5.5 mm 
(0.22 inch) or longer screw. 
Doing so may damage this unit.
6Card/Battery door (→21, 207)Open this door to insert and remove a 
card or battery. 
7Release lever (→21)
8
DC coupler cover (→207)Use the AC adaptor (optional) and DC 
coupler (optional) specifically for this 
camera.
5 6 7 8
9
[HDMI] socket (→184, 185)Do not connect any other cables except 
the HDMI mini cable. Doing so may 
cause malfunction.
10[AV OUT/DIGITAL] socket  (→184, 193, 197)
9
10