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∫About motion picture playback on a PC
Use the software “QuickTime” 
(for Windows 2000/XP) in the CD-ROM 
(supplied) to play back motion pictures 
recorded on this camera on a PC.
 If you use “Windows 98/98SE/Me”, 
download “QuickTime 6.5.2 for PC” from 
the following site, and install it.
http://www.apple.com/support/quicktime/
 This software is installed as standard on a 
“Macintosh OS”.
∫Folder Composition
Folders are displayed as shown in the 
following illustration.
1Folder number
2File number
3JPG: pictures
MOV: motion pictures
RAW: pictures in RAW files
MISC: Folder containing files on 
which the DPOF print settings 
are recorded
PRIVATE1: Pictures recorded in flip 
animation function
 The data for up to 999 pictures recorded 
by the camera can be included in 1 folder. 
If the number of pictures exceeds 999, 
another folder is created.
 To reset the file number or the folder 
number, select [NO.RESET] in the 
[SETUP] menu. (P24)∫Conditions under which a different 
folder number is used
In the following cases, the picture is not 
recorded in the same folder as the 
previously recorded picture. It is recorded 
in a folder with a new number. 
1When the folder just recorded to contains 
a picture file with the number 999 in it 
(example: P1000999.JPG).
2When the card just recorded to contains, 
for example, a folder with the number 
100 [100_PANA] in it and that card is 
removed and replaced with a card that 
has a folder with the number 100 in it 
recorded by a camera from a different 
maker (100XXXXX, with XXXXX being 
the name of the maker) and then a 
picture is recorded.
3When recording after selecting 
[NO.RESET] (P24) from the [SETUP] 
menu. (Pictures will be recorded to a 
new folder with a number sequential to 
the folder recorded to immediately 
before. By using [NO.RESET] on a card 
that does not contain folders or pictures, 
such as one just formatted, the folder 
number can be reset to 100.)
∫About the PTP conection
If the OS is “Windows XP” or “Mac OS X”, 
you can connect in PTP mode if you set the 
camera to [ ] mode and then connect to 
your PC.
 Pictures can only be read on the camera. 
They cannot be written to a card or 
deleted.
 When there are 1000 or more pictures on 
a card, the pictures may not be imported.
PRIVATE1
≥Built-in memory
≥Card
100_PANA
101_PANA
999_PANA DCIM
MISC
P1000001.JPG
P1000002.JPG
P1000999.JPG
100_PANA
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 Do not use any other USB connection 
cables except the supplied one.
 Do not disconnect the USB connection 
cable while [ACCESS] is displayed.
 If there are a lot of pictures on the built-in 
memory or a card, it may take time to 
transfer them.
 It may not be possible to playback the 
motion pictures on the built-in memory or 
a card normally when this unit and the PC 
are connected. Import the motion picture 
files to the PC and then play them back.
 If battery power is exhausted while the 
camera and the PC are communicating, 
the recorded data may be damaged. 
When you connect the camera to the PC, 
use a battery with sufficient battery power 
(P26) or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC7PP; 
optional).
 If the remaining battery power becomes 
low while the camera and the PC are 
communicating, the status indicator blinks 
and the alarm beeps. In this case, stop 
the communication at once on the PC.
 When connecting the camera to a 
“Windows 2000” OS PC with the USB 
connection cable, do not replace the 
card while the camera and the PC are 
connected. The information on the card 
may be damaged. Use “Safely Remove 
Hardware” in the task tray on your PC 
when replacing the card.  Pictures edited or rotated with a PC may 
be displayed in black in playback mode 
(P36), multi playback (P91) and calendar 
playback (P92).
 Read the operating instructions for the 
PC.
 If a card is not inserted when the camera 
is connected to the PC, you can edit or 
access the pictures on the built-in 
memory. If a card is inserted, you can edit 
or access the pictures on it.
 You cannot switch between the built-in 
memory and the card while the camera is 
connected to the PC. When you want to 
switch between the built-in memory and 
the card, disconnect the USB connection 
cable, insert (or remove) the card and 
then connect the USB connection cable to 
the PC again.
 The message [PLEASE RE-CONNECT 
THE PRINTER.] appears if you change 
the mode dial to [ ] while the camera 
and the PC are connected. If a printer is 
connected, change the mode to a mode 
other than [ ] mode and then check that 
no data is being transferred. ([ACCESS] 
appears on the LCD monitor of the 
camera while data is being transferred.)
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Printing the Pictures
By connecting the camera directly to a 
printer supporting PictBridge via the USB 
connection cable (supplied), you can select 
the pictures to print and start printing on the 
camera’s screen.
Set print settings such as the print quality 
on the printer beforehand. (Read the printer 
operating instructions.)
A: USB connection cable (supplied)
B: AC adaptor (DMW-AC7PP; optional)
 It may take time to print some pictures. 
Use a battery with sufficient battery power 
(P26) or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC7PP; 
optional) when you connect to a printer.
 Turn the camera off before inserting or 
removing the cable for the AC adaptor 
(DMW-AC7PP; optional).
1Turn on the camera and the 
printer.
2Set the mode dial to [ ].
3Connect the camera to a printer 
via the USB connection cable A 
(supplied).
 Connect the USB connection cable with 
the [ ] mark facing the [1] mark on 
the [DIGITAL] socket.
 Hold the USB connection cable at C 
and insert straight in or take straight 
out.
 If the mode dial is not set to [ ] when 
the camera is connected to the PC, 
disconnect the USB connection cable, set 
the mode dial to [ ] and then connect 
the USB connection cable again. 
(Depending on the printer, it may be 
necessary to turn it off and then on again.)
 Do not use any other USB connection 
cables except the supplied one.
 If a card is not inserted when the camera 
is connected to the PC, you can edit or 
access the picture data on the built-in 
memory. If a card is inserted, you can edit 
or access the picture data on it.
 You cannot switch between the built-in 
memory and the card while the camera is 
connected to the printer. When you want 
to switch between the built-in memory and 
the card, disconnect the USB connection 
cable, insert (or remove) the card and 
then connect the USB connection cable to 
the printer again.
 If you want to print the age in [BABY1]/
[BABY2] (P66) or [PET] (P67) in scene 
mode or the number of days that have 
been passed since the departure date in 
[TRAVEL DATE] (P72), use the software 
[LUMIX Simple Viewer] or 
[PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] in the 
CD-ROM (supplied) and print from the 
PC. For information about this, refer to the 
separate operating instructions for PC 
connection.
 To find out more about PictBridge 
compliant printers, contact your local 
dealer.
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∫Selecting a single picture and printing 
it
1Press 2/1 to select the picture 
and then press [MENU/SET].
 The message disappears in about 
2 seconds.
2Press 3 to select [PRINT START] 
and then press [MENU/SET].
 Press [MENU/SET] to cancel printing 
halfway.
3Disconnect the USB connection 
cable after printing.
∫Selecting multiple pictures and 
printing them
1Press 3.
2Press 3/4 to select an item and 
then press [MENU/SET].
¢This only appears when [FAVORITE] 
(P99) is set to [ON]. (However if none 
of the pictures have [ ] displayed, you 
cannot select it even if [FAVORITE] is 
set to [ON].)
PLEASE SELECT
THE PICTURE TO PRINT
PictBridge
1/7
PRINT SELECTMULTI PRINTMENU
MENUSET
OFF
SINGLE SELECT
NUM. OF PRINTS
1 OFFPRINT WITH DATE
PAPER SIZE
PAGE LAYOUTSELECTCANCEL SETMENU
PRINT START
MENUSET
[MULTI SELECT]Multiple pictures are 
printed at one time.
 After selecting 
[MULTI SELECT], 
press 2/1 to select 
the pictures to print 
and then press 4. 
The icon [ ] 
appears on the 
pictures to be printed. 
(Press 4 again to 
cancel the setting.)
Press [MENU/SET] 
after finishing the 
setting.
[SELECT ALL]Prints all the stored 
pictures.
[DPOF PICTURE]Prints the pictures set 
in [DPOF] only. (P102)
[FAVORITE]
¢Prints the pictures set 
as favorites only. (P99)


µOFF
PictBridge
DPOF PICTURE SELECT ALL 
FAVORITE
SELECT CANCEL
SETMENU
MULTI SELECT
MENUSET
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3Press 3 to select [PRINT START] 
and then press [MENU/SET].
 The items [PRINT WITH DATE] and 
[NUM. OF PRINTS] are not displayed 
when [DPOF PICTURE] is set.
 The DPOF settings are displayed when 
[DPOF PICTURE] is selected. If you 
selected DPOF settings, refer to P102 
and set them.
 Press [MENU/SET] to cancel printing.
 When you select [MULTI SELECT], 
[SELECT ALL] or [FAVORITE], a print 
confirmation screen appears. Select 
[YES] and print the pictures.
 The message [PRINTING ## 
PICTURE(S) DO YOU WANT TO 
PROCEED ?] appears on the print 
confirmation screen if the number of 
prints is more than 1000.
4Disconnect the USB connection 
cable after printing.
∫Setting date printing, the number of 
prints, the paper size and the page 
layout
Select and set each item in step
3.
 Items not supported by the printer are 
displayed in gray and cannot be selected.
 When you want to print pictures in a paper 
size or a layout which is not supported by 
the camera, set [PAPER SIZE] or 
[PAGE LAYOUT] to [ ] and then set the 
paper size or the layout on the printer. (For 
details, refer to the operating instructions 
of the printer.) [PRINT WITH DATE]
 If the printer does not support date 
printing, the date cannot be printed on the 
picture.
 [NUM. OF PRINTS]
Set the number of prints.
 You can set up to 999 prints.
 [PAPER SIZE]
(Paper sizes that can be set with this unit)
The paper sizes are displayed on pages 
1/2 and 2/2. Press 4 to select.
¢These items cannot be displayed when 
the printer does not support the paper 
sizes.
 LAYOUT]
(Layouts for printing that can be set with 
this unit)
 An item cannot be selected if the printer 
does not support the page layout.


µOFF
MULTI SELECT
NUM. OF PRINTS
1 OFFPRINT WITH DATE
PAPER SIZE
PAGE LAYOUTSELECTCANCEL SETMENU
PRINT START
MENUSET
[OFF]Date is not printed.
[ON]Date is printed.
1/2
Settings on the printer are 
prioritized.
[L/3.5qk5q]
89 mmk127 mm
[2L/5qk7q]127 mmk178 mm
[POSTCARD]100 mm
k148 mm
[A4]210 mm
k297 mm
2/2¢
[CARD SIZE]54 mmk85.6 mm
[10k15cm]100 mmk150 mm
[4q
k6q]101.6 mmk152.4 mm
[8q
k10q]203.2 mmk254 mm
[LETTER]216 mm
k279.4 mm
Settings on the printer are 
prioritized.
1 picture with no frame on 1 page
1 picture with a frame on 1 page
2 pictures on 1 page
4 pictures on 1 page
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∫Setting the date printing with the 
DPOF print in advance
We recommend setting DPOF date printing 
with [DPOF PRINT] (P103) in advance 
when the printer supports it. If you select 
[DPOF PICTURE], printing starts and the 
recording date is printed.
∫Layout printing
 When printing the same picture on 1 
sheet of paper
For example, if you want to print the same 
picture 4 times on 1 sheet of paper, set 
[PAGE LAYOUT] to [ ] and then set 
[NUM. OF PRINTS] to 4 for the picture 
that you want to print. 
 When printing different pictures on 
1 sheet of paper
For example, if you want to print 4 different 
pictures on 1 sheet of paper, set 
[PAGE LAYOUT] to [ ] and then set 
[COUNT] in [DPOF PRINT] (P102) to 1 for 
each of the 4 pictures.
 Do not disconnect the USB connection 
cable when the cable disconnection 
warning icon [ ] is displayed. 
(Depending on the printer, the icon may 
not be displayed.)
 If the remaining battery power becomes 
low while the camera and the printer are 
connected, the status indicator blinks and 
the alarm beeps. If this happens during 
printing, press [MENU/SET] and stop 
printing at once. If not printing, disconnect 
the USB connection cable. The camera is receiving an error message 
from the printer when the [¥] indication 
lights orange during printing. After 
finishing printing, make sure there are no 
problems with the printer.
 If the total number of DPOF prints or the 
number of DPOF pictures printed is high, 
pictures may be printed several times. The 
remaining number of prints indicated may 
differ from the number set. This is not a 
malfunction.
 With date printing, the setting on the 
printer may take priority over the setting 
on the camera. Check the date print 
setting on the printer also.
 The message [USB MODE CHANGED. 
PLEASE REMOVE THE USB CABLE.] 
appears if you change the mode dial to a 
mode other than [ ] while the camera 
and the printer are connected. Set the 
mode dial to [ ] again and then 
disconnect the USB connection cable. If 
this happens during printing, stop printing 
and then disconnect the USB connection 
cable.
 When the pictures in RAW files are to be 
printed, the JPEG pictures recorded 
simultaneously by the camera will be 
printed. If JPEG pictures do not exit, RAW 
file pictures cannot be printed.
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Playing Back Pictures 
on a TV Screen
∫Playing back pictures using the AV 
cable (supplied)
 Set the [TV ASPECT]. (P25)
 Turn this unit and the TV off.
1Connect the AV cable A 
(supplied) to the [AV OUT] socket 
on the camera.
 Connect the AV cable with the [ ] 
mark facing the [1] mark on the 
[AV OUT] socket.
 Hold the AV cable at B and insert 
straight in or take straight out.
2Connect the AV cable to the video 
input and the audio input sockets 
on the TV.
1 Yellow: to the video input socket
2 White: to the audio input socket
3Turn the TV on and select external 
input.
4Turn the camera on.
 Depending on the aspect setting, black 
bands may be displayed on the top and 
bottom or the left and right of the pictures.
 Do not use any other AV cables except the 
supplied one.
 Audio playback is monaural.
 Read the operating instructions for the TV.
 When you play back a picture vertically, it 
may be blurry.
 You can view pictures on TVs in other 
countries (regions) which use the NTSC 
or PAL system when you set 
[VIDEO OUT] in the [SETUP] menu. Even 
if you set [VIDEO OUT] to [PAL], the 
output signal will still be NTSC in the 
recording mode.
∫Playing back pictures on a TV with an 
SD Memory Card slot
Still pictures recorded on an SD Memory 
Card can be played back on a TV with an 
SD Memory Card slot.
 You cannot play back an SDHC Memory 
Card if the TV model does not support it.
 Depending on the TV model, pictures may 
not be displayed on the full screen.
 Motion pictures cannot be played back. To 
play back motion pictures, connect the 
camera to the TV with the AV cable 
(supplied).
 You may not be able to play back 
MultiMediaCards.
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Using the MC 
Protector/ND Filter
The MC protector (DMW-LMC52; optional) 
is a transparent filter which affects neither 
the colors nor the amount of light, so it can 
always be used to protect the camera’s 
lens.
The ND filter (DMW-LND52; optional) 
reduces the amount of light to 
approximately 1/8th (equal to adjusting the 
aperture value 3 increments) without 
affecting the color balance.
1Attach the hood adaptor.
2Attach the MC protector 1 or the 
ND filter 2.
 You cannot attach the MC protector and 
the ND filter at the same time.
 If the MC protector/ND filter are tightened 
too much, you may not be able to remove 
them. Do not tighten them too much.
 Do not hold the MC protector/ND filter too 
tightly.
 When taking pictures with the flash using 
the MC protector or ND filter, vignetting 
effect may occur.
 If the MC protector/ND filter are dropped, 
they may be destroyed. Be careful not to 
drop them when attaching them to the 
camera.
 You can attach the lens hood when the 
MC Protector and ND Filter are attached.
 You cannot attach a conversion lens or the 
close-up lens to the hood adaptor.
 The lens adaptor (DMW-LA2; optional) is 
necessary to attach a conversion lens or 
close-up lens.
u“Multi-coated”
NDu“Neutral Density”
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Screen DisplayAIn recording
1 Recording mode
2 Flash mode (P43)
3 Focus (P27)
4 Picture size (P80)
5 Quality (P80)
In Motion picture mode (P70)
//// /
: Jitter alert (P29)
6 Battery indication (P26)
7 Number of recordable pictures/
Available recording time
In Motion picture mode (P70)
e.g.: 
8 Built-in memory (P18, 26)
: Card (P18, 26)
9 Recording state
10 Histogram (P40)
11 Travel date (P72)
12 Elapsed recording time (P70)
13 Self-timer mode (P47)
14 Shutter speed (P27)
: Intelligent ISO (P52)
15 Aperture value (P27)
16 Program shift (P29)
17 Exposure compensation (P48)
18 Auto bracket (P49)
19 Zoom resume (P32)
/ / : Conversion lens (P88)
20 Metering mode (P82)
21 High angle mode (P41)
: Power LCD (P41)
22 AF assist lamp (P85)
: Tele macro (P54)
23 Flash output adjustment (P46)
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24 Optical image stabilizer (P50)
25 White balance (P77)
White balance fine adjustment (P78)
26 ISO sensitivity (P79)
/ / : ISO limit (P52)
27 Flip animation (P86)
28 Burst (P51)
: Audio recording (P70, 82)
29 Color effect mode (P85)
30 Focus range (P59)
31 Continuous AF (P84)
32 AF area selection (P84)
MF operation (P59)
33 Joystick operation (P29, 36, 56, 57)
34 Current date and time/
: Travel destination setting (P74)
 This is displayed for about 5 seconds 
when the camera is turned on, after 
setting the clock and after switching 
from playback mode to recording 
mode.
Zoom (P32)/Extended optical zoom 
(P33)/Digital zoom (P34)
35 Age (P66)
 This is displayed for about 5 seconds 
when this unit is turned on in [BABY1]/
[BABY2] or [PET] in scene mode.
36 Number of days that have passed since 
the travel date (P72)
 This is displayed for about 5 seconds if 
the camera is turned on when the 
travel date is set etc.
37 Spot AF area (P83)
38 AF area (P27)
39 Spot metering target (P82)
40 MF (P59)
: AF macro (P54)
BRecording in simple mode
1 Flash mode (P43)
2 Focus (P27)
3 Picture mode (P30)
: Jitter alert (P29)
4 Battery indication (P26)
5 Number of recordable pictures
6 Built-in memory (P18, 26)
: Card (P18, 26)
7 Recording state
8 AF area (P27)
9 Travel date (P72)
10 Operation for backlight compensation (P31)
11 Current date and time
This is displayed for about 5 seconds 
when the camera is turned on, after 
setting the clock and after switching 
from playback mode to simple mode.
Zoom (P32)/Extended optical zoom (P33)
12 Number of days that have passed since 
the travel date (P72)
13 Backlight compensation (P31)
14 Power LCD (P41)
15 Self-timer mode (P47)
16 Conversion lens (P88)
: Zoom resume (P32)
17 AF assist lamp (P85)
: Tele macro (P54)
18 Burst (P51)
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