Panasonic Lumix DMC FH27 User Manual

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Recording
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34.
Using these modes, the pictures  can be made sharper or softer, the colors of the pictures 
can be turned into sepia colors or  other color effects can be achieved.
Applicable modes: 
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¢ 1 This can be set only when Intelligent Auto Mode is set.
¢ 2 This can be set only during Normal Picture Mode or Motion Picture Mode.
[Color Mode]
[ ] ([STANDARD]) This is the standard setting.
[ ] ([Happy])
¢ 1Image with enhanced brightness and vividness.
[ ] ([NATURAL])
¢ 2The picture becomes softer.
[ ] ([VIVID])
¢ 2The picture becomes sharper.
[ ] ([B/W]) The picture becomes black and white.
[ ] ([SEPIA]) The picture becomes sepia.
[ ] ([COOL])
¢ 2The picture becomes bluish.
[ ] ([WARM])
¢ 2The picture becomes reddish.
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For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34.
AF assist lamp will illuminate the subject when the shutter button is pressed half-way 
making it easier for the camera to focus when recording in low light conditions. (Larger AF 
area is displayed depending on the recording conditions.)
Applicable modes: 
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[ON]/[OFF]
Note
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The effective range of the AF Assist Lamp is 1.5 m (4.92 feet).•When you do not want to use the AF Assist Lamp  A (e.g. when 
taking pictures of animals in dark places), set the [AF Assist Lamp] 
to [OFF]. In this case, it will become more difficult to focus on the 
subject.
•[AF Assist Lamp] is fixed to [OFF] in [Self Portrait], [Scenery], 
[Night Scenery], [Sunset], [Fireworks] and [Aerial Photo] in Scene 
Mode.
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to  P34.
Red-Eye Reduction ([ ], [ ], [ ]) is selected, Digital Red-Eye Correction is 
performed whenever the flash is used. The  camera automatically detects red-eye and 
corrects the picture.
Applicable modes: 
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[ON]/[OFF]
Note
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Only available when [AF Mode] is set to [ š] and Face Detection is active.•Under certain circumstances, red-eye cannot be corrected.•[ ] is displayed on the icon when it is set to [ON].
[AF Assist Lamp]
[Red-Eye Removal]
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Recording
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to P34.
Using one of these modes, jitter during picture taking is detected, and the camera 
automatically compensates the jitter, enabling jitter-free images to be taken.
Applicable modes: 
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[ON]/[OFF]
Note
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The stabilizer function may not be effective in the following cases.–When there is a lot of jitter.–When the zoom magnification is high.–In Digital Zoom range.–When taking pictures while following a moving subject.–When the shutter speed becomes slower to ta ke pictures indoors or in dark places.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button.
•The setting is fixed to [ON] in [Self Portrait] in Scene Mode.•The setting is fixed to [OFF] in [Starry Sky] in Scene Mode.
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to  P34.
You can take a picture with date and time of recording.
Applicable modes: 
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Note
•Date information for pictures recorded with the [Date Stamp] set cannot be deleted.•When printing pictures with [Date Stamp] at a shop or with a printer, the date will be 
printed on top of the other if you choose to print with the date.
•Date information cannot be stamped into the pictures recorded without setting the clock.•The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following cases.–In [Panorama Assist], [Hi-Speed Burst] and [Flash Burst] in Scene Mode–[Burst] in [Rec] Mode menu•[Text Stamp], [Resize], and [Cropping] cannot be set for pictures recorded with [Date Stamp] 
set.
•Even if you take a picture with [Date Stamp] set to [OFF], it is possible to stamp dates onto the 
recorded pictures using [Text Stamp]  (P92) or setup the Date print  (P98, 107)
For details on [Rec] Mode menu settings, refer to  P34.
Note
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Refer to P18  for details.
[Stabilizer]
[Date Stamp]
[ ] ([W/O TIME]) Stamp the year, month, and day.
[ ] ([WITH TIME]) Stamp the year, month, day, hour, and minutes.
[OFF]
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[Clock Set]
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Entering Text
It is possible to enter babies’ and pets’ names and the names of travel destinations when 
recording. (Only alphabetical characters and symbols can be entered.)
You can use the stylus pen (supplied) if it  is hard to operate with your fingers.
Display the entry screen.
•You can display the entry screen via the following operations.–[Name] of [Baby1]/[Baby2] or [Pet] (P56) in Scene Mode.–[Location] in [Travel Date]  (P63).
Enter characters.
•Touch [ ] to switch text between [A] (capitals), [a] 
(small case), [1] (numbers) and [&] (special 
characters) .
•To enter the same character again, touch [ ] to 
move the cursor.
•By touching the items, the operations below are carried out.
•A maximum of 30 characters can be entered.
Touch [Set].
Note
•Text can be scrolled if all of the entered text does not fit on the screen.
–[ ] ] : Enter a blank–[Delete]: Delete a character–[ ]: Move the entry position cursor to the left–[ ]: Move the entry position cursor to the right
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Playback/Editing
[Playback] Mode: ¸
Playback/EditingVarious methods to play back
You can play back the recorded pictures in various methods.
To u c h  [ ] .
Touch the mode icon.
ItemDescription of settings
 [Normal Play]  (P28)All the images are played back.
 [Slide Show]  (P86)Images are played back in sequence.
 [Filtering Play]  (P88)Images are sorted into categories and played back.
 [Calendar]  (P89) Images are played back by the date the picture was taken.
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You can play back the pictures you have taken in synchronisation with music, and you can 
do this in sequence while leaving a fixed interval between each of the pictures.
Furthermore, you can play back the pictures  grouped together by category or play back 
only those pictures you have set  as favorites as a slide show.
This playback method is recommended when you have connected the camera to a TV set 
to view the pictures you have taken.
Touch [Start].
∫ Operations performed during slide show
1Display control panel by touching screen.
•If no operation is performed for 2 second s, it will return to original status.
2Operate control panel by touching.
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Normal playback resumes after the slide show finishes.
[Slide Show]
Touch the group to playback.
•In [Category Selection], touch the category you wish to play back.
For details on categories, refer to  P88.
Play/PauseExit slide show
Back to previous picture
(In the Pause Mode)Ahead to next picture
(In the Pause Mode)
Increase volume levelReduce volume level
Return to slide show set screen
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Playback/Editing
∫Changing the slide show settings
You can change the settings for Slide Show Playback by selecting [Effect] or [Setup] on 
the slide show menu screen.
[Effect]
This allows you to select the screen effects or music effects when switching from one 
picture to the next.
[NATURAL], [SLOW], [SWING], [URBAN], [OFF], [AUTO]
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When [URBAN] has been selected, the picture may appear in black and white as a screen 
effect.
•[AUTO] can be used only when [Category Selection] has been selected. The pictures are 
played back with the recommended effects in each category.
•Some [Effect] will not operate when playing back pictures displayed vertically.
[Setup]
[Duration] or [Repeat] can be set.
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[Duration] can be set only when [OFF] has been selected as the [Effect] setting.•[Music] cannot be selected when [OFF] has been selected as the [Effect] setting.
Note
•Motion pictures cannot be played back as a slide show. When [Í] (motion picture) is selected 
in [Category Selection], the first frames of the motion pictures are displayed as still pictures in a 
slide show.
ItemSettings
[Duration] [1SEC.]/[2SEC.]/[3SEC.]/[5SEC.]
[Repeat] [ON]/[OFF]
[Music] [ON]/[OFF]
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The images sorted into the category or images set as favorite are played back.
∫About the categories to be sorted
It will be sorted as following when [Category Selection] is set.
[Filtering Play]
ItemDescription of settings
[Category 
Selection] This mode allows you to search images by Scene Mode or other categories 
(such as [Portrait], [Scenery] or [Night Scenery]) and sort the pictures into 
each of the categories. You can then play back the pictures in each 
category.
Touch the category to play back.
•Only the category for which pictures have been 
found can be selected.
[Favorite] You can play back the pictures you have set as [Favorite]  (P96).
Recording information e.g. Scene Modes
*[Portrait], [i-Portrait], [Soft Skin], [Transform], [Self Portrait], [Night Portrait], 
[i-Night Portrait], [Baby1]/[Baby2]
,[Scenery], [i-Scenery], [Sunset], [i-Sunset], [Aerial Photo]
.[Night Portrait], [i-Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], [i-Night Scenery], 
[Starry Sky]
[Sports], [Party], [Candle Light], [F ireworks], [Beach], [Snow], [Aerial Photo]
Î[Baby1]/[Baby2]
í[Pet]
1[Food]
[Travel Date]
Í[Motion Picture]
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Playback/Editing
You can display pictures by recording date.Note
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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.
•You can display the calendar between January 2000 and December 2099.•If the date is not set in the camera, the recording date is set as January 1st, 2011.•If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [World Time], the pictures are 
displayed by the dates at the travel destination in Calendar Playback.
[Calendar]
To u c h  [ 3]/[4] to select the month to be 
played back.
•If there were no pictures recorded during a month, 
that month is not displayed.
•Touch [ ] to display the multi playback screen.
Select the date you wish to play back, and 
then touch [Set].
Touch the picture you wish to play back.
•Touch [ ] to return to the calendar search display 
screen.
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[Playback] Mode: ¸
Using the [Playback] Mode Menu
You can set up pictures to be uploaded to image sharing sites and perform editing like 
cropping recorded pictures, as well as set up the protection of recorded images, etc.
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With [Text Stamp], [Resize] or [Cropping], a new edited picture is created. A new picture cannot 
be created if there is no free space on the built-in memory or the card so we recommend 
checking that there is free space and then editing the picture.
It is possible to set up the images to  be uploaded to the image sharing sites (Facebook/
YouTube) on this unit.
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You can only upload still pictures to Facebook, and only motion pictures to YouTube.•This cannot be done to the images in the built-in memory. Copy the images to a card 
(P100) , and then perform the [Upload Set].
Select [Upload Set] on the [Playback] Mode menu.  (P34)
Touch [ ] ([Single]) or [ ] ([Multi]).
[Upload Set]
Select the picture.
[Single] setting
Drag the screen horizontally to select an image, and 
then touch [Set].
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Setting is canceled by touching [Cancel].•Exit the menu after it is set.
[Multi] setting1Touch the picture you wish to upload (repeat).
•Selection will be canceled by  touching the same picture 
again.
2Touch [OK].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when 
[Yes] is selected. 
Exit the menu after it is executed.
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