Panasonic DMC-FX700 - Manual (Page 2)

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Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................4
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names of the Components .......................7
How to Use the Touch Panel ....................9
Preparation
Charging the Battery ...............................11
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures ..........14
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...............................16
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................20
• Changing the Clock Setting ..............21
Setting the Menu .....................................22
• Setting menu items ...........................23
• Using the Quick Menu.......................25
About the Setup Menu ............................26
Basic
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and Record
Still Picture or Motion Picture ..................33
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............35
• Scene Detection................................36
• AF Tracking Function ........................37
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......37
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode) ..................39
• Focusing ...........................................41
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the center
of the composition of the picture you
want to take) .....................................41
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......42
• Direction Detection Function .............42
Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter
function....................................................43
Taking Pictures with Focus and Exposure
Set on Subject (Touch AF/AE).................... 44
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................45
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom .....................45
• Zooming with touch operation ...........47
Playing Back Pictures ([NORMAL PLAY]) ...48
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................49
• Using the Playback Zoom .................50
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode ........ 51
Deleting Pictures .....................................52
• To delete a single picture ..................52
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 100) or all the pictures ............53
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor............................54
Taking Pictures Using the Built-in Flash .....56
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting .......................................56
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................61
• [AF MACRO] ....................................61
• [MACRO ZOOM] ..............................62
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........63
Taking Pictures with Set Aperture
(Aperture-priority AE) ..............................64
Taking Pictures with Set Shutter Speed
(Shutter-priority AE).................................66
Taking Pictures with Exposure Set
Manually (Manual exposure) ...................68
Compensating the Exposure ...................70
Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket........71
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode...........73
Taking Pictures that Match the Scene
Being Recorded (Scene Mode) .................. 76
• [PORTRAIT] .....................................77
• [SOFT SKIN] ....................................77
• [TRANSFORM] ................................77
• [SELF PORTRAIT] ...........................78
• [SCENERY] ......................................78
• [PANORAMA ASSIST] .....................79
• [SPORTS] ........................................80
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT] .........................80
• [NIGHT SCENERY]..........................80
• [HANDHELD NIGHT SHOT] ............81
• [FOOD] .............................................81
• [PARTY] ...........................................81
• [CANDLE LIGHT] .............................81
• [BABY1]/[BABY2] .............................82
• [PET] ................................................83
• [SUNSET].........................................83
• [HIGH SENS.] ..................................83
• [FLASH BURST] ............................. 84
• [STARRY SKY] ................................85
• [FIREWORKS] .................................85
• [BEACH] ...........................................86
• [SNOW] ............................................86
• [AERIAL PHOTO].............................86
• [PIN HOLE] ......................................86
• [FILM GRAIN]...................................87
• [HIGH DYNAMIC].............................87
• [PHOTO FRAME] .............................87
Recording Motion Pictures ......................88
• Taking pictures or taking pictures
with Burst while recording
Motion Pictures .................................91