Panasonic DMC-FZ40 manual

Ba sic Oper atin g Instr uct ions Digital Camera Model No. DMC-FZ40 Before connecting, operat ing or adjusting this product, please rea d t he inst ructions c ompletely . Ple ase al so re fer t o the O perat ing Instructions (PDF forma t) contain ed on the C D-RO M (supp lie d). Y ou c an le arn abo ut adv an ced op era t i on meth od s and ch eck [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 2 Dear Customer , Thank you for cho osi ng Pan ason ic! Y ou ha ve purc h ased one of the mo st sophi s t icate d and r el iab le pr oduct s on the mark et toda y . Use d prope rly , we’ re sure it wil l b r ing yo u an d your fam ily yea rs of en jo ymen t. Pleas e tak e time to fill in th e inf orm atio n b elow . Th e ser ial n[...]

3 (ENG) VQT2X16 Information for Y our Safety ∫ Product i dentifi cation m arking W ARNING: T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE, • DO NOT EXPOSE THIS A PP ARA TUS T O RAIN , MOISTU RE, D RIPPIN G OR SPLASH ING AND THA T NO OBJECTS FILLED W ITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS V ASES, SHA LL BE PLACED ON TH E APP ARA TUS. • USE ONL Y [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 4 FCC Note: Th is eq ui pm e nt ha s be en te st ed a nd fo und t o c o mp ly wi th th e l im its for a Cla ss B di gital d evi ce, p ursu ant to Pa rt 15 of th e FC C Ru les. Th ese l im its a re de sign ed to p rov id e rea sona bl e pro te cti on a ga inst har m ful int er fe ren ce in a r esi de nt ia l i nst allat io n. Th is e[...]

5 (ENG) VQT2X16 ∫ Ab out the ba tte ry pac k • Do not h eat or ex po se to fl am e. • Do not l ea ve the bat t ery (ie s) in an autom o bi l e ex po se d to di re ct sun li ght fo r a long p eri o d of tim e w ith door s an d win dow s cl os ed. ∫ Ab out the ba tte ry c har ger CAUTION Bat ter y p ac k (Li thi um i on b at t ery pack ) • [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 6 ∫ Ca uti ons for U se • Do not u se a ny o th er AV cabl e s ex ce pt th e su ppl i e d one . • Do not u se a ny o th er U SB co nn ec tion cab les excep t the s upp l i ed on e. • Alway s us e a genu i ne Pan as onic HDM I mini cable (RP - CDHM 1 5, RP -CDH M30; optional). Part nu m b ers : RP -C DH M15 (1 .5 m ) (5 f eet[...]

7 (ENG) VQT2X16 Contents Inform a tion fo r Your S afe ty ....... .... ... ........ .... .... .... ....... .... .... .... ....... .... .... .... ... 3 Stand ard Ac c essori es ....... .... .... .... ....... .... .... .... ....... .... .... .... ....... .... .... .... .... ... 8 Name s of the Co mpo ne nts ... .... .... ... .... .... .... .... .... [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 8 St andard Accessories Chec k that all th e ac ce ss or i es a re supp l ie d be fo re us ing the cam e ra . Prod uct nu mber s cor rect as of Ju ly 20 10. Thes e m ay be s ubje ct to cha nge . 1 Bat te r y P a ck (Ind icat ed as batt ery pack or ba ttery in th e te xt ) Charg e th e ba tt er y be fore use . 2 B atte ry Cha rge r ([...]

9 (ENG) VQT2X16 Names of the Compo nent s 1 Lens 2F l a s h 3 S elf -Timer i ndi cato r AF assis t lamp 4 Len s ho od attach men t par t 5 [Q .MEN U] but t on/D elet e bu tt on 6 [ DI S PLA Y] bu t t on 7[ A F / A F # /M F] butto n 8L C D m o n i t o r 9 F l as h ope n bu tton 10 Dio p t er ad j us tme nt di al 1 1 Vi ewfi nder 12 [EVF /LCD ] butto[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 10 17 Cu rs or bu tt o ns 18 S t er eo m i cr op hon e 19 Zoo m le ver 20 Shut t er bu tt o n 21 Mot ion pi c t ure but t on 22 [F OCU S ] bu tto n 23 Powe r l am p 24 Camera O N/OFF s witch 25 Mode di al 26 Shou lder s trap e yel et 27 [H D M I] so ck et 2 8 [ A V OU T /DI GI T AL] s o c k e t 29 T erm ina l d oor 2 / Se l f- Tim e[...]

11 (ENG) VQT2X16 30 S pe ak er 31 Lens ba rr el 32 Rel eas e lev er 33 T r ip od r ece pta cle • Whe n yo u us e a trip od, mak e sure th e tripo d is st able when the camera is attached to it. 34 Car d/Batte ry door 35 DC co upl e r co ve r • Whe n us ing an AC adap t or, ensu re t hat th e Pa nas on i c D C coupl e r (D MW-D CC 6; opt ion al)[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 12 Preparation Charging the Battery ∫ Ab out batt eri es tha t y ou ca n u se w ith this u nit The battery that can be used with this unit is DMW- BMB 9PP . • Use the dedicated charger and battery . • The camera has a funct ion for distinguishing batteries which can be used safely . The dedicated battery (DMW-BMB9PP) supports [...]

13 (ENG) VQT2X16 ∫ Abou t the [CHAR GE] indic ator • When t he [C HARG E] in di ca tor flas h es – The batt er y t emper at ur e i s too hi gh o r t oo l ow. It is r ecommend ed to c har ge t he bat t er y agai n i n an ambi ent t empe rat ur e of bet we en 10 ºC t o 30 ºC (50 o F to 8 6 o F). – The te rmi n a ls of th e ch arg er or th e[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 14 ∫ Ch argi ng ∫ Re cordin g s till pi cture s (Wh en using the L CD m onit or/Vie wfind er) Recording conditions by CI P A standard • CIP A i s an abbr ev iat ion of [C am e ra & Ima ging Produ ct s A ss oc iat ion] . • T emp er ature : 23 o C (7 3. 4 o F)/ Hum idit y : 50%R H when L CD mo nit or is o n. • Usi ng a P[...]

15 (ENG) VQT2X16 About the Built-in Mem ory/the Card • Memory size: Approx. 40 MB • The bu i l t- in mem or y c an be use d as a temp or ary stor age dev i ce whe n th e ca rd bein g us ed be com es full. • The ac c es s t ime for th e buil t -in mem ory may be long er t ha n th e ac ce ss tim e f or a card. The follow ing card s whi ch con f[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 16 Inserting and Remo ving the Card (optional)/the Battery • T urn th e powe r sw itc h to [OFF] a nd co nfirm that th e le n s bar rel is retra cted. • Clos e t he f las h. • We rec omm e nd us ing a Pan as onic card. Slide the rele ase l ever in the direct ion of the arr ow and o pen the car d/batter y door . • Always use [...]

17 (ENG) VQT2X16 Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) • The clock is not set when the camera is shipped. T urn the came ra on. A [M ENU/SE T] but ton B Curso r bu tton s • The le ns b arr el ex tend s. Press [ MENU/SET]. Press 2 / 1 to sel ect the items (year , m onth, day , hour , minut e, display sequence or time displa y format) , and press 3 / 4 t[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 18 Setting the Menu Th is sec tio n d escr ibes how to se lec t th e P rog ram A E Mo de s etti ngs , an d t he same se tti ng can be us ed fo r t he [MO T ION PICTUR E] me nu, [P LA YBACK] men u and [S E TUP ] menu as w el l . Ex ampl e: Se tt ing [A F MO DE ] f rom [ Ø ] to [ š ] i n the Progra m AE Mode. Press [ MENU/SET] to cl[...]

19 (ENG) VQT2X16 Mode sw i tchi n g Ba sic Selecting the [REC] Mode T urn the came ra on. • Th e powe r l am p 2 light s when you turn this uni t on 1 . Switching the mode by rot ating the mo de d ial . Align a desired mode with part A . • Rota te the mode dial slowly and surely to adju st to eac h mod e . ( The m ode di al rot ate s 360 o ) ?[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 20 ∫ Ad va nc ed ∫ Ad va nc ed Sce n e Mod e Aperture- Prior ity AE Mode The shut ter s pe ed is autom atic all y d et ermin ed by t he ape rtur e v alue you se t. Shutter-P rio rity AE Mode The ape rtur e val u e is auto mat ica lly deter m ined by t he shut ter sp eed you se t. Manual Ex posure Mod e The ex pos ur e is adj us [...]

21 (ENG) VQT2X16 [ RE C ] Mo de: ñ T aking pictures us ing the automatic function ( ñ : Intelligent A uto Mode) The cam e ra w i ll s et the most app ro pria te set t ings to ma tc h t he s ubj e ct and the reco rdin g co ndit i on s so we re co mm end th is m od e fo r beg inne rs or t hos e wh o want t o l ea ve t he set ti ngs to th e cam era [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 22 When t he c am er a ide nt ifi es the op tim um s cene, th e ico n of th e sc en e co nc ern ed is dis pl a ye d in bl ue for 2 sec on ds , afte r wh i ch its co lor c han ges to the usu al red . • [ ¦ ] is set if none of the sc ene s ar e app l i ca ble, and the sta nda rd s et tin gs are set . • When [ ],[ ] or [ ] is sel [...]

23 (ENG) VQT2X16 [R EC] Mo de: ³ T aking pictures with your favorite setti ngs ( : Program AE Mode) The cam e ra au tom ati ca ll y se ts the shu tter sp eed and t he ap er tu re v alue acco rdin g to th e bri g ht ness of the s ubje ct. Y ou ca n ta ke pi ct ure s wi th g rea ter f re edom b y cha ngin g v ar ious set tin gs i n [R EC] menu. Set [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 24 In Pr ogr am A E Mode, yo u ca n ch ang e th e pr es et apert ur e va lue an d sh ut ter s pee d wit hou t chang ing t he e xp osure . Thi s is ca l l ed pr og ram sh ift . Y ou can m a ke the bac kgrou nd m or e blur re d by decr eas i ng t he aper tu re value or re co rd a m ov ing s ub j e ct mor e dyna mic ally by s l o w i n[...]

25 (ENG) VQT2X16 [ RE C ] Mo de: Compensating the E xposure Use t hi s fun ct i on whe n yo u ca nno t ac hi e ve a ppr opr i at e ex pos ur e du e to the differ enc e in br i ght ne ss bet w een the sub j ec t an d th e ba ck gro un d. ∫ Ope r ate wit h the r ear di al 1 Pres s the r ear d ial to se lec t [ È ], and then rotate the re ar dial t[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 26 [ RE C ] Mo de: T aki ng pictu res by speci fyi ng the aper ture / shutt er speed Set the a per ture v alu e to a h ighe r nu mber w hen yo u wa nt a s harp f ocus back gro un d. S et t he a per t ure v alue t o a l ower num ber w hen you w ant a s oft focu s back gro un d. Set t he mode di al t o [ ]. Rot ate the r ear di al t o[...]

27 (ENG) VQT2X16 [ RE C ] Mo de: T aking picture by s etting the exposu re manually Dete rmi ne th e ex pos ur e by manua ll y se tt i ng th e ape rt ure val u e an d the sh ut te r speed . Set t he mode di al t o [ ² ]. • The Ma nua l E xpo su re A ssi stan ce A a ppe ars fo r abo ut 10 s eco nd s. Rot ate the r ear di al t o s et th e apertur [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 28 [R EC] Mo de: Advanced (Recording pictur es ) Recording Motion Pi ctures This can recor d high def init ion m otion pi ctur es com patib l e with t he AV CHD fo rma t or m o tion pi ctu res rec orded i n M otio n JPE G . Audio will be recorded in stereo. • Clos e t he f las h. (It i s re co m m end ed tha t y ou c lose th e fla[...]

29 (ENG) VQT2X16 [PLA YB ACK] Mode : ¸ Playing back Pict ures ([NORM AL PLA Y ]) Press 2 / 1 to select the pic tur e. • After s elec ti ng t he mot ion pict ur e, pre ss 3 t o st art p layba ck. Press [ ( ]. DMC-FZ45&40_P-VQT2X16 _eng.book 29 ペ ージ ２０１０年７月２日　 金曜日　午後 ４時１０分[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 30 [PLA YB ACK] Mode : ¸ Deleting Pictures Once deleted, pict ures c annot be r ecovere d. • Pictur es on the built-in memory or the card, which ar e being played b ack will be de let ed. Select t he pi cture to be deleted, and then press [ ‚ ]. Press 2 to sel ect [ YES] and the n press [ MENU/SET]. DMC-FZ45&40_P-VQT2X16 _e[...]

31 (ENG) VQT2X16 Reading the Operat ing Instructions (PDF format) • Y o u ha ve prac ti se d th e bas ic o per at i ons int rod uc ed i n t hes e op er at ing instru cti on s an d wa nt to p rog res s to ad va nc ed op era tio ns . • Y o u wa nt to c he ck t he Trou bleshoo t ing. In th ese k inds of s itua tio ns ref e r to Ope ra tin g Ins tr[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 32 ∫ Whe n th e Op era ting In stru ctio ns (P DF form at) will no t op en Y ou wi l l n eed Ado be Ac rob at Rea der 5.0 or l at er or A dob e Re ade r 7. 0 or late r to brows e or prin t the Op era tin g In stru ct i on s (PD F fo rmat ). Inse rt th e CD -R OM co nta in i ng t he Oper at i ng I ns tr uc tio ns (su ppl i e d), cl[...]

33 (ENG) VQT2X16 Othe r s Specifications Dig i tal C a m era : In fo rma tio n fo r yo u r s a f et y Power S o urce: DC 8 .4 V Power Consumpt ion: 1.3 W (Wh en re co rd in g wi t h LC D M o ni to r) 1 .1 W (Wh en re co rd ing wi t h Vie wf i nde r) 0.7 W ( Wh en pl ayi ng bac k w ith L CD Moni tor ) 0.5 W ( Wh en pl ayi ng bac k w ith Vi ewfind er[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 34 Focus r ange: AF: 30 cm (0 .9 9 fe e t) (Wi d e)/2 m (6 . 5 7 fe et ) (T el e ) to ¶ AF M a cro/ MF/Int e llig ent Aut o: 1 cm (0 .04 feet ) (W i de )/ 1 m (3.28 fee t) (T e le) t o ¶ Sc ene Mo de : T he re ma y be di f fer ence s in th e ab ove se tti ng s. Shutter system: Electroni c s hutte r i Mec han ical sh utte r Burst r[...]

35 (ENG) VQT2X16 LCD monitor: 3.0 q TFT LCD ( 3:2) (App rox . 2 30,00 0 do ts) (f iel d of vi ew rat i o ab out 10 0% ) Viewfin der : Col or LC D Vie wf i nd er (A p pro x. 202 ,0 00 do ts ) (fie ld of vi e w ra tio abou t 10 0% ) (wi th d iopt er adj ust ment j 4 to i 4 dio pter ) Flash : Buil t- in po p up fl as h Flas h ran ge : [ IS O A UTO] Ap[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 36 Dimensions: A pprox . 12 0.3 mm ( W) k 79. 8 mm (H ) k 9 1.9 mm ( D) [4 .7 4 q (W) k 3.1 4 q (H ) k 3.62 q (D)] (exc ludin g th e pro j ec tin g parts) Ma ss ( wei gh t): Appr ox. 49 8 g /1. 10 lb ( wit h c ard a nd ba t tery ) Appr ox. 45 4 g /1.0 0 lb (excl ud in g ca rd an d batte r y) Operating temp er atu re: 0 o C to 40 o C[...]

37 (ENG) VQT2X16 Digital Camera Accessory System Battery Pack HDMI mini Cable Lens Adapter : MC Protector : ND Filter PL Filter : AC Adaptor 1 DC Coupler 1 T ele Conversion Lens 2 Close-up Lens 2 Description Illustration Accessory# DMW-AC8PP DMW-BMB9PP DMW-DCC6 RP-CDHM15 RP-CDHM30 DMW-L T55 DMW-LC55 DMW-LA5 : DMW-LMC52 : DMW-LND52 DMW-LPL52 : 2 DMC[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 38 Pro duct num b ers corre ct as of July 2010 . These ma y be sub ject to ch ang e. ¢ 1 Th e A C A da pto r (o pt ion a l) ca n on ly be use d wi th th e de s i gnat ed P an as oni c DC Co upl e r (op ti o nal) . Th e AC ada pt or (opt i on al) c ann ot be us ed b y itsel f . ¢ 2 The le ns adap ter (o pt i ona l ) i s ne cess ar [...]

39 (ENG) VQT2X16 Digital Camera Accessory Order Form TO OBT AIN ANY OF OUR DIGIT AL CAMERA ACCESSORIES YOU CAN DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: VISIT YOUR LOCAL PANASONIC DEALER OR CALL P ANASONIC’S ACCESSOR Y ORDER LINE A T 1-800-332-5368 [6 AM-6 PM M-F , P ACIFIC TIME] OR MAIL THIS ORDER TO: P ANASONIC SERVICE AND TECHNOLOGY COMP ANY ACCESSORY ORDER OF[...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 40 Limited Warranty (ONL Y FOR U.S.A. AND PUERTO RICO) Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company , Division of Panasonic Corporat ion of North America One Pa nas on ic Way , Secau cu s, Ne w Je rs ey 0709 4 Pana sonic Digit al S t il l Ca mer a Produ c t s Limited W ar ranty Limited Warranty Coverage (For USA and Pu erto Rico O nly) If[...]

41 (ENG) VQT2X16 Mail- In Serv ic e For ass ista nce in t he U.S .A. a nd Puer to R ico i n obtaini ng repai rs, p lease ship t he produ ct pre paid t o: Panasonic Exchange Center 4900 Ge o rg e M cVay Dr ive Suite B McA l len , TX 785 03 panaca re @ us. panaso nic. com When s hipp ing t he un i t, ca reful l y pac k, incl u de all ac c ess or ies [...]

VQT 2X16 (ENG ) 42 THERE ARE NO EXPR ESS W ARRANTIES EXCEPT A S LISTED UNDER “ LIMI TED W ARR ANTY COVE RAGE” . THE W A RR A NTO R I S NO T LIAB LE FO R IN CI D ENTAL OR CO NS E QU E NT I AL DAMA GES RESUL TI NG FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT , OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BR EA CH OF THIS W ARR AN TY . (As exam pl es, thi s ex clu des d am ages f or l [...]

43 (ENG) VQT2X16 As o f Nov emb er 2009 Cu st om er S er vi ce s Di re ctory (Un it ed S tat es an d Pue rto Ri co) O btain Pro du ct I nfo rma tio n and Oper ati ng Assi stanc e; lo c ate yo ur ne are st Deal er o r Se rvic e Cen t er; pur chas e Part s and Ac ce ssor ies ; or m ak e Custom er S ervice and Litera ture re quests by v isiting our We[...]

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