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Before Use Before Use Dear Customer, • Please note that the actual controls and We would like to take this opportunity to components, menu items, etc. of your thank you for purchasing this Panasonic Digital Camera may look somewhat Digital Camera. Please read these different from those shown in the Operating Instructions carefully and keep illustrations in these Operating them handy for future reference. Instructions. • SDHC Logo is a trademark. • Leica is a registered trademark of Leica I
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Before Use FCC Note: (U.S. only) Trade Name: Panasonic This equipment has been tested and Model No.: DMC-FX50 found to comply with the limits for a Responsible party: Panasonic Class B digital device, pursuant to Part Corporation of 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are North America designed to provide reasonable One Panasonic protection against harmful interference Way, Secaucus, NJ in a residential installation. This 07094 equipment generates, uses, and can Support Contact: Panasonic r
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Before Use About Condensation (When the lens About cards that can be used in this is fogged up) unit • Condensation occurs when the ambient You can use an SD Memory Card, an temperature or humidity changes as SDHC Memory Card and a described below. Be careful of MultiMediaCard. condensation since it causes lens stains, • When the term card is used in these fungus and camera malfunction. operating instructions this refers to the – When the camera is taken from the cold following types of M
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Before Use About indications in these operating About the Mode Dial instructions Adjust part to the desired mode. Rotate the mode dial slowly and surely to adjust to each mode. The modes indicated here allow you to use the functions or settings shown on the page. Set the mode dial to any of the modes indicated to use the functions or settings. Convenient or helpful information for use of the camera is described. : Normal picture mode (P23) Use this mode for normal recording. About illu
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Preparation Preparation 1 SD Memory Card (16 MB) Standard Accessories 2 Battery Pack (Indicated as battery in the text) Check that all the accessories are included 3 Battery Charger before using the camera. (Indicated as charger in the text) 4 USB Connection Cable 12 5 AV Cable 6 CD-ROM 7 Strap 8 Battery Carrying Case • SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and MultiMediaCard are indicated as card RP-SD016B CGA-S005A in the text. 3 4 • For information about optional accessories, refer to the “Digi
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Preparation Names of the 9 10 11 Components 12 3 12 13 14 15 9 Camera ON/OFF switch (P11, 17) 10 Zoom lever (P28) 11 Optical image stabilizer button (P46) 12 Speaker (P67) 13 Microphone (P62, 76, 88) 1 Flash (P39) 14 Shutter button (P23, 62) 2 Lens (P4) 15 Mode dial (P6) 3 Self-timer indicator (P43) AF assist lamp (P78) 16 17 4 5 DIGITAL 18 AV OUT 19 DC IN 16 Strap eyelet 17 Lens barrel 18 [DIGITAL/AV OUT] socket (P92, 95, 99) 6 78 19 [DC IN] socket (P92, 95) • Always use a genuine Panasonic A
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Preparation Charging the Battery 3 Detach the battery after charging is completed. with the Charger The battery is not charged when the camera is shipped. Charge the battery before use. 1 Attach the battery with attention to the direction of the battery. • After charging is completed, be sure to disconnect the charger from the electrical outlet. • The battery becomes warm after using it and during and after charging. The camera also becomes warm during use. This is not a malfunction. •
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Preparation About the Battery The number of recordable pictures varies depending on the recording (charging/number of recordable interval time. If the recording interval time becomes pictures) longer, the number of recordable pictures decreases. Battery indication [e.g. When recording once every The remaining battery power appears on 2 minutes, the number of recordable the screen. [It does not appear when you pictures decreases to about 75.] use the camera with the AC adaptor Playbac
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Preparation Please confirm the latest information on the About the Card following website. Access to the card http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/cs The card access indication lights red (This Site is English only.) when pictures are being recorded onto the • Refer to P112 for information about the card. number of recordable pictures and the available recording time for each card. 3 • This camera is compatible with SD Memory Cards based on SD Memory Card Specifications and formatted in
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Preparation Setting Date/Time 3 Press [MENU/SET] several times to close the menu. (Clock Set) • Turn the camera off after finishing setting the clock. Then turn it on and Initial setting check that the clock setting is correct. The clock is not set so the following screen appears when you turn the camera on. Changing the clock setting 1 Press [MENU/SET]. 2 Move / to select [CLOCK SET]. (P70) 3 Move and then perform steps 2 and3 OFF ON to set the clock. 3 REC / 3 COL.EFFECT OFF PICT.AD
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Preparation About the Setup Menu 4 Move , move to select the setting and then press [MENU/ • Set items as required. (Refer to P19 to 22 SET]. for each menu item.) • Menu items differ depending on the mode selected with the mode dial (P6). The following example shows how to set 2 SETUP / 4 [AUTO REVIEW] when normal picture AUTO REVIEW OFF 1SEC. mode [ ] is selected. POWER SAVE 12MIN. SEC. • Select [RESET] to return the settings to the ECONOMY 3SEC. OFF initial settings at the time of pu
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Preparation [CLOCK SET] [AUTO REVIEW] MENU MENU Press [ ] to display the [SETUP] menu Press [ ] to display the [SETUP] menu /SET /SET and select the item to set. (P18) and select the item to set. (P18) Change date and time. (P17) [1SEC.]: The recorded picture automatically appears on the [WORLD TIME] screen for about 1 second. MENU Press [ ] to display the [SETUP] menu /SET [3SEC.]: The recorded picture and select the item to set. (P18) automatically appears on the []: The time at your hom
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Preparation [POWER SAVE] [ECONOMY] MENU MENU Press [ ] to display the [SETUP] menu Press [ ] to display the [SETUP] menu /SET /SET and select the item to set. (P18) and select the item to set. (P18) [1MIN.]/[2MIN.]/[5MIN.]/[10MIN.]: Battery life is saved by reducing the Power save mode is activated (the brightness of the LCD monitor and turning it off automatically when the camera is not camera is automatically turned off to being used in recording mode. save the battery life) if the camer
