PANASONIC DMCFZ3PP
Owner's Manual

Recording pictures (basic)

� Focusing � The focus range is 0.98 feet (30 cm) � ¶ (Wide), 3.94 feet (120 cm) � ¶ (Tele). � If you press the shutter button fully without prefocusing, pictures may be blurry or unfocused. � When the focus indication is blinking, the subject is not focused. Press the shutter button halfway and focus on the subject again. � If the camera will not focus after a few tries, turn it off and on and try again. � In the following cases, the camera cannot focus on subjects properly. � When including both near and distant subjects in a scene. � When there is dirt or dust on the glass between the lens and the subject. � When there are illuminated or glittering objects around the subject. � When taking a picture in a dark place. � When the subject is moving fast. � When the scene has low contrast. � When jitter occurs. � When recording a very bright subject. We recommend taking pictures using AF/AE lock (P33) or prefocus (P74). In dark places, the AF assist lamp (P75) may turn on to focus on the subject. � Even if the focus indication appears and the subject is focused, it is canceled when you release the shutter button. Press the shutter button halfway again.

� Jitter (camera shake) � Be careful of jittering when pressing the shutter button. � When jitter could occur, the jitter alert 1 appears.

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� When the jitter alert appears, we recommend using a tripod. If you cannot use a tripod, be careful of how you hold the camera. (P33) � Exposure � If you press the shutter button halfway when the exposure is not adequate, the indication of the aperture value and the shutter speed turns red. (However, the aperture value and the shutter speed do not turn red when the flash is activated.) � The brightness of the screen may differ from that of recorded pictures. In particular, when taking pictures in dark places with slow shutter speed, the subject looks dark on the screen, but the actual picture is bright. � When most of the subjects in the screen are bright (e.g. blue sky on a clear day, snowy field, etc.), the recorded pictures may become dark. In this case, compensate the exposure value on the camera. (P45)

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