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Contents
Before Use
Care of the camera ...................................................................................................... 7
Standard Accessories................................................................................................. 8
Names and Functions of Main Parts.......................................................................... 9
Preparation
Attaching the Lens Cap/Shoulder Strap.................................................................. 16
Attaching the Lens Hood
(DMC-FZ200)
................................................................... 17
Charging the Battery ................................................................................................. 18
• Charging ............................................................................................................. 18
• Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures ........................ 20
Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/the Battery....................................... 22
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........................................................................ 23
• Approximate number of recordable pictures and available recording time......... 25
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) .................................................................................. 27
• Changing the clock setting.................................................................................. 28
Tips for taking good pictures ................................................................................... 29
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)......................................................................... 29
Basic
Selecting the Recording Mode ................................................................................. 30
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings
(Program AE Mode)................................................................................................... 31
• Program Shift...................................................................................................... 32
Focusing .................................................................................................................... 33
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic Function
(Intelligent Auto Mode) ............................................................................................. 35
• Taking Pictures with Defocus Control Function .................................................. 37
• Changing the settings ......................................................................................... 38
• Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus Mode ....................................................... 39
Recording Motion Pictures....................................................................................... 41
• Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures ..................................... 44
Playing Back Pictures ([Normal Play]) .................................................................... 45
• Selecting a picture .............................................................................................. 45
• Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback) ..................................................... 46
• Using the Playback Zoom................................................................................... 46
Playing Back Motion Pictures .................................................................................. 47
• Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture ...................................................... 48
Deleting Pictures ....................................................................................................... 49
• To delete a single picture .................................................................................... 49
• To delete multiple pictures or all the pictures...................................................... 50
Setting the Menu ....................................................................................................... 51
• Setting menu items ............................................................................................. 52
• Using the Quick Menu ........................................................................................ 54
About the Setup Menu .............................................................................................. 55
