Operating Instructions

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Upon your return Go through steps 1, 2 and 3 on the upper left, and return to
the original time.
To set/release summer time
Press in step 2. (Press again to release)
Clock settings will not be changed even if home summer time is set. Advance the clock
setting by one hour.
Pictures recorded when set to destination will be displayed with in playback mode.
WORLD TIME
(Registering local time at your overseas destination)
Set-up:Clock must be set in advance (P.19).
Press ‘MENU/SET’ SETUP MENU’ Select ‘WORLD TIME’ (P.20)
‘PLEASE SET THE HOME AREA will be displayed when setting for the first time. In this
case, press ‘MENU/SET’ and skip to step 2.
Set home area
1
Select ‘HOME’
2
Set your home area
Difference with GMT (Greenwich
Mean Time)
City/area name
Current time
To cancel
Press
.
Screen from step
1 will then be displayed
only when camera is used for the first time
(or has been reset).
To close menu, press ‘MENU/SET’ 3 times.
3
Finish
Set destination area
1
Select ‘DESTINATION’
2
Set destination area
Current time at selected
destination
Difference with home time
City/area name
To cancel
Press
.
If actual destination is unavailable,
select based on ‘difference with home
time’.
3
Finish
Applications
(Record)
9
Useful features for travel
(Continued)
Default setting:
‘Quick setting’ (P.66) is useful to easily call up frequently-used menus.
PICTURE SIZE
Set size of picture. Number of pictures which can be recorded depends on this setting
and on ‘QUALITY’ (see below). (P.100)
Set-up: Mode dial Press ‘MENU/SET’ Select ‘PICTURE
SIZE’ (P.20)
Settings:
ASPECT RATIO
(P.56)
Picture size
9 M
1
( 3456
×2592)
7 M
2
( 3072
×2304)
5 M
( 2560
×1920)
3 M
( 2048
×1536)
2 M
( 1600
×1200)
0.3 M
( 640
×480)
——
8.5 M
3
( 3552
×2368)
6 M
2
( 3072
×2048)
4.5 M
( 2560
×1712)
2.5 M
( 2048
×1360)
7.5 M
4
( 3712
×2088)
5.5 M
2
( 3072
×1728)
3.5 M
( 2560
×1440)
2 M
( 1920
×1080)
• Picture sizes for DMC-TZ4/DMC-TZ11 model are as follows.
1
: 8 M(3264×2448),
2
: None,
3
: 7 M(3264×2176),
4
: 6 M(3264×1840)
Extra optical zoom can be used for picture sizes indicated with .
When using (INTELLIGENT AUTO mode), 7 M and 2 M may not be selected
with 4:3 ratio, 6 M with 3:2 ratio, nor 5.5M with 16:9 ratio.
Extra optical zoom is not used in the ‘HIGH SENS.’, ‘HI-SPEED BURST’, and ‘MULTI
ASPECT’ (DMC-TZ5/DMC-TZ15 only) scene modes.
Mosaic effect may appear depending on subject and recording conditions.
Setting guide
Larger picture size
Smaller picture size
For example, ‘0.3 M ’ is
suitable for e-mail attachments
or longer recording.
Crisper picture Coarser picture
lower recording capacity higher recording
capacity
QUALITY
Set quality of picture.
Set-up: Mode dial Press ‘MENU/SET’ Select ‘QUALITY’ (P.20)
Settings: Fine (High quality, priority to picture quality)
Standard (Standard quality, priority to the number of pictures)
Applications
(Record)
10
Using REC menu
REC/PLAY switch: