Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...USA assistance please call 1 800 272 7033 or send e mail to digitalstillcam panasonic com For Canadian assistance please call 1 800 561 5505 or visit us at www panasonic ca Before connecting operatin...

Page 2: ...o is a trademark Other names company names and product names printed in these instructions are trademarks or registered trademarks of the companies concerned WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOC...

Page 3: ...etween the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for...

Page 4: ...may cause uneven colors on the LCD monitor or a malfunction of the LCD monitor In a place with drastic temperature changes condensation may form on the LCD monitor Wipe it with a soft dry cloth If the...

Page 5: ...the camera is close to the ambient temperature to avoid condensation In case of condensation turn the camera off and then leave it for about 2 hours When the camera becomes close to the ambient tempe...

Page 6: ...ions on the cursor button are described as illustrated below e g When you press the 4 button Compensating the Exposure Use this function when you cannot achieve appropriate exposure due to the differe...

Page 7: ...Pictures using Auto Bracket 43 Optical Image Stabilizer 44 Taking Pictures using Burst Mode 45 Playback basic Playing Back Pictures 47 Multi Playback 9 screens 16 screens and 25 screens 48 Using the...

Page 8: ...ures RESIZE 87 Trimming the Pictures TRIMMING 88 Clean up CLEAN UP 90 Initializing the Card FORMAT 91 Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen 92 Connecting to a PC or Printer Before Connecting to the PC...

Page 9: ...as Charger 4 USB Connection Cable 5 AV Cable 6 CD ROM 7 Strap 8 Battery Carrying Case For information about optional accessories please refer to Digital Camera Accessory System P113 If any of the acce...

Page 10: ...rsor Buttons 2 Self timer Button P41 4 REV Button P36 1 Flash Setting Button P38 3 Exposure Compensation P42 Auto Bracket P43 White Balance Fine Adjustment P68 Backlight Compensation in Simple Mode P3...

Page 11: ...Socket P92 94 96 20 DC IN Socket P94 96 Please be sure to use genuine Panasonic AC adaptor DMW AC5 optional This camera cannot charge the battery even though the AC adaptor DMW AC5 optional is connect...

Page 12: ...ages 1 Charge the battery P13 When the camera is shipped the battery is not charged Charge the battery before use 2 Insert the battery and the card P15 16 3 Turn the camera on to take pictures Set the...

Page 13: ...about 130 minutes charging is completed 3 Detach the battery after charging is completed After charging is completed be sure to disconnect the charger from the electrical outlet The battery becomes wa...

Page 14: ...f the battery Charging Charging time and the number of recordable pictures with the optional battery pack CGA S005A are the same as above When charging starts the CHARGE indicator lights Charging erro...

Page 15: ...Store the removed battery in the battery carrying case supplied P104 When a fully charged battery has been inserted for more than 24 hours the clock setting is stored in the camera for at least 3 mont...

Page 16: ...only genuine SD cards with an SD Logo 2 Insert Insert the card fully with the label side facing the front of the camera until it clicks Remove Push the card until it clicks then pull the card out upri...

Page 17: ...ht removable external cards The reading writing speed of an SD Memory Card is fast The SD Memory Card is equipped with a Write Protect switch B that can inhibit writing and formatting a card When the...

Page 18: ...240 190 350 256 MB 82 160 150 290 240 470 370 690 512 MB 160 320 300 590 480 940 730 1370 1 GB 320 640 610 1180 970 1880 1470 2740 2 GB 660 1280 1220 2360 1920 3610 2920 5120 Aspect ratio Picture size...

Page 19: ...om ratio is extended to a maximum of 4 1k when the digital zoom is set to OFF P71 Refer to P72 for information about quality The numbers are approximations The numbers vary depending on the recording...

Page 20: ...lock setting is correct after turning the camera off and on When a fully charged battery has been inserted for more than 24 hours the clock setting is stored in the camera for at least 3 months even i...

Page 21: ...tem 5 Select the desired value Close the menu by pressing the MENU button after finishing the setting In recording mode you can also close the menu by pressing the shutter button halfway OFF ON AUTO A...

Page 22: ...of the setting on the auto review function The picture is not enlarged The auto review function is activated while pictures with audio are recorded regardless of the setting on the auto review functio...

Page 23: ...ng the AC adaptor DMW AC5 optional The brightness of the LCD monitor is not reduced when the power LCD function is activated BEEP BEEP LEVEL No operational sound Soft operational sound Loud operationa...

Page 24: ...em SCENE MENU AUTO SCENE MODE menu appears automatically when setting the mode dial to scene mode Select the desired scene mode OFF SCENE MODE menu does not appear when setting the mode dial to scene...

Page 25: ...Normal display C No display In recording mode P29 D Normal display E Display with histogram F No display Recording guide line G No display 1 Histogram In playback mode P47 H Normal display I Display w...

Page 26: ...ly again If you press and hold PWR LCD button for 1 second again the power LCD function is canceled and the LCD monitor reverts back to its usual brightness In the power LCD function the brightness an...

Page 27: ...the exposure is adequate and the brightness is well balanced C When the values are concentrated to the right the picture is over exposed Example of histogram A Under Exposed B Properly Exposed C Over...

Page 28: ...st to each mode Normal picture mode P29 Use this mode for usual recording Simple mode P33 This is the recommended mode for beginners Macro mode P53 This mode allows you to take a picture closely focus...

Page 29: ...way to focus The focus indication 2 is lit and then the aperture value 3 and the shutter speed 4 are displayed When 5 area focusing or 3 area focusing High speed is used for AF mode the AF area will n...

Page 30: ...with both hands keep arms stationary at your side and stand with your feet slightly apart Make sure that camera shake does not occur when you press the shutter button Do not cover the photo flash or...

Page 31: ...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 especiall...

Page 32: ...may become dark In this case compensate the exposure value on the camera P42 When you press the shutter button the LCD monitor may become bright or dark for a moment This function allows easy adjustm...

Page 33: ...n Simple mode PICT MODE AUTO REVIEW BEEP CLOCK SET Change date and time P20 SIMPLE MODE AUTO REVIEW BEEP CLOCK SET EXITMENU SELECT SET PICT MODE ENLARGE 4 k6 10k15cm E MAIL MENU ENLARGE Optimum for en...

Page 34: ...22 ECONOMY OFF P23 Self timer 10 seconds P41 Optical Image Stabilizer MODE2 P44 Burst speed Low speed P45 Number of recordable pictures in burst mode ENLARGE max 6 pictures 4qk6q 10k15cm max 8 picture...

Page 35: ...compensation function is canceled When you use the backlight compensation function we recommend using the flash With 4qk6q 10k15cm or E MAIL in PICT MODE the extended optical zoom is activated and th...

Page 36: ...or dim compensate the exposure P42 2 Enlarge and shift the picture 1k 4k 8k 8k 4k 1k When you change the magnification or the position to be displayed the zoom position indication A appears for about...

Page 37: ...he picture can be enhanced if a tripod is used At high magnification even small movements can cause a slight decrease in picture sharpness If you use the zoom function after focusing on the subject fo...

Page 38: ...twice The first flash is activated only for a preparation of actual recording The subject should not move until the second flash is finished Use this when you take pictures of people in low lighting c...

Page 39: ...ng the flash it will be automatically increased to a maximum of ISO400 To avoid noise we recommend decreasing the ISO sensitivity P69 or setting PICT ADJ to NATURAL P76 ISO sensitivity Available flash...

Page 40: ...ge the exposure may not be adjusted properly and the picture may become bright or dark When you repeat taking a picture recording may be disabled even if the flash is activated Take a picture after th...

Page 41: ...jitter caused by pressing the shutter button When you press the shutter button fully with one stroke the subject is automatically focused just before the recording In dark places the self timer indic...

Page 42: ...s until EXPOSURE appears and then compensate the exposure You can compensate from j2 EV to i2 EV in steps of 1 3 EV EV is an abbreviation for Exposure Value and it is the amount of light given to the...

Page 43: ...t When taking pictures using auto bracket after the exposure compensation the pictures are based on the compensated exposure When the exposure is compensated the compensated exposure value appears on...

Page 44: ...optical zoom is fixed to Wide 1k and the zoom function cannot be activated Moreover you cannot take pictures The stabilizer function may not work sufficiently in the following cases When too much jit...

Page 45: ...etting is set to Unlimited You can take pictures until the capacity of the card becomes full The burst speed becomes slower halfway Depending on the picture size or card the speed differs The focus is...

Page 46: ...e a picture When setting the burst mode the auto review function is activated regardless of the setting on the auto review function The picture is not enlarged Moreover the settings for the auto revie...

Page 47: ...an only be forwarded or rewound one by one When you forward or rewind a large number of pictures release 2 1 once before reaching the picture to be played back then press 2 1 to forward rewind picture...

Page 48: ...screen When you switch to multi screen the scroll bar A appears From all the recorded pictures the location of the displayed picture can be confirmed 2 Select the pictures The selected picture s reco...

Page 49: ...appears To delete a picture during a multi playback Press the button When the confirmation screen appears press 4 to select YES and press 1 P51 Pictures will not be displayed in the rotated direction...

Page 50: ...tion is displayed for about 1 second To delete a picture during playback zoom Press the button When the confirmation screen appears press 4 to select YES and press 1 P51 The more the picture is enlarg...

Page 51: ...icture While deleting the picture appears on the screen To delete MULTI DELETE ALL DELETE 1 Select MULTI DELETE or ALL DELETE If you selected MULTI DELETE perform steps 2 and 3 P52 If you selected ALL...

Page 52: ...eted if you select ALL DELETE EXCEPT and use the same steps as ALL DELETE However if none of the pictures have displayed you cannot select ALL DELETE EXCEPT even if FAVORITE is set to ON Once deleted...

Page 53: ...nge is about 30 cm 0 98 feet to 4 0 m 13 1 feet Wide This is applied when you set the ISO sensitivity to AUTO When you take pictures at close range in macro mode the resolution of the peripheral of th...

Page 54: ...amera stops automatically Available recording time seconds The recordable time is an approximation It varies depending on the recording condition and the types of SD memory Card The recording time cha...

Page 55: ...ixed to what they are when recording starts in the first frame Depending on the type of card the card access indication appears for a while after recording motion pictures However this is not a malfun...

Page 56: ...he REC mode menu P66 and the SETUP menu P21 PORTRAIT P57 SPORTS P57 FOOD P58 SCENERY P58 NIGHT PORTRAIT P59 NIGHT SCENERY P59 BABY P60 SOFT SKIN P61 CANDLE LIGHT P61 PARTY P62 FIREWORKS P62 SNOW P63 S...

Page 57: ...effect select a background as far as possible from the camera and get closer to the subject This mode is only suitable for outdoors in the daytime The ISO sensitivity is fixed to AUTO This mode allow...

Page 58: ...res of food in a natural hue The focus range becomes the same as that in the macro mode 5 cm 0 16 feet Wide 30 cm 0 98 feet Tele to The ISO sensitivity is fixed to AUTO This mode allows you to take a...

Page 59: ...ter taking a picture because of signal conditioning but it is not a malfunction When you take pictures in dark places noise may become visible The flash is always activated when the camera is set to S...

Page 60: ...3 Press the MENU button to finish the setting If you select WITH AGE without setting birthday in advance a message is displayed Press the MENU button and set birthday following the above steps 2 and...

Page 61: ...table for outdoors in the daytime The ISO sensitivity is fixed to ISO80 If there is a color close to the skin color in the background that part is also smoothened This mode may not be effective in ins...

Page 62: ...a distance about 1 5 m 4 92 feet from the subject The flash setting can be set to Slow sync Red eye reduction or Forced ON Red eye reduction The ISO sensitivity is fixed to AUTO This mode allows you...

Page 63: ...r of the snow stand out The ISO sensitivity is fixed to AUTO This mode allows you to take beautiful pictures of a starry sky or a dark subject that you could not take in NIGHT SCENERY It is possible t...

Page 64: ...d to OFF The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF The ISO sensitivity is fixed to ISO80 You cannot compensate the exposure or set auto bracket burst mode or AUDIO REC Histograms are always displayed i...

Page 65: ...he audio P41 When you select SELF PORTRAIT the zoom magnification is automatically moved to Wide 1k The self timer can be set to off or 2 seconds P41 When you set to 2 seconds it is kept until the cam...

Page 66: ...m lever toward T or W the page of the menu screen can be forwarded or reversed Close the menu by pressing the shutter button halfway or the MENU button after finishing the setting W BALANCE P67 SENSIT...

Page 67: ...ubject is surrounded by many light sources auto white balance adjustment may not operate properly In this case set the white balance to a mode except AUTO 1 The range that is controlled by the auto wh...

Page 68: ...2 RED Press when the hue is bluish About the white balance In simple mode the white balance is fixed to AUTO When taking a picture with the flash the white balance will be automatically adjusted excep...

Page 69: ...end decreasing the ISO sensitivity or setting PICT ADJ to NATURAL P76 The aspect ratio is the horizontal to vertical ratio of a picture You can select from three aspect ratios The ends of the recorded...

Page 70: ...you select a picture size with EZ displayed the zoom ratio is extended to a maximum of 4 1k when the digital zoom is set to OFF P71 In the motion picture mode the picture size is fixed to 640k480 pix...

Page 71: ...tended optical zoom without worrying about further picture distortion If you set a picture size that activates the extended optical zoom the extended optical zoom icon is displayed on the LCD monitor...

Page 72: ...sing the shutter button the audio recording will be automatically stopped in about 5 seconds There is no need to keep pressing the shutter button Audio is recorded from the built in microphone of the...

Page 73: ...as light at the same time the camera is focusing on all the AF areas The focus position is not predetermined because it is set to the position that the camera automatically determines at the time of f...

Page 74: ...SIST LAMP is fixed to ON You cannot use the AF assist lamp in SCENERY P58 NIGHT SCENERY P59 FIREWORKS P62 and SELF PORTRAIT P64 in scene mode When you do not want to use the AF assist lamp e g when yo...

Page 75: ...ctures You cannot set the slow shutter in NIGHT SCENERY P59 FIREWORKS P62 and STARRY SKY P63 in scene mode When the digital zoom is set to ON the zoom ratio can be extended to a maximum of 12k using t...

Page 76: ...nd set only to a point on the center of the screen in the digital zoom range P73 You can use 4 types of color effects depending on the atmosphere of the picture Use this function according to the reco...

Page 77: ...s 3 again to cancel pause Sound can be heard through the speaker Refer to VOLUME P23 for information about how to adjust the volume on the SETUP menu Pictures with audio or motion pictures cannot be r...

Page 78: ...rd T or W the page of the menu screen can be forwarded or reversed After selecting a menu item with the operation described above make settings for each menu SLIDE SHOW P79 FAVORITE P80 ROTATE DISP P8...

Page 79: ...MENU button the Slide Show stops Motion pictures cannot be played back in the Slide Show When you set AUDIO to ON and then a picture with audio is played back the next picture is displayed after playi...

Page 80: ...f FAVORITE is set to OFF Also favorites icon will not appear when FAVORITE is set to OFF even if FAVORITE was previously set to ON 2 Select the picture and set it Repeat the above procedure If 3 is pr...

Page 81: ...od pictures on P30 carefully The direction detection function P31 may not work properly on pictures recorded by aiming the camera up or down When playing back rotated pictures in multi playback pictur...

Page 82: ...ftware compatible with Exif Exif is the file format for still pictures to which recording information and other can be added established by JEITA Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industrie...

Page 83: ...the number of prints The number of prints can be set from 0 to 999 The number of prints icon appears When the number of prints is set to 0 DPOF print setting is canceled Multi setting Select the pictu...

Page 84: ...he date print For further information ask the photo studio or refer to the operating instructions of the printer DPOF print setting is a convenient function when you print pictures with printers suppo...

Page 85: ...While this feature protects the pictures from accidental erasure formatting the card will permanently delete all data P91 The protect setting may not be effective in other equipment Sliding the Card W...

Page 86: ...udio recording The original audio is overwritten The audio dubbing cannot be used with the following pictures Motion pictures Protected pictures The audio dubbing may not work properly on pictures rec...

Page 87: ...s recorded in 0 3M EZ When the aspect ratio setting is Pictures recorded in 2 5M EZ When the aspect ratio setting is Pictures recorded in 2M EZ Motion pictures Pictures with audio It may not be possib...

Page 88: ...te the resized picture When you select NO a resized picture is newly created Use this function when you trim needed parts of the recorded picture 1 Select the picture to trim and set it The following...

Page 89: ...iginal picture is protected you cannot overwrite the trimmed picture When you select NO a trimmed picture is newly created The picture size of the trimmed pictures may become smaller than that of the...

Page 90: ...Select YES to start the clean up CLEAN UP is a function to recover the speed of writing into a free space in the card Therefore pictures and data already recorded in the card will not be erased When...

Page 91: ...erred to your PC before proceeding with format function During formatting do not turn the camera off When you format the card use a battery with sufficient battery power P14 or AC adaptor DMW AC5 opti...

Page 92: ...TUP menu you can view pictures on the TV in other countries regions which use the NTSC or PAL system Even if you set menu selection for VIDEO OUT to PAL the output signal is still NTSC in the recordin...

Page 93: ...Select USB MODE 2 Select PC or PictBridge PTP If you connect the camera to a PC select PC P94 If you connect the camera to a printer supporting PictBridge select PictBridge PTP P96 When PC is selecte...

Page 94: ...and then connect the camera to the PC messages may appear on the screen of the PC Select Cancel to close the indications and disconnect the camera from the PC Connect the camera after you set USB MODE...

Page 95: ...yed do not disconnect the USB connection cable When the OS of your PC is Windows 2000 and you connect the camera to the PC with the USB connection cable do not replace the card with the camera connect...

Page 96: ...mark on the DIGITAL socket Hold the USB connection cable at C and insert straight in and take straight out It may take time to print some pictures Therefore use a battery with sufficient battery powe...

Page 97: ...be printed on the picture NUM OF PRINTS Set the number of prints PAPER SIZE Possible paper sizes on the camera The items are listed on 1 2 and 2 2 Press 4 to select the desired item These items cannot...

Page 98: ...it to the printer again You can change the DPOF print setting by pressing the MENU button P83 2 Select PRINT START and then print out the picture Refer to P97 for print setting Press the MENU button...

Page 99: ...ures may be printed several times The indication of the remaining number of prints is different from the setting however this is not a malfunction The setting on the printer may have priority over the...

Page 100: ...en turning on the camera in BABY setting the clock and birthday and after switching from other modes to BABY 16 Current date and time P20 This is displayed for about 5 seconds when turning the camera...

Page 101: ...P29 9 Operation for backlight compensation P35 10 Current date and time P20 This is displayed for about 5 seconds when turning the camera on setting the clock and after switching from the playback mo...

Page 102: ...pictures 10 Histogram P27 It will be displayed when the DISPLAY button is pressed 11 Recording information Recording mode Aperture value Shutter speed ISO sensitivity Flash mode White balance It will...

Page 103: ...t use the camera near radio transmitters or high voltage lines If you record near radio transmitters or high voltage lines recorded pictures or sounds may be adversely affected Make sure to use the su...

Page 104: ...ting a damaged battery in the camera will damage the camera When you go out bring charged spare batteries Be aware that the operating time of the battery will become shorter in low temperatures such a...

Page 105: ...lsewhere CANNOT BE SET ON THIS PICTURE CANNOT BE SET ON SOME PICTURES If the pictures are not based on the DCF standard the DPOF print cannot be set NO ADDITIONAL DELETE SELECTIONS CAN BE MADE You hav...

Page 106: ...THE LIMITATION OF THE WRITING SPEED OF THE CARD When you set the picture quality to 30fpsVGA we recommend using a high speed SD Memory Card with 10 MB s or greater displayed on the package Depending o...

Page 107: ...ing the power save mode P22 the economy mode P23 etc Recording 1 The picture cannot be recorded Is the card inserted Is the mode dial correctly set Is there any memory capacity left on the card Before...

Page 108: ...he screen is too bright or dark Adjust the brightness of the screen P22 Is the power LCD function activated P26 4 Some pixels are inactive or always lit on the LCD monitor These pixels do not affect t...

Page 109: ...her pictures cannot be restored Confirm carefully to format TV PC and printer 1 The picture does not appear on the television Is the camera connected to the TV correctly Set the TV input to external i...

Page 110: ...oes not turn on when SCENERY P58 NIGHT SCENERY P59 FIREWORKS P62 or SELF PORTRAIT P64 in scene mode is selected 5 The camera is getting warmer The surface of the camera may get warmer during use This...

Page 111: ...Performance in burst recording is only with SD Memory Card MultiMediaCard performance will be less Motion picture recording 640k480 pixels 320k240 pixels 30 or 10 frames second with audio The maximum...

Page 112: ...udio Motion pictures QuickTime Motion JPEG motion pictures with audio Interface Digital USB 2 0 Full Speed Analog video audio NTSC PAL Composite Switched by menu Audio line output monaural Terminal AV...

Page 113: ...DCAPU 1B BN SDABPU 1B 2 GB SD Memory Card 1 GB SD Memory Card 512 MB SD Memory Card 512 MB SD Memory Card 256 MB SD Memory Card 256 MB SD Memory Card 128 MB SD Memory Card 64 MB SD Memory Card 32 MB S...

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Page 119: ...inting 84 99 Deleting Pictures 51 Demonstration of the Optical Image Stabilizer 44 Digital Zoom 75 DPOF Print Setting 83 E Economy Mode 23 Exposure 32 Exposure Compensation 42 Extended Optical Zoom 71...

Page 120: ...93 Q Quality 72 R Recording Guide Line 26 Reset of Setting 24 Resizing 87 Review 36 Rotate 82 Rotate Display 81 S Scene Menu 24 Scene Mode 56 Scenery Mode 58 Self Portrait Mode 64 Self timer 41 Setti...

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