Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX2 User Manual

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Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety . . . . . . . . . . .2
About The Mode dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Preparation
Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Names of the Components . . . . . . . . . . .10
Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Charging the Battery with the Charger . .13
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Inserting/Removing the Battery . . . . . . .15
Inserting/Removing the Card (Optional) . .16
About the Built-in Memory/the Card . . . .17
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap . . . . . . . .19
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) . . . . . . . .20
• Changing the clock setting . . . . . . . .20
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Basic
Taking Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode . . . . . . . .30
Taking Pictures with the Zoom . . . . . . . .32
• Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . .32
• Using the Extended Optical Zoom
(EZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
• Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom . . . . . . .34
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Playing Back Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Deleting Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Advanced
About the LCD Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
• Changing the information
displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
• Brightening the LCD Monitor
(Power LCD/High angle mode) . . . .41
Taking Pictures using the
Built-in Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer . . . . .47
Compensating the Exposure . . . . . . . . .48
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket . . . 49
Optical Image Stabilizer
[STABILIZER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode . . . . 51
Taking pictures by setting the aperture/
shutter speed manually . . . . . . . . . . . 53
• Aperture-priority AE . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
• Shutter-priority AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Taking pictures by setting the exposure
manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
• Manual exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus . . . 56
Taking Close-up pictures . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting the aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
AF/AE Lock (AF: Auto focus/AE: Auto
exposure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
– Portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
– Soft skin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
– Scenery mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
– Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
– Night portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . 64
– Night scenery mode . . . . . . . . . . 64
– Self portrait mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
– Food mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
– Party mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
– Candle light mode . . . . . . . . . . . 66
– Fireworks mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
– Starry sky mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
– Beach mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
– Aerial photo mode . . . . . . . . . . . 68
– Snow mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
– High Sensitivity mode . . . . . . . . . 68
– Baby mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
– Baby mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recording which day of the vacation you
take the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Displaying the time at the travel
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
• Location candidates for World Time
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Motion picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Displaying pictures by recording date
(Calendar playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using the Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX2 Specifications

General

Megapixel	10.2 MP
Camera type	Compact camera
Sensor type	CCD
Image stabilizer	Yes
Supported aspect ratios	4:3, 16:9
Digital zoom	4 x
Focal length range	6.3 - 25.2 mm
Digital SLR	No
Camera shutter speed	1/4 - 1/2000 s
Normal focusing range	0.5 - ∞ m
Auto focusing (AF) modes	Continuous Auto Focus
Macro focusing range (wide)	1 - ∞ m
Motion JPEG frame rate	30 fps
Maximum video resolution	640 x 480 pixels
Display diagonal	2.8 \
Display resolution (numeric)	207000 pixels
USB version	2.0
Scene modes	beach, Candlelight, Children, Close-up (macro), Fireworks, Night, Night landscape, Night portrait, Portrait, self-portrait, Sports, Sunset, Landscape (scenery)
Image editing	resizing, rotating, trimming
White balance	auto, Cloudy, daylight, flash, Shade
Camera playback	movie, single image, slide show, thumbnails
Self-timer delay	2 s
Product color	Black
Battery capacity	1150 mAh
Bundled software	LUMIX Simple Viewer, PhotofunStudio SILKPIX DEVELOPER STUDIO ArcSoft Camera Suite (ArcSoft PhotoImpression, ArcSoft PanoramaMaker), Adobe Reader, Quick Time
Flash modes	auto, Flash off, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
Compatible memory cards	mmc, sd
Light metering	Spot
Light exposure modes	aperture priority AE, auto, manual, shutter priority AE

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	26.3 mm
Width	105.7 mm
Height	55.8 mm
Weight	217 g