Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50 Operating Instructions Manual

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Others108VQT0Y19w LCD monitor1: The LCD monitor sometimes turns offalthough the camera is turned on.• Have you set economy mode? (P20)– In economy mode, the LCD monitorturns off while the flash is charged.2: The LCD monitor becomes darker orbrighter for a moment.• This phenomenon appears when youpress the shutter button halfway to setthe aperture value and does not affectthe recorded pictures.3: The LCD monitor flickers indoors.• The LCD monitor may flicker for a fewseconds after turning the camera onindoors under fluorescent light.This is not a malfunction.4: The LCD monitor is too bright or dark.• Adjust the brightness of the screen. (P19)• Is the power LCD function or high anglemode activated?5: Black, red, blue and green dotsappear on the LCD monitor.• These pixels do not affect the recordedpictures.This is not a malfunction.6: Noise appears on the LCD monitor.• In dark places, noise may appear tomaintain the brightness of the LCDmonitor.This does not affect the pictures you arerecording.7: A vertical line appears on the LCDmonitor.• This is a phenomenon called smear. Itis a characteristic of CCD and appearswhen the subject has a bright part.Uneven colors may also appear aroundthe smear. This is not a malfunction. Itis recorded in motion pictures but is notrecorded on still pictures.w Flash1: The flash is not activated.• Is the flash setting set to Forced OFF[ ]?– Change the flash setting. (P39)• The flash is not activated when motionpicture mode [ ], [SCENERY] (P50),[NIGHT SCENERY] (P51),[FIREWORKS] (P53), [STARRY SKY](P54), [AERIAL PHOTO] (P55) or[HIGH SENS.] (P55) in scene mode isselected.2: The flash is activated 2 times.• When you select red-eye reduction(P40), the flash is activated once beforethe actual recording to reduce thered-eye phenomenon (eyes of thesubject appearing red in the picture)and then activated again for the actualrecording.w Playback1: The picture being played back isrotated and displayed in anunexpected direction.The camera has a function thatautomatically rotates the display ofpictures recorded holding the cameravertically. (If you take pictures whenaiming the camera up or down, thecamera may recognize that it is beingheld vertically.)• You can display the pictures withoutbeing rotated when [ROTATE DISP.](P83) is set to [OFF].• You can rotate pictures with the[ROTATE] function. (P83)2: The picture is not played back.• Is the mode dial set to playback [ ]?• Is the card inserted?• Is there a picture on the card?