30 VQT2A30 31VQT2A30 31VQT2A301 Set to [ ].2 Press .3 Take picture.PictureresolutionPicturequalityPictures remaining(flashes red when zero)Focus is aligned to object incentre of shot.Sound is not recorded.Recorded still pictures are referred to as “scenes” with this unit.●●To remove shutter sound→[ADVANCED]→[SHTREFFECT]→[OFF]To remove on-screen display→[SETUP]→[DISPLAY]→[OFF]Recording 3 Automatic recording(still pictures)Take still pictures with settings such as focus and colouring madeautomatically.For maximum recording times with battery see (P.18)Picture qualityPicture size is 640×480 (0.3 M). The number of pictures that may be recordeddepends on the picture quality selected.Picture quality and number of pictures for Panasonic SD cards (approximate)SD cardcapacityPicture qualityHigh (highest picture quality) Standard (largest number of pictures)8 MB 37 7516 MB 92 18532 MB 200 41064 MB 430 850128 MB 820 1640256 MB 1710 3410512 MB 3390 67801 GB 6790 135802 GB 13820 276404 GB 27150 542906 GB 41280 825608 GB 55260 9999912 GB 83350 9999916 GB 99999 9999932 GB 99999 99999This unit can record only up to 99,999 still pictures in these SD cards.Pictures taken with the [ ] setting may suffer a mosaic-like effect for certainobjects.Depending on the object, the number of pictures that may be recorded mayvary if a mixture of [ ] and [ ] settings have been used.To change picture quality→[BASIC]→[PICT.QUALITY]→[ ] / [ ]●●To avoid jitter(The image stabilizer function (P.33) cannot be used during still picturerecording.)Hold the unit firmly with both hands, and keep elbows close to your body.Jitter becomes particularly difficult to avoid with zoom ratios of 4x andabove. It is recommended that you reduce the zoom ratio and move closerto the object.Try using a tripod.•••