[. . . ] Operating Instructions Model No. Digital Camera DMC-LS80 Before use, please read these instructions completely. QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. , used under license therefrom. VQT1L84-1 Before Use Dear Customer, We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing this Panasonic Digital Camera. Please read these Operating Instructions carefully and keep them handy for future reference. Information for Your Safety WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE, * DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN, MOISTURE, DRIPPING OR SPLASHING AND THAT NO OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS VASES, SHALL BE PLACED ON THE APPARATUS. * DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR BACK); THERE ARE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. Carefully observe copyright laws. [. . . ] · When the brightness of the subject is changed, the lens operation noise may be recorded. · In motion picture mode [i] the following functions cannot be used. ­ Direction detection function ­ [MODE2] on the optical image stabilizer function · To hear audio recorded with movie, recording must be played back on a computer. This camera is not equipped with a speaker. - - Advanced-Shooting Vacation Date Recording By setting the departure and return dates, you can record which date of the vacation you take a picture. The day of the vacation A is shown when you play a picture and you can add it to the picture for printing with [TEXT STAMP] (P76). · When you play back a picture, the date on which it was taken is displayed. 4 Press r to select [SET] and then press [MENU/SET]. SETUP BEEP GUIDE LINE TRAVEL DATE ECONOMY AUTO REVIEW SELECT SET OFF SET 2 SEC. 5 Press e/r/w/q to select the departure date and then press [MENU/SET]. A TRAVEL DATE 1ST DAY 10:00 15. 2008 PLEASE SET THE DEPARTURE DATE 15 JAN 2008 SELECT SET · The number of days that have passed since the departure date can be printed on each picture by using the software [PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] in the CDROM (supplied). (For information about printing, refer to the separate operating instructions (PDF file) of the software. ) Setting the travel date (Screen shows an example for the normal picture mode [ ]) w/q: Select the desired item. e/r: Set the year, month and date. 6 Press e/r/w/q to set the return date and then press [MENU/SET]. TRAVEL DATE PLEASE SET THE RETURN DATE 1 Press [MENU/SET] and then press w. 3 Press e/r to select [TRAVEL DATE] and then press q. ­­ ­­­ ­­­­ SELECT EXIT w/q: Select the desired item. · The travel date is cleared if the current date is after the return date. · If you have not set the return date, press [MENU/SET] while "­ ­ ­ " is displayed. 7 Press [MENU/SET] to exit the menu. - - Advanced-Shooting 8 Take a picture. · The travel date is calculated using the date in the clock setting and the departure date you set. If you set [WORLD TIME] to the travel destination, the travel date is calculated using the date in the clock setting and the travel destination setting. · The travel date setting is memorised even if the camera is turned off. · If you set a departure date and then take a picture on a date before this departure date, [-] (minus) is displayed in orange and the day of the vacation that you took the picture is not recorded. · If you set a departure date and then change the clock setting to the date and time at the travel destination, [-] (minus) is displayed in white and the day of the vacation that you took the picture on is recorded when the travel destination date is, for example, one day before the departure date. · If [TRAVEL DATE] is set to [OFF], the number of days that have passed since the departure date will not be recorded even if you set the travel date. Even if [TRAVEL DATE] is set to [SET] after taking the pictures, the day of the vacation you took them on is not displayed. · Set the clock if the message "PLEASE SET THE CLOCK" appears. · The travel dates are also used in the Intelligent mode [ ]. 1ST DAY 10:00 15. 2008 A · The day of the vacation A appears for about 5 seconds after setting the travel dates and when the camera is turned on when the travel date is set. · When [TRAVEL DATE] is set, [ ] appears on the lower right of the screen. [. . . ] However if you turn the camera on again and record pictures, the file numbers may be recorded in ascending order. The picture is displayed Pictures edited or rotated with a PC may be displayed in black. The lens barrel is The lens barrel retracts about 15 seconds after switching retracted. from [REC MODE] to [PLAYBACK MODE]. - 10 - Others Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time · The number of recordable pictures and the available recording time are an approximation. [. . . ]