Operating Instructions

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Preparation
About the Battery (charging/number of recordable pictures)
∫ Battery indication
The battery indication is displayed on the LCD monitor.
[It does not appear when you use the camera with the AC adaptor (optional) connected.]
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The indication turns red and blinks if the remaining battery power is exhausted. (The status indicator
blinks when the LCD monitor turns off.) Recharge the battery or replace it with a fully charged
battery.
∫ The battery life
Recording conditions by CIPA standard
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CIPA is an abbreviation of [Camera & Imaging Products Association].
• Temperature: 23 oC/Humidity: 50% when LCD monitor is on.
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• Using a Panasonic SD Memory Card (16 MB).
• Using the supplied battery.
• Starting recording 30 seconds after the camera is turned on. (When the optical image stabilizer
function is set to [MODE2].)
• Recording once every 30 seconds with full flash every second recording.
• Rotating the zoom lever from Tele to Wide or vice versa in every recording.
• Turning the camera off every 10 recordings and leaving it until the temperature of the battery
decreases.
¢ The number of recordable pictures decreases in Auto Power LCD mode, Power LCD mode and
High angle mode (P28).
Number of recordable
pictures
Approx. 300 pictures (Approx.155 min) (DMC-FS5)
Approx. 330 pictures (Approx.165 min) (DMC-FS3)
(By CIPA standard in normal picture mode)