Panasonic HX015E: Attaching/Detaching the Lens

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4 Focus ring

Attaching/Detaching the Lens

Rotate to focus when taking pictures with manual

focus (MF).

Check that the camera is

5 [AF/MF] switch

turned off.

This allows you to switch between Auto Focus (AF)

≥ Remove the lens rear cap

and Manual Focus (MF). If you set [MF], you can

from the lens.

use the focus ring to adjust the focus.

≥ When either the [AF/MF] switch of the lens or the

∫ Attaching the Lens

setting of the camera is set to [MF], Manual Focus

(MF) is enabled.

Align the lens fitting

6 Lens fitting mark

marks

A on the

7 Contact points

camera body and the

lens and then rotate

Note

the lens in the

≥ When using this lens and the flash to record a

subject very close to the camera, it is possible that

direction of the

a darker shadowed area may appear in the lower

arrow until it clicks.

portion of the picture. This situation is not a

malfunction and is caused when the flash is

• Do not press the lens release button B when

partially blocked by the lens. This situation may be

you attach a lens.

worsened when the lens hood is used.

• Do not try to attach the lens when holding it at an

≥

In very quiet situations Auto Focus operating sounds

angle to the camera body as the lens mount may

may be recorded during motion picture recording.

This is not a malfunction. In such situations,

get scratched.

switching to Manual Focus will improve the situation.

• Check that the lens is attached correctly.

≥ The aperture can be adjusted with the aperture

• Be sure to remove the lens cap when recording.

ring only when a Panasonic digital camera is

attached to the lens. (As of April 2014)

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∫ Detaching the Lens

3 Rotate the lens hood in the direction of

the arrow until it clicks into place, and

While pressing on the

align the stop position

E on the lens

lens release button B,

hood with the index on the tip of the lens.

rotate the lens toward

the arrow until it stops

and then remove.

• Attach the lens rear cap so

that the lens contact point does not get scratched.

• Attach the body cap to the camera so no dirt or

dust will get inside the main unit.

∫

Attaching the Lens Hood (Supplied Accessory)

≥ Before attaching the lens

hood, make sure to

remove the lens cap. The

lens hood cannot be

Note

attached unless you

≥

When using this lens and the flash to record a subject

remove the lens cap.

very close to the camera, it is possible that a darker

shadowed area may appear in the lower portion of the

picture. This situation is not a malfunction and is caused

when the flash is partially blocked by the lens. This

1 Rotate the decoration ring C in the

situation may be worsened when the lens hood is used.

direction of the arrow to remove it.

≥ When using the AF assist lamp in the dark, detach

the lens hood.

2 Align the mounting index D on the lens

≥ Make sure to remove the lens hood cap when

hood with the mark on the tip of the lens.

recording an image.

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∫ Attaching Filters

∫ Attaching the decoration ring

≥ Vignetting may occur if using 2 or more

≥ Before attaching the decoration ring, make

MC protectors (optional: DMW-LMC46), PL filters

sure to remove the lens cap.

(optional: DMW-LPL46) or ND filters (optional:

DMW-LND46), or if using thick protectors and/or

1 Align the mounting position G on the

filters.

decoration ring with a position

≥ The filter may become impossible to remove if

approximately 90x away from the lens

excessively tightened, so please refrain from

fitting mark

F to fit the decoration ring

tightening it too strongly.

into place.

≥ It is possible to attach the lens cap with the filter

2 Rotate the decoration ring in the

already attached.

direction of the arrow to align the

≥ When the lens hood is attached to this lens, you

cannot attach a filter to it.

mounting position

G on the decoration

≥ You cannot attach a conversion lens or adaptor to

ring with the lens fitting mark F.

this lens. A filter may be used, but attaching any

other element may cause damage to the lens.

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