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Introduction
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01.Product Tour
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02.Hardware
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03.Design & Layout
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04.Modes
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05.Controls
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06.Conclusion
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07.Specs & Ratings
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08.Comments
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1
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Controls
Modes
Auto Mode
In the lack of a manual mode, the TS1 is only automatic, but to varying degrees. Normal Picture mode gives you access to all the controls, intelligent auto takes them all away again, and the plethora of scene modes are generally somewhere in-between.
Movie Mode
The TS1 is unlike most cameras, which have a movie mode on the mode dial, as it has a red button which starts movie recording at any point. The DMC-TS1 also has a LED on the front of the camera that's used as a source of illumination while filming. The camera can record motion JPEG at VGA and QVGA resolution, or AVCHD Lite, which is 720p resolution. You are allowed a significant amount of control in movie mode, including white balance, autofocus mode, color mode, and even a tool to minimize wind noise in the microphone.
Drive/Burst Mode
At highest resolution, the TS1 can take 2.3 frames per second for a maximum of five images, which can be bumped up to 10 frames per second at three megapixels.
Playback Mode
In playback you can zoom in up to 16x, or out to 30 thumbnails. For editing controls, you can resize, add text, trim, rotate or mark as a favorite. Images can be organized either by order taken, by mode (still, motion JPEG or AVCHD lite), or by category (portraits, landscape, macro etc).
Custom Image Presets
The color mode can be set to standard, natural, vivid, black and white, sepia, cool or warm. The substantial number of scene modes are: clipboard (low resolution); beach, snow, sports, portrait, soft skin, transform (stretches or squashes the photo), self portrait, scenery, panorama assist, night portrait, night scenery, food, party, candle light, baby 1, baby 2, pet, sunset, high sensitivity, hi-speed burst, flash burst, starry sky, fireworks, aerial photo (for plane windows), pin hole, film grain, and underwater.
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