20 Most Recent Panasonic DMC-FZ40 Digital Camera Questions & Answers

"System Error ( O.I.S. )" is indicating that you have a problem with the optical image stabilizer of the camera. It keeps the lens stable when shooting. You might try removing the battery and see if the camera resets, but it may need to be looked at.

This option is only available in certain shooting modes, such as the PASM modes. See page 127 of this manual: http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMCFZ40_ADV.PDF

Switch to one of the PASM modes.

You don't need any special software.The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or, despite what I said first, you can use any photo cataloging program such as Picasa.

You don't need any special software.The best way to download videos (and pictures) from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy videos and pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or, despite what I said first, you can use any photo/video cataloging program, such as Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, iPhoto, iMovie, or Picasa.

You can use the Copy command in the playback menu to copy pictures from the internal memory to a memory card. The full details are in "[COPY]" in the "Advanced (Playback)" section of the advanced features manual (page 170 in my copy). If you need a manual, you can download "Basic Operating Instructions" at
http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMCFZ40.PDF
and "Operating Instruction for advanced features" at
http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMCFZ40-ADV.PDF

Having received no response to my query in over two months, I assume my suggestion to use a card reader solved the problem.

your description doesn't match with camera model. would you give more detail? Thank...But I could give rough new idea that you should try...I want you to have any external memory card reader. You put your memory card in it and check it out. You should see some name of folders, try them open and compare what you recognize. If there is your picture, you can just simply download them into you computer. After complete done, you should format the memory card for real clean. you should use external memory card reader or attached in your computer---Not hooking up with camera usb terminal... Good luck with you!

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