Panasonic DMC-FZ70 Tips for taking good pictures, Hold the camera gently with both AF Assist Lamp

Preparations

Tips for taking good pictures

Hold the camera gently with both AF Assist Lamp	Stereo microphone
hands, keep your arms still at
your side and stand with your feet
slightly apart.

••Be careful not to put your fingers on the flash, AF Assist Lamp, microphone, speaker or lens etc.

••Be careful not to cover the speaker with your finger. Doing so may make sound difficult to hear. (→11)

••Be careful not to move the camera when you press the shutter button.

••When taking pictures, make sure your footing is stable and there is no danger of colliding with another person, an object etc.

••Do not hold the lens barrel as you take pictures. There is a risk that your finger will be trapped as the lens retracts.

Holding the

camera vertically

■■Direction Detection Function ([Rotate Disp.])

Pictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). (Only when [Rotate Disp.] (→72) is set)

••When the camera is held vertically and tilted up and down to record pictures, the Direction Detection function may not work correctly.

••Motion pictures cannot be displayed in portrait orientation. ••You cannot record 3D pictures in vertical orientation.

Preventing jitter (camera shake)

When the Jitter alert [ ] appears, use [Stabilizer] (→150), a tripod or the Self-timer (→86). ••Shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera still

from the moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen.

-Slow sync./Red-Eye Reduction

-[Night Portrait]/[Night Scenery]/[Starry Sky] ([Scene Mode])

-When the shutter speed is slowed in [Min. Shtr Speed]

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