Panasonic DMC-FX30, DMCFX30K Slow Shutter, Col.Mode, Recording bright pictures in dark places

Advanced (Recording pictures)

•The setting for the [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed to [OFF] in [SELF PORTRAIT] (P44), [SCENERY] (P45), [NIGHT SCENERY] (P45), [SUNSET] (P47), [FIREWORKS] (P49) and [AERIAL PHOTO] (P49) in scene mode.

•The initial setting for [PET] (P47) in scene mode is [OFF] .

[SLOW SHUTTER]

Recording bright pictures in dark places

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P57) When taking pictures in dark places with low light, you can take pictures which are brighter than normal by selecting a setting even slower than the slowest setting of the shutter speed.

•The slow shutter speeds you can select are: [1/8 –], [1/4 –], [1/2 –] and [1 –].

•This is effective if you want to take bright pictures of both a night landscape and a subject using [NIGHT PORTRAIT] (P45) in scene mode.

Slow shutter	1/8 –					1 –
setting
Brightness		Darker		Brighter
Jitter			Less		More

•This should usually be set to [1/8 –] to take pictures. (When you select a slow shutter

speed other than [1/8 –], [ ] appears on the lower left of the screen.)

•When the shutter speed is made slower using [SLOW SHUTTER], jitter is likely to occur. We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P38) for taking pictures.

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•You cannot set the slow shutter in Intelligent ISO sensitivity mode [ ] and simple mode [] and [SPORTS], [NIGHT SCENERY], [BABY1]/[BABY2],

[PET], [STARRY SKY] and [FIREWORKS] in scene mode.

[COL.MODE]

Setting a color effect and picture quality for the recorded picture

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P57) Select different items according to the recording situation and your image of the recording.

[NATURAL]	The picture becomes softer.
[VIVID]	The picture becomes sharper.
[COOL]	The picture becomes bluish.
[WARM]	The picture becomes reddish.
[B/W]	The picture becomes black
	and white.
[SEPIA]	The picture becomes sepia.

•When you take pictures in dark places, noise may become visible. To avoid noise, we recommend setting [COL.MODE] to [NATURAL].

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