Panasonic DMC-FX33 Slow Shutter, Col.Mode, Recording bright pictures in dark places

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[AF ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case, it will become more difficult to focus on the subject.

•The setting for [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed to [ON] in intelligent auto mode[ ].

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

•The initial setting for [PET] in scene mode is [OFF]. (P41)

[SLOW SHUTTER]

Recording bright pictures in dark places

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P55) 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] 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 for taking pictures.

•You cannot set the slow shutter in the following cases

–With the [SPORTS],

[NIGHT SCENERY], [BABY1], [BABY2], [PET], [HI-SPEED BURST], [STARRY SKY] or [FIREWORKS] in scene mode.

–When [INTELLIGENT ISO] has been set.

[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. (P55) Select different items according to the recording situation and your image of the recording.

[STANDARD]	This is the standard setting.
[NATURAL]	The picture becomes softer.
[VIVID]	The picture becomes
	sharper.
[B/W]	The picture becomes black
	and white.
[SEPIA]	The picture becomes sepia.
[COOL]	The picture becomes bluish.
[WARM]	The picture becomes reddish.

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

•You cannot set [COOL] or [WARM] in intelligent auto mode []. Also, you cannot set [NATURAL] or [VIVID] in motion picture mode [ ].

•The intelligent auto mode [] and motion picture mode [ ] are set separately from the other recording modes.

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