Panasonic DMC-FX55 Sensitivity, Setting the light sensitivity, ISO sensitivity, 1600, places

Advanced (Recording pictures)

the ISO sensitivity and making the shutter speed faster.

1/125 ISO800

•Noise is avoided when taking pictures indoors of a subject with no movement by decreasing the ISO sensitivity.

1/30 ISO200

•When you press the shutter button

halfway, [ ] A appears. When you press the shutter button fully, the shutter speed and the ISO sensitivity appear for a while.

A

•When the flash is activated, the ISO sensitivity is automatically increased to maximum ISO sensitivity level.

•Refer to P36 for information about the available flash range.

•Depending on the brightness and how fast the subject is moving, jitter may not be avoided.

•The camera may not be able to detect the movement of the subject in the following cases.

–When the moving subject is small

–When the moving subject is at the edge of the screen

–When the subject starts moving the instant the shutter button is pressed fully

•To avoid picture noise, we recommend decreasing maximum ISO sensitivity level

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or setting [COL.MODE] to [NATURAL]. (P65)

•You cannot use the following functions.

–[D.ZOOM]

–[SLOW SHUTTER]

[SENSITIVITY]

Setting the light sensitivity

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P55) ISO is a measure of sensitivity to light. The higher the sensitivity is set, the less light is needed to take a picture so the camera becomes more suitable for recording in dark places.

•When setting to [AUTO], the ISO sensitivity is automatically adjusted to a maximum of [ISO200] according to the brightness. (It can be adjusted to a maximum of [ISO1000] when using the flash.)

ISO sensitivity	100			1600
Use in bright
places		Suitable			Not suitable
(e.g. outdoors)
Use in dark	Not suitable					Suitable
places
Shutter speed			Slow				Fast
Noise			Less		Increased

•To avoid picture noise, we recommend decreasing maximum ISO sensitivity level or setting [COL.MODE] to [NATURAL]. (P65)

•The sensitivity automatically switches to between [ISO1600] and [ISO6400] in [HIGH SENS.] in scene mode.

•The setting is not available when [INTELLIGENT ISO] is being used.

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