Recording pictures (advanced)

Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode

Night Portrait Mode allows you to take pictures against a nighttime landscape. By using the flash and a slow shutter speed, the picture will show the subject and the background brighter than they appear in real life.

Preparation

• Set the mode dial to [ ]. (P27)

1600

1

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ªShutter speed in Night portrait mode

The subject should be positioned within the available flash range

[40 cm – 3.3 m (Wide), 40 cm – 2 m (Tele)]. (When setting to ISO200/ AUTO)

We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide.

The focus range is 1 m – 3 m.

ªWhen taking picture of only a landscape at night

Flash

Shutter speed

mode

 

 

 

Stabilizer

 

 

function

1/8th – 1/2000th

 

[MODE1]

 

 

 

[MODE2]

 

 

Stabilizer

 

 

function

1 – 1/2000th

 

[OFF]

 

 

8 – 1/2000th

 

ª Technique for Night portrait mode

When you record pictures holding the camera with your hands, keep the camera firmly with activating the stabilizer function. (Shutter speed: max. 1/8th) When you turn the stabilizer function to [OFF], we recommend using a tripod since the shutter speed becomes slow (max. about 1 second).

Keep the subject still for about 1 second after taking a picture.

When flash is set to Forced OFF

[ ], you can capture the night illumination scenery itself with slower

shutter speed. (Max: about 8 seconds)

The focus range is 3 m – .

¬Suggestions/Tips ¬

Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./

Red-eye reduction [ ].

The shutter may be kept closed (max. about 8 seconds) after taking a picture with slow shutter speed, but it is not a malfunction.

You can change the white balance setting. (P56)

When you take pictures in dark places, noises may become visible.

To avoid noises, we recommend setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P68)

When you record pictures in dark places, it may be difficult to focus on the subject. We recommend recording pictures in bright places with contrast using the AF/AE lock (P31) as far as possible.

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Panasonic DMC-FX5GN, DMC-FX1GN Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode, Shutter speed in Night portrait mode

DMC-FX1GN, DMC-FX5GN specifications

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