Recording pictures (advanced)

Setting ISO Sensitivity

The ISO setting sets the cameras sensitivity to light. The ISO setting can be increased when you need to take pictures in places where a flash may not be allowed. The overall picture quality will decrease slightly as the ISO setting is increased.

ISO sensitivity

50

200 (DMC-FX5)

50

400 (DMC-FX1)

 

 

 

 

Use in bright places

Suitable

Not suitable

(E.g. outdoors)

 

 

 

 

 

Use in dark places

Not suitable

Suitable

 

 

 

Shutter speed

Slow

Fast

 

 

 

Noises

Less

Increase

 

 

 

Preparation

• Set the mode dial except for [ ]/[ ]/[ ]. (P27)

1Select [SENSITIVITY] and set the ISO sensitivity.

REC 2/3SETUP

SENSITIVITY

 

AUTO

 

50

 

100

 

200

 

 

AUDIO REC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

AF TRIGGER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.ZOOM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

SELECT

SET

EXIT

 

 

MENU

 

¬Suggestions/Tips ¬

In Simple mode [ ]/Motion image

mode [ ], ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].

To avoid noises, we recommend decreasing the ISO sensitivity or setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P68)

MENU

WB

 

WB

 

 

R

EVIEW

SET

R

EVIEW

SET

When setting to [AUTO], the ISO sensitivity is automatically adjusted from ISO50 to ISO200 according to the brightness. (From ISO100 to ISO200 when using the flash)

Close the menu by pressing the [MENU] button after finishing the setting.

(The screen is displayed as illustrated in DMC-FX5.)

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Panasonic DMC-FX5GN, DMC-FX1GN operating instructions Setting ISO Sensitivity, ISO sensitivity DMC-FX5 DMC-FX1

DMC-FX1GN, DMC-FX5GN specifications

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