Panasonic DMC-FX5PP Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode, Landscape at night

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 [ ]. (P29)

1600

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ªShutter speed in Night portrait mode

•The subject should be positioned within the available flash range

[1.31 feet (40 cm) – 10.8 feet (3.3 m) (Wide), 1.31 feet (40 cm) – 6.56 feet (2 m) (Tele)].

(When setting to ISO200/AUTO)

•We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide.

•The focus range is 3.28 feet (1 m) – 9.84 feet (3 m).

ªWhen taking picture of a

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.

landscape at night

•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 9.84 feet (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. (P58)

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

To avoid noises, we recommend setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P70)

•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 (P33).

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