Advanced (Recording pictures)

[STABILIZER]

Detecting jitter and compensating for it

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P71)

[MODE1] The stabilizer operates

( ) continuously and can assist during photo composition.

[MODE2] The jitter is compensated for

( ) when the shutter button is pressed. There is a greater stabilizing effect.

[OFF] When the stabilizer is not

( ) desired.

￿About the jitter/movement detection

demonstration screen

Press [DISPLAY] to display [JITTER, SUBJ. MOVE DEMO] when the [STABILIZER] screen is displayed. (Pictures cannot be recorded when the [JITTER, SUBJ. MOVE DEMO] screen appears.)

Press [DISPLAY] again to finish this mode.

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￿Jitter detection demonstration

￿Movement detection demonstration

• It is also possible to display this screen using the quick setting (P71).

• The camera automatically detects the jitter and the movement of the subject and displays these on the indicator.

• We recommend using a bright subject with high contrast for the subject movement demonstration.

The jitter/movement detection demonstration screen is an approximation.

The camera uses movement detection when automatically setting the ISO sensitivity in the following cases.

In intelligent auto mode [ ].

In [INDOOR PORTRAIT] in [PORTRAIT] mode.

In [NORMAL SPORTS], [OUTDOOR SPORTS] and [INDOOR SPORTS] in [SPORTS] mode.

In [BABY1]/[BABY2] and [PET] in scene mode.

When [INTELLIGENT ISO] is set

The stabilizer function may not be effective in the following cases.

When there is a lot of jitter.

When the zoom magnification is high.

In digital zoom range.

When taking pictures while following a moving subject.

When the shutter speed becomes

slower to take pictures indoors or in dark places.

Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button.

The setting is fixed to [OFF] in [STARRY SKY] in scene mode.

The setting cannot be set to [OFF] in the

intelligent auto mode [ ].

In motion picture mode [ ] or [PANNING] in scene mode, [MODE2] cannot be set.

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DMC-FZ18 specifications

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