Panasonic DMC-FZ20PP operating instructions Panning mode, ∫ Technique for Night portrait mode

Recording pictures (advanced)

Night portrait mode

This mode allows you to take pictures against a night landscape. The subject can be recorded with brightness in real life by using the flash and the slow shutter speed.

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∫Technique for Night portrait mode

• Open the flash. (P39)

• Since the shutter speed becomes slow (max. about 1 sec.), we recommend using a tripod.

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

• Take a picture within the available flash range [max. about 11.5 feet (3.5 m)] of the subject.

• We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide.

•The focus range is 6.56 feet (2 m) – 16.4 feet (5 m).

•Be sure to close the flash when not in use.

•The shutter may be kept closed (max. about 1 sec.) after taking a picture with slow shutter speed, but this is not a malfunction.

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

•Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./

Red-eye reduction [ ].

•The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].

•The setting on the continuous AF is disabled.

Panning mode

When you take a picture following the motion of a subject which moves to a certain direction as a runner or a car, the background will show some motion blur. This special effect is called “panning”. This mode allows you to obtain this effect easier.

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∫Technique for Panning mode

To achieve good pictures in panning mode, pick a horizontal plane – and then pan as you fire shots.

1Move the camera smoothly while

tracking a subject in motion.

2Press the shutter button while moving the camera.

3Keep moving the camera continuously.

•Be careful of the following:

–Use the Viewfinder. (P28)

–Select a subject with quick motion.

–Prefocus to the point where the subject will come. (P66)

–Use this mode with burst mode (P45). Select the best picture from the pictures taken.

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