Panasonic DMC-FZ30EB Night portrait mode, Technique for Night scenery mode

Recording pictures (advanced)

[SCENE MODE] menu (Refer to P71 for information about how to select the menu.)

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 slowing down the shutter speed.

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∫Technique for Night portrait mode

• Use the flash. (P49)

• Since the shutter speed becomes slow, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P53) for taking pictures.

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

• We recommend taking pictures with zoom set to Wide (1k) and a distance of about

1.5m from the subject.

•The focus range is 1.2 m to 5 m.

(Refer to P50 for the flash control range.)

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

•The shutter may be kept closed (max. about 1 sec.) after taking a picture because of signal conditioning, but it is not a malfunction.

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

•When the flash is set, the flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./Red-eye reduction

[ ] and the flash is always activated.

•The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].

•The setting on the continuous AF is disabled.

Night scenery mode

This mode allows you to take a picture of a nightscape. The landscape can be recorded vividly by slowing down the shutter speed. Set the focus switch to [AF].

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∫Technique for Night scenery mode

• Since the shutter speed becomes slow (max. about 8 sec.), use a tripod. We also recommend using the self-timer (P53) for taking pictures.

•The focus range is 5 m to ¶.

•The shutter may be kept closed (max. about 8 sec.) after taking a picture because of signal conditioning, but it is not a malfunction.

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

•The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF [ ].

•The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].

•The settings on the AF assist lamp and the continuous AF are disabled.

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