Advanced

Optical Image

Stabilizer

This mode detects jitter and compensates for it.

1 Press and hold the optical image

stabilizer button until [STABILIZER] appears.

2 Press / to select the stabilizer function mode and then press [MENU/SET].

STABILIZER

OFF

MODE1

MODE2

MENU

SELECT SET MENUDEMO.

SET

[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 you want to take a

( ) picture with jitter.

w Demonstration of the optical image stabilizer (Demonstration Mode)

Press to display the demonstration. After the demonstration ends, the screen returns to the stabilizer function mode selection menu. Press again if you want to exit the demonstration before it ends.

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While the demonstration is displayed, you cannot take pictures.

While the demonstration is displayed, set the optical zoom to Wide (1M).

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] (P68) in scene mode. The stabilizer function mode selection menu does not appear.

In motion picture mode [ ] or [PANNING] in scene mode, [MODE2]

cannot be set.

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Panasonic DMC-FZ50, DMCFZ50K Optical Image Stabilizer, This mode detects jitter and compensates for it

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