Panasonic DMCFZ7K, DMC-FZ7, DMCFZ7S Sensitivity, Aspect Ratio, Setting the light sensitivity

Menu Settings

About the white balance

•When you take a picture with the flash, the white balance is automatically adjusted [except for [ ] (Daylight)/[ ] (Flash)]. However, the white balance may not be properly adjusted if the flash level is insufficient.

•The white balance cannot be set in simple mode [ ] and scene mode.

About the white balance fine adjustment

•You can finely adjust the white balance independently for each white balance item.

•The white balance icon on the screen turns red or blue.

•The white balance fine adjustment setting is reflected in the picture when using the flash.

•The white balance fine adjustment setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off.

•The white balance fine adjustment level in [ ] or [ ] (White set) returns to “0” when you reset the white balance using

White set [ ].

•You cannot finely adjust the white balance when [COL.EFFECT] (P82) is set to [COOL], [WARM], [B/W] or [SEPIA].

[SENSITIVITY]

Setting the light sensitivity

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P74) ISO is a measure of sensitivity to light. The higher the sensitivity is set, the less light is needed to take a picture so the camera becomes more suitable for recording in dark places.

•When setting to [AUTO], the ISO sensitivity is automatically adjusted from [ISO80] to [ISO200] according to the brightness. (It can be adjusted from [ISO80] to [ISO400] when using the flash.)

ISO sensitivity	80			400
Use in bright								Not
places		Suitable
						suitable
(e.g. outdoors)
Use in dark			Not			Suitable
places		suitable
Shutter speed			Slow				Fast
Noise			Less		Increased

•The ISO sensitivity can be set to [AUTO], [ISO800] or [ISO1600] in [HIGH SENS.] in scene mode.

•The ISO sensitivity cannot be set to [AUTO] in Aperture-priority AE, Shutter-priority AE or Manual exposure.

•To avoid picture noises, we recommend reducing the ISO sensitivity, setting [NOISE REDUCTION] in [PICT.ADJ.] to [HIGH] or setting the items except [NOISE REDUCTION] to [LOW] to take pictures. (P83)

•Refer to P53 for information about Shutter speed.

•ISO sensitivity cannot be set in scene

mode, motion picture mode [ ] and simple mode [].

[ASPECT RATIO]

Setting the aspect ratio of pictures

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P74) By changing the aspect ratio, you can select an angle of view that matches the subject.

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