Panasonic DMC-FZ8 Technique for Panning mode, Technique for Night portrait mode Use the flash

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[PANNING]

MENU

Press [ SET ] to display the [SCENE MODE] menu and select a scene mode. (P62) When you move the camera to follow a subject moving in one direction such as a runner or car, the background becomes a blur and the subject stays focused. This effect is called “panning”. This mode allows you to obtain this effect easier.

∫Technique for Panning mode

To obtain good pictures in panning mode, move the camera in a horizontal plane as you take the pictures.

1Move the camera smoothly while

following the subject in the viewfinder.

2Press the shutter button while you are moving the camera.

3Move the camera continuously.

•We recommend the following:

–Using the Viewfinder. (P38)

–Selecting a subject with quick motion.

–Using prefocus. (P61)

–Use this mode with burst mode. (P51) (You can then select the best pictures from all the pictures taken.)

•The shutter speed in panning mode becomes slower to achieve the panning effect. As a result, jitter can easily occur.

•The panning function does not work well in the following situations.

–During very bright days in summer. We recommend using an ND filter (DMW-LND52; optional). (P118)

–When the shutter speed is faster than 1/100th.

–When you move the camera too slowly because the subject is moving slowly. (The background will not become a blur.)

•You cannot set the stabilizer function mode to [MODE2]. When you set it to [MODE1], only vertical jitters can be compensated in panning mode.

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

•The white balance cannot be set.

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[NIGHT PORTRAIT]

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [SCENE MODE] menu and select a scene mode. (P62) This allows you to take pictures of a person and the background with near real-life brightness.

∫Technique for Night portrait mode

• Use the flash.

• Since the shutter speed becomes slower, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P47) for taking pictures.

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

• We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide (1k) and being about 1.5 m

(4.92 feet) from the subject when taking a picture.

•The focus range is 1.2 m (3.94 feet) to 5 m (16.4 feet). (Refer to P44 for the available flash range to take pictures.)

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

•The shutter may remain closed (max. about 1 sec.) after taking the picture because of signal processing. This is not a malfunction.

•Noise may become visible when you take pictures in dark places.

•When using the flash, Slow sync./Red-eye

reduction [ ] is selected and the flash is activated every time.

•The continuous AF setting is disabled.

•The white balance cannot be set.

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