Panasonic DMC-FZ8 Taking Pictures, Technique for Starry sky mode, Technique for Fireworks mode

Advanced (Recording pictures)

2Taking Pictures.

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CANCEL MENU

•Press the shutter button fully to display the countdown screen. Do not move the camera after this screen is displayed. When countdown finishes,

[PLEASE WAIT...] is displayed for the same length of time as the set shutter speed for signal processing.

•Press [MENU/SET] to stop taking the picture while the countdown screen is displayed.

∫Technique for Starry sky mode

• The shutter opens for 15, 30 or

60 seconds. Be sure to use a tripod. We also recommend taking pictures with the self-timer. (P47)

• We recommend using prefocus (P61) to focus in advance on a subject, such as a bright star or a distant light, that is easy to focus on.

•The LCD monitor automatically becomes darker.

•Histograms are always displayed in orange. (P40)

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

•The optical image stabilizer function is fixed to [OFF].

•The following functions cannot be used.

–[EXPOSURE]

–[AUTO BRACKET]

–Burst mode

–[AUDIO REC.]

–[CONT.AF]

–[W.BALANCE]

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[FIREWORKS]

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [SCENE MODE] menu and select a scene mode. (P62) This mode allows you to take beautiful pictures of fireworks exploding in the night sky.

∫Technique for Fireworks mode

We recommend performing the following steps to prefocus on the point the pictures will be taken so that you do not miss taking pictures of the fireworks when they are fired.

1Aim the camera at an object, such as a distant light, that is about the same distance from the camera as the point where the fireworks will rise.

2Press the shutter button halfway until the focus indication (P27) lights.

3Switch the focus switch button to [MF]. (P59)

4Aim the camera in the direction that the fireworks will be fired and wait.

5Press the shutter button fully to take the picture when the fireworks are fired.

•If zoom was used, the focus position will not be correct. Perform steps 2 to 5 again.

•We recommend using a tripod.

•The focus range is 5 m (16.4 feet) to ¶ in AF mode. (We recommend performing steps 1 to 5 above for prefocus.)

•The shutter speed becomes the following.

–When [OFF] is set on the optical image stabilizer function: Fixed to 2 second

–When [MODE1] or [MODE2] is set on the optical image stabilizer function: 1/4th or 2 second (The shutter speed becomes 2 second only when the camera has determined that there is little jitter such as when using a tripod etc.)

•Histograms are always displayed in orange. (P40)

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

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

•The white balance cannot be set.

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