Recording pictures (advanced)

ªTaking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode

Night portrait mode allows you to take pictures against a nighttime landscape. By using the flash and a slow shutter speed, the picture will show the subject and the background brighter than they appear in real life.

Preparation

• Set the mode dial to [ ]. (P8)

1600

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Shutter speed in Night portrait mode

Flash

Shutter speed

mode

 

 

 

1 – 1/2000th

8 – 1/2000th

Technique for Night portrait mode

We recommend using a tripod since the shutter speed becomes slow in a dark setting (max. about 1 second).

Keep the subject still for about

1 second after taking a picture.

The subject should be positioned within the available flash range

[50 cm – 4.8 m (Wide), 50 cm – 2.8 m (Tele)].(When setting to [ISO400]/ [AUTO].)

We recommend rotating the zoom lever to Wide.

The focus range is about 1 m – 3 m.

When taking picture of a landscape at night

When flash is set to Forced OFF

[ ], you can capture the night illumination scenery itself with slower

shutter speed. (Max: about 8 seconds)

The focus range is about 3 m – .

¬Suggestions/Tips ¬

Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./

Red-eye reduction [ ].

The shutter may be kept closed (max. about 8 seconds) after taking a picture with slow shutter speed, but it is not a malfunction.

When the flash is set to Forced OFF in Night portrait mode and you record the subject except the night illumination scenery, the hue may change due to the [AUTO] setting in white balance.

You can change the white balance setting. (P51)

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

To avoid noises, we recommend setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P58)

When you record pictures in dark places, it may be difficult to focus on the subject. We recommend recording pictures in bright places with contrast using the AF/AE lock (P28).

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Panasonic DMC-LC80GN Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode, Shutter speed in Night portrait mode Flash Mode

DMC-LC70GN, DMC-LC80GN, DMC-LC50GN specifications

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