Recording pictures (advanced)

Scenery mode

This mode allows you to take a picture of a wide landscape. The camera focuses on a distant subject preferentially.

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The focus range is 5 m – .

The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].

The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF [ ].

Night scenery mode

This mode allows you to take a picture of a nightscape. The landscape can be recorded vividly by slowing down the shutter speed.

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Technique for Night scenery mode

• Since the shutter speed becomes slow (max. about 8 sec.), use a tripod.

The focus range is 5 m – .

The shutter may be kept closed (max. about 8 sec.) after taking a picture because of signal conditioning, but it is not a malfunction.

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

The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80] (DMC-LZ2)/[ISO64] (DMC-LZ1).

The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF [].

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Panasonic DMC-LZ2GN, DMC-LZ1GN operating instructions Scenery mode, Technique for Night scenery mode

DMC-LZ2GN, DMC-LZ1GN specifications

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