Panasonic DMC-TZ1 operating instructions Sensitivity, Setting the light sensitivity

Menu Settings

1 Press 3 [ ] several times until [WB ADJUST.] appears and then press 2/1 to adjust the white balance.

WB ADJUST.

REDBLUE

SELECT EXIT MENU

•2 [RED]: Press when the hue is bluish.

•1 [BLUE]: Press when the hue is reddish.

•Select [0] to return to the original white balance.

2 Press [MENU/SET] to finish.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish.

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

About the white balance

•When you take a picture with the flash, the white balance is automatically adjusted

[except for [ ] (Daylight)]. 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.

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

•The white balance fine adjustment level in

[ ] (White set) returns to “0” when you reset the white balance using White set

[ ].

•You cannot finely adjust the white balance when [COL.EFFECT] (P78) is set to [COOL], [WARM], [B/W] or [SEPIA].

[SENSITIVITY]

Setting the light sensitivity

MENU

Press [ SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P70) 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			800
Use in bright							Not
places		Suitable
						suitable
(e.g. outdoors)
Use in dark			Not			Suitable
places		suitable
Shutter speed			Slow				Fast
Noise			Less		Increased

•ISO sensitivity is automatically set to the optimal value between [ISO800] and [ISO1600] in [HIGH SENS.] (P57) scene mode.

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