Recording

Manual Exposure Mode

Determine the exposure by manually setting the aperture value and the shutter speed.

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Set the mode dial to [ ].

Press [EXPOSURE].

Press 3/4/2/1 to set the aperture and shutter speed.

2/1: Aperture Value A

3/4: Shutter Speed B

Press [EXPOSURE].

F 3.3 1/30

A B

Manual Exposure Assistance

If you press the shutter button halfway, the Manual Exposure Assistance is displayed.

The exposure is adequate.

Set to faster shutter speed or larger aperture value.

Set to slower shutter speed or smaller aperture value.

The Manual Exposure Assistance is an approximation. We recommend checking the pictures on the playback screen.

The brightness of the monitor and the recorded pictures may differ. Check the pictures on the playback screen.

The minimum shutter speed you can set differs according to the ISO sensitivity setting.

We recommend using a tripod when the shutter speed is slow.

In motion picture recording, the aperture and shutter speed are set automatically.

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Panasonic DMC-TZ55 Manual Exposure Mode, Aperture Value a Shutter Speed B, Manual Exposure Assistance