Panasonic DMC-ZS40, DMCZS40K, DMCZS40S owner manual IHandheld Night Shot, Ihdr

Basics

Taking pictures with automatic settings [Intelligent Auto] Mode

[iHandheld Night Shot]

If a night scene is detected automatically while the unit is being handheld, [iHandheld Night Shot] can record a still picture with less jitter and less noise without using a tripod by combining a burst of pictures.

It is preset to [ON] with this unit.

■■Settings

Press [MENU/SET]

Press to select [Rec] menu and press [MENU/SET]

Press to select [iHandheld Night Shot] and press [MENU/SET]

Press to select either [ON] or [OFF] and press [MENU/SET]

●●When the camera is fixed in place on a tripod or by other means, [iHandheld Night Shot] will not be identified.

●●The angle of view becomes narrow slightly.

The portions displayed in gray are not recorded.

[iHDR]

When there is, for example, strong contrast between the background and the subject, [iHDR] records multiple still pictures with differing exposures and combines them to create a single still picture rich in gradation.

It is preset to [ON] with this unit.

■■Settings

Press [MENU/SET]

Press to select [Rec] menu and press [MENU/SET]

Press to select [iHDR] and press [MENU/SET]

Press to select either [ON] or [OFF] and press [MENU/SET]

●●This function is automatically activated only when [  ] is displayed on the screen. ●●In the case that a single picture is going to be composed from a burst, a message

indicating that multiple pictures are to be recorded appears on the screen and burst recording is carried out. Note that burst recording will not take place if the camera determines that it can compensate for the difference in contrast without composing the picture from a burst.

●●The camera does not combine pictures in the following cases: ••When the zoom ratio exceeds the maximum optical zoom ratio ••[Burst] mode

••When the flash fires

●●In the case of composition from a burst, afterimages may appear if the subject was moving.

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