Panasonic DMCFZ40K, VQT2Y96 operating instructions 100, Technique for Fireworks Mode

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[FIREWORKS]

This mode allows you to take beautiful pictures of fireworks exploding in the night sky.

∫Technique for Fireworks Mode

We recommend performing the following steps to prefocus on the point the pictures will be taken so that you do not miss taking pictures of the fireworks when they are fired.

1Aim the camera at an object, such as a distant light, that is about the same distance

from the camera as the point where the fireworks will rise.

2Press the shutter button halfway until the focus indication (P50) lights.

3 Press the [AF/AF#/MF] to select [MF]. (P73)

4 Aim the camera in the direction that the fireworks will be fired and wait.

5 Press the shutter button fully to take the picture when the fireworks are fired.

•If zoom was used, the focus position will not be correct. Perform steps 2 to 5 again.

•We recommend using a tripod.

Note

•It will be a normal motion picture recording during the motion picture recording.

•The flash setting is fixed to [Œ].

•The focus range is 5 m (16.4 feet) to ¶ in AF Mode. (We recommend performing steps 1 to 5 for prefocus.)

•This mode is most effective when the subject is 10 m (32.8 feet) or more away.

•The shutter speed becomes the following.

–When [OFF] is set on the Optical Image Stabilizer Function: Fixed to 2 seconds.

–When [AUTO], [MODE1] or [MODE2] is set on the Optical Image Stabilizer Function: 1/4th of a second or 2 seconds (The shutter speed becomes 2 seconds only when the camera has determined that there is little jitter such as when using a tripod etc.)

–You can change the shutter speed by compensating the exposure.

•ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].

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