Panasonic DMCFZ40K, VQT2Y96 operating instructions Technique for Panning Mode

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[PANNING]

When you move the camera to follow a subject moving in one direction such as a runner or car, the background becomes a blur and the subject stays focused. This effect is called “panning”. This mode allows you to obtain this effect easier.

∫Technique for Panning Mode

To obtain good pictures in Panning Mode, move the camera in a horizontal plane as you take the pictures.

•We recommend that you do not follow the subject with

the camera alone, but stand facing the subject with shoulders squared, and follow it using your entire body, while twisting at the waist.

•Once the subject is in front of you, press the shutter

button. Do not stop moving the camera even after you press the shutter button.

1Move the camera smoothly while following the subject in the viewfinder.

2 Press the shutter button while you are moving the camera. 3 Move the camera continuously.

•We recommend the following:

–Using the Viewfinder.

–Selecting a subject with quick motion.

–Using prefocus.

–Use this mode with Burst Mode.

(You can then select the best pictures from all the pictures taken.)

∫Setting the shutter speed

1Press 4 to select [SHUTTER-PRIORITY] and press [MENU/SET].

•If you select [AUTO], it will not be possible to select the shutter speed.

2Press the rear dial to enable the shutter speed setting operation, and then rotate the rear dial to set the shutter speed.

•It will switch between shutter speed setting operation and Exposure Compensation operation every time the rear dial is pressed.

3Take pictures.

Note

•The shutter speed in Panning Mode becomes slower to achieve the panning effect. As a result, jitter can easily occur.

•The panning function does not work well in the following situations.

–During very bright days in summer. We recommend using an ND filter (DMW-LND52; optional). (P192)

–When the shutter speed is faster than 1/100th.

–When you move the camera too slowly because the subject is moving slowly. (The background will not become a blur.)

–When the camera cannot follow the subject well.

•You cannot set the Stabilizer Function Mode to [MODE2] or [AUTO]. When you set it to [MODE1], only vertical jitters can be compensated.

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