Panasonic DMC LX 3 Compensating the Exposure, Then press it fully to take the picture, Exposed

Advanced (Recording pictures)

3 Press [MENU/SET].

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

•The menu screen disappears after about 5 seconds. At this time, the selected item is automatically set.

4	Press the shutter button halfway to focus
	and then press it fully to take the picture.

•The self-timer indicator A blinks and the shutter is activated after 10 seconds (or 2 seconds).

•If you press [MENU/SET] while the self-timer is set, the

self-timer setting is canceled.

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Note

•When using a tripod etc., setting the self-timer to 2 seconds is a convenient way to avoid the jitter caused by pressing the shutter button.

•When you press the shutter button once fully, the subject is automatically focused just before recording. In dark places, the self-timer indicator will blink and then may turn on brightly operating as an AF assist lamp (P88) to allow the camera to focus on the subject.

•We recommend using a tripod when recording with the self-timer.

•The number of pictures which can be taken in [BURST] is fixed to 3.

•The number of pictures which can be taken in [FLASH BURST] in scene mode is fixed to 5.

•Self-timer cannot be set to 2 seconds in Intelligent auto mode.

•Self-timer cannot be set to 10 seconds in [SELF PORTRAIT] in scene mode.

•Self-timer cannot be used while in [HI-SPEED BURST] in scene mode.

[REC] mode:

Compensating the Exposure

Use this function when you cannot achieve appropriate exposure due to the difference in brightness between the subject and the background. Look at the following examples.

Under exposed	Properly	Overexposed
	exposed

Compensate the exposure	Compensate the exposure
towards positive.	towards negative.

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