Panasonic M0712KZ0, DMCLX7W, DMCLX7K, VQT4J11 Taking pictures with your own settings, Program Shift

Application (Record)

Taking pictures with your own settings

[Program AE] Mode

You can take pictures with your own settings by changing the color tone, ISO Sensitivity and other settings under the [Rec] menu and other menus.

••About recording modes (→48)

●●If aperture and shutter speed are shown in red, you do not have appropriate exposure. You should either use the flash, change [Sensitivity] settings or set [Min. Shtr Speed] to a slower speed.

Aperture value Shutter speed

Program Shift

The function for maintaining the same exposure (brightness) while changing the shutter speed and aperture value combination is called “Program Shift”. You can use “Program Shift” to take pictures by adjusting the shutter speed and aperture value even in [Program AE] Mode.

Press the shutter button halfway

Select a combination of shutter speed and aperture value

About the exposure meter

Shutter speed

(Automatic adjustment)

Aperture value

(Automatic adjustment)

Program Shift indicator ()

Exposure meter

••To cancel Program Shift

→Rotate the rear dial until the Program Shift indicator goes off.

When the camera is turned off, Program Shift is canceled.
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Program Shift may not function for some subject brightness levels.
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