Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket - Panasonic DMC-FZ18 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)
• The compensation range of the exposure
will be limited depending on the
brightness of the subject.
• Exposure compensation is not available in
the following case.
– [STARRY SKY] in scene mode
Taking Pictures using
Auto Bracket
In this mode, 3 pictures are automatically
recorded in the selected exposure
compensation range each time the shutter
button is pressed. You can select the
picture with the desired exposure from the
3 pictures with different exposures.
1 Press  [
] several times until
[AUTO BRACKET] appears, set
the compensation range of the
exposure with /.
• You can select [OFF] (0), [F1/3 EV],
[F2/3 EV] or [F1 EV].
• When you do not use auto bracket,
select [OFF] (0).
2 Press [MENU/SET] to finish.
• You can also press the shutter
button halfway to finish.
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• When setting auto bracket, the auto
bracket icon [ ] appears on the screen.
• When taking pictures using auto bracket
after setting the exposure compensation
range, the pictures taken are based on the
selected exposure compensation range.
When the exposure is compensated, the
exposure compensation value appears on
the lower left of the screen.
• The auto bracket setting is cancelled if
you turn the camera off or power save
mode is activated.
• When setting auto bracket and burst mode
simultaneously, auto bracket will be
performed.
• When auto bracket is set, the auto review
function is activated regardless of the auto
review setting. (The picture is not
enlarged.) You cannot set the auto review
function in the [SETUP] menu.
• When auto bracket is activated,
[AUDIO REC.] cannot be used.
• The exposure may not be compensated
with auto bracket depending on the
brightness of the subject.
• In shutter-priority AE and manual
exposure, if the shutter speed is set to
more than 1 second auto bracket is
disabled.
• When the flash is activated or the number
of recordable pictures is 2 or less, you can
take only 1 picture.
• You cannot use the following functions.
– [STARRY SKY] in scene mode
– When the quality is set to [RAW] or
[RAWKJPEG]