[Slow Shutter] Recording Bright Pictures In Dark Places; Vqt0V10 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS2 Operating Instructions Manual

Menu Settings
(1-area-focusing):
The camera focuses on
the subject in the AF
area on the center of
the screen.
(Spot-focusing):
The camera focuses on
a limited narrow area in
the screen.
∫ About 3-area-focusing (High speed)
and 1-area-focusing (High speed)
• You can focus on the subject more quickly
than other AF modes.
• The picture may stop moving for a
moment before being brought into focus
when you press the shutter button
halfway. This is not a malfunction.
• The AF area displayed on the center of
the screen is bigger than usual when
using the digital zoom or when taking
pictures in dark places.
• The camera is focusing on all the AF
areas when multiple AF areas (max.
5 areas) light at the same time.
The focus position is not predetermined. It
is set to a position automatically
determined by the camera at the time of
focusing. If you want to determine the
focus position to take pictures, switch the
AF mode to 1-area-focusing mode (High
speed), 1-area-focusing mode or
Spot-focusing mode.
• Switch the AF mode to 1-area-focusing
mode (High speed) or 1-area-focusing
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mode if it is difficult to focus using
Spot-focusing mode.
• The AF mode cannot be set in simple
mode [ ] or [FIREWORKS] (P52) in
scene mode.
[SLOW SHUTTER]
Recording bright pictures in dark
places
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SCN SCN
MENU
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
SET
menu and select the item to set. (P59)
The shutter speed is automatically
adjusted. However, if you want brighter
pictures you can manually select an even
slower shutter speed.
• The slow shutter speeds you can select
are: [1/8–], [1/4–], [1/2–] and [1–].
• This is effective if you want to take bright
pictures of both a night landscape and a
subject using [NIGHT PORTRAIT] (P50)
in scene mode.
Slow shutter
setting
Brightness
Jitter
∫ Example
1/8 –
• This should usually be set to [1/8–] to take
pictures. (When you select a slow shutter
speed other than [1/8–], [
the lower left of the screen.)
• When the shutter speed is made slower
using [SLOW SHUTTER], jitter is likely to
occur. We recommend using a tripod and
the self-timer (P41) for taking pictures.
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1/8 –
Darker Brighter
Less More
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1 –