Taking Pictures With Your Own Settings; [Program Ae] Mode; Program Shift - Panasonic DMC-LX7K Owner's Manual

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
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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.

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.
About the exposure meter
Shutter speed
(Automatic adjustment)
Aperture value
(Automatic adjustment)
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When the camera is turned off, Program Shift is canceled.
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Program Shift may not function for some subject brightness levels.
(→48)
Press the shutter button halfway
Select a combination of shutter
speed and aperture value
• To cancel Program Shift
→ Rotate the rear dial until the Program
- 58 -
Aperture value
Program Shift indicator (
Exposure meter
Shift indicator goes off.
Shutter speed
)
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