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

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 3 [
] several times until
[AUTO BRACKET] appears, set the
compensation range of the
exposure with 2/1.
• You can select [OFF] (0), [d1/3 EV], [d2/
3 EV] or [d1 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.
Advanced (Recording pictures)
• When setting auto bracket, the auto bracket
icon [
• 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
[RAWiJPEG]
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