Shutter And Drive Settings; Setting The Shutter Type - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 Owner's Manual

Shutter and Drive Settings

Setting the Shutter Type

Recording mode:
You can take pictures using two types of shutter modes: the mechanical shutter and
electronic shutter.
Description
Flash
Shutter Speed
(seconds)
Shutter sound
*
1
You can set ISO Sensitivity up to [ISO 3200]. When ISO Sensitivity is higher than [ISO 3200], the
shutter speed will be faster than 1 second.
*
2
You cannot turn off the mechanical shutter sound.
*
3
You can use [Shutter Vol.] to adjust the volume of the electronic shutter sound.
1
Set the menu
→
[AUTO]
[MSHTR]
[ESHTR]
●
When [ ] is displayed on the screen, the electronic shutter is used to take a picture.
●
When [Burst Rate] is set to [SH], the electronic shutter is used to take a picture.
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When [Silent Mode] is set to [ON], the electronic shutter is used to take a picture.
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If you take a picture of a moving subject using the electronic shutter, the subject in the
picture may be skewed in some cases.
●
When you take a picture under a fluorescent or LED lighting fixture using the electronic
shutter, the recorded picture may have horizontal stripes. If you use a slower shutter
speed, the horizontal stripes may be reduced.
●
Be sure to pay special attention to the privacy, likeness rights, etc. of a subject when you
use this function. Use at your own risk.
140
Mechanical shutter
Starts the exposure electronically
and ends the exposure using the
mechanical shutter.
○
60 - 1/4000
Mechanical shutter sound
+
Electronic shutter sound
[Rec] → [Shutter Type]
The shutter mode automatically switches based on the recording
conditions and shutter speed.
• The mechanical shutter mode has higher priority over the
electronic shutter mode because the mechanical shutter has
less function-related restrictions when recording with a flash,
etc.
Uses only the mechanical shutter mode to take a picture.
Uses only the electronic shutter mode to take a picture.
Electronic shutter
Starts and ends the exposure
electronically.
*
2
Electronic shutter sound
*
3
(→84)
–
*
1
1 - 1/16000
*
3
(→43)
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