Tips For Taking Good Pictures; Preventing Camera Shake - Leica V-LUX 4 Instructions Manual

Tips for taking good pictures

Hold the camera firmly with both hands, keep
your arms still at your side and stand with
your feet slightly apart.
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Be careful not to place your fingers on the flash, AF
Assist Lamp A, microphone B, speaker or lens etc.
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Be careful not to cover the speaker with your finger. Doing
so may make sound difficult to hear.
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Hold the camera as still as possible when you release the
shutter, i.e. when you press the shutter release button.
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When taking pictures, make sure your footing is stable and
there is no danger of colliding with another person, an
object etc.
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Do not hold the lens barrel as you take pictures. There is a
risk that your fingers may be pinched as the lens retracts.
Direction Detection Function ([Rotate Disp.])
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Pictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). (Only
when [Rotate Disp.]
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When the camera is held vertically and tilted up and down to record pictures, the Direction Detection
function may not work correctly.
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Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.
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You cannot record 3D pictures in vertical orientation.

Preventing camera shake

When the camera shake alert [
(P80).
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The shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera still from the
moment the shutter release button is pressed until the picture appears on the monitor/viewfinder. We
recommend using a tripod.
–
Slow sync./Red-Eye Reduction
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[Night Portrait]/[Night Scenery] (Scene Mode)
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When a slow shutter speed limit has been set in [Min. Shtr Speed]
(P9)
(P64) is set)
] appears, use [Stabilizer] (P136), a tripod or the Self-timer
Preparation
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A
MIC
REMOTE
B
MIC
REMOTE