Night Portrait Mode; Night Scenery Mode - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30PP Operating Instructions Manual

[SCENE MODE] menu (Refer to P71 for information about how to select the menu.)

Night portrait mode

This mode allows you to take pictures
against a night landscape. The subject can
be recorded with brightness in real life by
using the flash and slowing down the
shutter speed.
∫ Technique for Night portrait mode
• Use the flash. (P49)
• Since the shutter speed becomes slow,
we recommend using a tripod and the
self-timer (P53) for taking pictures.
• Keep the subject still for about 1 second
when taking a picture.
• We recommend taking pictures with zoom
set to Wide (1k) and a distance of about
1.5 m (4.92 feet) from the subject.
• The focus range is 1.2 m (3.94 feet) to
5 m (16.4 feet).
(Refer to P50 for the flash control range.)
• Be sure to close the flash when not in use.
• The shutter may be kept closed (max.
about 1 sec.) after taking a picture
because of signal conditioning, but it is not
a malfunction.
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noise may become visible.
• When the flash is set, the flash setting is
fixed to Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
[ ] and the flash is always activated.
• The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].
• The setting on the continuous AF is
disabled.
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Recording pictures (advanced)
This mode allows you to take a picture of a
nightscape. The landscape can be
recorded vividly by slowing down the
shutter speed. Set the focus switch to [AF].
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∫ Technique for Night scenery mode
• Since the shutter speed becomes slow
(max. about 8 sec.), use a tripod. We also
recommend using the self-timer (P53) for
taking pictures.
• The focus range is 5 m (16.4 feet) to ¶.
• The shutter may be kept closed (max.
about 8 sec.) after taking a picture
because of signal conditioning, but it is not
a malfunction.
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noise may become visible.
• The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF
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• The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].
• The settings on the AF assist lamp and
the continuous AF are disabled.

Night scenery mode

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