Taking Pictures Using Night Portrait Mode - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC50GN Operating Instructions Manual

ª Taking Pictures using Night
Portrait Mode
Night portrait mode allows you to take
pictures against a nighttime landscape.
By using the flash and a slow shutter
speed, the picture will show the subject
and the background brighter than they
appear in real life.
Preparation
• Set the mode dial to [
Shutter speed in Night portrait mode
Flash
Shutter speed
mode
1 – 1/2000th
8 – 1/2000th
Technique for Night portrait mode
• We recommend using a tripod since
the shutter speed becomes slow in a
dark setting (max. about 1 second).
• Keep the subject still for about
1 second after taking a picture.
• The subject should be positioned
within the available flash range
[50 cm – 4.8 m (Wide), 50 cm – 2.8 m
(Tele)].(When setting to [ISO400]/
[AUTO].)
• We recommend rotating the zoom
lever to Wide.
• The focus range is about 1 m – 3 m.
Recording pictures (advanced)
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When taking picture of a landscape
at night
• When flash is set to Forced OFF
[ ], you can capture the night
illumination scenery itself with slower
shutter speed. (Max: about 8 seconds)
• The focus range is about 3 m – ¶.
¬ Suggestions/Tips ¬
• Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./
Red-eye reduction [
• The shutter may be kept closed
(max. about 8 seconds) after taking a
picture with slow shutter speed, but it
is not a malfunction.
• When the flash is set to Forced OFF in
Night portrait mode and you record the
subject except the night illumination
scenery, the hue may change due to
the [AUTO] setting in white balance.
• You can change the white balance
setting. (P51)
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noises may become visible.
To avoid noises, we recommend
setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL].
(P58)
• When you record pictures in dark
places, it may be difficult to focus on
the subject. We recommend recording
pictures in bright places with contrast
using the AF/AE lock (P28).
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