Sports Mode; Night Portrait Mode; Night Scenery Mode; Food Mode - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS80 Operating Instructions Manual

Refer to P46 for details on selecting a scene menu.

Sports mode

U
Allows you to shoot fast moving subjects
(e.g. outdoor sports).
• Suitable for daylight shooting, 5 m or
more away from the subject.
• When shooting fast moving subjects
indoors, Sensitivity will be the same as
when you have set ISO limit in intelligent
ISO to [ISO MAX800].
• The digital zoom is fixed to [OFF].

Night portrait mode

X
Shoot the subject with natural brightness
using the flash and slow shutter speed.
Technique for Night portrait mode
■
• Use the flash.
• Due to the slow shutter speed, use a
tripod and the self-timer for best results.
• Keep the subject still for about 1 second
after taking a picture.
• Rotate the zoom lever to Wide (1 ×),
about 1.5 m from the subject.
• The focus range is 1.2 m to 5 m. (Refer
to P40 for details about available flash
range.)
• The shutter may close (max. about
1 sec.) after shooting due to signal
processing. This is not a malfunction.
• When shooting in dark places, noise may
become visible.
• When using the flash, Slow sync./Red-
eye reduction [u] is selected and
the flash is activated every time.
• You cannot change the white balance
setting.
Advanced-Shooting

Night scenery mode

W
The nightscape can be recorded vividly.
Technique for night scenery mode
■
• Use a tripod as the shutter may be open
for as long as 8 seconds. Use the self-
timer for best results.
The focus range is 5 m to Z.
•
• The shutter may close (max. about 8
seconds) after shooting due to signal
processing. This is not a malfunction.
• When shooting in dark places, noise may
become visible.
• The flash setting is fixed to Forced Flash
OFF [v].
• The shutter speed becomes as follows:
Max. 8 seconds:
– When optical image stabilizer is [OFF]
– When optical image stabilizer is
[MODE1] or [MODE2] and the camera
determines that there is little jitter
Max. 1/8 second:
– Other cases than the case listed above.
• The settings on the AF assist lamp is
disabled.
• You cannot change the white balance
setting.

Food mode

f
Use to take pictures of food in restaurants,
irrespective of the lighting, so that the
natural colours of the subject come out.
• The focus range is 5 cm (Wide)/30 cm
(Tele) to Z.
• You cannot change the white balance
setting.
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