Optical Image Stabilizer - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)
Optical Image
Stabilizer
This mode detects jitter and compensates
for it.
1 Press and hold the optical image
stabilizer button until
[STABILIZER] appears.
2 Press 3 4 to select the
stabilizer function mode and then
press [MENU/SET].
STABILIZER
OFF
MODE1
MODE2
SELECT
• You can also use the joystick to select.
[MODE1] The stabilizer operates
( ) continuously and can assist
during photo composition.
[MODE2] The jitter is compensated for
( ) when the shutter button is
pressed. There is a greater
stabilizing effect.
[OFF] When the stabilizer is not
( ) desired.
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MENU
MENU
SET
SET DEMO.
∫ About the jitter/movement detection
demonstration screen
Press 1 on the screen shown in step
display the jitter/movement detection
demonstration screen. (You cannot take
pictures while the demonstration screen is
displayed.)
Press 1 to exit the demonstration screen.
JITTER, SUBJ. MOVE DEMO.
CANNOT BE DISPLAYED
IN REC MODE
A: Jitter detection demonstration
B: Movement detection demonstration
• The camera automatically detects the
jitter and the movement of the subject and
displays these on the indicator.
• We recommend using a bright subject
with high contrast for the subject
movement demonstration.
• The jitter/movement detection
demonstration screen is an approximation.
• The camera also detects the movement of
the subject when automatically setting the
ISO sensitivity in intelligent ISO sensitivity
mode [ ] (P52) and [SPORTS] (P63),
[BABY1]/[BABY2] (P66) and [PET] (P67)
in scene mode.
• The stabilizer function may not be
effective in the following cases.
– When there is a lot of jitter.
– When the zoom magnification is high.
– In digital zoom range.
– When taking pictures while following a
moving subject.
– When the shutter speed becomes
slower to take pictures indoors or in dark
places.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press
the shutter button.
• In simple mode [
[MODE1] and in [STARRY SKY] (P67) in
scene mode it is fixed to [OFF]. The
stabilizer function mode selection menu
does not appear.
• In motion picture mode [
[PANNING] in scene mode, [MODE2]
cannot be set.
2
EXIT
], the setting is fixed to
] or
to