Tips For Taking Good Pictures; Fit The Strap And Hold The Camera Carefully; Preventing Jitter (Camera Shake) - Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ5 Owner's Manual

Tips for taking good pictures

Fit the strap and hold the camera carefully

Hold the camera gently with both hands, keep your arms still at your side and
stand with your feet slightly apart.
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To prevent dropping, be sure to attach the supplied strap and fit it to your wrist.
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Be careful not to move the camera when you press the shutter button.
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Be careful not to put your fingers on the flash, AF assist lamp, microphone, speaker or lens etc.
A Strap
B Flash
C Microphone
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Direction Detection Function ([Rotate Disp.])
Pictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). (Only
when [Rotate Disp.]
• When the camera is held vertically and tilted up and down to record pictures, the Direction Detection
function may not work correctly.
•
Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.

Preventing jitter (camera shake)

When the Jitter alert [
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Shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera still from the
moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen. We recommend using
a tripod.
–
Slow sync./Red-Eye Reduction
– [Night Portrait]/[Night Scenery] (Scene Mode)
(P49) is set)
] appears, use [Stabilizer] (P83), a tripod or the Self-timer (P60).
Preparation
D Speaker
E AF assist lamp
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(P9)