Taking Pictures With Your Favorite Settings (Program Ae Mode) - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 Basic Owner's Manual

Recording Mode:
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings
(Program AE Mode)
The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and the aperture value according to the
brightness of the subject.
You can take pictures with greater freedom by changing various settings in [REC] Mode
menu.
Set Recording Mode to [
Note
•
The shutter speed is automatically set between about 20 seconds
and 1/4000th of a second in the following cases.
– When the [SENSITIVITY] is set to [ISO160].
–
When the aperture value is set to F2.5 [when the interchangeable lens (H-H014) is attached].
–
When the aperture value is set to F3.5 [when the interchangeable lens (H-FS014042) is
attached].
In Program AE Mode, you can change the preset aperture value and shutter speed without
changing the exposure. This is called Program Shift.
You can make the background more blurred by decreasing the aperture value or record a
moving subject more dynamically by slowing the shutter speed when taking a picture in
Program AE Mode.
1
Press the shutter button halfway and display the
aperture value and shutter speed value on the screen.
2
While the values are displayed (about 10 seconds),
perform the Program Shift by rotating the control dial.
•
During display of the numerical values, each press of the
cursor button 3 switches between Program Shift and Exposure Compensation.
•
Rotate the control dial to display the [EXPO.METER] B.
• The Program Shift indication
•
To cancel Program Shift, turn the camera off or rotate the control dial until the Program
Shift indication disappears.
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Program Shift
A
appears on the screen when Program Shift is activated.
A B