Tips For Taking Good Pictures; Preventing Jitter (Camera Shake) - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 Owner's Manual

Preparations

Tips for taking good pictures

Hold the camera gently with both
hands, keep your arms still at
your side and stand with your feet
slightly apart.
• Be careful not to put your fingers on
the flash, AF Assist Lamp, microphone,
speaker or lens etc.
• Be careful not to cover the speaker with
your finger. Doing so may make sound
difficult to hear. (→11)
• Be careful not to move the camera when
you press the shutter button.
• When taking pictures, make sure your
footing is stable and there is no danger of
colliding with another person, an object etc.
• Do not hold the lens barrel as you take
pictures. There is a risk that your finger will
be trapped as the lens retracts.
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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 cannot be displayed in portrait orientation.
• You cannot record 3D pictures in vertical orientation.

Preventing jitter (camera shake)

When the Jitter alert [
• 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.
- Slow sync./Red-Eye Reduction
- [Night Portrait]/[Night Scenery]/[Starry Sky] ([Scene Mode])
- When the shutter speed is slowed in [Min. Shtr Speed]
(→72) is set)
] appears, use [Stabilizer] (→150), a tripod or the Self-timer (→86).
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AF Assist Lamp Stereo microphone
Holding the
camera vertically
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