Preventing Jitter (Camera Shake); Direction Detection Function; Enlarge The Focus Point At The Centre (Display Focus Point); Programme Shift - Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX3 Operating Instructions Manual

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When it is dark or when jitter occurs
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When the camera is too close to the subject or when taking a picture of both distant and near
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subjects
When the jitter alert [
(P52).
Shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera still from the
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moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen. We recommend
using a tripod.
Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
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In [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT], [STARRY SKY] or
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[FIREWORKS] in scene mode
When the shutter speed is slowed in [MIN. SHTR SPEED]
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Pictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). (Only
when [ROTATE DISP.]
Pictures may not be displayed vertically if they were taken with the camera aimed up or down.
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Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.
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Enlarge the focus point at the centre (display focus point)

This unit will remember the focus point during the recording, and it can be enlarged with
that point as a centre.
Press [FOCUS] during image playback
Focus point may not be the centre of enlargement when it is
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at the edge of the image.
Refer to Using the Playback Zoom
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during zooming.
It will return to the original enlargement if [FOCUS] is
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pressed again during zooming.
Focus point is enlarged during zoom in auto review.
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Following pictures cannot be enlarged because there is no focus point:
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Picture that was taken without focusing
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Picture that was taken with manual focus
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Picture that was taken with a different camera
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In programme AE mode, you can change the preset
aperture value and shutter speed without changing
the exposure. This is called programme 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 programme AE mode.
Press the shutter button halfway and then use the joystick to activate programme shift while the
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aperture value and the shutter speed are displayed on the screen (about 10 seconds).
The programme shift indication
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Preventing jitter (camera shake)

] appears, use [STABILIZER] (P89), a tripod or the self-timer
(P64)

Direction detection function

(P107) is set to [ON])
(P43)
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Programme shift

appears on the screen when programme shift is activated.
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for operation
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