[Night Portrait]; [Night Scenery]; [Hdr]; [Food] - Panasonic lumix DMC-SZ8 Owner's Manual

[Night Portrait]

This allows you to take pictures of a person and the background with near real-life brightness.
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Use the flash. (You can set to [
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Ask the subject not to move while taking a picture.
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We recommend using a tripod and the Self-timer for taking pictures.
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Shutter speed may slow down up to 1/4 seconds.
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Noise may become visible when you take pictures in dark places.

[Night Scenery]

This allows you to take vivid pictures of the nightscape.
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We recommend using a tripod and the Self-timer for taking pictures.
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Shutter speed may slow down up to 8 seconds.
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The shutter may remain closed (max. about 8 sec.) after taking the picture because of signal
processing. This is not a malfunction.
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Noise may become visible when you take pictures in dark places.

[HDR]

You can combine several pictures with different levels of exposure into a single picture with rich
gradation.
You can minimize the loss of gradations in bright areas and dark areas when, for example, the
contrast between the background and the subject is large.
Picture Size
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Select the picture size of 3M (4:3), 2.5M (3:2), 2M (16:9) or 2.5M (1:1).
What Is HDR?
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HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and refers to a technique for expressing a wide contrast
range.
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Do not move the camera during the continuous shooting after pressing the shutter button.
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You cannot take the next picture until the combination of pictures is complete.
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A moving subject may be recorded with unnatural blurs.
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The continuous shooting may not work under certain recording conditions. In that case, a single
picture is recorded.

[Food]

This mode allows you to take pictures of food with a natural hue without being affected by the
ambient light in restaurants, etc.
Recording
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