[Scenery]; [Sports]; [Night Portrait]; [Night Scenery] - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[SCENERY]

Press [ ] to display the [SCENE MODE]
MENU
/SET
menu and select a scene mode. (P46)
This allows you to take pictures of a wide
landscape.
• The focus range is 5 m to ¶.
• The flash setting is fixed to Forced OFF
[ ].
• The setting on the AF assist lamp is
disabled.
• The white balance cannot be set.

[SPORTS]

Press [ ] to display the [SCENE MODE]
MENU
/SET
menu and select a scene mode. (P46)
Set here when you want to take pictures of
sports scenes or other fast-moving events.
• This mode is suitable for taking pictures of
subjects at distances of 5 m or more.
• If you take pictures of a fast-moving
subject indoors, the ISO sensitivity
becomes the same as when intelligent
ISO sensitivity mode [
highest ISO sensitivity of [ISO800].
• You cannot use the following functions.
– [D.ZOOM]
– [SLOW SHUTTER]
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[NIGHT PORTRAIT]

Press [ ] to display the [SCENE MODE]
MENU
/SET
menu and select a scene mode. (P46)
This allows you to take pictures of a person
and the background with near real-life
brightness.
∫ Technique for Night portrait mode
• Use the flash.
• Since the shutter speed becomes slower,
we recommend using a tripod and the
self-timer for taking pictures.
• Keep the subject still for about 1 second
after taking the picture.
• We recommend rotating the zoom lever to
Wide (1k) and being about 1.5 m from the
subject when taking a picture.
• The focus range is 1.2 m to 5 m. (Refer to
P39 for the available flash range to take
pictures.)
• The shutter may remain closed (max.
about 1 sec.) after taking the picture
because of signal processing. This is not
a malfunction.
• Noise may become visible when you take
pictures in dark places.
• When using the flash, Slow sync./Red-eye
reduction [ ] is selected and the
flash is activated every time.
• The white balance cannot be set.

[NIGHT SCENERY]

Press [ ] to display the [SCENE MODE]
MENU
/SET
menu and select a scene mode. (P46)
This allows you to take vivid pictures of the
nightscape.
∫ Technique for Night scenery mode
• Since the shutter speed becomes slower
(up to about 8 sec.) use a tripod. We also
recommend using the self-timer for taking
pictures.