Panasonic DMC-FX1GN - Manual (Page 52)

Recording pictures (advanced)
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Taking Pictures using Night Portrait Mode
Night Portrait Mode allows you to take pictures against a nighttime landscape. By
using the flash and a slow shutter speed, the picture will show the subject and the
background brighter than they appear in real life.
Preparation
• Set the mode dial to [
]. (P27)
ª Shutter speed in Night portrait
mode
ª Technique for Night portrait mode
• When you record pictures holding the
camera with your hands, keep the
camera firmly with activating the
stabilizer function. (Shutter speed:
max. 1/8th) When you turn the
stabilizer function to [OFF], we
recommend using a tripod since the
shutter speed becomes slow (max.
about 1 second).
• Keep the subject still for about
1 second after taking a picture.
• The subject should be positioned
within the available flash range
[40 cm – 3.3 m (Wide), 40 cm – 2 m
(Tele)]. (When setting to ISO200/
AUTO)
• We recommend rotating the zoom
lever to Wide.
• The focus range is 1 m – 3 m.
ª When taking picture of only a
landscape at night
• When flash is set to Forced OFF
[ ], you can capture the night
illumination scenery itself with slower
shutter speed. (Max: about 8 seconds)
• The focus range is 3 m – ¶.
¬Suggestions/Tips ¬
• Flash setting is fixed to Slow sync./
Red-eye reduction [ ].
• The shutter may be kept closed
(max. about 8 seconds) after taking a
picture with slow shutter speed, but it
is not a malfunction.
• You can change the white balance
setting. (P56)
• When you take pictures in dark places,
noises may become visible.
To avoid noises, we recommend
setting [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL].
(P68)
• When you record pictures in dark
places, it may be difficult to focus on
the subject. We recommend recording
pictures in bright places with contrast
using the AF/AE lock (P31) as far as
possible.
Flash
mode
Shutter speed
Stabilizer
function
[MODE1]
[MODE2]
1/8th – 1/2000th
Stabilizer
function
[OFF]
1 – 1/2000th
8 – 1/2000th
1600
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