Panasonic Lumix GX8 - Manual (Page 219)

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8. Stabilizer, Zoom and Flash
• The Image Stabilizer may produce operational sound or cause vibration during its
operation, but these are not malfunctions.
• It is recommended to disable the Image Stabilizer when using a tripod. [ ] is displayed on the
screen at that time.
• We recommend taking pictures with the viewfinder when panning in [ ].
Not available in these cases:
• [ ] is not available in Panorama Shot Mode.
• The Dual I.S. and In-Body Image Stabilizer function is not available in the following cases:
– When the shutter speed is set to [B] (Bulb)
– When the shutter speed exceeds 2 seconds
– When [Burst Rate] is set to [SH]
– Recording still pictures while recording a motion picture [only when set to [ ] (motion
picture priorities)].
– When recording 4K photos
• The 5-Axis Hybrid Image Stabilizer function is not available in the following cases:
– When [Rec Format] is set to [MP4] and [Rec Quality] is set to [4K/100M/30p], [4K/100M/24p]
or [VGA/4M/30p]
– When using the Digital Zoom
• The stabilizer function may not be effective in the following cases.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button.
– When there is a lot of jitter
– When the zoom magnification is high
– When using the Digital Zoom
– When taking pictures while following a moving subject
– When the shutter speed becomes slower to take pictures indoors or in dark places
• The panning effect in [ ] is more difficult to achieve in the following cases.
– In brightly lit places such as in broad daylight on a summer’s day
– When the shutter speed is faster than 1/100th of a second
– When you move the camera too slowly because the subject is moving slowly (The
background will not become a blur)
– When the camera does not keep up with the subject satisfactorily