Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS85 Operating Instructions Manual

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Basic28 VQT1X23Subjects and recording conditions which are difficult to focus• Fast-moving subjects, extremely bright subjects or subjects without contrast• When recording subjects through windows or near shiny objects• When it is dark or when jitter occurs• When the camera is too close to the subject or when taking a picture of both distant andnear subjects (when the recordable range display has appeared in red).Preventing jitter (camera shake)When the jitter alert [0] appears, use [STABILIZER] (P57), a tripod or the self-timer(P38).• Shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera stillfrom the moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen.We recommend using a tripod.– Slow sync./Red-eye reduction– In [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT], [STARRYSKY] or [FIREWORKS] in Scene ModeDirection detection functionPictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). Thisfunction works only when [ROTATE DISP.] (P68) is set to [ON].• Pictures may not be displayed vertically if they were taken with the camera aimed up ordown.• Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.Taking Pictures with the ZoomRecording mode: 4 1 5 6Using the optical zoom/ the extra optical zoom (EZ)/ the digital zoomYou can make people and subjects appear closer with the optical zoom, and landscapescan be recorded in wide angle. To make subjects appear even closer (maximum of 6.4 ×),set the [PICTURE SIZE] to 5M or less.Even higher levels of magnifi cation are possible when [DIGITAL ZOOM] is set to [ON] in[REC] menu.To make subjects appear closer use (Tele)Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.To make subjects appear further away use (Wide)Rotate the zoom lever towards Wide.