Panasonic DMC-FX5 Digital Still Camera - Page 39

A Press the shutter button halfway to focus. B Press the shutter button fully to take the picture. • The self-timer indicator C blinks and the shutter is activated after 10 seconds (or 2 seconds). • If you press [MENU/SET] while the self-timer is set, the self-timer setting is canceled. Advanced (Recording pictures) Compensating the Exposure Use this function when you cannot achieve appropriate exposure due to the difference in brightness between the subject and the background. Look at the following examples. Under exposed • When using a tripod etc., setting the self-timer to 2 seconds is a convenient way to avoid the jitter caused by pressing the shutter button. • When you press the shutter button once fully, the subject is automatically focused just before recording. In dark places, the self-timer indicator will blink and then may turn on brightly operating as an AF assist lamp (P64) to allow the camera to focus on the subject. • The self-timer is fixed to 10 seconds in intelligent auto mode [ ] and to 2 seconds in clipboard mode [ ] or [SELF PORTRAIT] (P43) in scene mode. • When you set the self-timer in burst mode, the camera starts taking a picture 2 or 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed. The number of pictures taken at one time is fixed to 3. • The self-timer cannot be set in [HI-SPEED BURST] in scene mode. • We recommend using a tripod when recording with the self-timer. Compensate the exposure towards positive. Properly exposed Overexposed Compensate the exposure towards negative. 39 VQT1J59