Panasonic also provide a High Sensitivity Mode to help combat the effects of camera shake. When this scene mode is selected, the camera automatically raises the ISO speed up to a maximum of and therefore allows for a faster shutter speed.
This mode allows you to handhold the camera without using the flash and get more natural results, whilst at the same time freezing subject movement more successfully.
There are some obvious drawbacks with this special scene mode, principally a significant increase in noise and blurring - Panasonic state that "Pictures may appear slightly grainy due to high sensitivity". You also need to select the scene mode and therefore have some idea about when it is applicable to your subject, and the resolution is reduced to 3 megapixels.
The camera automatically sets the appropriate shutter speed AND ISO speed for the subject that you are taking pictures of. So if you're taking shots of a child indoors, the DMC-ZX3 automatically raises the ISO and in turn the shutter speed to avoid blurring the child's movement. If the subject is still, then the camera chooses a lower sensitivity and slower shutter speed.
It's a clever idea that works well in practice, with the camera generally choosing an appropriate combination of shutter and ISO speed. Depending on which shooting mode you're using, there are three menu options, Record, the Travel Mode or Motion Picture, and Setup. Most of the camera's main options, such as white balance, image quality, auto-focus mode and ISO speed, are accessed here.
As mentioned previously, the addition of the Quick Menu button on the rear of the camera speeds up access to some of the more commonly used options.
Due to the large LCD screen and restricting the number of on-screen choices to five, the various options and icons are clear and legible. If you have never used a digital camera before, or you're upgrading from a more basic model, reading the easy-to-follow manual before you start is a good idea, especially as a few of the buttons are specific to Panasonic cameras.
Thankfully Panasonic have chosen to supply it in printed format, rather than as a PDF on a CD, so you can also carry it with you for easy reference. Zooming from the widest focal length to the longest is a little slower at around 2. The camera achieves focus most of the time indoors or in low-light situations, helped by the focus-assist lamp.
We also didn't have too many problems locking onto the subject at the telephoto end of the lens in low-light situations. The ZX3 is especially quick to find focus if you use the 1-point high-speed AF option. It takes about 1 second to store an image, allowing you to keep shooting as they are being recorded onto the memory card - there is no LCD blackout between each image.
The ZX3 has a disappointingly slow Burst mode which enables you to take 1. In the High-speed Burst shooting mode 10 shots per second can be recorded, but only at 3 megapixels. The Flash Burst mode makes it possible to take 5 consecutive shots with continuous emissions of the flash. You can instantly scroll through the images that you have taken, view thumbnails up to 30 onscreen at the same time and in a special Calendar view , zoom in and out up to 16x magnification, view slideshows, delete, protect, trim, resize, copy and rotate an image.
You can also select favourite images, sort images into categories, change an image's aspect ratio, add a text stamp, add a soundclip and set the print order. Face Recognition playbacks only the photos that contain a certain face.
When taking a photo, pressing the Display button toggles between the detailed information, the detailed information plus gridlines to aid composition, and no information at all. It's still a responsive and easy-to-use point and shoot camera offering an incredibly versatile focal range, with the main improvements being made to the video recording, while the heavily promoted Intelligent Resolution is less useful than promised.
All of the sample images in this Review were taken using the 14 megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 5. ISO shows some quite obvious noise and softening of fine detail, and ISO is even noisier, although still OK for small prints and web images. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZX3 dealt extremely well with chromatic aberrations, with limited purple fringing effects appearing only at the edges of the frame in high contrast situations.
The built-in flash is rather under-powered but worked fairly well indoors, with no red-eye and adequate exposure. The night photograph was excellent, with the maximum shutter speed of 60 seconds allowing you to capture plenty of light. Anti-shake works very well when hand-holding the camera in low-light conditions or when using the telephoto end of the zoom range. Macro performance is good, allowing you to focus as close as 3cms away from the subject. The images were a little soft straight out of the DMC-ZX3 at the default sharpening setting and ideally require some further sharpening in an application like Adobe Photoshop, as you can't change the in-camera setting.
The new Intelligent Resolution feature either makes a standard image look sharper, albeit with some un-wanted artefacts appearing, or it digitally increases the 8x optical zoom to 10x, again with a slight loss in quality. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. Nikon Z9 production sample gallery.
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Table of Contents. Operating Instructions for advanced features. Before use, please read these instructions completely. Previous Page. Next Page. Page 3 Recording Motion Picture For each step, be sure to refer to the pages indicated in brackets. Page 5 Before Use Play back the pictures.
For details on the accessories, refer to Basic Operating Instructions. For connection details, refer to P Page 9: Preparation The only batteries suitable for use with this unit are genuine Panasonic products and batteries manufactured by other companies and certified by Panasonic. Batteries which do not support this function cannot be used.
Panasonic cannot in any way guarantee the quality, performance or safety of batteries which have been manufactured by other companies and are not genuine Panasonic products. Page 10 Preparation plug-in type Connect the charger to the electrical outlet. A gap will remain as shown on the right. The charging time may vary depending on how the battery has been used.
For example, in the following cases, the operating times shorten and the number of recordable pictures is reduced. Page 15 Using any other equipment may cause damage. Turn the camera on. Page Setting The Menu Preparation Setting the Menu The camera comes with menus that allow you to choose the settings for taking pictures and playing them back as you like and menus that enable you to have more fun with the camera and use it more easily.
Switching to other menus e. Press 2. Press and hold [Q. MENU] when recording. Check their settings before using them. Page 26 Preparation Change the display size of some icons and menu screens. You can also set whether or not to have the recording information displayed when the guidelines are displayed.
Page 27 Preparation Set the length of time that the picture is displayed after taking it. Page 30 Preparation It is possible to check which version of firmware is on the camera. Switching the mode by rotating the Mode dial. Align a desired mode with part C. Normal Picture Mode P38 The subjects are recorded using your own settings.
My Scene Mode P61 Pictures are taken using previously registered recording scenes. Press the shutter button fully push it in further , and take the picture. Recording the motion picture Press the motion picture button to start the recording. Page Scene Detection Basic Scene Detection When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its colour changes to the usual red. Focus will keep following the subject automatically even if it moves.
Press 3. You can take pictures with greater freedom by changing various settings in the [REC] menu. Keep the camera still from the moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen. We recommend using a tripod. To make subjects appear even closer maximum of Screen display ] is displayed. Repeat this step. During Playback Zoom P46 , while playing back motion pictures P and during a slide show P , you can only select
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