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setting it up lumix fz20 (1 Viewer)
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IanF
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Hi Graham,
For me the most important setting was the ISO which I set at 50. I leave it on that setting all of the time as it is the least 'noisiest'.
Other than that I have the IS set to Mode 2 so that it's only when I half depress the shutter that it comes into play. If however you mount the camera on a tripod the usual advice is to switch IS off.
As regards exposure mode then I switch between A and S. A gives a default aperture of f8 though it's easy to decrease if need be to gain a higher shutter speed using the toggle button. f8 gives a nice depth of field for bird photos. I have spot metering set.
Check out the use of the toggle button in M, P, S and A modes as it has different controlable functions - very useful.
Digital zoom I usually have disabled, though sometimes it can be useful as decent results can be had with a small amount of digital zoom.
That's about all that springs to mind at present.
For focus then I have the camera set to 'spot'. Most often I use auofocus, but sometimes, particularly flight shots I use manual focus - you just need to flick the switch down one notch on the left side of the camera barrel.
You can use raw files, but I find little use for them so I use jpeg compression set at the finest quality.
One thing that lets the camera down is macro setting. It's good for close ups of flowers as at less than full zoom you can move in close. At max zoom though I think it's about 2m which negates the powerful zoom as reproduction on the LCD is very small - not much use for getting in close with live subjects!
For me the most important setting was the ISO which I set at 50. I leave it on that setting all of the time as it is the least 'noisiest'.
Other than that I have the IS set to Mode 2 so that it's only when I half depress the shutter that it comes into play. If however you mount the camera on a tripod the usual advice is to switch IS off.
As regards exposure mode then I switch between A and S. A gives a default aperture of f8 though it's easy to decrease if need be to gain a higher shutter speed using the toggle button. f8 gives a nice depth of field for bird photos. I have spot metering set.
Check out the use of the toggle button in M, P, S and A modes as it has different controlable functions - very useful.
Digital zoom I usually have disabled, though sometimes it can be useful as decent results can be had with a small amount of digital zoom.
That's about all that springs to mind at present.
For focus then I have the camera set to 'spot'. Most often I use auofocus, but sometimes, particularly flight shots I use manual focus - you just need to flick the switch down one notch on the left side of the camera barrel.
You can use raw files, but I find little use for them so I use jpeg compression set at the finest quality.
One thing that lets the camera down is macro setting. It's good for close ups of flowers as at less than full zoom you can move in close. At max zoom though I think it's about 2m which negates the powerful zoom as reproduction on the LCD is very small - not much use for getting in close with live subjects!
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