169
The values indicated will be one half of the FZ200 lens setting. It will
select the largest zoom setting which is smaller than or equal to the lens
focal length used.
Zooming can be also done manually; the zooming is done internally with
no physical change in size of the unit.
If you have a wide angle conversion lens then you can flip over a wide
angle diffuser. This gives you 8mm flash light coverage.
Tilt and swivel
The head can be tilted a little bit downwards, suitable for close-up focus
distances. Tilting downwards gives a warning symbol on the display. It
can also be tilted 45°, 60°, 75° and 90° upwards.
The head can also be swivelled 30°, 60°, 90°, 120°, 150° and 180° to the
left, and 30°, 60° and 90° to the right. The tilt and swivel can be
combined.
Tilting upwards or swivelling automatically zooms to 25mm, regardless of
the zoom setting on the lens. However, the zoom can still be operated
manually.
TTL exposure mode
All modern system cameras are expected to offer TTL flash control these
days. In film based camera a small sensor “read” the light reflected from
the film and terminated the flash when there had been sufficient
exposure. In the FZ200 this exposure determination is done in a different
way.
Before the actual exposure, a small pre-flash is done. The pre-flash
exposure is read by the image sensor, and used to decide how much
flash to apply in the actual exposure.
There is a clear advantage with this solution: The camera can examine
the pre-flash exposure thoroughly before deciding upon the main
exposure.
In face detection mode, for example, it can take extra care that the faces
are correctly exposed.
To Next Page
Loading...
