Taking Images Using the Fully Manual Exposure Mode
Manual exposure mode is normally selected when both control of depth of field using the aperture control
and subject motion control using the shutter speed is required.
Manual mode is selected by rotating the top mode control dial to the “M”
position.
By using the back-control wheel, you can change the value of the selected control.
The range of adjustment is from 1 second to 1/16000 sec if the electronic shutter is used and 4 seconds to
1/2000 sec when the mechanical shutter is used and the aperture can be adjusted from F2.8 to F8.0 only
when using the 20mm EFL zoom position.
Exposure is indicated by the exposure meter at the centre, bottom of the LCD display screen.
If shutter speed and aperture values have been set for image condition reasons, as mentioned previously,
then ISO is used adjust the exposure to give a “0” meter indication.
It is important to recognize that this ‘exposure meter’ is an estimate of the exposure recommended by the
camera metering system.
The metering mode and subject type will affect the outcome of the image and as such it is import to also
understand how and when adjustments should be applied to correct for the situations.
For example, it may be necessary to set the exposure meter to read with a few of the indicator bars (which
are 1/3 F-stop increments) on the plus side if shooting scenes where the background has a higher
brightness than the principal foreground subject.
A useful feature now incorporated into the FZ80/82 is the ability to have the ISO adjust automatically to
give the correct exposure.
This allows you to change camera position without the additional worry of resetting the ISO to give the
correct exposure. If you have set iISO in the aperture priority mode, then this will become Auto ISO in the
manual mode.
The camera only supports exposures up to 4 seconds with the mechanical shutter so long night time
exposures are not possible with this camera.
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