Shutter And Drive Settings; Setting The Shutter Type - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300 Owner's Manual For Advanced Features

Shutter and Drive Settings

Setting the Shutter Type

Recording mode:
You can take pictures using two types of shutter modes: the mechanical shutter and
electronic shutter.
Description
Flash
Shutter Speed
(seconds)
Shutter sound
*
1
This setting is available only in Manual Exposure Mode.
*
2
Varies depending on the setting of ISO sensitivity.
*
3
You may not be able to select some value depending on the aperture value.
*
4
You cannot turn off the mechanical shutter sound.
*
5
You can use [Shutter Vol.] and [Shutter Tone] to adjust the volume of the electronic shutter sound.
(→66)
1
Set the menu
→
[AUTO]
[MSHTR]
[ESHTR]
●
In the following cases, recording is performed with an electronic shutter.
• [ ] is displayed on the screen
• [Burst Rate] is set to [SH]
• When recording 4K photos
• [Silent Mode] is set to [ON]
●
If you take a picture of a moving subject using the electronic shutter, the subject in the
picture may be skewed in some cases.
●
When you take a picture under a fluorescent or LED lighting fixture using the electronic
shutter, the recorded picture may have horizontal stripes. If you use a slower shutter
speed, the horizontal stripes may be reduced.
159
Mechanical shutter
Starts the exposure electronically
and ends the exposure using the
mechanical shutter.
○
[B] (Bulb)
*
60 2 - 1/4000
Mechanical shutter sound
+
Electronic shutter sound
[Rec] → [Shutter Type]
The shutter mode automatically switches based on the recording conditions
and shutter speed.
• The mechanical shutter mode has higher priority over the electronic
shutter mode because the mechanical shutter has less function-related
restrictions when recording with a flash, etc.
Uses only the mechanical shutter mode to take a picture.
Uses only the electronic shutter mode to take a picture.
Starts and ends the exposure
electronically.
*
1
,
*
3
*
4
*
5
(→88)
(→155)
(→87)
Electronic shutter
–
1 - 1/16000
Electronic shutter sound
*
5
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