Digital SLRs, Interchangeable Lens Compacts & Lens: How to set auto timer for digital camera, panasonic dmc-ft1?

Thursday, April 28, 2011

How to set auto timer for digital camera, panasonic dmc-ft1?

How to set it & can I capture continuous images somthing like handphone sequence mode with this camera? Thanks.

Answer by Jim A
I would be surprised if any digital camera has this feature but check your owner’s manual.

Answer by Annorax
From page 54 of the user manual that I found here:

http://www.panasonic.com.au/support/downloads/more_info.cfm?objectID=2409&fileTypeID=2&productCategoryID=16&productID=0&listQueryString=fileTypeID%3D2%26productCategoryID%3D16%26productID%3D0

It explains how you use the self-timer and the “burst” option which I think is what you mean by “continuous images”.

Have fun!

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Panasonic: Ayumi Hamasaki

Image by jpellgen
One of, if not the most famous music/celebrities in Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki (Ayu). She is seen here in one of a long series of Panasonic digital camera ads. The camera is in the LUMIX series. I didn’t see any Viera ads with Koyuki in them… I wonder if she still does those.

Akihabara is a special district in Tokyo that is now as famous for the anime/manga/gaming culture that exists there as it is for electronic goods. The electronic stores there are numerous–the Yodobashi Camera there, for example, is huge. Also, this is where one can find maid cafes, and interesting phenomenon where otaku boys and girls can co-exist in a robotic alternate universe… For a small fee, of course.

I’m a beginner photographer and have a Panasonic DMC-TZ3 digital camera. I would like to be able to take some better shots (ex: making waterfalls milkier, and making the area behind a subject out of focus)and was wondering if there is a way to change the f-number on a camera like this. Or can you only do things like that on more high-tech cameras?

Thanks.

Answer by rs
You are correct in that you need a camera with manual f/stop and shutter speed controls and the DMC-TZ3 does not have these. You can control the F/stop and shutter speed to a degree by tricking the camera into adjusting these by using the SCENE mode.

To show blur with things in motion such as making a waterfall look milky, you want a slow shutter speed. Set the ISO (page 51 of your manual) to 100. Try “starry sky” or “fireworks” as the scene mode. The fireworks settings can be 1/4 or 2 seconds so you almost have to use a tripod or steady the camera on a rock or log. You can also use the “slow shutter” setting and set the shutter to 1 second and hope that the camera will adjust the f/stop to a small enough aperture to properly expose the scene (page 56).

To blur out the background, you want as wide an f/stop as possible. First of all, don’t use the wide angle setting, zoom in at least 1/3 to 1/2 way toward the maximum zoom. Use sport setting or portrait setting (page 42).

Experiment with these settings and save up for a camera with manual controls. It does not need to be high tech. I have a $ 100 Sony and a $ 80 HP camera that does these because I specifically looked for these features when I purchased them. I also have a couple of DSLR’s and yes, they are very easy to control manually, but they are big, bulky and not pocketable.

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