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Here are a couple of things that Panasonic does not tell you about.
QUICK MENU: The manual shows the icons that are on the quick menu. These represent the operations with the same icons that are on the full, "Record" menu. HOWEVER: Some of the operations on the Record menu have submenus that give you more options, whereas the corresponding icons on the quick menu sometimes (or always) do not offer these additional, submenu options.
ALSO: There are two setting menus, Meter Mode and Exposure Adjustment, accessible from the Quick Menu that are invisible--they have no icons: . These setting menus are not shown, but can be accessed by pressing > once or twice when one is on the rightmost Quick Menu icon. NOTE: After using these setting menus, press < once or twice to redisplay the icons before closing the QUICK MENU. Otherwise reopening the QUICK MENU will display the setting menu you last used.
HANDHELD NIGHT SHOT: This setting in the Scene Mode has a defect, but there are workarounds. The defect is that this mode has an inexplicable 16-ft. minimum subject distance. Here are two workarounds that eliminate this 16-ft. minumum.:
1) Use the iA (or iA+) mode and set the iA Record menu to turn on "Handheld Night Shot" Then hope that it is dark enough for the camera to invoke the "Handheld Night Shot" process.
2) Using the SCN mode, choose "Handheld Night Shot," set the focus switch to manual, and then either focus manually or press the FOCUS button to autofocus. (This "manual focus" workaround was found by user "zion1king" (http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Panasonic-Lumix-FZ200-Digital-Camera-Review/comments.htm).
Problems:
Handheld Night Shot has a 16-ft minimum focusing distance. THis is a defect--there is no reason for this limitation.
QUICK MENU: The manual shows the icons that are on the quick menu. These represent the operations with the same icons that are on the full, "Record" menu. HOWEVER: Some of the operations on the Record menu have submenus that give you more options, whereas the corresponding icons on the quick menu sometimes (or always) do not offer these additional, submenu options.
ALSO: There are two setting menus, Meter Mode and Exposure Adjustment, accessible from the Quick Menu that are invisible--they have no icons: . These setting menus are not shown, but can be accessed by pressing > once or twice when one is on the rightmost Quick Menu icon. NOTE: After using these setting menus, press < once or twice to redisplay the icons before closing the QUICK MENU. Otherwise reopening the QUICK MENU will display the setting menu you last used.
HANDHELD NIGHT SHOT: This setting in the Scene Mode has a defect, but there are workarounds. The defect is that this mode has an inexplicable 16-ft. minimum subject distance. Here are two workarounds that eliminate this 16-ft. minumum.:
1) Use the iA (or iA+) mode and set the iA Record menu to turn on "Handheld Night Shot" Then hope that it is dark enough for the camera to invoke the "Handheld Night Shot" process.
2) Using the SCN mode, choose "Handheld Night Shot," set the focus switch to manual, and then either focus manually or press the FOCUS button to autofocus. (This "manual focus" workaround was found by user "zion1king" (http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Panasonic-Lumix-FZ200-Digital-Camera-Review/comments.htm).
Problems:
Handheld Night Shot has a 16-ft minimum focusing distance. THis is a defect--there is no reason for this limitation.
