Panasonic DMC-FZ18 - Manual (Page 52)

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Aperture Value and
Shutter Speed
Aperture-priority AE
Shutter-priority AE
Manual exposure
• The aperture values given in the table
above are values when the zoom lever is
rotated to Wide.
• Depending on the zoom magnification,
some of the aperture values cannot be
selected.
Taking Pictures with
Manual Focus
Use this function when you want to fix the
focus or when the distance between the
lens and the subject is determined and you
do not want to activate auto focus.
1 Press and hold [AF/MF].
• The MF icon [ ] appears.
Available Aperture
Value
(Per 1/3 EV)
Shutter Speed
(Sec)
F8.0 8 to 1/2000
F7.1 F6.3 F5.6 8 to 1/1600
F5.0 F4.5 F4.0 8 to 1/1300
F3.6 F3.2 F2.8 8 to 1/1000
Available Shutter
Speed (Sec)
(Per 1/3 EV)
Aperture Value
8 6
F2.8 to F8.0
5 4
3.2 2.5
2 1.6
1.3 1
1/1.3 1/1.6
1/2 1/2.5
1/3.2 1/4
1/5 1/6
1/8 1/10
1/13 1/15
1/20 1/25
1/30 1/40
1/50 1/60
1/80 1/100
1/125 1/160
1/200 1/250
1/320 1/400
1/500 1/640
1/800 1/1000
1/1300 F4.0 to F8.0
1/1600 F5.6 to F8.0
1/2000 F8.0
Available Aperture
Value
(Per 1/3 EV)
Available Shutter
Speed (Sec)
(Per 1/3 EV)
F2.8 to F3.6 60 to 1/1000
F4.0 to F5.0 60 to 1/1300
F5.6 to F7.1 60 to 1/1600
F8.0 60 to 1/2000