Beginners Guide to the FZ300/330 - Part 2 - the iA modes

[@MoY206]

Just bought the camera so I'm watching and learning this in 2024 😂

[@AgeruR6]

Same

[@danielrodriguez-wy4qb]

x3

[@adventurewithin1115]

same

[@JavierLopez-hq5zi]

Same

[@user-db4th1zn1o]

Me too. Getting ready for Alaska. A little overwhelming

[@duncanc3668]

Many thanks for the time and effort you put into these videos, the options on this camera are considerable and there is no better way of learning than watching someone demonstrate how best to use the most appropriate setting for a particular photo.

[@BigBeautiful2morrow]

After joining the FZ330 party really late and purchasing last week I've found these guides really helpful. Thank you so much!

[@cynthiak277]

I absolutely love this series. Just got this camera and was totally green on even how to begin, but your videos have made things so much easier for me. Thank you, and keep up the fantastic work @Graham Houghton

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you very much for the comment, check out my blog www.grahamhoughton.com/ for more

[@LivinginTheNewForest]

I've just bought this camera and this series of videos is invaluable to me - thanks Graham.

[@TheRICKIEO]

I appreciate these videos and the manual. Bought my camera at the beginning of this year and these videos are by far the best to gain knowledge about the FZ300. Thank you.

[@TravelswithYoly]

Your tutorials are an answer to a prayer. My head is swimming with new ideas. All through the video I found myself saying "gosh, I wish I had known that when" ..... (fill in the instance). I love this camera in spite of the frustration that I've felt trying to adapt to the UI with such a minimum amount of photography knowledge. Walking us through the menus is really helpful. We recently returned from an 8,500 mile journey where on Day 5 of 44, I rolled my ankle and scraped my knee when I fell trying to "get that shot". In an attempt to brake my fall (apparently) I let go of the camera in a flinging motion which pitched it maybe 8 feet in the air landing about 10 feet away. Aside from the pain from skin loss, I was mortified about what I saw happening in "slow motion" at that point. The reason for mentioning all this is that the camera came away unscathed and was used to document our travels for the next 39 days. Considering what it went through, I'm amazed at how great most of the pictures were that I took. I can hardly wait for the next adventure now that I know so much more ... thank you :-)

[@judypoyntz5738]

Hi Graham, thank you for these videos! We've had this camera for a long time and never really took the time to sit down and analyze it. So much to learn and to remember!!

[@OriginalPeterPan]

These videos that you've decided to help people with are spot on. Much appreciated. Thank you

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you for comment, really appreciated.

[@danielbardin5715]

Awesome job on these videos, realize now how much I don't know and have learned a ton!!

[@bobrobert9952]

Thank you for the video tutorial. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve had my FZ300 for months, and I’m only now learning about it through these tutorials. Easy to follow & insightful.

[@Bill97070]

Thanks so much for your comprehensive and well done guides to the FZ300. I just never realized how many features and options are available and to learn.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thank you.

[@Annette059]

I'ved ust ordered an FZ330 as my lovely Fuji Finepix stopped working. Very nervous, it seems very complicated but the reviews are good and I think it will be more than enough for what I want - so very happy to see this vide o which is EXACTLY what I need, delivered in a calm and friendly manner where not-very-technical amateurs like me can learn what we need to know. Than you Graham, I hope there are more ..

[@13soxs]

Well done again Graham, have had my 300/330 for some months now, keep watching your videos, I shall have more time soon to also take photo's. Have also orderd the battery box mod for video work.

[@treydion]

Your videos are really helping me to start to understand photography & my FZ330. Very much appreciate the time & effort you put in to helping me and all of us watching your channel. Keep up the great work! :)

[@nigeldyer5897]

Another great video Graham. I have had my camera for a year now and continuing to learn more and more about its features.....mainly from you in your publications and videos. You explain them so well. Thank you so much! Looking forward to the next part in this series.

[@trevorhill8612]

Just starting out on my FZ300 journey, I'm finding way around the menu system great thx to you Graham.

[@SirGregory]

I didn't know there was so much I didn't know about the FZ300.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

There is an awful lot of potential that usually goes un noticed, that's why I hope to show some of these features.

[@Lizerator]

Who knew! I have owned 2 of these cameras and sold my last one a year ago. Just repurchased one after reviewing some of my old pictures (and seeing that they were of good quality) and this series has helped me so much! Just bought your book and am looking forward to creating all kinds of images thanks to your helpful explanations.

[@firstdown80]

Thank you for making these tutorials. My camera arrives tomorrow and will be using on Friday for my daughter’s graduation. Learning as much as possible, and probably be using this iA mode.

[@lmacgillivray6579]

I justed picked up on something very important ....that being that when you are set up on a tripod you should be using the electronic shutter, not the mechanical sutter. Ive had the camera for two years and never knew that. Thanks Graham.

[@CoachIngoG]

Awesome!!! Great teacher, great education on the Fz300, thank you...

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Many thanks for the great cooment.

[@jdoc1704]

Just gor the FZ300. A bit overwhelmed by the Panasonic docs. Graham's videos really help. Well done !!

[@andrewbuswell2874]

Thank you Graham. These videos are so helpful. Whilst being specific to the FZ300 they are a great for general photography theory.

[@tdirgins]

Thank you! I just bought one of these and I know nothing about photography. This is incredibly helpful!

[@svenostlinger2922]

I sold and then missed my DSLR and bought the FZ-300 to replace it. Very informative videos, even though I'm slightly above, but just slightly above real beginners. :) Thank you very much. I also bought your manual, but I'll start with the beginner's guide here on KZbin.

[@jilljohnson8096]

Just purchased this camera and found your videos very helpful there is so much more to this camera than I thought. Thank you

[@davewilkins9981]

Thanks Graham ! I have just bought this camera and your guide will be really helpful in getting used to it .

[@janicemeyers1477]

Thanks for your series on learning to use my Lumix camera. Your instructions have eased my frustration at the learning curve of switching to digital photography.

[@sandrajohnson2489]

I love your videos about this camera. I have one and I have been taking notes as you speak. You explain everything extremely well and I appreciate it. Thank you!

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thanks so kind, thank you very much for the comment.

[@barrygregory1676]

Had this camera for a short while and watching this to improve my photos.

[@april19551]

What a fantastic video Graham. I really didn't realise that one could do so much in the IA mode. Very informative. Thank you again.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Yes I believe it is a powerful introduction to learning how to use the camera and gain confidence in what it can achieve, later you will be amazed at what yo can do when you take more control of the camera.

[@fredparsons5134]

Great tutorial Graham. Some of the best staging of shots that I've ever watched.

[@joeframo3347]

Agrium hello from Atlanta Georgia in the USA you are so wonderful actually giving a course on aperture ISO it's just wonderful you explain it in detail we have a better understanding of what the functions do and how they work with the camera we commend you on this thank you so much your best friend

[@kadriaru3376]

Thank you very much for this material. It helps me make a much better use of my camera. I am not a native speaker so sometimes I need to listen to some parts several times, so it is also a listening exercise but I am very happy with this material overall. Much better than I ever expected to find on KZbin.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thank you. I have added captions if you are able to read english for all this series.

[@kadriaru3376]

Thank you, they are very helpful.

[@jean-michelchevalier6649]

Just ordered and recieved your book from Amazon, Many thanks for what you are doing

[@elbotysax]

Sir, very respectfully I must say that you really, really know your stuff! thanks for all your lessons and tutorials!

[@MBTUE]

Excellent ! 6 months with this camera and so so much I didn't know !

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you, enjoy the camera and the remainder of this series.

[@chrisbath375]

Thank you thank you thank you for doing this. What an amazing help for newbies like me!

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thanks for the feedback, that's really helpful

[@brooklynbest787]

Feeling a bit overwhelmed with the upgrade from the 200, but finally sitting down to watch your videos. I see you used a remote at the beginning of the video. Was this a separate purchase, it was not included with my purchase. Much Thanks!

[@musicluva314]

This is fantastic graham! as a first time photographer this was highly informative! keep up the great work.

[@moniquematthews3001]

Hi Graham, thank you very much for these videos. They are most helpful.

[@pughy79]

Graham, superb videos! Thanks so much they’re sooooo helpful! May I ask a couple of questions? I’m a total novice having just bought this camera with some trepidation as I was fearful of being overwhelmed with complications! Around 7mins in you say that the sharpest aperture is 4.0. But the screen goes up to 8 so I don’t understand? Second question is around the colour balance. You kindly explain it and then take a few photos. Are these adjustments you can make after the photo is taken or must they be made before the photo is taken? Ie take a photo, see it’s wrong, adjust and retake? You can’t adjust retrospectively I mean? Much obliged!

[@richardsvoboda6062]

I am so thankful for these videos thank you so much!

[@declanclarke275]

hi there is a lot if very interesting features on this camera which i hope to master watching these videos otherwise i would be lost

[@joeframo3347]

Graham you're the best they should pay you Panasonic should pay you the do these videos

[@kdcobra64]

Excellent Video Graham

[@bartaldrich1274]

Thanks! Your videos are extremely helpful.

[@HelenaMikas]

Fascinating upload Graham ,.Thanks ..The video in Blackpool is very good .*

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thanks. Lots more for use in later topics.

[@kathydunfield1864]

Thank you, Graham. I bought this camera because I was looking for a good camera to take hiking to photograph wildlife and flowers. I seem to have bought more than I bargained for so I really appreciate your videos. My question is from Part 2, about 18:00 minutes in,where you take about the three tabs on the right side of the screen. I always see the < tab and the Fn tab, but the iA tab is sometimes not present. What do I do to make it visible?

[@joannejohnson5822]

Thank you! Now going on to the next video

[@vickipellaers8983]

Hi Graham ,thank you :)

[@christinecoughlan4699]

Thank you very much Graham .

[@sixfittyonembitties]

Wow this is amazing u had no idea this camera could do all this stuff

[@dabikedude1]

Wonderful videos...Spot on and extremely helpful...Thank you very much. cheers!

[@rogermcleod1793]

Really enjoying your videos thanks a lot.

[@elishaprasetyo8578]

This is a great tutorial, thank you. When I set the aperture to f2.8, I don’t get any background blur like I’d hoped. Is it possible there’s something wrong with the camera or are there some other steps that I’m missing?

[@jorge5213]

Great video!!

[@dabikedude1]

Quick question....I purchased the hard copy of the "User's manual" and you stated that a black and white pdf version was available ...How do I download that PDF version? Thank you so much for your time.

[@harrykorver9690]

Thank you mr. Houghton. Very usefull tutorial, although i probably have to look at it at least one more time to capture all the information you've packed in here...

[@global-w-zone6240]

Although I was late to the party by a several years when you officially kicked it off, I was still able to dance from the information left. Thank you! Also, I bought a refurbished one on Amazon, received an error message" "System Error ( O.I. S.) then the camera went dead. Nevertheless, I returned it for a new one, followed your set-up guide, and it stayed on.

[@ToyotaCamroad]

Good stuff graham.I have this camera and also the panasonic p900.I must say that the Panasonic fz300 is mush better at focus than the Nikon but im not sure which camera has better picture quality over all. Would love to see a side by side comparison video.

[@gopinathankumar174]

Lovely, clearly explained. Thanks

[@emilystephens2055]

When you go to the exposure button on the screen I do t have that. I have a t/w with arrows. What I that? How can I find my exposure button?

[@alysaneilson8201]

I just received this camera for valentines and I'm excited to get started. I watched the very first video and now on to the second. I got to the part where you state that you have the image review set to HOLD. I tried to set my camera as well but I can't find this option anywhere in menu settings. How do you set the image review to hold so the image stays on the screen?

[@bhenke]

Hi Graham, I have watched and learned much from your earlier videos - MANY THANKS! But I was totally unaware of the (F2) background defocus mode. Did I miss it somewhere, if so, where? I would love to learn more about it - seems like it might be helpful in certain situations. Thanks.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

There are a lot of hidden gems with this camera as there are so many ways to set up the menus and function buttons. However there is a danger that some users lock out certain features and are unsure of how to get them back.

[@wess1997]

Thank you Learned a lot from you Sir

[@leemiller7969]

Hello. Just bought a used FZ300. Your videos have been useful as I've always used a point-n-shoot. One thing I haven't come across yet is how to disable digital zoom. I photograph Wildlife and find myself constantly going over 600mm and missing shots cause I'm focused on bringing it back. Thank You.

[@SriAbeywickrema]

Hi Graham, just got my FZ300 (of course after seeing your videos) and in iA+ (iA), the focus grids don't stay on until the time of the shutter is fully pressed. When I half press, it shows the focus squares in green but don't stay on until the shutter fully pressed. This is not the case in my Sony and Nikon cameras. Even in this video, I can see something similar. Is this normal for FZ300?

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Yes this is normal, when you half depress the shutter button you will see that some of the 49 area rectangles will illuminate green followed by a short beep. This is when the camera has acquired and locked focus. If the camera cannot lock focus you will not get the confirmation beep and the camera will remind you of the focus range for the zoom that you have deployed on the camera

[@SriAbeywickrema]

Thx for the quick reply Graham. Looks like Panasonic does differently things when compared to my Nikon and Sony. One more question if you don't mind related to the focus modes. The point focus option (the last on the list) is frozen in my view and I know it's a setting that I've changed which caused it. Would you know what's causing it please?

[@stockport62]

This is brilliant for me as a novice photographer

[@treeswheelsplates4979]

Wonderful. Thank you Graham!!

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jawadalamin5812]

hello, the videos on the FZ300 are really helpful. I'm interested in wildlife photography and I own the FZ330. What videos you recommend watching.Thanks

[@michaelheynemann4267]

Hallo Graham. After seeing your great tutorials I recently bought tue FZ300. Now I try to find out bis um convince the camera to insert copyright data into the EXIF data. Can you help me? Thank you Michael

[@benchanhkjc]

thank you very much, the videos are very useful

[@overthetop4395]

Hi, I have a question : Is it better to buy a FZ300 with teleconverter or FZ82 if My goal is to use the zoom in normal daylight condition ? tks for the input on that

[@Naturasipescuitcu_Sebar]

Hi, nice video. I recently bought this Panasonic fz300 camera. But I found on the lens, 3-4 mm from the edge of the lens, a scratch, about 1 mm, the thickness of a needle tip! Can it affect my photos or movies, are there other things like that? Thanks.

[@m.snyder4500]

Hi, that's odd. I bought mine about 2 years ago, and it has a little scratch like yours. It does not seem to impact my photos

[@ruthrobinson1306]

Good afternoon Graham. I have been watching your videos and purchased your book, and have found them very helpful. Could you please help me. I have a Lumix DMC-FZ330 and I want to take photos of basically just sheep. I stand a long way off so as not to upset them, and use my zoom to take some really good closeup photos. I think I have the camera set the easiest and best for me, (not being a photographer, am unsure of all the terminology) Do you have a wee video that would show me the best settings for what I am wanting? Many thanks, Ruth

[@robertbartmann8470]

I just received my FZ300 and I'm going through your excellent tutorials, which are a great help. I'm trying to find how to turn off the Image Stabilization. I plan on doing some shooting on a tripod. I've read through the whole manual which describes the function, but it doesn't show how to access it on the Menu. I'd appreciate your help in this matter. Bob B.

[@brucelanger864]

In which menu is the "review" function located?

[@craigbachman5765]

how do you access the electronic shutter and how to turn off the shake compensation - by the way thank s for doing this series - this is the first camera I have purchased for myself in around 35 years so I am way behind the curve here - I hope you can be patient with me.

[@lisalworth9842]

On the the Expanded Info Image on my camera, I don't havea histogram or some of the icons that are on the camera that you are using. My model is the 330. Very useful tutorials though, so thanks very much for that.

[@reginaburns303]

Great videos. Very helpful but can't find the link for the downloads.

[@Zothiqueness]

Very informative thank you.

[@theresamacdonald8702]

Thank-you so much for this!!!

[@hippolyte5248]

Thanks a lot !

[@craigbachman5765]

what are the parenthesis and how did you get them to show up on the screen?

[@first2find]

Thanks Graham! Subscribed.

[@wihchannel8506]

thanks

[@philsencer6485]

Just started your series as I got my camera this week. I am on lesson 2. How do I set the camera to IMAGE HOLD?

[@Albert-pk1ot]

i second this. cant figure out how to do it

[@linnandarkyaw4909]

find the stabilizer in photo setting 7/7and operation mode off ,that all

[@elisabethjones7327]

Loving your way of explaining … Am looking at purchasing FZ300 which has FIRMWARE v2 installed. Am not familiar with that.. Are you able to explain please?? Many thanks.

[@benpaauwe7029]

Hello Graham, thank you for your instruction video's, very usefull. I've noticed that when I use background defocus Mode and if I choose an aperture, I can't use Subject Motion Tracking. Is that the way it's supposed to be or is there a way around it.

[@ArdyK21]

I watched the whole video but I'm a little confused. How do you do the background defocus?

[@yasyasmarangoz3577]

@@ArdyK21 still need help?

[@TheBonniehorbach]

dear Graham, great video's - I do not get the subject motion tracking in my screen. I have the exact same options like you and also went through the first video.

[@Albert-pk1ot]

Hi Graham fantastic video, how can i get to the screen to set the image review to Hold? Thanks in advance

[@danielislam9144]

Does anyone know how to turn off burst mode on this camera?

[@lizrichards6679]

Hi there, I have somehow locked my camera. Please can you tell me how to unlock it? Thankyou

[@tammyowens7776]

following the video exactly , however my screen numbers are different, and cant focus on small objects on my desk at all. on auto, the focus is not working, and my screen is missing some of those icons that show on the back of yours. but this is still too much info for me, lol so oh well, guess ill reset my camera all over again. camera was a xmas gift, but way to complicated for me lol.

[@paulus691]

Where's the Download Section?

[@bcrphoto7]

Hello I have looked at most of your videos, for the life of me I can't find manual mode explained on the fz 300. How to change shutter & aperture settings, the wheel at the top does one but thats it.

[@ellekenn9213]

what and where is this iA mode?

[@makzax]

Hello, I'm now watching your videos, great work! I recently bought this camera and I'm disappointed with it's perfomance in nature shots. Greens are very dull and grayish and contrast is very high. I went on a mountain and compared my photos with those I took last time with my Lumix TZ40 and the TZ40 ones where WAY better. I tried different modes and color saturation but I'm still not satisfied. Could it be that my camera is faulty? I also have a serious problem with ISO. When I work in auto, it gets very high ISOs and produces too much noise. Indoor photos with plenty of light where my older Lumix cameras where working with ISO 100, 200 or 400 MAX, are now taken with ISO 2000 or 2500!!! I even took some samples right after sunset and they went for 2000 ISO instead of 100! Auto ISO is not practicaly working since it should be able to be correctly set according to the surrounding light and conditions...