The Panasonic Lumix FZ80(82) Getting better image quality. Part 4: Metering and Manual Mode

Continuing this series for new users of the Panasonic Lumix FZ80(82) I explain how the camera metering works and what to watch out for in some tricky lighting situations and the go on to show how the manual exposure mode is used.
Link to the e-book which accompanies this series and the exposure booklet
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[@stefanschmitz508]

I'm still surprised how advanced the camera is comparing to its cost, amazing. Thank you for every tutorial, I really appreciate it. My pictures are getting better and better.

[@LetsMakeGhosts]

Got myself one of these cameras this week. Never used a camera other than what was in my phone What was a daunting and frustrating learning curve has been made much more straightforward and fun. Thanks for the tutorials and ebook. Justin

[@barryhaselden279]

My Wife has just bought me a FZ82 for my birthday, great tutorials Graham, I am going to find them invaluable when I come to use the camera to its full potential.

[@alwayslive7460]

WOW.. what a wonderful lesson..more than a simple overview- you're a saint

[@MM-od4wn]

Thank you Graham...I appreciate all your work. It has helped me to enjoy photography.

[@JarmaraFalconer]

Thank you, Graham. You have saved my photography as I thought I had wasted my money buying a camera which seemed too complicated for my limited knowledge of camera. Your videos are brilliant, easy to understand and follow. Thank you so much.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you Paula, I'm really pleased that you found it useful.

[@mohamedmuse08]

Thanks, mr Graham for instructing us deeply how to use one of these I didn’t anything about it until I came across one your vids..

[@_Desiree]

REALLY helpful!! explained things that I didn't know, in a way I could understand. (I'm a total noob)

[@RR-ux1ls]

awesome tutorial thank you for your expertise.

[@leerawlinson2]

Many thanks for the tutorials. Great help for me as a novice.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thank you, glad the tutorials are useful

[@garypoole716]

Great video, very informative ,beautiful images.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you Gary, your comments are really appreciated.

[@mikecrowley6485]

Thanks Graham, for another great video, they are very helpful.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Many thanks

[@jimmymac1762]

Great video, very informative.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Many thanks.

[@acidsnow5915]

what a great video great example pictures of this camera! thanks for hsairng

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you, hope to bring more to the series shortly

[@cjmelodyhaber2197]

Thank you

[@GeoffBeattie]

Great video Graham 😊very informative and helpful, especially about the sharpness at f8 ! I've personally sruggled with that as on previous cameras I've shot at f8, f11 ect to get better sharpness and dept of field.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Remember its all to do with the size of sensor and its crop factor of 5.4 - meaning that the aperture equivalent at any focal length is 5.4 times that of the full frame camera - so f2.8 on the FZ80 gives the same DOF as F16 on a full frame camera.

[@GeoffBeattie]

Graham Houghton thanks for that reply, I had no idea it was calculated like this, so am I right in calculating that f8 is equivalent to f43? I shoot mostly sunrise/sunset landscapes, and nearly always on f8 for max dof. Hoping to get out this weekend so looking forward to trying this out :-)

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Yes that's right but I would tend to avoid F8 in favour of F4 if you are shooting wide angle (20mm) as this is more than enough DOF and is the lens sharpest aperture at this FL.

[@GeoffBeattie]

Graham Houghton thanks again for the info - your videos are really great, very clear, easy to understand and packed with good advice - Thank you :-)

[@dianaludwigs5576]

As a beginner with the FZ 80, your tutorials are a blessing. I could not have managed without them. I shoot only jpeg and would like to know the settings to use when shooting in standard or natural mode if possible please.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

This adjustment to the photo styles is somewhat subjective and does depend on where you want to use your images. Images with small dimensions can stand +5 sharpening and -2 Noise reduction. Full size images can benefit from +2 sharpening and -2 noise reduction if no further post processing is wanted. If shooting with the natural photo style you may find that you will need to add contrast of +2 to the setting as well but this will depend upon subject and lighting conditions. It's much easier to do any fine tuning in a good image editor in my opinion

[@dianaludwigs5576]

@@GrahamHoughton12 I so appreciate this info and will certainly give it a try! Thanks ever so much.

[@zeeshanabbas9940]

Hi there. Thanks so much for the vids. Very clear and elaborate. I just got a fz80 to take on Safari to the Sergengeti. Do you recommend using iA mode for animal shooting. It's my first camera. Thanks

[@kennynvake4hve584]

IS there a way to see the 3 colors on the histogram on a FZ70?

[@rep3e4]

Thanks

[@_luisespinosa_]

Another wonderful guide. Thanks so much, Graham. If possible, could you make a tutorial about taking pictures of birds or sports that require a faster shutter speed with this camera? I cannot get something acceptable especially when zooming in.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

You may be suffering from two problems here. Lens softness due to diffraction and physical design and subject motion blur. I find beyond 900mm the lens tends to fall off in sharpness and hand holding requires some practice. I am currently doing a full lens evaluation to see just where it is best used/avoided.

[@_luisespinosa_]

Thanks for the information, Graham. I will keep trying with different settings and looking forward to seeing your evaluation!

[@karolykiss6752]

I'd like to buy an fz 82 camera but I am uncertain about image quality.

[@mutantkoffee]

U r gr8

[@danburypoage2502]

Hello I want to thank you for the videos. I have a couple of questions that may not be specific to this video. Perhaps you have done a video on the choices available in setting up the camera. I look in the manual it is not helpful. When I look in the menu section it tells me that this camera is shooting in Raw. Raw is the only visible choice. I am trying to set this up for Jpeg, but can not find that choice. I am trying to set this up for someone new to photography and in Raw she would have to use a program to work with the image.... This is not viable at the moment. How do I program this camera for Jpeg? The second question is how can I shoot only in manual mode? Thank you very much.... Danbury in Colombia at the moment

[@claudiaortizpresidentasv3245]

Can you get the blurry background with less aperture number

[@MudMaxMetalDetecting]

Hi Graham. had the FZ82 on a tripod today, I set the timer for a 2 second delay but when I pressed the shutter it fired straight away? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

[@rock3times]

I noted you have not done any tutorials for the higher end cameras like GH5. I enjoy very much your series and hope to see you on a possible GH5 guide ?

[@GrahamHoughton12]

I think that the GH5 is well covered by more professional content creators and that's why I have stayed clear of these high end cameras even though I do own some of them.

[@rock3times]

Graham Houghton most of them are shills or touts..for or against certain brands....not like yours which are more like “ how to” guides....I would like more of yours, like how to shoot a good video clip, lighting for video, night videography.also some of the post apps like lightroom, photoshop or premiere.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

some of this I will cover when shooting for the FZ80 but I will bear the need for the higher end camera "how to's"

[@trile847]

Dear, could you tell how to set f/2,8 as I cannot set my fz80 to get it. thank a lot

[@rayjenkins2754]

In an effort to increase my chances of getting a sharp image with my Fz 2500 I've been trying a few things. The camera group that I'm in chose the zoo for our last outing. All shots were either hand held or I've built a short - 12 ~ 20 in. - telescoping mono stick that screws into the camera which I'll rest on something solid if I have the opportunity. If I think the subject will be still enough, I'll use AS focus with a 2 sec. shutter time & hold my breath. If There's a likelihood the animal will move, I use FF focus with the shutter time delay turned off. I have the Fn4 button on top set as my focus & the shutter set to half press. Any suggestions you could pass on ? By watching your videos on Panasonic bridge cameras I've garnered lots of useful info. Thanks

[@GrahamHoughton12]

The use of iISO is recommended by Panasonic as it is supposed to analyse any subject motion and increase the ISO to give a shutter speed fast enough to arrest that motion. I've have varying results using this but it might improve your "keep" rate. Otherwise the 1/focal length is the best rule to apply for getting a shutter speed that will help prevent subject motion blur

[@davidlewis726]

I know you are a busy man but more in depth tutorials on the FZ2000/2500 would be very much appreciated.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

I'd like to do that as well.

[@lorithorpe3502]

Really great video graham, thanks for sharing, when you're entering competitions , what should you shoot in ? Jpg or raw & what is the difference ?

[@GrahamHoughton12]

RAW is the sensor data with a blue print of how to construct the final image. It contains far more colour information and exposure latitude. You should, with some practice, be able to get a better image than the camera processed JPEG (which it does from the same RAW file). Initially you may find that the camera does a better job!

[@humandroid53]

Going to so much trouble on such a small sensored camera seems a bit daft.

[@garethmorgan2960]

Hi Graham, don't know if you do Facebook but there's a group page of FZ80 users who could benefit from your tutorials, if you would like I could message you with the page details?

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Yes I've seen the group. I had to retire from the Fz200/300 group as I just don't have the spare time to keep responding in the way that I would like to but welcome anyone to follow the tutorials and download the free ebook for that series.

[@dianaludwigs5576]

Hi Gareth, How do I get onto this group. I would love to join.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Hi Gareth, yes I was aware. I was very involved with theFZ200/300 group but it took so much time away from writing the tutorials and guides that I had to back out of interactive responses etc.,

[@death2putin718]

This was the weakest of the videos thus far

[@chajri_boogie_tv]

The videos are too long, you need to dicrease the video time to 10min or less, they looks quite boring!

[@sobanek84]

YOU are boring