How to record night scenes with the iHandheld Night Shot feature. - DMC-GH4

Applicable Shooting modes

When [ iHandheld Night Shot ] is set to [ ON ] and [ iHandheld Night Shot ] is detected while taking handheld night shots, pictures of the night scenery will be taken at a high burst speed and composed into a single picture.

This mode is useful if you want to take stunning night shots with minimal jitter and noise, without using a tripod.

Enabling [iHandheld Night Shot]

  1. Press the [ MENU ] button.
  2. Select the [ Rec ] option.
  3. Select [ iHandheld Night Shot ]
  4. Select [ ON ]
    • The angle of view will be slightly narrower.
    • A message notifying that multiple pictures will be taken is displayed. Do not move the camera during the continuous shooting after pressing the shutter button.
    • If the camera is mounted on a tripod or other type of stand, [ iHandheld Night Shot ] will not be detected.
    • Flash will be fixed to [ Forced Flash Off ].

[iHandheld Night Shot] is not available in the following cases:

  • [ iHandheld Night Shot ] does not work for the pictures taken during a motion picture recording.
  • When [ Quality ] is set to [ Raw Quality ], [ Raw Quality Compressed ], or [ RAW ].
  • When using [ Time Lapse Shot ].
  • When using [ Stop Motion Animation ] (Only when [ Auto Shooting ] is set).
  • When [ Ex. Tele Conv. ] in the [ Rec ] menu is set.