Manual control in Panasonic LX3

Circular panning, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Now that I (again) have a camera where there are manual controls, there are new possibilities for photography. Here I used the shutter priority mode and fixed exposure at 0.5 seconds, and then used a circular panning movement while taking a photo. Well, the technique needs some development (and better subjects), but at least I can now try out new things.

One potential problem with longer exposures on the LX3 is that the display blacks out when the camera is taking a photo. However, in taking this kind of photos this is a minor annoyance.