I don’t care for the factory default settings of most digital cameras, so I change them as soon as I get a camera. These are the settings I use for the Panasonic FZ3.

Settings

• Metering - Spot - this actually works best since I live in a sunny climate
• Sensitivity - 80 - 100
• Auto focus mode - Spot-focusing
• Auto focus assist - ON
• AF Trigger - shutter-release button
• Continuous Auto Focus - OFF
• White balance - Auto
• Image stabilizer - Mode 2
• Digital Zoom - OFF
• Picture adjust - Standard
• Play on LCD - ON
• Power save - 5 minutes
• Auto review - Zoom*
• Flash - set white balance to Flash when using the flash

* I shut off Auto review completely when using Burst mode, or otherwise need to take photos in quick succession using high shutter speeds.

Photos by Gail taken with the Panasonic FZ3