Panasonic DMCZS3K, DMCZS3S, DMCZS3A Taking picture with automatic settings, Take a picture, Mode

Basic shooting operation		Please set the clock before
	(Continued)	shooting (P.14).

Holding the camera/Direction detection function

AF assist lamp	• Stand with your arms close to your body and with
Flash	your legs apart.
	• Do not touch the lens.

• Do not block the microphone when recording audio. (P.9)

• Do not block the flash or the lamp. Do not look at it

Taking picture with automatic settings

‘INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode’

Mode:

Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as ‘face’, ‘movement’, ‘brightness’, and ‘distance’ just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning that clear pictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually.

Turn on the power

	Status indicator illuminated for
Shutter button	approx. 1 second.

from close range.

•Pictures taken with camera held vertically can automatically be displayed vertically in playback. (Only when ‘ROTATE DISP.’ is set to ‘ON’) Pictures may not be able to be displayed vertically if taken with camera facing upwards or downwards. Motion pictures cannot be displayed vertically during playback.

Mode dial

Align to correct mode

The current mode will be displayed on the

LCD monitor when the mode dial is turned.

Status indicator

Automatic scene detection

Camera reads scene when pointed at subject, and makes optimum settings automatically.

•During AF tracking (P.23), the optimum scene is automatically selected for the subject where the focus was locked (AF Lock).

Recognises ‘i PORTRAIT’ Follows face to take clear, bright pictures.

Recognises ‘i SCENERY’

Takes sharp pictures of near and far landscapes.

Set to

Set to (INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode)

Take a picture

	Focus display
	(when focus
Press halfway	aligned:
	flashing →
(Adjust the	illuminated)
focus)
	Recognized scene icon displayed in
	blue for 2 sec.

INTELLIGENT AUTO

Mode

NORMAL PICTURE Mode

MY SCENE MODE

SCENE MODE

MOTION PICTURE Mode

CLIPBOARD Mode

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Take pictures with automatic settings (P.21).

Take pictures with customized settings (P.24).

Taking pictures in frequently-used scene modes.

Take pictures according to scene.

Take motion pictures.

Take pictures as memos.

Recognises ‘i MACRO’

Reads distance to take sharp pictures of close subjects

Recognises ‘i NIGHT PORTRAIT’ Takes bright, natural pictures of people

and night scenery. (Only with )

Recognises ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’

Uses slow shutter speed to achieve natural colouring.(Only with )

Recognises ‘i BABY’

Recognises movement

Reads subject movement to avoid blurring when scene does not correspond to any of the above.

Press fully

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