Panasonic HX-DC3 About prioritised face chaser, Menu 4 # Face Chaser # on

[FACE CHASER]

The camera automatically detects the person’s face.

[MENU]: 4 # [FACE CHASER] # [ (ON)]

∫ About prioritised face chaser

The prioritised face frame is displayed in yellow. When the unit is set to Portrait Mode in Intelligent Auto Mode, the unit will focus on the prioritised face frame and adjust the brightness accordingly.

≥The grey frames are for face detection only.

≥When you press the button halfway while recording still pictures, the unit focuses on the prioritised frame. When focus is achieved, the prioritised frame turns green.

≥A maximum of 15 frames are detected, with the frames near the centre of the screen and large frames being prioritised.

≥For still pictures with detected faces, is displayed on the 1-file thumbnail display. (l 41)

≥If the subject is small or dark on the LCD monitor, the unit may not be able to detect it.

≥ [SCENE MODE] will be automatically set to		(OFF) when the [FACE
CHASER] is set to	(ON) while the [SCENE MODE] (l 66) is set to
(FIREWORKS),	(LANDSCAPE), or	(NIGHT SCENERY).

≥[FOCUS MODE] (l 75) is set to (9-PT AUTOFOCUS) and

[METERING MODE] (l 75) is set to (MULTI).

≥In the following cases, [FACE CHASER] does not work.

jDuring burst recording (l 57)

jDuring panorama still picture recording (l 59)

jWhen [CREATIVE CONTROL] (l 64) is set to MINI (Miniature Effect (MINI)), OLD (Old Movie (OLD)), or FISH (Fish-eye Effect (FISH))

≥When [FOCUS] (l 83) is set to (MANUAL), Auto Focus is disabled.

≥When it is set to [ISO] (l 74) or [EXP COMPENSATION] (l 80), brightness may not be able to be adjusted.

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