Panasonic DMC-FX8GN operating instructions Soft skin mode, Technique for Party mode

	Recording pictures (advanced)
Soft skin mode		Party mode

Select this mode when you want to take a bust image of the subject. In this mode, camera detects a skin-colour area, such as face, to achieve a smooth appearance of the skin.

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∫Technique for Soft skin mode To make this mode more effective:

1 Rotate the zoom lever to Tele as far as possible.

2 To maximise the effect, select a background as far as possible from the camera, and get closer to the subject.

•This mode is only suitable for outdoors in the daytime.

•The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].

•If there is a colour close to the skin colour in the background, that part is also smoothened.

•This mode may not be effective in insufficient brightness.

Select this mode when you want to take pictures at wedding receptions, indoor parties, etc.

Both the people and the background can be recorded with brightness in real life by using the flash and slowing down the shutter speed.

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∫Technique for Party mode

•Since the shutter speed becomes slow, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P39) for taking pictures.

•We recommend taking pictures by rotating the zoom lever to Wide (1k) and being at a distance about 1.5 m from the subject.

•The flash setting can be set to Slow sync./

Red-eye reduction [ ] or Forced ON/

Red-eye reduction [ ].

•The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].

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