Panasonic DMC-FZ30GN operating instructions Soft skin mode

Recording pictures (advanced)

[SCENE MODE] menu (Refer to P69 for information about how to select the menu.)

Birthday setting

1Select [BIRTHDAY SET.] and press 1.

2When a message [PLEASE SET THE BIRTHDAY OF THE BABY] appears, select items (year, month and day) using 2/1, and set using 3/4.

3Press the [MENU] button to finish the

setting.

•If you select [WITH AGE] without setting birthday in advance, a message is displayed. Press the [MENU] button, and set birthday following the above steps 2 and 3.

Soft skin 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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•The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].

•After turning on the camera in [BABY] or switching to [BABY] from other modes, the age and current date and time are displayed for about 5 seconds at the bottom of the screen.

•The age display style differs depending on the language setting in the recording mode.

•The date of birth is displayed as [0 month 0 day].

•If the age is not properly displayed, check the clock and birthday settings.

•If the camera is set to [WITHOUT AGE], the age is not recorded even the time and birthday are set. This means that the age cannot be displayed even if you set the camera to [WITH AGE] after taking pictures.

•For resetting the birthday setting, use [RESET] in the [SETUP] menu (P23).

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

1 Rotate the zoom ring 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.

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