Recording

Auto Registration

When [AUTO REGISTRATION] is set to [ON], the registration screen will display automatically after taking a picture of a face that has a high number of appearances.

Registration screen is displayed after approximately 3 pictures.

It may be extremely hard to recognize only with [AUTO REGISTRATION], so register the face images with [FACE RECOG.] in the [REC] Mode menu beforehand.

Registering from the automatic registration screen

1Press 3 to select [YES] and then press [MENU/SET].

If there are no registered persons, proceed to step 3.

Selection screen is displayed again when [NO] is selected, and when [YES] is selected with 3, [AUTO REGISTRATION] will be set to [OFF].

2Press 3/4 to select [NEW PERSON] or [ADDITIONAL IMAGE] and then press [MENU/SET].

Item

Description of settings

[NEW PERSON]

A list of registered people is displayed when there are 6 people

already registered. Select the person to be replaced.

 

 

 

 

To additionally register a face image for a registered person.

 

Press 3/4/2/1 to select the person to whom you wish

[ADDITIONAL IMAGE]

add the picture, and then press [MENU/SET].

If 3 images have already been registered, the picture

 

replacement screen will appear. In this case, select the picture

 

you wish to replace.

 

 

After additionally registering or changing a face image, the screen returns automatically to the recording screen.

3Perform the operation in Step 5 and following in “Registering face image of new person”.

Note

If the registration screen will not display, it may display easier by recording in the same conditions or with the same expressions.

If the registration screen is displayed for a person that is already registered, it will make the recognition easier by additionally registering.

It may make recognition harder when a picture recorded with flash is registered.

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Panasonic DMC-G3 121, Auto Registration, Add the picture, and then press MENU/SET, NEW Person, Additional Image

DMC-G3 specifications

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