Panasonic DMC-GM1 owner manual When recording motion pictures, Portrait Scenery Low Light Macro

4. Recording Modes

When recording motion pictures

[i-Portrait]

[i-Scenery]

[i-Low Light]

[i-Macro]

•Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the same subject.

–Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, the size, color and shape of the subject, the distance to the subject, the contrast of the subject, when the subject is moving

–Recording conditions: Sunset, sunrise, under low brightness conditions, when the camera is shaken, when zoom is used

•[¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.

•When [ ], [ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will adjust the focus and exposure. (Face Detection)

•If a tripod is used, for instance, and the camera has judged that camera shake is minimal when

the scene detection has been identified as [ ], the shutter speed will be slower than normal. Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.

•An optimum scene for the specified subject will be chosen when set to AF tracking.

•When [Face Recog.] is set to [ON], and the face similar to the registered face is detected, [R] is displayed in the top right of [ ], [ ] and [ ].

∫About the flash

Flash mode is set to [Œ] when the flash is closed, and [ ] (AUTO) when it is open. When the flash is open, the camera automatically sets [ ], [ ] (AUTO/Red-Eye Reduction), [ ] or [ ] to match the type of subject and brightness.

•Open the flash when the flash is to be used. (P200)

•When [ ] or [ ] is set, Red-Eye Removal is enabled.

•Shutter speed will be slower during [ ] or [ ].

The Backlight Compensation

•When there is a backlight, the subject appears darker and the camera will automatically attempt to correct it by increasing the brightness of the picture.

In Intelligent Auto Plus Mode or Intelligent Auto Mode, backlight compensation works automatically.

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