Panasonic DMC-S3 Automatic Scene Detection, Holding the camera, To use flash, Recording Mode

Taking pictures with automatic settings

[Intelligent Auto] Mode

Recording Mode:

Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as “face,” “movement,” “brightness,” and “distance” just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning that clear pictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually.

■Automatic Scene Detection

Camera identifies the scene when pointed at the subject, and makes optimum settings automatically.

Shutter button

Focus display

(When focus is aligned: illuminated When focus is not aligned: flashing)

The type of scene detected is indicated by a blue icon for two seconds

Display the screen for Recording Mode selection

Select [Intelligent Auto] Mode

Take pictures

Press halfway	Press fully
(press lightly to	(press the button all
focus)	the way to record)

People are detected	People and night scenery are detected
	(Only when	is selected)
Scenery is detected	Night scenery is detected
A close-up shot is detected	A sunset is detected

Reads subject movement to avoid blurring when the scene does not correspond to any of the above.

If the camera automatically identifies the scene and determines that people appear as subjects in the picture ( or ), Face Detection is activated, and the focus and exposure are adjusted for the recognised faces.

●According to the following conditions, different scene types may be determined for the same subject:

Face contrast, conditions of subject (size, distance, colouring, contrast, movement), zoom ratio, sunset, sunrise, low brightness, jitter

●If undesired scene type is selected, we recommend manually selecting the appropriate Recording Mode.

●We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer with and .

■Holding the camera

AF Assist Lamp/Flash

Speaker

■To use flash

•If jitter becomes noticeable, use both hands, keep your arms close to your body, and stand with your feet at shoulder width.

•Do not touch the lens.

•Do not block the flash or the AF Assist Lamp. Do not look at it from close range.

•Try to hold the camera steady when you press the shutter button.

•Be careful not to block the speaker.

•We recommend the use of the hand strap to avoid dropping the camera.

Select either						or		.
• When			is	selected,			the type of flash automatically changes
•	according		to the subject and brightness. (→36)
		and			indicate that the Red-Eye Reduction function is
	activated.
• The shutter speed is slower in									and	.

●In addition to Automatic Scene Detection, [ ] in [Sensitivity] and Backlight Compensation will operate automatically.

●The following menu items may be set in [Intelligent Auto] Mode:

•[Rec] menu: [Picture Size]∗1, [Burst], [Color Mode]∗1

•[Setup] menu∗2: [Clock Set], [World Time], [Beep], [Language], [Stabilizer Demo.] ∗1 Items that may be set differ from other Recording Modes.

∗2 Other items in the [Setup] menu will reflect settings made in other Recording Modes.

●Backlight Compensation

Backlight refers to the light that shines from behind the subject. When this occurs, the

subject appears darker, and so backlighting is automatically corrected by increasing the
brightness of the entire image.
●The settings for the following functions are fixed:
• [Auto Review]: [ON]		• [Auto Power Off]: [5 MIN.]
• [White Balance]: [AWB]		• [AF Mode]: (Face Detection)∗3
• [Stabilizer]: [ON]		• [AF Assist Lamp]: [ON]	• [Red-Eye Removal]∗4: [ON]
∗3	(11-area-focusing) when face cannot be recognised
∗4 DMC-S3 only
●The following functions cannot be used:
[Exposure], [Digital Zoom]

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