Panasonic DMC-SZ9 manual Scene Detection, When taking pictures, When recording motion pictures

Basic

Scene Detection

When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its colour changes to the usual red.

When taking pictures
¦ >	[i-Portrait]	[i-Scenery]
	[i-Macro]	[i-Night Portrait]¢1
	[i-Night Scenery]	[iHandheld Nite Shot]¢2
	[i-Sunset]	[i-Baby]¢3

¢1	Only displayed when the flash is set to [		].
¢2	Only displayed when [iHandheld Nite Shot] is set to [ON].
¢3	When [Face Recog.] is set to [ON], [	] will be displayed for birthdays of registered
	faces already set only when the face of a person 3 years old or younger is detected.

When recording motion pictures
¦ >	[i-Portrait]	[i-Scenery]
	[i-Low Light]	[i-Macro]

•[¦] 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 Mode has been identified as [ ], the shutter speed will be set to a maximum of 4 seconds. Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.

•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 [ ].

•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 of the subject, the colour 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

•For the best results, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate Recording Mode.

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 Mode, backlight compensation works automatically. The [ ] is displayed on the screen when backlighting is detected. (Depending on the backlighting conditions, backlighting may not be detected correctly.)

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