Panasonic DMC-TZ50 Taking picture with, Automatic settings, Set to, Take a picture

Basics	1	Taking picture with
		automatic settings

Please set the clock before taking pictures (P.19).

	Shutter button1			Turn on the power
						Status indicator illuminated for
						approx. 1 second.
			2 Set to
	Status indicator		3 Set to		(INTELLIGENT AUTO mode)
	Automatic scene distinction
	Recognizes ‘i PORTRAIT’
Follows face to take clear, bright						INTELLIGENT AUTO
pictures.			4	Take a picture
	Recognizes ‘i SCENERY’
Takes sharp pictures of near and far						Focus display
landscapes.
	Recognizes ‘i MACRO’					(when focus aligned:
				Press halfway		illuminated
Reads distance to take sharp pictures						when focus is not
				(Adjust the
of close subjects						aligned: flashing)
				focus)
	Recognizes ‘i NIGHT PORTRAIT’					F3.3
Takes bright, natural pictures of people						Recognized scene icon displayed in
and night scenery. (Only with		)
						blue for 2 sec.
	Recognizes ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’					• Camera reads scene when
Uses slow shutter speed to achieve						pointed at subject, and
natural coloring.(Only with		)		Press fully		makes optimum settings
	Recognizes movement					automatically.
Reads subject movement to avoid
blurring when scene does not
correspond to any of the above.
Focus range → (P.41).
In addition to automatic scene distinction, ‘INTELLIGENT ISO						’, ‘I.EXPOSURE’, ‘STABILIZER’,
and ‘CONTINUOUS AF’ will operate automatically.
The following menu items may be set in INTELLIGENT AUTO mode.
•	REC menu: ‘PICTURE SIZE ’, ‘ASPECT RATIO’, ‘BURST’, ‘COLOR MODE ’, ‘STABILIZER						’
•	SETUP menu: ‘CLOCK SET’, ‘WORLD TIME’, ‘TRAVEL DATE’, ‘BEEP ’, ‘LANGUAGE’
	Items that may be set differ from other recording modes.

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.

Backlight compensation

(brighten subject against backlight)

• To cancel compensation → Press ▲ again.

5

BACKLIGHT

Displayed when compensation is on.

To use flash

	Select either			(Auto) or	(forced flash off).
	When using		,	(AUTO),		(Auto/red-eye reduction)
	and	(Slow sync./red-eye reduction) will be switched
F3.3	between automatically (see P.38 for details).
	A second flash will be emitted in				and	for red-eye reduction.

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

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

If desired scene type is not selected,		5
we recommend manually selecting the
appropriate recording mode.
(scene mode: P.44)
We recommend using a tripod and the	F3.3	BACKLIGHT
self-timer with ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’ and	e.g. Face too large – ‘i PORTRAIT’ becomes
‘i NIGHT PORTRAIT’.
When jitter is small (e.g. using tripod)	‘i MACRO’

with ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’, shutter speed can reach a maximum of 8 seconds. Do not

move the camera.
The settings for the following functions are fixed.
• AUTO REVIEW: 2 SEC. • POWER SAVE: 5 MIN. • GUIDE LINE:
• WHITE BALANCE: AWB • QUALITY:		(Fine)	1 • AF MODE:		(Face detection) 2
• AF ASSIST LAMP: ON • METERING MODE:			(Multiple)
1 0.3 M only (standard) 2	(9 points) when face cannot be recognized
The following functions cannot be used.
‘HISTOGRAM’, ‘EXPOSURE’, ‘AUTO BRACKET’, ‘WB ADJUST.’, ‘DIGITAL ZOOM’,
‘MIN. SHTR SPEED’, ‘AUDIO REC.’					Microphone
Holding the camera
• Do not block the flash or the lamp. Do not look at					(top surface)
them from close range.
• Do not touch the lens.
• Stand with your arms close to your body and with
your legs apart.				Flash	Lamp
• Do not block the microphone when recording audio.

• Holding camera vertically (→ P.31)

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