Panasonic DMC-ZS40, DMCZS40K, DMCZS40S owner manual 147, Metering Mode, Exposure

Application (Record)

Using the [Rec] menu

••For the setting procedures of the menu. (→60)

[Metering Mode]

■■Recording mode:

You can change the position for measuring brightness when correcting exposure.

■■Settings

[Metering Mode]	Brightness measurement position	Conditions
	Whole screen	Normal usage
[Multi Metering]		(produces balanced pictures)
[Center Weighted]	Center and surrounding area	Subject in center
		Great difference between
		brightness of subject and
[Spot]	Center and close surrounding area	background
		(e.g. person in spotlight on stage,
		backlighting)

[i.Exposure]

■■Recording mode:

Automatically adjusts contrast and exposure to give more lifelike colors when there is significant contrast between background and subject.

••When [i.Exposure] works, the color of [  ] changes.

■■Settings: [ON] / [OFF]

●●Even if [Sensitivity] is set to [100], when [i.Exposure] is activated, pictures may be taken at a higher ISO Sensitivity than the setting.

●●Cannot be set in the following case:

••When the [Quality] setting is set to [  ], [  ] or [  ]

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