Panasonic DMCLX3K, DMC LX 3 Scene detection, Face detection, Backlight compensation

Basic

3 Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

•The focus indication 1 (green) lights when the subject

is focused.

•The AF area 2 is displayed around the subject’s face by the face detection function. In other cases, it is displayed at the point on the subject which is in focus.

•The focus range is 1 cm (0.04 feet) (Wide)/30 cm

(0.99 feet) (Tele) to ¶.

4	Press the shutter button fully (push it in
	further), and take the picture.

•The access indication (P18) lights red when pictures are being recorded on the built-in memory (or the card).

∫To adjust the exposure and take pictures at times when the image appears too dark (P51)

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 color changes to the usual red.

¦> [i-PORTRAIT]

[i-SCENERY]

[i-MACRO]

[i-NIGHT PORTRAIT]

[i-NIGHT SCENERY]

•Only when [‡] is selected

•Only when [Œ] is selected

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

•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

8 seconds.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 (P83).

∫Face detection

When [ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will adjust the focus and exposure (P82).

Note

•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 distance to the subject, The contrast of the subject, When the subject is moving, When zoom is used

–Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness conditions, When the camera is shaken

•To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate recording mode.

∫Backlight compensation

Backlight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject.

In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight by brightening the whole of the picture automatically.

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