Panasonic DMC LX 3, DMCLX3K + Soft Skin, Self Portrait, Scenery, Technique for Soft skin mode

Advanced (Recording pictures)

2Move close to the subject to make this mode more effective.

Note

•The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].

+[SOFT SKIN]

When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode enables the texture of their skin to appear even softer than with [PORTRAIT]. (It is effective when taking pictures of people from the chest up.)

∫Technique for Soft skin mode

To make this mode more effective:

1 Rotate the zoom lever as far as possible to Tele.

2 Move close to the subject to make this mode more effective.

Note

•If a part of the background etc. is a color close to skin color, this part is also smoothed.

•This mode may not be effective when there is insufficient brightness.

•The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].

0[SELF PORTRAIT]

Select this to take pictures of yourself.

∫Technique for Self portrait mode

• Press the shutter button halfway to focus. The self-timer indicator lights up when you are brought into focus. Making sure you hold the camera still, press the shutter button fully to take the picture.

• The subject is not focused when the self-timer indicator is blinking. Make sure to press the shutter button halfway again to focus.

• The recorded picture automatically appears on the LCD monitor for reviewing.

•If the picture is blurry due to the slow shutter speed, we recommend using the 2 second self-timer.

Note

•The focus range is about 30 cm (0.99 feet) to 70 cm (2.29 feet).

•You can take a picture of yourself with audio (P88). If you do this, the self-timer indicator will light up while recording the audio.

•The zoom magnification is automatically moved to Wide (1k).

•The self-timer can only be set to off or 2 seconds. If it is set to 2 seconds, this setting will remain until the camera is turned off, the scene mode is changed or [REC] mode or [PLAYBACK] mode is selected.

•The stabilizer function mode is fixed to [MODE2]. (P87)

•The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].

,[SCENERY]

This allows you to take pictures of a wide landscape.

Note

•The focus range is 5 m (16.4 feet) to ¶.

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