Smile Shot

When a smiling face is detected during motion picture recording, the unit automatically records a still picture.

The icon changes each time it is touched.

(ON) # (Face Recognition) # OFF

: The unit records a still picture on detecting a smiling face.

: Still pictures are only recorded when the face of a person registered using Face Recognition (l 58) is detected.

OFF: Cancel the setting.

During Smile Shot recording, the face detected as a smiling face is surrounded by a green

frame and / are red.

Smile Shot recording will not work in the following cases. ( / will flash) jWhen there is no SD card inserted

jWhen it is set to manual focus

jWhen [FACE RECOG.] is set to [OFF], or no one is registered (In (Face Recognition) only)

The face of the subject may not be detected correctly depending on the recording conditions.

≥ The number of recording pixels are 2.1M (1920k1080) or 0.3M (640k480). (l 66)

When still pictures that have been recorded using the Smile Shot are displayed as thumbnails, the appears.

When the AF/AE tracking function is target locking a face of the subject, still pictures are only recorded if a smiling face is detected on the locked subject. When the Smile Shot

function is set to (Face Recognition), it will record only if the face of a subject registered with [FACE RECOG.] is locked as a target.

Built-in flash

When the button is pressed, the flash is activated and the picture will be recorded. Use the Built-in flash in order to record still pictures in dark places.

Each time the ß icon is selected, the indication changes by one setting in the following order:

ß([ON]) # ßA ([AUTO]) # ([OFF])

The unit automatically determines if the flash is necessary even when it has been set to

by detecting the ambient brightness. (If it determines that the flash is necessary, the

indication lights up in red.)

To adjust the brightness of the flash

: [PICTURE] # [FLASH LEVEL] # desired setting [ßj]: Less bright

[ßd0]: Normal

[ßi]: Much brighter

Set the flash to where using a flash is prohibited.

If the ß indication etc. flashes when the

button is pressed halfway, the flash

is not activated.

The available range of the flash is approx. 1 m to 2.5 m (3.3 feet to 8.2 feet) in dark places.

Using the flash fixes a shutter speed to 1/500 or slower.

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Panasonic HDC-SDX1P operating instructions Smile Shot, Built-in flash, To adjust the brightness of the flash