Basic

Intelligent Auto Mode

The following modes (appropriate for the condition) are set just by pointing the unit to what you want to record.

Select the menu. (l 43)

[MENU]: 1 # [INTELLIGENT AUTO] # [ (ON)]

MENU

≥Please refer to page 81 for details about Manual Mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode

Effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portrait

Faces are detected and focused

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatically, and the brightness is adjusted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so it is recorded clearly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scenery

The whole landscape will be recorded vividly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

without whiting out the background sky,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

which may be very bright.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

Spotlight

Very bright object is recorded clearly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

Low Light

It can record very clearly even in a dark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

room or twilight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*2

Night Portrait

A person and the background are recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with near real-life brightness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*2

Night Scenery

You can record night scenery vividly by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

slowing the shutter speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*2

Macro

This allows recording while going near to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

object of recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

Normal

Adjusts the contrast and gives a clean image

 

 

 

 

 

 

*2

 

when not using the above modes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HX-DC3 specifications

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