Panasonic DMC FP8K Digital Still Camera - Advanced Features - Page 34
Scene detection, The Backlight Compensation
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Basic 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] • Only when [‡] is selected [i-NIGHT SCENERY] [i-BABY]¢ • [¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set. • When [ ], [ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person's face, and it will adjust the focus and exposure. (Face Detection) (P96) • 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. • When [FACE RECOG.] is set to [ON], and the face similar to the registered face is detected, [R] is displayed in the top right of [ ], [ ] and [ ]. ¢ When [FACE RECOG.] is set to [ON], [ ] will be displayed for birthdays of registered faces already set only when the face of a person 3 years old or younger is detected. Note • Due to factors such as size, contrast, motion and proximity a different mode 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 - Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness conditions, When the camera is shaken, When zoom is used • For the best results, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate Recording Mode. • The 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. - 34 -