Panasonic DMCFZ100 DMCFZ100 User Guide - Page 92

Advanced (Recording pictures) [PORTRAIT] The person stands out from the background and has a healthier complexion. [NORMAL PORTRAIT] Shades the background and photographs skin color beautifully. [SOFT SKIN] Makes the skin surface appear especially smooth. • When [SOFT SKIN] is selected, if a part of the background is a colored similar to the color of the person's skin, it also may show some smoothing. • When [SOFT SKIN] is selected, this mode may not be effective when there is insufficient brightness. [OUTDOOR PORTRAIT] Prevents faces from appearing dark when photographing outside. [INDOOR PORTRAIT] Sets the ISO sensitivity setting to the appropriate setting to prevent blurring of photo subject for indoor photography. [CREATIVE PORTRAIT] You can change the amount of background blurring by changing the aperture value (P85). ∫ Technique for Portrait 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 • When recording motion pictures in [SOFT SKIN], the setting will be applied. [NORMAL PORTRAIT], [OUTDOOR PORTRAIT], [INDOOR PORTRAIT] and [CREATIVE PORTRAIT] produce motion pictures using settings suitable for recording people. • In [INDOOR PORTRAIT], the Intelligent ISO sensitivity control operates, and the maximum ISO sensitivity level becomes [ISO800]. • When the camera is set to [STABILIZER] and there is very little jitter in [INDOOR PORTRAIT], or if [STABILIZER] is set to [OFF], shutter speed may slow down up to 1 second. • The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š]. - 92 -