Panasonic DMCFZ40K User Manual

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Advanced (Recording pictures)
The person stands out from the background and has a healthier complexion.
∫ 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].
 [PORTRAIT]
[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 taking pictures 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