Panasonic DMCS3EP Operating Guide

VQT3E49

Taking pictures with Exposure Compensation

Recording Mode:

Taking pictures according to the scene

[Scene Mode]

Recording Mode:

Corrects exposure to obtain optimum exposure (for example, if there is difference
between brightness of object and background). Depending on the brightness, this may be
impossible in some cases.

Under-exposed

Optimum exposure

Over-exposed

Plus direction

Minus direction

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After exposure adjustment, the adjustment value (

for example) is displayed.

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The Exposure Compensation value you set is retained even after the camera is turned
off.

Display [Exposure]

Select a value

No compensation

Using [Scene Mode] enables you to take pictures with optimum settings (exposure,
colouring, etc.) for given scenes.

Display the screen for Recording

Mode selection

Select [Scene Mode]

Select and set the scene

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Scene menu

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Selecting a Scene Mode inappropriate for the actual scene may affect the colouring of
your picture.

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The following [Rec] menu settings will be automatically adjusted and prevents manual
selection (available settings vary according to scene setting):
[Sensitivity], [Color Mode]

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[White Balance] can only be set in the following scenes.
[Portrait], [Soft Skin], [Self Portrait], [Panorama Assist], [Sports], [Baby], [High Sens.]
(Setting is restored to [AWB] when scene is changed.)

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The types of flash available (

→37) vary according to the scene. The Scene Mode flash

setting is reset to the default setting when the Scene Mode is changed.