Panasonic DMC LX 3 Operating Guide

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Basic
When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is 
displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its colour changes to the usual red.
[
¦
] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.
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.
An optimum scene for the specified subject will be chosen when set to AF tracking
.
∫ Face detection
When [
] or [
] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will 
adjust the focus and exposur
.
Note
Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene 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, When zoom is used
Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness conditions, When the camera is 
shaken
To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in the 
appropriate recording mode.
∫ 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. 
Scene detection
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[i-PORTRAIT]
[i-SCENERY]
[i-MACRO]
[i-NIGHT PORTRAIT]
Only when [‡] is selected
[i-NIGHT SCENERY]
Only when [Œ] is selected