Panasonic DMC LX 3 Operating Guide

When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode allows you to 
improve the appearance of the persons concerned and make their skin tones look 
healthier.
∫ 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.

The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].

When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode enables the texture 
of their skin to appear even softer than with [PORTRAIT]. (It is effective when taking 
pictures of people from the chest up.)
∫ Technique for Soft skin 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.

If a part of the background etc. is a colour close to skin colour, this part is also smoothed.

This mode may not be effective when there is insufficient brightness.

The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].

Select this to take pictures of yourself.
∫ Technique for Self portrait mode
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Press the shutter button halfway to focus. The self-timer indicator 

lights up when you are brought into focus. Making sure you hold 

the camera still, press the shutter button fully to take the picture.

The subject is not focused when the self-timer indicator is 

blinking. Make sure to press the shutter button halfway again to 

focus.

The recorded picture automatically appears on the LCD monitor 

for reviewing.

If the picture is blurry due to the slow shutter speed, we 

recommend using the 2 second self-timer.