Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ6 Operating Instructions Manual

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30 VQT2C11 VQT2C11 31Taking picture with automatic settings‘INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode’Mode:Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as ‘face’, ‘movement’,‘brightness’, and ‘distance’ just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning that clearpictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually.Automatic scene detectionTurn on the powerStatus indicator illuminated forapprox. 1 second.Set toSet to (INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode)Take a picturePress halfway(Adjust thefocus)Press fullyFocus display(when focusaligned:flashing →illuminated)Recognized scene icon displayed inblue for 2 sec.To take motion pictures (P.59)Status indicatorShutter buttonCamera reads scene when pointed atsubject, and makes optimum settingsautomatically.• During AF tracking (P.32), theoptimum scene is automaticallyselected for the subject where thefocus was locked (AF Lock).Recognises ‘i PORTRAIT’Follows face to take clear, brightpictures.Recognises ‘i SCENERY’Takes sharp pictures of near and farlandscapes.Recognises ‘i MACRO’Reads distance to take sharp picturesof close subjectsRecognises ‘i NIGHT PORTRAIT’Takes bright, natural pictures of peopleand night scenery. (Only with )Recognises ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’Uses slow shutter speed to achievenatural colouring.(Only with )Recognises ‘i BABY’(P.32)Recognises movementReads subject movement to avoidblurring when scene does notcorrespond to any of the above.Backlight compensationBacklight refers to the light that shines from behind the subject. When this occurs, thesubject appears darker, and so backlighting is automatically corrected by increasing thebrightness of the entire image.To use flashSelect either (Auto) or (forced flash off).When using , (AUTO), (Auto/red-eye reduction)and (Slow sync./red-eye reduction) will be switchedbetween automatically (see P.41 for details).A second flash will be emitted in and for red-eyereduction.Focus range → (P.45).In addition to automatic scene detection, ‘INTELLIGENT ISO ’, ‘I.EXPOSURE’, and‘BACKLIGHT COMPENSATION’ will operate automatically.The following menu items may be set in INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode.• (REC menu): ‘PICTURE SIZE 1’, ‘BURST’, ‘COLOR MODE 1’, ‘FACE RECOG. 1’• (MOTION PICTURE menu) : ‘REC MODE’, ‘REC QUALITY 1’, ‘COLOR MODE 1’• (SETUP menu 2): ‘CLOCK SET’, ‘WORLD TIME’, ‘BEEP 1’, ‘LANGUAGE’1 Items that may be set differ from other recording modes.2 Other items in the SETUP menu will reflect settings made in other recording modes.According to the following conditions, different scene types may be determined for thesame subject.• Face contrast, conditions of subject (size, distance, colouring, movement), zoom ratio,sunset, sunrise, low brightness, jitterIf desired scene type is not selected,we recommend manually selecting theappropriate recording mode.(scene mode: P.49)We recommend using a tripod and theself-timer with ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’ and‘i NIGHT PORTRAIT’.When jitter is small (e.g. using tripod)with ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’, shutter speed can reach a maximum of 8 seconds. Do notmove the camera.The settings for the following functions are fixed.• AUTO REVIEW: 2 SEC. • POWER SAVE: 5 MIN. • GUIDE LINE:• WHITE BALANCE: AWB • QUALITY: (Fine) • STABILIZER: AUTO• AF MODE: (Face detection) 1 • AF ASSIST LAMP: ON• METERING MODE: (Multiple) • PRE AF: Q-AF1 (11-area-focusing) when face cannot be recognisedThe following functions cannot be used.‘HISTOGRAM’, ‘EXPOSURE’, ‘AUTO BRACKET’, ‘MULTI ASPECT’ ,‘WB ADJUST.’, ‘DIGITAL ZOOM’, ‘MIN. SHTR SPEED’, ‘AUDIO REC.’e.g. Face too large – ‘i PORTRAIT’ becomes‘i MACRO’