Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 Owner's Manual

Also see for DMC-3D1K: Basic owner's manual

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- 37 -BasicWhen the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned isdisplayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its color changes to the usual red.When taking picturesWhen recording motion pictures• [¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.• When [ ], [ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and itwill adjust the focus and exposure. (Face Detection)• If a tripod is used, for instance, and the camera has judged that camera shake is minimal whenthe Scene Mode has been identified as [ ], the shutter speed will be set to a maximum of8 seconds.Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.• When [Face Recog.] is set to [On], and the face similar to the registered face is detected, [R] isdisplayed in the top right of [ ], [ ] and [ ].• Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the samesubject.– Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, the size of the subject, the color of thesubject, the distance to the subject, the contrast of the subject, when the subject is moving– Recording conditions: Sunset, sunrise, under low brightness conditions, when the camera isshaken, when zoom is used• For the best results, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate RecordingMode.• The Backlight Compensation– Backlight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject. In this case, the subject willbecome dark, so this function compensates the backlight by brightening the whole of thepicture automatically.Scene Detection¦ > [i-Portrait] [i-Scenery][i-Macro] [i-Night Portrait]¢1[i-Night Scenery] [iHandheld Nite Shot]¢2[i-Sunset] [i-Baby]¢3¢1 Only when [ ] is selected.¢2 Only displayed when [iHandheld Nite Shot] is set to [On].¢3 When [Face Recog.] is set to [On], [ ] will be displayed for birthdays ofregistered faces already set only when the face of a person 3 years old oryounger is detected.¦ > [i-Portrait][i-Scenery][i-Low Light][i-Macro]