VQT1P0946Advanced (Recording pictures)When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode enables the texture oftheir skin to appear even softer than with [PORTRAIT]. (It is effective when taking pictures ofpeople from the chest up.)∫ Technique for Soft skin modeTo 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.Note• If a part of the background etc. is a color close to skin color, 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• Press the shutter button halfway to focus. The self-timer indicatorlights up when you are brought into focus. Making sure you holdthe camera still, press the shutter button fully to take the picture.• The subject is not focused when the self-timer indicator isblinking. Make sure to press the shutter button halfway again tofocus.• The recorded picture automatically appears on the LCD monitorfor reviewing.• If the picture is blurry due to the slow shutter speed, werecommend using the 2 second self-timer.Note• The focus range is about 30 cm (0.99 feet) to 70 cm (2.29 feet).• You can take a picture of yourself with audio (P66). If you do this, the self-timer indicator willlight up while recording the audio.• The zoom magnification is automatically moved to Wide (1k).• The self-timer can only be set to off or 2 seconds. If it is set to 2 seconds, this setting willremain until the camera is turned off, the scene mode is changed or [REC] mode or[PLAYBACK] mode is selected.• The stabilizer function mode is fixed to [MODE2]. (P65)• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].This allows you to take pictures of a wide landscape.Note• The focus range is 5 m (16.4 feet) to ¶.Set here when you want to take pictures of sports scenes or other fast-moving events.Note• This mode is suitable for taking pictures of subjects at distances of 5 m (16.4 feet) or more.• [INTELLIGENT ISO] is activated, and maximum ISO sensitivity level becomes [ISO800].+ [SOFT SKIN]0 [SELF PORTRAIT], [SCENERY]- [SPORTS]