Panasonic HDC-HS200 Operating Instructions Manual page 61

Intelligent contrast control:
≥ If there are extremely dark or bright parts or the
brightness is insufficient, the effect may not be
clear.
Intelligent exposure:
≥ If there are extremely dark parts or the
brightness is insufficient, the effect may not be
clear.
Fade:
≥ The thumbnails of scenes recorded using fade
in become black (or white).
Soft skin mode:
≥ If the background or anything else in the scene
has colours similar to the skin colour, they will
also be smoothed.
≥ If the brightness is insufficient, the effect may
not be clear.
≥ If you record a person in the distance, the face
may not be recorded clearly. In this case,
cancel soft skin mode or zoom in on the face
(close-up) to record.
Tele macro:
≥ The tele macro function is cancelled when the
zoom magnification becomes lower than 12k.
Colour night view:
≥ Recorded scene is seen as if frames were
missed.
≥ If set in a bright place, the screen may become
washed out for a while.
≥ Bright dots that are usually invisible may be
seen, but this is not a malfunction.
≥ Using a tripod is recommended.
≥ In darker areas, auto focus may focus a bit
slower. This is normal.
Self-timer:
≥ The self-timer standby mode is cancelled when
you press the recording start/stop button to
start motion picture recording.
≥ Setting the self-timer to Ø2 is a good way to
prevent image shake when the
pressed while using a tripod etc.
Built-in flash:
≥ Set the flash to
prohibited.
≥ Do not use the flash with the ND filter (optional)
attached.
≥ If the ß indication etc. flashes when the
button is pressed halfway, the flash is not
activated.
≥ The available range of the flash is approx. 1 m
to 2.5 m in dark places.
≥ Using the flash fixes a shutter speed to 1/500
or slower.
≥ A conversion lens (optional) can block the flash
and may cause a vignetting effect.
Red eye reduction:
≥ The flash is activated 2 times.
≥ Red eye phenomenon may appear depending
on the recording conditions.
≥ When faces are detected in the Intelligent auto
mode, the red eye reduction is set to on.
button is
where using a flash is
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