Taking Pictures With Automatic Settings [Intelligent Auto] Mode; About Happy Colors; Face Detection And Face Recognition; Af Tracking - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS8 Basic Owner's Manual

Taking pictures with automatic settings
(Continued)
[Intelligent Auto] Mode
Recording Mode:
To use flash
Select either
• When
Sync.) are selected automatically according to the subject
type and brightness. For details ( 40).
•
activated.
• The shutter speed is slower in
Focus range ( 44).
The following menu items may be set in [Intelligent Auto] Mode:
• [Rec] menu: [Picture Size] , [Burst], [Color Mode]
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• [Setup] menu 2 : [Clock Set], [World Time], [Beep]
Items that may be set differ from other Recording Modes.
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Other items on the [Setup] menu will reflect settings made in [Program AE] Mode,
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etc.
Backlight Compensation:
Backlight refers to the light that shines from behind the subject. When this occurs, the
subject appears darker, and so backlighting is automatically corrected by increasing the
brightness of the entire image.
The settings for the following functions are fixed:
• [Auto Review]: [2 SEC.] • [Sleep Mode]: [5 MIN.] • [Guide Line]:
• [White Balance]: [AWB] • [Quality]:
• [Stabilizer]: [ON] • [AF Mode]:
• [AF Assist Lamp]: [ON] • [Quick AF]: [ON] • [Metering Mode]:
• [i.Exposure]: [STANDARD] • [i.Resolution]: [i.ZOOM]
• [Red-Eye Removal]: [ON] • [Continuous AF]: [ON]
3 (23-area-focusing) when face cannot be recognized
The following functions cannot be used:
[Histogram], [Exposure], [Auto Bracket], [WB Adjust.], [Digital Zoom], [Min. Shtr Speed]
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(Auto) or (Forced Flash Off).
is used, , (Auto/Red-Eye Reduction),
(Slow Sync./Red-Eye Reduction) and
and indicate that digital red-eye correction is
and .
, [Face Recog.]
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1 , [Language], [Stabilizer Demo.]
(Fine) • [Sensitivity]:
(Face Detection) 3
(Multiple)
If [Color Mode] is set to [Happy], still pictures are clearer, with more vivid coloring.
(Slow
If the camera automatically identifies the scene and determines that people appear as
subjects in the picture (
exposure are adjusted for the recognized faces. ( 63)
Face Recognition
The faces of people who are taken frequently can be registered together with their
names, ages, and other information.
If pictures are taken with [Face Recog.] ( 63) set to [ON], priority is given to the focus
and exposure adjustments of the faces close to those that have been registered. Also,
the camera memorizes detected faces during Face Detection, automatically recognizes
faces which are taken frequently, and displays them on the face registration screen.
Even if a subject, where the focus was locked (AF Lock) moves, the camera can continue
to keep it in focus.
Set [AF Mode] to AF Tracking
Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then lock.
• To cancel AF Lock
• The optimum scene is detected for the subject where the focus was
• AF Tracking frame
Face Recognition will be inactive while using AF Tracking.
Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or when it is dark,
[AF Tracking] may not operate correctly.

About Happy colors

Face Detection and Face Recognition

, , ), Face Detection is activated, and the focus and

AF Tracking

• To cancel AF Tracking
AF Tracking frame
Press .
locked (AF Lock).
AF Lock successful: Yellow
AF Lock failed: Red (flash)
Press again.
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