Panasonic lumix DMC-SZ8 Owner's Manual page 27

Scene Detection
When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is displayed in
blue for 2 seconds, after which its color changes to the usual red.
When taking pictures
[i-Portrait]
[i-Macro]
[i-Night Scenery]
¢ Only displayed when the flash is set to [
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[ ¦ ] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.
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When [ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person's face, and it will adjust
the focus and exposure. (Face Detection)
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Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the same subject.
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Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, the size of the subject, the color of the subject,
the distance to the subject, the contrast of the subject, when the subject is moving
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Recording conditions: Sunset, sunrise, under low brightness conditions, when the camera is
shaken, when zoom is used
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[¦] is used for recording when recording motion pictures. Scene Detection does not work.
The Backlight Compensation
When there is a backlight, the subject appears darker and the camera will automatically
attempt to correct it by increasing the brightness of the picture.
In Intelligent Auto Mode, backlight compensation works automatically.
(Depending on the backlighting conditions, backlighting may not be detected correctly.)
Basic
[i-Scenery]
[i-Night Portrait]
[i-Sunset]
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