Mode Dial; Taking Pictures With Automatic Settings - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS9 Owner's Manual

Basic shooting operation
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Holding the camera
• Stand with your arms close to your body and with your
AF Assist Lamp
Flash
• Do not touch the lens.
• Do not block the microphone when recording motion
• Do not block the flash or the lamp. Do not look at it
• Make sure that the camera does not move at the
• We recommend the use of the hand strap to avoid
[Intelligent Auto] Mode
[Program AE] Mode
[Aperture-Priority] Mode
[Shutter-Priority] Mode
[Manual Exposure] Mode
[Custom] Mode
[Scene Mode]
[My Scene Mode]
[Motion Picture] Mode
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(Continued)
legs apart.
picture. (→8)
from close range.
moment the shutter button is pressed.
dropping the camera.

Mode dial

Take pictures with automatic settings. (→27)
Record pictures with your own settings. (→30)
Determine aperture, then record pictures.
(→48)
Determine shutter speed, then record
pictures. (→49)
Determine aperture and shutter speed, then
record pictures. (→50)
Record pictures using pre-registered settings.
(→51)
Take pictures according to scene. (→53)
Take pictures in frequently-used Scene
Modes. (→60)
Take motion pictures. (→61)

Taking pictures with automatic settings

[Intelligent Auto] Mode
Recording Mode:
Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as "face", "movement",
"brightness", and "distance" just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning that clear
pictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually.
Shutter button
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Automatic Scene Detection
Camera identifies the scene when pointed at the subject, and makes optimum settings
automatically.
People are detected
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Baby is detected 1
Scenery is detected
A sunset is detected
Reads subject movement to avoid blurring when the scene does not correspond to any of
the above.
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1 When babies (under 3 years) that are registered with the Face Recognition function are
recognized.
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2 We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer.
If the camera automatically identifies the scene and determines that people appear as
subjects in the picture ( , , ), Face Detection is activated, and the focus and
exposure are adjusted for the recognized faces.
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According to the following conditions, different scene types may be determined for the
same subject:
Face contrast, conditions of subject (size, distance, coloring, contrast, movement),
zoom ratio, sunset, sunrise, low brightness, jitter
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If undesired scene type is selected, we recommend manually selecting the
appropriate Recording Mode.
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We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer with
Set to
Set to
([Intelligent Auto] Mode)
Take a picture
Press halfway Press fully
(press lightly to focus) (press the button all the
way to record)
People and night scenery are detected
(Only when is selected)
Night scenery is detected
A close-up shot is detected
and .
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