[Portrait]; [Soft Skin]; [Self Portrait] - Panasonic VQT1T63 Operating Instructions Manual

When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode allows you to
improve the appearance of the persons concerned and make their skin tones look
healthier.
∫ Technique for Portrait mode
To 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
The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].
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When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode enables the texture
of their skin to appear even softer than with [PORTRAIT]. (It is effective when taking
pictures of people from the chest up.)
∫ Technique for Soft skin mode
To 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 colour close to skin colour, this part is also smoothed.
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This mode may not be effective when there is insufficient brightness.
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The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].
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Select this to take pictures of yourself.
∫ Technique for Self portrait mode
Press the shutter button halfway to focus. The self-timer indicator
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lights up when you are brought into focus. Making sure you hold
the camera still, press the shutter button fully to take the picture.
The subject is not focused when the self-timer indicator is
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blinking. Make sure to press the shutter button halfway again to
focus.
The recorded picture automatically appears on the LCD monitor
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for reviewing.
If the picture is blurry due to the slow shutter speed, we
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recommend using the 2 second self-timer.
Advanced (Recording pictures)

[PORTRAIT]

[SOFT SKIN]

[SELF PORTRAIT]

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