Taking Pictures With Exposure Compensation - Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking pictures with Exposure Compensation

Recording Mode:
Corrects exposure to obtain optimum exposure (for example, if there is difference
between brightness of object and background). Depending on the brightness, this may be
impossible in some cases.
Under-exposed Optimum exposure
Plus direction
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After exposure adjustment, the adjustment value (
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The Exposure Compensation value you set is retained even after the camera is turned
off.
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Over-exposed
Minus direction
Display [Exposure]
Select a value
No compensation
for example) is displayed.
Taking pictures according to the scene
[Scene Mode]
Recording Mode:
Using [Scene Mode] enables you to take pictures with optimum settings (exposure,
colouring, etc.) for given scenes.
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Selecting a Scene Mode inappropriate for the actual scene may affect the colouring of
your picture.
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The following [Rec] menu settings will be automatically adjusted and prevents manual
selection (available settings vary according to scene setting):
[Sensitivity], [Color Mode]
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[White Balance] can only be set in the following scenes.
[Portrait], [Soft Skin], [Self Portrait], [Panorama Assist], [Sports], [Baby], [High Sens.]
(Setting is restored to [AWB] when scene is changed.)
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The types of flash available (→37) vary according to the scene. The Scene Mode flash
setting is reset to the default setting when the Scene Mode is changed.
Display the screen for Recording
Mode selection
Select [Scene Mode]
Select and set the scene
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Scene menu
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