Panasonic HDC-HS250P/PC User Manual page 61

Function
Red eye reduction
Intelligent contrast control:
p If there are extremely dark or bright parts or the
brightness is insufficient, the effect may not be
clear.
Intelligent exposure:
p If there are extremely dark parts or the
brightness is insufficient, the effect may not be
clear.
Fade:
p The thumbnails of scenes recorded using fade
in become black (or white).
Soft skin mode:
p If the background or anything else in the scene
has colors similar to the skin color, they will
also be smoothed.
p If the brightness is insufficient, the effect may
not be clear.
p If you record a person in the distance, the face
may not be recorded clearly. In this case,
cancel Soft Skin mode or zoom in on the face
(close-up) to record.
Tele macro:
p The tele macro function is canceled when the
zoom magnification becomes lower than 12M.
MagicPix:
p Recorded scene is seen as if frames were
missed.
p If set in a bright place, the screen may become
washed out for a while.
p Bright dots that are usually invisible may be
seen, but this is not a malfunction.
p Using a tripod is recommended.
p In darker areas, Auto Focus may focus a bit
slower. This is normal.
Reduces the phenomena where human eyes become red
from flashes.
p In Motion Picture Recording Mode, set this function from the
menu.
Self-timer:
p The Self-timer Standby Mode is canceled when
you press the recording start/stop button to
start motion picture recording.
p Setting the self-timer to h2 is a good way to
prevent image shake when the
pressed while using a tripod etc.
Built-in flash:
p Set the flash to
prohibited.
p If the ` indication etc. flashes when the
button is pressed halfway, the flash is not
activated.
p The available range of the flash is approx. 1 m
to 2.5 m (3.3 feet to 8.2 feet) in dark places.
p Using the flash fixes a shutter speed to 1/500
or slower.
p A conversion lens (optional) can block the flash
and may cause a vignetting effect.
Red eye reduction:
p The flash is activated 2 times.
p Red eye phenomenon may appear depending
on the recording conditions.
p When faces are detected in the Intelligent Auto
Mode, the red eye reduction is set to on.
Effect
where using a flash is
button is
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