When taking pictures of people outdoors during the day, 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
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The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].
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[I.RESOLUTION] is fixed to [OFF].
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
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If a part of the background etc. is a color close to skin color, 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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[I.RESOLUTION] is fixed to [OFF].
Advanced (Recording pictures)
[PORTRAIT]
[SOFT SKIN]
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