Creative Control Mode; Picture Size; Iso Sensitivity; White Balance - Panasonic DMC-TZ57 User Manual

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Creative Control mode

Most settings change colour for special effects: the effect is obvious.
TOY EFFECT produces vignetting.
MINIATURE EFFECT blurs the upper and lower borders.
SOFT FOCUS blurs the whole picture for portraits, flowers and the like.
STAR FILTER produces stars from pin-points of light.
ONE POINT COLOR allows selecting a colour: all the other colours become black and white.
3. RECORDING – Q.MENU
Press Q.MENU:

Picture Size

ISO Sensitivity

Auto (100-1600) / 100 ... 3200 / iISO: (100-1600). Use low ISO to get very low shutter speeds.

White Balance

AUTO WHITE BAL
DAYLIGHT
All settings allow fine tuning of Red vs Blue (ºK) by pressing DISPLAY: icon on screen is Red/Blue.
WHITE is identical to DAYLIGHT: it is just an alternative for a different Red vs Blue setting.
Many Scene Modes automatically use AWB.
AF Mode
FACE DETECTION: detects face on yellow rectangle, SH focuses on it.
AF TRACKING
o
Bring subject to AF frame and press
o
AF turns
23-AREA: Focuses on up to 23 points in each area. Best for difficult focusing.
1-AREA AND SPOT: Centre focusing.

Burst Mode

Focus, Exposure and WB are fixed to settings for 1
n: pictures per second. Availability depends on picture size and Mode.
Movie Quality:
Selects FHD, HD or VGA.
Monitor Brightness:
. RECORDING – ARROWS
4
Auto Exposure Compensation

till EXPOSURE appears, then

Auto Bracket


till AUTO BRACKET appears, then
Not available in Scene Modes: Panorama and Handheld Night Shot, and Movies.
Focus Type: Auto, Macro, Manual
shows Macro menu: AF / MacroZoom / OFF.
MIN. FOCUS
RANGE AS
TESTED


selects feature,
yellow
and locks on subject. Press
A*: Auto w/ambient light | Power: very bright | OFF.

Focus Type
AF (MACRO OFF)
AF MACRO
MACRO ZOOM
4
ISO is set to Auto, White Balance to AWB
selects setting. All are memorised.
Modes all. Special subset for
Modes
Modes
CLOUDY (+ red)
SHADE (++red)
Modes all except
Not available in Panorama and some Creative Modes
to lock on the subject.
again to cancel the lock.
Centre cannot be moved
Modes all except Panorama
st
picture.
Modes all except
. Shows in .
(pressing
Modes all

(cancelled manually or when power OFF)
Modes

select and
3X
1X
10 cm
40 cm
2 cm
15 cm
1 cm
2 cm
.
INCANDESCENT (blue)
WHITE (alternative to DAYLIGHT)
Not av. in Scene modes
Valid for PLAYBACK as well
and
or Q.MENU does not cancel!)
NO Macro AF in Selfie
: AF shows in .
10-20X
2 mt
1 mt
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