Taking Pictures With Automatic Settings; [Intelligent Auto] Mode - Panasonic Lumix DMC-S1 Owner's Manual

Taking pictures with automatic settings

[Intelligent Auto] Mode

Recording Mode:
Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as "face," "movement,"
"brightness," and "distance" just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning that clear
pictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually.
Focus display
( When focus is aligned: illuminated
When focus is not aligned: flashing)
The type of scene detected is indicated
by a blue icon for two seconds
■
Holding the camera
AF Assist Lamp/Flash
■
To use flash
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Shutter button
Speaker
Select either
• When
according to the subject and brightness. (→36)
• and
activated.
• The shutter speed is slower in
Display the screen for Recording
Mode selection
Select [Intelligent Auto] Mode
Take pictures
Press halfway
(press lightly to
focus)
• If jitter becomes noticeable, use both hands, keep your
arms close to your body, and stand with your feet at
shoulder width.
• Do not touch the lens.
• Do not block the flash or the AF Assist Lamp.
Do not look at it from close range.
• Try to hold the camera steady when you press the
shutter button.
• Be careful not to block the speaker.
• We recommend the use of the hand strap to avoid
dropping the camera.
or .
is selected, the type of flash automatically changes
indicate that the Red-Eye Reduction function is
Press fully
(press the button all
the way to record)
and .