Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX78 Owner's Manual page 32

Basic
When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is
displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its color changes to the usual red.
When taking pictures
I1_ _ [] [i-Portrait]
[_ [i-Scenery]
[_ [i-Macro]
[_ [i-Night Portrait] • Only when [i,_A] is selected
[] [i-Night Scenery]
[_ [i-Sunset]
[i-Baby] I
When recording motion pictures
I1_ _ [] [i-Portrait]
[_ [i-Scenery]
_'_ [i-Low Light]
_j [i-Macro]
• [1_] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.
• When [[]], [_] or [_J_] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person's face, and it
will adjust the focus and exposure. (Face Detection)
• If a tripod is used, for instance, and the camera has judged that camera shake is minimal when
the Scene Mode has been identified as [_], the shutter speed will be set to a maximum of
8 seconds.Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.
• When [Face Recog.] is set to [ON], and the face similar to the registered face is detected, [R] is
displayed in the top right of [[]], [_] and [[]].
When [Face Recog.] is set to [ON], [_'_] will be displayed for birthdays of registered faces
already set only when the face of a person 3 years old or younger is detected.
• Due to factors such as size, contrast, motion and proximity a different mode may be identified
for the same subject.
- Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, the size of the subject, the color of the
subject, the distance to the subject, the contrast of the subject, when the subject is moving
-Recording conditions: Sunset, sunrise, under low brightness conditions, when the camera is
shaken, when zoom is used
• For the best results, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate Recording
Mode.
"The Backlight Compensation
Backlight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject.
In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight by
brightening the whole of the picture automatically.
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