Scene Detection; The Backlight Compensation - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 Owner's Manual For Advanced Features

3. Recording Modes

Scene Detection

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If a tripod is used, for instance, and the camera has judged that camera shake is minimal when
the scene detection has been identified as [
Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.
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Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the same
subject.
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Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, the size, color and shape of the subject,
the distance to the subject, the contrast of the subject, when the subject is moving
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Recording conditions: Sunset, sunrise, under low brightness conditions, when the camera
is shaken, when zoom is used

The Backlight Compensation

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When there is a backlight, the subject appears darker and the camera will automatically
attempt to correct it by increasing the brightness of the picture.
In Intelligent Auto Plus Mode or Intelligent Auto Mode, backlight compensation works
automatically.
], the shutter speed will be slower than normal.
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