Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40 Operating Instructions Manual page 42

Basics
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Adjusting brightness, colouring, and background defocusing
Press
Press
• [AUTO] is displayed in the icon during automatic adjustment.
Turn the control ring or control dial to adjust
Brightness
Defocus background
condition
Colouring
• You can also make adjustments with
• To return to automatic adjustment → Press [Q.MENU/
Press [MENU/SET]
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When you record motion pictures, the camera performs aperture control within the
appropriate exposure range, and the background defocusing may not change for
some subject brightness levels.
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If the camera is turned off or the Recording Mode is changed, the background
defocusing and colouring settings return to [AUTO].
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When you set [Exposure Comp. Reset] to [ON] in the [Setup] menu, the brightness
setting returns to [AUTO] if you turn off the camera or change the Recording Mode.
(→70)
Taking pictures with automatic settings [Intelligent Auto] Mode
to select an item to adjust
Adjusts brightness.
Adjusts background defocusing.
Adjusts colouring.
Underexposure (dark)
Defocus the
background
Warm colours
Overexposure (bright)
Focus the background
.
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Cool colours
] button.
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