User manual PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-TZ60GA

[. . . ] Recording of pre-recorded tapes or discs or other published or broadcast material for purposes other than your own private use may infringe copyright laws. Even for the purpose of private use, recording of certain material may be restricted. · Please note that the actual controls and components, menu items, etc. of your Digital Camera may look somewhat different from those shown in the illustrations in these Operating Instructions. [. . . ] In this mode, camera detects a skin-color area, such as face, to achieve a smooth appearance of the skin. Candle light mode Use this mode when you want to take photos with a candle light atmosphere. 5 5 Technique for Soft skin mode To make this mode more effective: 1 Rotate the zoom ring to Tele as far as possible. 2 To maximise the effect, select a background as far as possible from the camera, and get closer to the subject. Technique for Candle light mode · By making the most of the candle light, you can take successful pictures without using the flash. · We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P53) for taking pictures. · The flash setting can be set to Slow sync. / Red-eye reduction [ ] or Forced ON/ Red-eye reduction [ ]. · The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO]. · This mode is only suitable for outdoors in the daytime. · The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80]. · If there is a color close to the skin color in the background, that part is also smoothened. · This mode may not be effective in insufficient brightness. 76 VQT0R81 Recording pictures (advanced) [SCENE MODE] menu (Refer to P71 for information about how to select the menu. ) Party mode This mode allows you to take a picture according to the atmosphere of the situation (e. g. a wedding reception, a party in a dark room, etc. ). Both the people and the background can be recorded with brightness in real life by using the flash and slowing down the shutter speed. Fireworks mode This mode allows you to take beautiful pictures of fireworks exploding in the night sky. The shutter speed or the exposure is automatically adjusted for taking pictures of fireworks. 5 5 Technique for Party mode · Open the flash. (P49) · Since the shutter speed becomes slow, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P53) for taking pictures. (P30) 15 CANCEL MENU · Press the shutter button until the countdown screen is displayed. Do not move the camera after this screen is displayed. When countdown finishes, [PLEASE WAIT] is displayed for the same length of time as the set shutter speed for signal processing. 79 VQT0R81 Recording pictures (advanced) [SCENE MODE] menu (Refer to P71 for information about how to select the menu. ) Panning mode When you take a picture following the motion of a subject which moves in a certain direction such as a runner or a car, the background will show some motion blur. This special effect is called "panning". This mode allows you to obtain this effect easier. 5 Technique for Panning mode To achieve good pictures in panning mode, pick a horizontal plane ­ and then pan as you fire shots. · In panning mode, the shutter speed becomes slower than usual to achieve the panning effect. · Panning function does not work well in the following situations. ­ Very bright scenes such as daytime in summer. We recommend using an ND filter (DMW-LND55; optional). (P126) ­ When the shutter speed is faster than 1/100th. ­ When the subject moves slowly and the tracking speed is too slow. (The background cannot be recorded dynamically. ) · You cannot set the stabilizer function mode to [MODE2]. [. . . ] 96 TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 118, 121 USB Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 117, 118, 121 V Video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]