Basic
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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
When recording motion pictures
• [
] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.
• When [
], [
] or [
] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it
will adjust the focus and exposure accordingly.
(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 a face similar to the registered face is detected, [R] is
displayed in the top right of [
], [
] and [
].
• Due to conditions such as the ones below, different scene modes may be identified for the
same subject.
– Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, the size and/or 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
not held still, when zoom is used
• To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in the
appropriate recording mode.
• Backlight Compensation
– Backlight refers to when light comes from behind a subject. In this case, the subject will often
be rendered too dark. This function compensates the backlight by brightening the whole of
the picture automatically.
Scene Detection
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[i-PORTRAIT]
[i-SCENERY]
[i-MACRO]
[i-NIGHT PORTRAIT]
¢
1
[i-NIGHT SCENERY]
[iHANDHELD NITE]
¢
2
[i-SUNSET]
[i-BABY]
¢
3
¢
1 Only when [
] is selected.
¢
2 Only displayed when [iHANDHELD NITE] is set to [ON].
¢
3 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.
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[i-PORTRAIT]
[i-SCENERY]
[i-LOW LIGHT]
[i-MACRO]
Summary of Contents for V-Lux 3
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