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When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode allows you to improve
the appearance and make their skin tones look healthier.
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Technique for Portrait Mode
To make this mode more effective:
1
Rotate the zoom lever as far as possible to Tele.
2
Move close to the subject to make this mode more effective.
When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode enables the texture of
their skin to appear even softer than with [Portrait].
(It is effective when taking pictures of people from the chest up.)
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Technique for Soft Skin Mode
To make this mode more effective:
1
Rotate the zoom lever as far as possible to Tele.
2
Move close to the subject to make this mode more effective.
• If a part of the background etc. is a colour similar to skin colour, this part is also smoothed.
• This mode may not be effective when there is insufficient brightness.
This allows you to take pictures of a wide landscape.
Setting for when you want to take pictures of sports scenes or other fast-moving events.
• Shutter speed may slow down up to 1 second.
• This mode is suitable for taking pictures of subjects at distances of 5 m (16 feet) or more.
[Portrait]
[Soft Skin]
[Scenery]
[Sports]
