Panasonic DMC-FZ30GN - Manual (Page 73)

Recording pictures (advanced)
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[SCENE MODE] menu (Refer to P69 for information about how to select the menu.)
Birthday setting
1 Select [BIRTHDAY SET.] and press
1.
2 When a message [PLEASE SET THE
BIRTHDAY OF THE BABY] appears,
select items (year, month and day) using
2/1, and set using 3/4.
3 Press the [MENU] button to finish the
setting.
• If you select [WITH AGE] without setting
birthday in advance, a message is
displayed. Press the [MENU] button, and
set birthday following the above steps 2
and 3.
• The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [AUTO].
• After turning on the camera in [BABY] or
switching to [BABY] from other modes, the
age and current date and time are
displayed for about 5 seconds at the
bottom of the screen.
• The age display style differs depending on
the language setting in the recording
mode.
• The date of birth is displayed as [0 month
0 day].
• If the age is not properly displayed, check
the clock and birthday settings.
• If the camera is set to [WITHOUT AGE],
the age is not recorded even the time and
birthday are set. This means that the age
cannot be displayed even if you set the
camera to [WITH AGE] after taking
pictures.
• For resetting the birthday setting, use
[RESET] in the [SETUP] menu (P23).
Select this mode when you want to take a
bust image of the subject. In this mode,
camera detects a skin-colour area, such as
face, to achieve a smooth appearance of
the skin.
∫ 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.
• This mode is only suitable for outdoors in
the daytime.
• The ISO sensitivity is fixed to [ISO80].
• If there is a colour close to the skin colour
in the background, that part is also
smoothened.
• This mode may not be effective in
insufficient brightness.
Soft skin mode
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