When taking pictures of people outdoors during the daytime, this mode allows you to
improve the appearance of the persons concerned and make their skin tones look
healthier.
∫ 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.
Note
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The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].
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.)
∫ 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.
Note
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If a part of the background etc. is a colour close to skin colour, this part is also smoothed.
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This mode may not be effective when there is insufficient brightness.
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The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].
Select this to take pictures of yourself.
∫ Technique for Self portrait mode
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Press the shutter button halfway to focus. The self-timer indicator
lights up when you are brought into focus. Making sure you hold
the camera still, press the shutter button fully to take the picture.
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The subject is not focused when the self-timer indicator is
blinking. Make sure to press the shutter button halfway again to
focus.
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The recorded picture automatically appears on the LCD monitor
for reviewing.
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If the picture is blurry due to the slow shutter speed, we
recommend using the 2 second self-timer.
Note
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The focus range is about 30 cm to 70 cm.
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You can take a picture of yourself with audio (P66). If you do this, the self-timer indicator will
light up while recording the audio.
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The zoom magnification is automatically moved to Wide (1k).
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The self-timer can only be set to off or 2 seconds. If it is set to 2 seconds, this setting will
remain until the camera is turned off, the scene mode is changed or [REC] mode or
[PLAYBACK] mode is selected.
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The stabilizer function mode is fixed to [MODE2]. (P65)
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The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [š].
* [PORTRAIT]
+ [SOFT SKIN]
0 [SELF PORTRAIT]
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