Operating instructions

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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[PORTRAIT]
When taking pictures of people outdoors during the day, this mode allows you to improve
their appearance 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.
Note
• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [3].
[SOFT SKIN]
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.
Note
• If a part of the background etc. is a colour close to skin colour, this part is also
smoothed.
• This mode may not be effective when there is insufcient brightness.
• The initial setting for [AF MODE] is [3].