Manufacturer's Description
Sometimes a scene is backlit or too dark,
or it's difficult to get a good focus on the subject.
Adjusting the settings every time
is not only a hassle, it can be very tricky.
That's where iA comes in.
This powerful function senses the shooting conditions
and automatically makes the
settings and activates functions that will
deliver optimal results. With both
motion and still images, iA lets you forget
about bothersome settings and makes
it easy to capture beautiful, well-focused images.
Advanced Optical Image Stabiliser (Optical Image Stabilizer)
Panasonic’s advanced O.I.S. suppresses
the effects of hand-shake as you shoot.
You get all the beauty and none
of the blurring, even at high zoom levels.
The O.I.S. lens moves up/down
or left/right and bends the incoming
light to correct hand-shake. It checks and
compensates around 4,000 times per second.
That means that the correction area is
3 times what it was with the previous O.I.S.
Intelligent Contrast Control
By detecting the intensity of the ambient light and adjusting
the exposure accordingly,
Intelligent Contrast Control prevents blown
highlights and blocked shadows.
This helps render natural looking,
highly nuanced images with proper contrast.
Even when you’re shooting directly towards the light source -
a very challenging situation in photography -
Intelligent Contrast Control lets you
capture clear images with enhanced depth.
The contrast looks natural.
The woman shading on the beach
has been brightened without making
the background appear washed out.
Intelligent Scene Selection
The Scene Selector function analyses
the shooting situation and automatically
switches the camcorder to the
Scene mode that will give you optimal
results. It detects the situation and
switches the scene mode automatically
Low Light
Use in dim lighting. This mode
automatically switches to a slower
shutter speed so that images across
the entire frame are bright and easy to see.
Spotlight
Use this mode for scenes
with particularly strong contrast,
such as when you’re shooting
a spotlit area on a darkened stage.
Scenery
This mode is ideal for shooting
wide landscapes and sweeping vistas,
such as at the ocean or in the mountains.
It balances the exposure over
the entire frame to prevent
brighter parts of the image,
such as the sky, from being washed
out or having blown highlights.
Face
This mode captures faces
beautifully. It automatically
detects when there’s a face
in the frame and adjusts the
exposure to capture it correctly.
The focus also emphasises the face.
AF Tracking
The new AF Tracking, which keeps
the subject in focus even if it moves
around to ensure continuously beautiful
image quality. The standard auto
mode focuses on the subject at the
center of the screen, but AF Tracking
allows the user to lock the focus
on a subject even if it is at an edge
of the screen. This is done by
simply touching the selected subject
on the touch-screen. AF Tracking
ensures that the subject stays in focus
even if it moves or turns away
from the camcorder, thus recording
images with the most suitable AF/AE
(auto focus/auto exposure) settings.
“Lock-on and Shoot” your desired
target via Touch Screen LCD.
Face Detection
Face Detection automatically senses
the ambient lighting and adjusts the
exposure accordingly, so faces are
bright and easy to see. The focus also
prioritises the faces, and skin tones
are smoothed. Faces in the centre of
the frame serve as the reference for adjustments,
but the function can detect up to 15 faces in all.
An orange frame appears around the
face as the basis for adjustment.
Faces are captured beautifully -
even in dim or backlit scenes.