Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Lx100 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the picture quality with effects  [Photo Style]
 ■Adjusting the picture quality
  Press   to select the type of Photo StyleStandard
  Press   to select an item and press   to adjust
[Contrast][+] Increases the contrast in a picture.
[–] Decreases the contrast in a picture.
[Sharpness] [+] Enhances the outlines in a picture.
[–] Softens the outlines in a picture.
[Noise Reduction] [+]
Increases the noise reduction effect to reduce noise. This...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting highlights and shadows  [Highlight Shadow]
Recording mode: 
You can adjust the highlights and shadows in a picture while confirming the brightness of 
these areas on the screen.
1Set the menu
 →  [Rec] → [Highlight Shadow]
2Press   to select the item
([Standard])No adjustments.
([Higher contrast])Makes the highlighted areas brighter and shadowed areas 
darker.
([Lower contrast])Makes the highlighted areas darker and shadowed areas 
brighter....

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the White Balance
Recording mode: 
In sunlight, under incandescent lights or in other such conditions where the color of white 
takes on a reddish or bluish tinge, this item adjusts to the color of white which is closest to 
what is seen by the eye in accordance with the light source.
1Press [WB] button (  )
2Turn the control dial to select the White 
Balance and press [MENU/SET]
[AWB]Automatic adjustment in accordance with the light source.
[...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the White Balance
 ■Auto White Balance
When [AWB] (Automatic White Balance) is set, the coloring is adjusted in accordance 
with the light source. However, if the scene is too bright or too dark or if other extreme 
conditions apply, the pictures may appear reddish or bluish. The White Balance may 
not operate correctly if there is a multiple number of light sources. In that case, set the 
[White Balance] to settings other than [AWB] to adjust...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the White Balance
Setting the White Balance using color temperature
You can set the White Balance using color temperature. Color temperature is a numeric 
value that expresses the color of light (unit: K*
). A picture becomes bluish when the color 
temperature value is higher, and reddish when the temperature value is lower.
*
 Kelvin
1Press [WB] button (  )
2Turn the control dial to select [  ] and press 
3Use   to select the color temperature...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Adjusting the White Balance
Bracket recording using White Balance
Bracket settings are performed based on the fine adjustment values for White Balance, 
and three pictures with different coloring are automatically recorded when the shutter 
button is pressed once.
1Perform fine adjustments of the White Balance in 
step 2 of “Performing White Balance fine adjustments” 
and turn the control dial to perform the Bracket setting
Turning the control dial to the...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Setting the picture quality and size
Changing the aspect ratio of the still pictures
Recording mode: 
You can easily switch the aspect ratio of still pictures using the aspect ratio selector 
switch.
1Switching the aspect ratio selector switch
[4:3]Aspect ratio of a 4:3 TV
[1:1] Aspect ratio of a square image
[16:9] Aspect ratio of high-definition TV, etc.
[3:2] Aspect ratio of standard film cameras
 ●Edges may be cut off when printing - be sure to check...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Setting the picture quality and size
Setting the picture size
Recording mode: 
The higher the numbers of pixels, the finer the detail of the pictures will appear even 
when they are printed onto large sheets.
 →  [Rec] → [Picture Size]
Aspect ratio4:31:116:9 3:2
[Picture Size] [L] 12.5M
4112×3088[L] 10M3088×3088[L] 11M4480×2520[L] 12M4272×2856
[  M] 6.5M2976×2232[  M] 5M2240×2240[  M] 8M3840×2160[  M] 6.5M3120×2080
[  S] 3M2048×1536[  S] 2.5M1536×1536[  S]...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Setting the picture quality and size
Setting the compression rate of pictures ([Quality])
Recording mode: 
Set the compression rate used for storing pictures.
 →  [Rec] → [Quality]
Settings File formatDescription
[
  ] JPEG Gives priority to picture quality and saves pictures in JPEG file 
format.
[
  ] Saves pictures in JPEG file format using standard picture quality
.
This setting is useful when you want to increase the number of 
recordable pictures...

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Picture Quality and coloring Settings
Setting the picture quality and size
Not available in the following cases:
 ●The following effects cannot be used on RAW file pictures. • [Intelligent Auto] Mode
 • Picture effects (Filter) • White Balance*1
 • [Photo Style]*1 / [Highlight Shadow]*1 / [i.Dynamic]*1 / [Red-Eye Removal]*2 / [i.Resolution]*1 / 
[Color Space]*1 ([Rec] menu) ●You cannot set to [  ], [  ] or [  ] in the following case: • During panorama picture recording*1   When you use [RA W...