How to select a Photo Style. - LUMIX S-Series

Applicable Recording modes

Applicable Shooting modes

Selecting a Photo Style

You can select the finishing settings of images to suit your subjects and expression styles. The image quality can be adjusted for each Photo Style.

To select a Photo Style: Press [MENU / SET] → [Rec] → [Image Quality Menu] → [Photo Style]

Photo Style Setting and Information

Icon	Photo Style	Information
[Standard Photo Style]	[Standard]	The standard setting.
[Vivid Photo Style]	[Vivid]	A setting that produces a more vivid quality with higher saturation and contrast.
[Natural Photo Style]	[Natural]	A setting that produces a softer quality with lower contrast.
[Flat Photo Style]	[Flat]	A setting that produces a flatter image quality with lower saturation and contrast.
[Landscape Photo Style]	[Landscape]	A setting suited for sceneries with vivid blue skies and greens.
[Portrait Photo Style]	[Portrait]	A setting suited for portraits with a healthy and beautiful skin tone.
[Monochrome Photo Style]	[Monochrome]	A monochrome setting with no color shades.
[L. Monochrome Photo Style]	[L. Monochrome]	A black-and-white setting with rich gradation and crisp black accents.
[L. Monochrome D Photo Style]	[L. Monochrome D]	A monochrome setting that creates a dynamic impression with enhanced highlights and shadows.
[Cinelike D Photo Style]	[Cinelike D]	A setting that creates a film-like finishing touch using a gamma curve and gives priority to the dynamic range. This function is suitable for video editing processes.
[Cinelike V Photo Style]	[Cinelike V]	A setting that creates a film-like finishing touch using a gamma curve that gives priority to the contrast.
[Like709 Photo Style]	[Like709]	A setting that minimizes overexposure by applying a gamma curve correction equivalent to Rec.709 to perform compression (knee adjustment) of high-luminance areas. Rec.709 is an abbreviation of “ITU-R Recommendation BT.709”, a standard for high definition broadcasting.
[Standard (HLG) Photo Style]	[Standard (HLG)] *1	A setting used to record [HLG Photo].
[Monochrome (HLG) Photo Style]	[Monochrome (HLG)] *1	A setting used to record [HLG Photo] in monochrome.
[Like2100(HLG) Photo Style]	[Like2100(HLG)] (DC-S1) *2	A setting used to record HLG format video.
[My Photo Style]	[MY PHOTO STYLE 1] to [MY PHOTO STYLE 10] *3	Adjusts the image quality of Photo Style items to your preferred settings and registers these as My Photo Style items.
*1 - When [HLG Photo] is set, only this item can be selected. *2 - When [Rec. File Format] is set to [MP4 HEVC] in [Creative Video Mode], this is fixed to [Like2100(HLG)]. *3 - Effects up to [MY PHOTO STYLE 4] are displayed with the default settings. You can set the items to display in the menu with [Show/Hide Photo Style] in [Photo Style Settings].

Note:

• In [iA] mode, operation differs from that in other recording modes.
• [Standard] or [Monochrome] can be set.
• The setting will be reset to [Standard] when the camera is switched to another recording mode or it is turned off.
• Image quality cannot be adjusted.
• When [Filter Settings] is being used, [Photo Style] is not available.
• You can register functions to Fn buttons.
  • [Settings] → [Operations] → [Fn Button Set] → [Setting in REC mode] → [Photo Style]
• You can make detailed Photo Style settings.
  • [Settings] → [Image Quality] → [Photo Style Settings]

Adjusting the Image Quality

1. Press [◄ / ►]
2. Press [▲ / ▼] to select an item and then press [◄ / ►] to adjust.
   • Adjusted items are indicated with [*].
3. Press [MENU / SET] or [Joystick Pressed Down].
   • When the image quality is adjusted, the Photo Style icon on the recording screen is indicated with [*].

Setting Items (Picture Mode) (DC-S1, DC-S1R)

Image Adjustment Settings and Information

Icon	Image Adjustments		Information
[Contrast]	[Contrast] *1		Adjusts the contrast in the image.
[Highlight]	[Highlight] *1		Adjusts the brightness of bright areas.
[Shadow]	[Shadow] *1		Adjusts the brightness of dark areas.
[Saturation]	[Saturation] *2		Adjusts the vividness of colors.
[Colour Tone]	[Colour Tone] *3		Adjusts blue and yellow tints.
[Hue]	[Hue] *2		Assuming that the reference point is red, this rotates the hue toward violet/magenta or yellow/green to adjust the coloring of the entire image.
[Filter Effect]	[Filter Effect] *3	[Yellow]	Enhances the contrast. (Effect: weak) Records the sky with a clear blue.
		[Orange]	Enhances the contrast. (Effect: medium) Records the sky with a darker blue.
		[Red]	Enhances the contrast. (Effect: strong) Records the sky with a much darker blue.
		[Green]	Skin and lips of people appear in natural tones. Green leaves appear brighter and more enhanced.
		[Off]	---
[Grain Effect]	[Grain Effect] *4	[Low] / [Standard] / [High]	Sets the grain effect level.
		[Off]	---
[S]	[Sharpness]		Adjusts the outlines in the image.
[NR]	[Noise Reduction]		Adjusts the noise reduction effect. Increasing the effect may cause a slight drop in picture resolution.
[ISO]	[Sensitivity] *5		Sets the ISO sensitivity.
[WB]	[White Balance] *5		Sets the white balance.
*1 - Cannot be adjusted when [Like709], [Standard(HLG)], [Monochrome(HLG)] or [Like2100(HLG)] is selected. *2 - Available when anything other than [Monochrome], [L.Monochrome], [L.Monochrome D] or [Monochrome(HLG)] is selected. *3 - Available when [Monochrome], [L.Monochrome], [L.Monochrome D] or [Monochrome(HLG)] is selected. *4 - Available when [Monochrome], [L.Monochrome] or [L.Monochrome D] is selected. *5 - Available when [MY PHOTO STYLE 1] to [MY PHOTO STYLE 10] is selected. To use this, set [Sensitivity] and [White Balance] to [ON] in [Add Effects] in [My Photo Style Settings] in [Photo Style Settings] of the [Custom] ([Image Quality]) menu.

Notes

• You can set the knee mode with [Like709].
• The effects of [Grain Effect] cannot be checked on the recording screen.
• [Grain Effect] is not available when using the following functions:
  • Video recording / [6K/4K PHOTO] / [Post-Focus]