Panasonic DMC-TZ50 Taking pictures with your, Own settings, Align focus for desired composition

Basics	2	Taking pictures with your
		own settings
		Shutter button 1	Turn on the power
			Status indicator illuminated for
			approx. 1 second.
		Zoom lever

Using REC menu (P.55) to change settings and set up your own recording environment.

Align focus for desired composition

Useful when subject is not in center of picture.

1 First adjust focus according to subject

	2
Status indicator	3

To use zoom

Set to

Set to (NORMAL PICTURE mode)

		Subjects/environments which may
		make focusing difficult:
Hold down		• Fast-moving or extremely bright
		objects, or objects with no color
halfway		contrast.
F3.3	1/30
		• Taking pictures through glass or near
AF area		objects emitting light. In dark, or with
		significant jitter.
		• When too close to object or when
		taking pictures of both distant and
		close objects together in the same
		picture.
		We recommend using the ‘face
		detection’ function when taking pictures

(P.32)

To use flash

(P.38)

To adjust image	4
brightness

(P.43)

To take close-up pictures

(P.40)

Take a picture
		Focus display
		(when focus
Press halfway		aligned: illuminated
		when focus is not
(Adjust the
		aligned: flashing)
focus)	F3.3
		1/30

2 Return to desired composition

Press fully

F3.3 1/30

AF area

of people (P.59).

To adjust coloring	AF area
(P.58)	(Aligns focus with subject;
	when focus aligned: green
	when focus is not aligned: red)

Press fully

• Beep sounds when focus is not aligned.

Focus range → (P.41).

Outside of range, focus may not be aligned even if display is lit as normal. AF area is displayed larger in dark conditions or when using digital zoom.

Most displays are temporarily cleared from screen when the shutter button is pressed halfway.

Holding camera vertically

Pictures taken with camera held vertically can automatically be displayed vertically in playback.

When (jitter alert) is displayed, use the optical image stabilizer (P.62), a tripod, or the self-timer (P.42).

If aperture value or shutter speed is displayed in red, correct exposure has not been achieved. Use flash or change ‘SENSITIVITY’ (P.57) settings.

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Jitter alert display

F3.3	1/10
Aperture	Shutter speed
value

(Only when ‘ROTATE DISP.’ (P.76) set to ‘ON’)

Pictures may not be able to be displayed vertically if taken with camera facing upwards or downwards. Motion pictures cannot be displayed vertically during playback.

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