Panasonic DMC-FX33 Spot-focusing, Camera focuses on a limited narrow area in the screen, About or

Advanced (Recording pictures)

Spot-focusing:

The camera focuses on a limited narrow area in the screen.

∫About face detection

This function detects a person’s face in the image area so that the focus can be adjusted properly. This is particularly effective in preventing errors such as when the focus is on the background when taking a commemorative photograph.

•When the camera detects a person’s face, the following color AF area is displayed. Yellow:

When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns green when the camera is focused.

White:

Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other faces that are the same distance away as faces within the yellow AF areas are also focused.

•Up to 15 AF areas are displayed.

•Under certain picture-taking conditions including the following cases, the facial recognition function may fail to work, making it impossible to detect faces. [AF MODE] is switched to [ ].

–When the face is not facing the camera

–When the face is at an angle

–When the face is extremely bright or dark

–When there is little contrast on the faces

–When the facial features are hidden behind sunglasses, etc.

–When the face appears small on the screen

–When there is rapid movement

–When the subject is other than a human being

–When the camera is shaking

–When digital zoom is used

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∫About [ ] or [ ]

•You can focus on the subject more quickly than other AF modes.

•The picture may stop moving for a moment before being brought into focus when you press the shutter button halfway. This is not a malfunction.

•The AF area displayed is bigger than usual when taking pictures in dark places or when using the digital zoom. The AF area displayed on the center of the screen may also be bigger than usual when taking pictures in underwater mode.

•The camera is focusing on all the AF areas when multiple AF areas (max.

5 areas) light at the same time.

The focus position is not predetermined. It is set to a position automatically determined by the camera at the time of focusing. If you want to determine the focus position to take pictures, switch the

AF mode to [ ], [ ] or [ ].

•If the AF mode is set to [ ] or [ ], the AF area is not displayed until the picture is brought into focus.

•Switch the AF mode to [ ] or [ ] if it is difficult to focus using [ ].

•The AF mode cannot be set in [FIREWORKS] in scene mode.

•It is not possible to set [ ] in the following cases.

–In [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [STARRY SKY], [AERIAL PHOTO] and [UNDERWATER] in scene mode.

–In motion picture mode [].

•The camera may detect the subjects other than a person as the face. In this case, switch the AF mode to any modes other than [ ] and then take a picture.

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