Panasonic DMC-FX55 Taking Pictures, Aim the AF area at the point you want to focus on

Basic

Taking Pictures

The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and the aperture value according to the brightness of the subject.

•The status indicator 3 lights when you turn this unit on 2. (It turns off after about 1 second.)

(1: Shutter button)

1 Hold this unit gently with both hands, keep your arms still at your side and stand with your feet slightly apart.

AFlash

BAF assist lamp

CWhen holding the camera vertically

2 Aim the AF area at the point you want to focus on.

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3 Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

F2.8 1/30

•The focus indication 2 lights green and the AF area 1 turns from white to green.

(3: Aperture value, 4: Shutter speed)

•The focus range is 50 cm (1.64 feet) to ¶.

•The subject is not focused in the following cases.

–The focus indication blinks (green).

–The AF area turns white to red or there is no AF area.

–The focus sound beeps 4 times.

•If the distance is beyond the focus range, the picture may not be properly focused even if the focus indication lights.

4 Press the halfway pressed shutter button fully to take a picture.

∫Using the flash

If the camera determines that the place where the picture is being taken is dark, the flash is activated when the shutter button is pressed fully. (When the flash is set to

AUTO [ ]/AUTO/Red-eye reduction

[ ]/Slow sync./Red-eye

reduction .)

•You can switch the flash setting to match the recording. (P34)

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