Panasonic DMC-FX55 Stabilizer, About or, Detecting jitter and compensating for it, Desired

Advanced (Recording pictures)

∫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 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], and [AERIAL PHOTO] 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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[STABILIZER]

Detecting jitter and compensating for it

Press [ MENU/SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P55)

[MODE1] The stabilizer operates

( ) continuously and can assist during photo composition.

[MODE2] The jitter is compensated for

( ) when the shutter button is pressed. There is a greater stabilizing effect.

[OFF]	When the stabilizer is not
(	) desired.

∫About the jitter/movement detection demonstration screen

Press [DISPLAY] to display [JITTER, SUBJ. MOVE DEMO] when the [STABILIZER] screen is displayed. (Pictures cannot be recorded when the [JITTER, SUBJ. MOVE DEMO] screen appears.)

Press [DISPLAY] again to finish this mode.

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AJitter detection demonstration

BMovement detection demonstration

• It is also possible to display this screen using the quick setting (P55).

• The camera automatically detects the jitter and the movement of the subject and displays these on the indicator.

• We recommend using a bright subject with high contrast for the subject movement demonstration.

• The jitter/movement detection demonstration screen is an approximation.

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