Panasonic DMC-FZ18 Metering Mode, AF Mode, Deciding the method to measure brightness

Advanced (Recording pictures)

•Audio is recorded from the built-in microphone on the camera.

•If you press [MENU/SET] during audio recording, the audio recording is canceled. The audio is not recorded.

•You cannot take pictures with audio in the following cases:

–Auto bracket

–Burst mode

–When the quality is set to [RAW] or [RAW￿JPEG]

–[STARRY SKY] in scene mode

•You cannot use the following functions with pictures with audio.

–[TEXT STAMP]

–[RESIZE]

–[TRIMMING]

–[ASPECT CONV.]

[METERING MODE]

Deciding the method to measure brightness

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P71) You can switch to the following metering modes.

Multiple:

This is the method in which the camera measures the most suitable exposure by judging the allocation of brightness on the whole screen automatically. Usually, we recommend using this method.

Center weighted:

This is the method used to focus on the subject on the center of the screen and measure the whole screen evenly.

78

Spot:

This is the method to measure the subject in the spot metering target ￿.

•Metering mode is fixed to multiple [ ] in

intelligent auto mode [].

•When multiple [] is selected and the AF mode is set to [ ], the camera will adjust the exposure to suit the person’s face.

[AF MODE]

Setting the focus method

Press [ MENUSET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P71) Select the mode that matches the recording conditions and the composition.

Face detection:

The camera

automatically detects the person’s face. The focus and exposure can then be adjusted to

fit that face no matter

what portion of the picture it is in.

Multi-area-focusing:

The camera focuses on any of the selected areas. This is effective when the subject is not in the center of the screen.

VQT1F83