Panasonic DMC-G2K AF Tracking Function, When operating the touch panel Touch the subject

Basic

Note

•Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the same subject.

–Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, the size of the subject, the color of the subject, the distance to the subject, the contrast of the subject, when the subject is moving

–Recording conditions: Sunset, sunrise, under low brightness conditions, when the camera is shaken, when zoom is used

•To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate Recording Mode.

•The Backlight Compensation

–Backlight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject. In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight by brightening the whole of the picture automatically. Backlight compensation is automatically applied in Intelligent Auto Mode.

AF Tracking Function

It is possible to set the focus and exposure to the specified subject. Focus and exposure will keep following the subject automatically even if it moves.

∫When operating the touch panel

1Touch the subject.

• [ ] is displayed in the lower left of the screen.

• AF Tracking frame will be displayed in yellow, and it will determine the most appropriate scene for the locked subject.

• AF Tracking is canceled when [CANCEL] is touched.

2 Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to take the picture.

∫When operating buttons

1Press and hold [Q.MENU] button until AF

Tracking frame is displayed.

•	[	] is displayed in the lower left of the screen.
•	AF Tracking frame is displayed in the center of the
	screen.

•AF Tracking is canceled when [MENU/SET] is pressed.

•When the [FOCUS AREA SET] is set to [Fn BUTTON SET] (P136), AF Tracking frame can also be displayed by pressing 4.

2 Place the subject in the Tracking frame, and press the shutter button halfway to lock the subject.

•AF area will turn green when the camera detects the subject.

•AF Tracking frame will turn yellow when you release the shutter button and the optimum scene for the locked subject will be identified.

•Press [MENU/SET] to cancel.

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