Panasonic DMC-GF1K Taking pictures when AF or AF/AE is set, AE lock indication

Advanced (Recording pictures)

While pressing [AF/AE LOCK], move the camera as you compose the picture.

BAE lock indication

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Press the shutter button halfway to focus on the subject and then press it fully.

∫Fixing the focus or the focus/the exposure

1Select [AF/AE LOCK] in the [CUSTOM MENU] menu. (P28)

2Press 3/4 to select [AF] or [AF/AE] and then press [MENU/SET].

3Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

• You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.

Taking pictures when [AF] or [AF/AE] is set

1Aim the lens at the subject.

2Press and hold [AF/AE LOCK] to fix the focus and the exposure.

•When [AF] is selected, [AFL], the focus indication, aperture value, the shutter speed light when the subject is focused.

•When [AF/AE] is selected, [AFL], [AEL], the focus indication, aperture value and the shutter speed light when the subject is focused and the exposure is set.

•If you release [AF/AE LOCK], AF/AE Lock is cancelled.

3While pressing [AF/AE LOCK], move the camera to the composition you would like to take and then press the shutter button fully.

Note

•If you set [AF/AE LOCK HOLD] in the [CUSTOM MENU] menu to [ON], you can fix the focus and the exposure even if you release [AF/AE LOCK] after pressing it. (P127)

•The brightness of the image displayed on the LCD monitor/optional external viewfinder will be also locked when the AE lock is performed.

•AF Lock only is effective when taking pictures in Manual Exposure Mode.

•AE Lock only is effective during Manual Focus or Preview Mode.

•AE Lock and AF lock can be used during motion picture recording, but AE/AF lock cannot be performed again during motion picture recording. During motion picture recording only cancellation of AE/AF lock can be performed.

•The exposure is set, even if the brightness of the subject changes.

•The subject can be focused again by pressing the shutter button halfway even when AE is locked.

•Programme Shift can be set even when AE is locked.

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