Panasonic DMC-GH1K operating instructions Taking Pictures with Manual Focus, MF Assist

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[REC] mode:

Taking Pictures with Manual Focus

Use this function when you want to fix the focus or when the distance between the lens and the subject is determined and you do not want to activate auto focus.

Set the focus mode dial to [MF].

•[] is displayed on a screen for about 5 seconds.

Rotate the focus ring to focus on the subject.

•Screen will be enlarged about 5 times as MF assist.

•The enlarged area can be moved by pressing 3/4/2/1.

•MF assist disappears about 10 seconds after you stop pressing 3/4/2/1 or rotating the focus ring.

•MF assist is enlarged from 5 times to 10 times when the front

dial is rotated clockwise. It will return to 5 times by rotating the front dial counter clockwise.

Take the picture.

∫MF ASSIST

If [MF ASSIST] (P129) of [CUSTOM MENU] menu is set to [OFF], an enlarged screen will not be displayed as MF assist, even if focus ring is rotated. To display the MF assist, press

2and then press [MENU/SET] for enlarged display.

1 Press 2 to display the MF assist screen.

2Press 3/4/2/1 to change the position of the MF assist screen.

•The following will return the MF assistance to the original position.

–Switching the focus mode dial to [AFS] or [AFC].

–Changing [ASPECT RATIO] or [PICTURE SIZE].

–Turning the camera off.

3Press [MENU/SET] to magnify the MF assist screen.

•Rotate the focus ring to focus on the subject.

•The enlarged area can be moved by pressing 3/4/2/1.

•MF assist is enlarged from 5 times to 10 times when the front dial is rotated clockwise. It will return to 5 times by rotating the front dial counter-clockwise.

4Press [MENU/SET] to close MF assist.

•The screen returns to the previous screen.

∫Technique for Manual Focus

1Rotate the focus ring to focus on the

subject.

2Rotate it a little more.

3 Finely focus on the subject by rotating the focus ring slowly in reverse.

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