Panasonic DMC-GM1 owner manual 140, About 23-Area, About 1-Area, About Pinpoint

6. Focus and Brightness (Exposure) Settings

About [ ] ([23-Area])

Up to 23 AF areas can be focused.

This is effective when a subject is not in the center of the screen.

•The 23 AF areas can be divided into 9 areas and the area to be focused can be set. (P141)

About [] ([1-Area])

The camera focuses on the subject in the AF area on the center of the screen.

•Position and size of the AF area can be changed. (P141)

•When the subject is not in the center of the composition in [Ø], you can bring the subject into the AF area, fix the focus and exposure by pressing the shutter button halfway, move the camera to the composition you want with the shutter button pressed halfway, and then take the picture.

(Only when the focus mode is set to [AFS].)

About [ ] ([Pinpoint])

You can achieve a more precise focus on a point that is smaller than [Ø].

•The focus position can be set on an enlarged screen. (P142)

•If the shutter button is pressed halfway, the screen for checking the focus position will be enlarged.

•In the following case, [ ] operates as [Ø]

–When recording motion pictures

•It cannot be set to [ ] in the following cases.

–[AFF]/[AFC] (focus mode)

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