Panasonic DMC-LX100 owner manual 116, Taking front-on pictures of people Face/Eye Detection

Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)

Taking pictures with Auto Focus

Taking front-on pictures of people (Face/Eye Detection)

The camera automatically detects the faces and eyes of subjects. The camera adjusts the focus on the eye that is closer to the camera and the exposure using the face (when [Metering Mode] is set to [  ] (Multi Metering)).

••The camera can detect up to 15 faces. The camera can detect only the eyes of faces to be focused on.

When the camera recognizes a face, the AF area and eye used for focusing are displayed.

Yellow:When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns green when the camera is focused.

White: Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other faces that are the same distance away as faces within the yellow AF area are also focused.

Eye used for focusing

●●You can change the position and size of the AF area and eye to be used for focusing.

(→121)

●●If [Metering Mode] is set to [  ] (Multi Metering) when [  ] (Face/Eye Detection) is selected, the camera will adjust the exposure using the face of a subject. (→139)

Not available in the following case:

●●If conditions prevent the face from being recognized, such as when the movement of the subject is too rapid, the AF Mode setting switches to [  ] (49-area-focusing).

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