Panasonic DMC-LX100 owner manual 120, Locking the focus, Pinpoint-focusing

Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)

Taking pictures with Auto Focus

Determined position for focus (1-area-focusing) / (Pinpoint-focusing) (1-area-focusing)

Focuses on AF area in center of picture. (Recommended when focus is difficult to align.) ••You can change the position and size of the AF area. (→121)

Locking the focus

If a subject you want to record is not in the center, follow the steps below. (Only when [AFS/AFF/AFC] is set to [AFS])

1	Adjust focus according to	Align the AF
	subject	area with the

subject

Hold down

halfway

Focus display

(When focus is aligned: illuminated When focus is not aligned: flashing)

AF area

(When focus is aligned: green When focus is not aligned: red)

2 Return to desired composition

Press fully

(Pinpoint-focusing)

Enables more precise focusing on a smaller point than [  ] (1-area-focusing).

●●You can set the focus position using the enlarged screen. (→122)

●●When you press the shutter button halfway, an enlarged display of the focus position appears. ●●You can set the timeout for the enlarged display using [Pinpoint AF Time] in the [Custom] menu.

(→122)

●●If [  ] (Pinpoint-focusing) is selected while recording motion pictures, the setting is changed to [  ] (1-area-focusing).

Not available in the following case:

●●Cannot set to [  ] (Pinpoint-focusing) in the following case: ••When [AFS/AFF/AFC] (→114) is set to [AFF] or [AFC]

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