Panasonic DMC-LX100 owner manual 125, Turning on/off the AF Assist Lamp

Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)

Taking pictures with Auto Focus

Turning on/off the AF Assist Lamp

→ [Custom] → [AF Assist Lamp] → [ON] / [OFF]

Illuminates the AF Assist Lamp when the shutter button is pressed halfway when it is too dark to facilitate focusing. (A large AF area is displayed based on recording conditions.) ●●The AF Assist Lamp has an effective distance of 1.5 m (4.9 feet).

●●AF Assist Lamp is effective for a subject at the center of the screen. Use the lamp by positioning a subject at the center of the screen.

●●If you do not want to illuminate the AF Assist Lamp when you take a picture in a dark location (e.g. taking a picture of an animal in the dark), set this function to [OFF]. When the AF Assist Lamp is set to [OFF], sharper focusing will become difficult.

●●The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following case: ••When [Silent Mode] is set to [ON]

Enabling/disabling recording when a subject is out of focus

→ [Custom] → [Focus/Release Priority]

[FOCUS]:Recording is disabled unless the focusing is performed properly.

[RELEASE]: Recording is performed when you fully press the shutter button to place priority on the shutter release timing that helps to avoid missed opportunities.

●●Note that a picture may be out of focus when [RELEASE] is set, even if the focus mode is set to [AFS], [AFF], or [AFC].

●●This function is disabled during motion picture recording.

Enabling/disabling manual focus adjustment after AF

→ [Custom] → [AF+MF] → [ON] / [OFF]

You can manually perform fine focusing during AF Lock (pressing the shutter button halfway when [AFS/AFF/AFC] is set to [AFS] or setting AF Lock using the [AF/AE LOCK] button).

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