Panasonic DMC-LX100 Taking pictures, Take a picture, Press Button to set the drive mode to Single

Basics

Taking pictures

••Press the [   ] button (   ) to set the drive mode to [   ] ([Single]).

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Select the recording mode (→59)

Adjust focus according to subject

Press halfway (press lightly to focus)

••The aperture value and shutter speed are displayed. (If the aperture value and shutter speed are shown in red and flashing, you do not have the appropriate exposure, unless you are using the flash.)

••When you take a picture in a dark location, [  ] is displayed for the focus display and it may take longer to adjust focus than usual.

••When [AFS/AFF/AFC] in the [Rec] menu is set to [AFF] or [AFC]

––A beep sounds only the first time the camera is focused while you press the shutter button halfway.

––When Auto Focus mode is set to Custom Multi, such as [  ] and [  ], the AF area will be momentarily displayed only for the first time when the camera is focused while you press the shutter button halfway.

Take a picture

Focus display

(When focus is aligned: illuminated

When focus is not aligned: flashing)

Aperture value Shutter speed

AF area

(When focus is aligned: green)

Press fully (press the button all the way to record)

●●		Focus display
The focus display flashes and beep sounds when focus is not aligned.
Use the focus range displayed in red as a reference.
Even if the focus display is lit, the camera may be unable to bring the
subject into focus if it is out of range.
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The AF area display may be larger depending on recording conditions
such as dark locations or zoom ratio.
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The quality of the picture display may be lower during Auto Focus.
	Focus		range

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