Panasonic DMC-LX2 Spot-focusing, This is fixed to 1-area-focusing in Auto mode

Menu Settings

USpot-focusing:

The camera focuses on the limited and narrow area in the screen.

nAbout 1-area-focusing (High speed) and 3-area-focusing (High speed)

•You can focus on the subject more quickly than other AF modes.

•Pictures may become still in the condition they were in before the subject was focused when you press the shutter button halfway. However, it is not a malfunction.

• When using the digital

zoom or when you take pictures in dark places, the AF

area is displayed on the center of the screen with a size wider than usual.

•When multiple AF areas (max. 9 areas) light at the same time, the camera is focusing on all the AF areas.

The focus position is not predetermined because it is set to the position the camera automatically determines at the time of focusing. If you want to determine the focus position to take pictures, switch the AF mode to 1-area-focusing, 1-area-focusing (high speed) or Spot-focusing mode.

•Switch the AF mode to 1-area-focusing mode (High speed) or 1-area-focusing mode if it is difficult to focus using Spot-focusing mode.

•You cannot change the AF mode setting when using [SELF PORTRAIT] and [FIREWORKS] in scene mode (P62).

•This is fixed to 1-area-focusing in Auto mode [0].

nAbout AF area selection

When the AF mode (P88) is one-area focusing or one-area focusing (high speed), you can select the AF area as follows. In the spot metering mode, the metering target shifts according to the AF area.

1Set the Focus switch to [AF] or [AFw].

2Move the joystick q to select [ ].

3Press the joystick.

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4Press cursor buttons or move the joystick e/r/w/q to change the AF area.

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or

SET

5Press [MENU/SET] or the joystick.

•The AF area returns to the original in the following cases.

–When the mode dial is set to Auto mode [0].

–When the camera is turned off.

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