Panasonic DMC-TS1, DMCTS1S Face Recog, AF AF Mode, Applicable modes ñ· ¿ OFF/ON/SET Note, About š

Advanced (Recording pictures)

[FACE RECOG.]

For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P25.

Specify a person's face and use the face recognition functions.

Applicable modes: ñ·¿

[OFF]/[ON]/[SET] Note

•Refer to P75 for details.

AF [AF MODE]

For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P25.

This allows the focusing method that suits the positions and number of the subjects to be selected.

Applicable modes: ·¿

[š]: Face detection	The camera automatically detects the person’s face. The focus
	and exposure can then be adjusted to fit that face no matter
	what portion of the picture it is in. (max. 15 areas)
[ ]: AF Tracking	Focus can be adjusted to a specified subject. Focus will keep
	on following the subject even if it moves. (Dynamic tracking)
[ ]: 11-area-focusing	The camera focuses on any of 11 focus areas. This is effective
	when the subject is not in the center of the screen.
[ƒ]: 1-area-focusing	The camera quickly focuses on the subject in the AF area on
(High speed)	the center of the screen.
[Ø]: 1-area-focusing	The camera focuses on the subject in the AF area on the
	center of the screen.
[Ù]: Spot-focusing	The camera focuses on a limited narrow area in the screen.

Note

•The camera is focusing on all the AF areas when multiple AF areas (max. 11 areas) light at the same time in [ ]. If you want to determine the focus position to take pictures, switch the AF mode to [ƒ], [Ø] or [Ù].

• If the AF mode is set to [ ], the AF area is not displayed until the picture is brought into focus.

•Switch the AF mode to [ƒ] or [Ø] if it is difficult to focus using [Ù].

•The camera may detect the subjects other than a person as the face. In this case, switch the AF mode to any modes other than [š] and then take a picture.

•It will be fixed to [š] when the [FACE RECOG.] is set to [ON].

•The AF mode cannot be set in [FIREWORKS] in scene mode.

•It is not possible to set [š] in the following cases.

–In [PANORAMA ASSIST], [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [STARRY SKY], [AERIAL PHOTO] and [UNDERWATER] in scene mode.

∫About [š]

The following AF area frames are displayed when the camera detects the faces. 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 areas are also focused.

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