Using the [Rec] menu (Continued)

[AF Mode]

Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.

Recording Mode:

Settings: / / / /

Taking front-on pictures of

Detected faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus

people

accordingly.

(Face Detection)

• AF area

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 area are also focused.

Automatically locking the

Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then press ▼.

focus on a moving subject

• AF Tracking frame

(AF Tracking)

When the subject is recognized, the AF Tracking frame changes

from white to yellow, and the subject is automatically kept in

 

focus.

 

If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes.

 

• To clear AF Lock, press ▼.

 

• Focus (same as macro recording)

 

Max. W: 3 cm (0.10 feet) and above

 

Max. T: 1 m (3.28 feet) and above

 

(7 × to 11 × is 2 m (6.57 feet) to ∞)

Subject not centerd in

Focuses on up to 23 points in each AF area.

picture (AF area displayed

 

only when focused)

 

(23-area-focusing)

 

Determined position for

1-area-focusing:

focus

Focuses on AF area in center of picture. (Recommended

(1-area-focusing)

when focus is difficult to align)

Spot-focusing:

(Spot-focusing)

Focuses on smaller, limited area.

 

 

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DMC-TZ18, MC-ZS8 specifications

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