Using the [Rec] menu (Continued)

[AF Assist Lamp]

Illuminates lamp when dark to facilitate focus alignment. Recording Mode:

Settings: [ON] : Lamp illuminated with halfway press of shutter button ( and larger AF area displayed)

[OFF] : Lamp off (taking pictures of animals in dark, etc.)

The AF Assist Lamp has an effective distance of 1.5 m (4.92 feet).

 

• Do not block the lamp with your fingers or look at it from close

 

range.

 

The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following Scene Modes.

AF Assist Lamp

[Self Portrait], [Scenery], [Night Scenery], [Sunset], [Fireworks],

 

[Aerial Photo], [Underwater]

 

[Red-Eye Removal]

Automatically detects red-eye and corrects still picture data when recording with flash

Red-Eye Reduction ().

Recording Mode:

Settings: [ON]/[OFF]

This setting will work only when [AF Mode] is (Face Detection). The red-eye effect may not be corrected under certain conditions. When the function setting is [ON], a appears with the flash icon.

[Stabilizer]

Automatically detects and prevents jitter.

Recording Mode:

Settings: [ON]/[OFF]

Setting fixed to [ON] in [Self Portrait] and [OFF] in [Starry Sky] Scene Modes. Cases where Optical Image Stabilizer may be ineffective:

Heavy jitter, high zoom ratio (also in the Digital Zoom range), fast-moving objects, indoors or in dark locations (due to low shutter speed)

This is fixed at [ON] during motion picture recording.

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Panasonic DMC-TZ18, MC-ZS8 AF Assist Lamp, Red-Eye Removal, Stabilizer, Automatically detects and prevents jitter

DMC-TZ18, MC-ZS8 specifications

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