Using REC/MOTION PICTURE menu

(Continued)

REC/PLAY switch:

WHITE BALANCE

Adjust colouring to suit light source if colours otherwise appear unnatural.

MODE: → REC/MOTION PICTURE menu

→ REC menu

Settings: AWB (automatic) / (outdoor, clear sky) / (outdoor, cloudy sky) /

(outdoor, shade) / (halogen lighting) / (uses value set in

) / (set manually)

See P.18 for menu setting procedure.

FACE RECOG.

Registering people that appear frequently in your pictures allows them to be given priority when aligning focus, and allows all pictures featuring them to be viewed collectively.

For details, please refer to P.65.

AF MODE

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

‘AWB’ operational range:

10000K

 

 

Blue sky

9000K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8000K

 

 

Cloudy sky (rain)

7000K

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shade

 

 

 

6000K

 

 

TV screen

 

 

 

5000K

 

 

Sunlight

 

 

4000K

 

 

White fluorescent lighting

 

 

 

 

 

3000K

 

 

Incandescent lighting

 

 

 

2000K

 

 

Sunset/sunrise

 

 

 

1000K

 

 

Candlelight

 

 

Image may appear red or blue if out of range. This function may also not work correctly even within range if there are many light sources present.

We recommend setting to ‘AWB’ or ‘’ when under fluorescent lighting.

MODE: → REC/MOTION PICTURE menu → REC menu

Settings: / / / / / (: High-speed focus)

Taking front-on pictures of Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and

people

focus accordingly. (When METERING MODE (P.75) is set to

Face detection

‘Multiple’)

 

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

White balance fine adjustment (excluding ‘AWB’)

White balance settings can be individually fine tuned if colours still do not appear as anticipated.

Press ▲ several times until ‘WB ADJUST.’ is displayed.

Adjust with ► if reds are strong, adjust with ◄ if blues are strong.

Press ‘MENU/SET’.

Changes to red (blue) when making fine adjustment

 

 

 

 

faces within the yellow AF area are

 

 

 

 

also focused.

 

• If ‘FACE RECOG.’

 

 

is set to ‘ON’, when taking pictures

 

 

 

 

with Face detection,

 

priority is given to adjusting the focus and

 

exposure of the faces of registered people. (P.65)

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 recognised, the AF

 

 

tracking frame changes from white to

Settings are remembered even if power is turned off.

Settings remain applied when using flash.

Even though the ‘AWB’ setting is fixed in ‘UNDERWATER’ scene mode, fine adjustments may still be made.

Fine adjustments cannot be made when ‘COLOR MODE’ (P.77) is set to ‘B/W’, ‘SEPIA’, ‘COOL’, or ‘WARM’.

yellow, and the subject is automatically

kept in focus.

If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes.

• To clear AF Lock, press ▼.

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

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

Setting white balance manually ()

Select and press ‘MENU/SET’. Point the camera towards a white object (e.g. paper) and press ‘MENU/SET’.

Press ‘MENU/SET’.

White balance is set to .

Making this setting will reset white balance fine adjustment.

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Only takes image of white objects within frame (step )

MENU/SET

 

 

(2 m (6.57 feet) and above unless max.T)

 

 

Subject not in centre of

Automatically focuses on any of 11 points.

 

 

picture (AF area displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after focuses completely

 

 

 

 

 

 

aligned)

 

 

 

 

 

 

11-area-focusing

 

 

 

AF area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic DMC-TZ7, DMC-TZ65 White Balance, Face Recog, AF Mode, White balance fine adjustment excluding ‘AWB’

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