Application (Record)

Using the [Rec] menu

●●

 

(1-area-focusing) in the following cases:

Focus is fixed to

••Scene Modes ([Starry Sky], [High Speed Video])

 

••[Creative Control] Mode ([Miniature Effect])

 

●●

(1-area-focusing) if focus is difficult to align with

(Spot-focusing).

Use

●●

 

(Face Detection) in the following cases:

 

Cannot set to

 

••Scene Modes ([Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot], [Food], [Underwater])

••[Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus])

 

••[Panorama Shot] Mode

●●If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in (Face Detection)

setting, switch to another setting.

 

 

 

 

●●

 

 

 

 

 

 

If conditions prevent the face from being recognized, such as when the movement of

the subject is too rapid, the [AF Mode] setting switches to

(23-area-focusing).

 

●●

 

 

 

 

 

(AF

Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or dark,

Tracking) may not operate correctly.

 

 

 

●●

(AF Tracking) does not work, focus will be on

(23-area-focusing).

 

When

 

●●

 

(AF Tracking) in the following cases.

 

 

Cannot set to

 

 

••[Creative Control] Mode ([Sepia], [Dynamic Monochrome], [High Dynamic],

 

[Toy Effect], [Soft Focus])

 

 

 

 

••[Panorama Shot] Mode

 

 

 

 

••[B&W] and [SEPIA] in [Color Mode]

 

 

 

●●

(23-area-focusing) or

(Spot-focusing) is set, the [AF Mode] setting at the

When

time of motion picture recording switches to

(1-area-focusing).

 

••For the setting procedures of the menu. (→54)

[Quick AF]

The focus is automatically adjusted when camera blurring is small even when the shutter button is not pressed. (Increases battery consumption)

Settings: [ON] / [OFF]

●●Focus alignment may take time if zoom is suddenly changed from max. W to max. T, or if suddenly moving closer to subject.

●●Press shutter button halfway if focus is difficult to align. ●●The function will turn [OFF] in the following cases.

[Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot], [Starry Sky] and [High Speed Video] Scene Modes

●●[Quick AF] will not work while AF Tracking is operating.

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DMC-ZS30, DMC-ZS27 specifications

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