Panasonic DMCLX7W, DMCLX7K, M0712KZ0 Select AF Mode from the Rec menu, Switching AF Mode

Application (Record)

Taking pictures with Auto Focus

■■Switching [AF Mode]

Select [AF Mode] from the [Rec] menu

••For the setting procedures of the menu. (→25)

Press to select Auto Focus mode items and press [MENU/SET]

(Face Detection)	Taking front-on pictures of people
(AF Tracking)	Automatically locking the focus on a moving subject (→98)
(23-area-focusing)	Subject not centered in picture (→98)
(1-area-focusing)	Determined position for focus (→99)

Taking front-on pictures of people

Recognizes faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus accordingly.

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.

●●Cannot set to (Face Detection) in the following cases:

••Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [Food]) ••[Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus] [Miniature Effect])

●●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).

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