Align Focus For Desired Composition; Taking Pictures/Motion Pictures With Zoom - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking pictures with your own settings
'NORMAL PICTURE Mode' (Continued)
Mode:

Align focus for desired composition

Useful when subject is not in center of picture.
First adjust focus according to subject
Hold down
halfway
AF area
Return to desired composition
Press fully
AF area
The focus display flashes and beep sounds when focus is not
aligned.
Use the focus range displayed in red (P.47) as a reference.
Even if the focus display is lit, the camera may be unable to
bring the subject into focus if it is out of range.
AF area is displayed larger in dark conditions or when using
digital zoom.
Most displays are temporarily cleared from screen when the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
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Subjects/environments which may
make focusing difficult:
• Fast-moving or extremely bright
objects, or objects with no color
contrast.
• Taking pictures through glass or near
objects emitting light. In dark, or with
significant jitter.
• When too close to object or when
taking pictures of both distant and
close objects together in the same
picture.
We recommend using the 'Face
detection' function when taking pictures
of people (P.73).
Focus display
Focus range
( DMC-ZS3PC/DMC-ZS1PC:
Display in meters)

Taking pictures/motion pictures with zoom

Mode:
You can zoom in up to 12 times with 'optical zoom', and up to 21.4 times with 'Extended
optical zoom' (pictures only) with lower picture quality. You can also use 'digital zoom' to
zoom in even further.
Do not block the lens barrel movement
while zooming.
Optical zoom and extended optical zoom (EZ)
Automatically switches to 'optical zoom' when using maximum picture size (P.69), and
to 'extended optical zoom' (for further zooming) otherwise. (EZ is short for 'extended
optical zoom'.)
• Optical zoom
Zoom bar
Max. enlargement: 12 x
Zoom In/Out
Restore Enlarge
Turn to W side Turn to T side
Focus
range
(P.47)
Zoom ratio
(approx.)
Zoom bar
Zoom speed can be adjusted.
Zoom slowly → turn slightly
Zoom quickly → turn completely
Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.
• Extended optical zoom
( displayed)
Max. enlargement: 14.3 x - 21.4 x
(Varies according to picture size.)
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