Taking Pictures With Your Own Settings; Align Focus For Desired Composition - Panasonic DMC-TZ5 Operating Instructions Manual

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Taking pictures with your
Basics
own settings
Shutter button
Zoom lever
Status indicator
To use zoom
(P.32)
To use flash
(P.38)
To adjust image
brightness
(P.43)
To take close-up pictures
(P.40)
To adjust colouring
(P.58)
When (jitter alert) is displayed, use the optical image
stabilizer (P.62), a tripod, or the self-timer (P.42).
If aperture value or shutter speed is displayed in red,
correct exposure has not been achieved. Use flash or
change 'SENSITIVITY' (P.57) settings.
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1
Turn on the power
Status indicator illuminated for
approx. 1 second.
2
Set to
3
Set to
(NORMAL PICTURE mode)
4
Take a picture
Focus display
(when focus
aligned: flashing
Press halfway
→ illuminated)
(Adjust the
focus)
AF area
(Aligns focus with subject; when
complete: red/white → green)
Press fully
• Beep sounds when focus is not aligned.
Aperture Shutter speed
value
Using REC menu (P.55) to change settings and set up your own recording environment.
Useful when subject is not in centre of picture.
1
First adjust focus according to subject
Hold down
halfway
2
Return to desired composition
Press fully
Focus range → (P.41).
Outside of range, focus may not be aligned even if display is lit as normal.
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.
Holding camera vertically
Pictures taken with camera held vertically can automatically be displayed vertically in
playback.
(Only when 'ROTATE DISP.' (P.76) set to 'ON')
Jitter alert
Pictures may not be able to be displayed vertically if taken with camera facing upwards
display
or downwards. Motion pictures cannot be displayed vertically during playback.

Align focus for desired composition

Subjects/environments which may
make focusing difficult:
• Fast-moving or extremely bright
objects, or objects with no colour
contrast.
• Taking pictures through glass or near
objects emitting light. In dark, or with
AF area
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.59).
AF area
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