Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 Owner's Manual page 34

Recording
Merging multiple pictures to widen the focus range (Focus Stacking)
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Touch [ ] in step
2
Touch the merging method.
[Auto Merging]
[Range Merging] Merges pictures with specified focus areas into a single picture.
3
(When [Range Merging] is selected)
Touch the desired focus area.
• Specify at least two areas.
• In-focus areas between the two areas will also be
selected, and the combined in-focus area will be indicated.
• Gray areas indicate areas that may, if selected, cause the
merged picture to look unnatural and areas that cannot be
selected.
• Touch the focus area again to cancel the selection.
Button
operation
3/4/2/1
[Fn5]
[DISP.]
[MENU/SET]
4
Touch [
• The picture will be saved in JPEG format. Recording information (Exif information) of the
original picture with the closest focus distance, including the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO
sensitivity, will also be recorded to the new picture.
• The camera may automatically correct the misalignments of pictures caused by camera shake.
If they are corrected, the angle of view becomes slightly narrower when pictures are merged.
• Pictures may be merged into an unnatural picture in the following cases:
– The subject moved.
– The distance to the subject was great.
– Pictures are too defocused (If you take pictures with a larger aperture value, the resulting
picture may look less unnatural.)
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of "Selecting the desired focus area and saving a picture".
Automatically selects pictures that are suited to be merged, and
merges them into a single picture.
• Priority will be given to pictures with closer focus.
• Pictures will be merged into a single picture and the resulting picture
will be saved when this item is selected.
Touch
Description of operation
operation
Touching Selects an area.
[Set/Cancel] Specifies/cancels an area.
Selects all areas.
[All]
(Before selecting areas)
Cancels all selections.
[Reset]
(After selecting areas)
Merges pictures and saves
the resulting picture.
] to merge the pictures and save the resulting picture.
Fn5
Set/Cancel
Reset
Fn5
Set/Cancel
Reset