When The Subject Is Not In Focus (Such As When It Is Not In The Center Of The Composition Of The Picture You Want To Take); Preventing Jitter (Camera Shake); Taking Pictures With The Zoom; Using The Optical Zoom/Using The Extended Optical Zoom (Ez)/Using The Digital Zoom - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 Operating Instructions Manual

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When the subject is not in focus (such as when it is not in the center of
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Aim the AF area at the subject, and then press the shutter button halfway to fix the
focus and exposure.
2
Press and hold the shutter button halfway while moving the camera as you
compose the picture.
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You can repeatedly retry the actions in step
before pressing the shutter button fully.
We recommend that you use the face
detection function when taking pictures of
people. (P61)
∫ Subjects and recording conditions which are difficult to focus
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Fast-moving subjects, extremely bright subjects or subjects without contrast
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When the recordable range display has appeared in red.
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When recording subjects through windows or near shiny objects
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When it is dark or when jitter occurs
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When the camera is too close to the subject or when taking a picture of both distant and near
subjects
When the jitter alert [
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Shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera still from the
moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen. We recommend
using a tripod.
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Slow sync./Red-eye reduction
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In [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT], [STARRY SKY] or
[FIREWORKS] in scene mode (P45)
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When the shutter speed is slowed in [MIN. SHTR SPEED]
∫ Direction detection function
Pictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). (Only when
[ROTATE DISP.] (P82) is set to [ON])
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Pictures may not be displayed vertically if they were taken with the camera aimed up or down.
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Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.
[REC] mode:

Taking Pictures with the Zoom

Using the Optical Zoom/Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/Using
You can zoom-in to make people and objects appear closer or zoom-out to record landscapes in
wide angle. To make subjects appear even closer [maximum of 7.1k], do not set the picture size
to the highest setting for each aspect ratio (X/Y/W).
Even higher levels of magnification are possible when [DIGITAL ZOOM] is set to [ON] in [REC]
menu.
To make subjects appear closer use (Tele)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.
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the composition of the picture you want to take)

Preventing jitter (camera shake)

] appears, use [STABILIZER] (P65), a tripod or the self-timer (P42).
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the Digital Zoom
ISO ISO ISO
F2.8 F2.8 F2.8 1/125 1/125 1/125
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ISO ISO ISO
F2.8 F2.8 F2.8 1/125 1/125 1/125
100 100 100