[Cont.af]; Continuously Focusing On A Subject; F5.0 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7 Operating Instructions Manual

∫ About 3-area-focusing (High speed)
and 1-area-focusing (High speed)
• You can focus on the subject more quickly
than other AF modes.
• The picture may stop moving for a
moment before being brought into focus
when you press the shutter button
halfway. This is not a malfunction.
• The AF area displayed on the center of
the screen is bigger than usual when
using the digital zoom or when taking
pictures in dark places.

F5.0

F5.0
• The camera is focusing on all the AF
areas when multiple AF areas (max.
9 areas) light at the same time.
The focus position is not predetermined. It
is set to a position automatically
determined by the camera at the time of
focusing. If you want to determine the
focus position to take pictures, switch the
AF mode to 1-area-focusing mode (High
speed), 1-area-focusing mode or
Spot-focusing mode.
• Switch the AF mode to 1-area-focusing
mode (High speed) or 1-area-focusing
mode if it is difficult to focus using
Spot-focusing mode.
• The AF mode cannot be set in simple
mode [ ].
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[CONT.AF]

Continuously focusing on a
subject
MENU
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
SET
menu and select the item to set. (P74)
This mode allows you to compose a picture
more easily by always focusing on the
subject.
The time required for focusing when the
shutter button is pressed halfway will be
reduced when the AF mode is set to
1-area-focusing, 1-area-focusing (High
speed) or spot focusing.
• The [ ] indication appears when it is set
to [ON].
• The battery will be consumed faster than
usual.
• It may take time to focus on the subject if
you rotate the zoom lever from Wide to
Tele or suddenly change the subject from
a distant one to a nearby one.
• Press the shutter button halfway again
when it is difficult to focus on the subject.
• The [CONT.AF] setting is fixed to [OFF] in
[NIGHT PORTRAIT] (P60),
[NIGHT SCENERY] (P61), [PANNING]
(P61), [FIREWORKS] (P63) and
[STARRY SKY] (P63) in scene mode, in
simple mode [ ] and when manual focus
is set.
Menu Settings
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