Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH24 Owner's Manual page 27

Basic
• 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):
1 Aim the AF area at the subject, and press _ _/_ a _
the shutter button half way to fix the focus
and exposure. [_
2 Press and hold the shutter button half
way while moving the camera as you
compose the picture.
• You can repeatedly retry the actions in step 1 before pressing the shutter button fully.
• Subject and recording conditions which are difficult to focus in
• Fast-moving subjects, extremely bright subjects or subjects without contrast
• When recording subjects through windows or near shiny objects
• When it is dark or when jitter occurs
• When the camera is too close to the subject or when taking a picture of both distant and near
subjects
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