Af Tracking - Panasonic HDC-SD20 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
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Recording (Basic)
It is possible to set the focus and exposure to the subject specified on the touch screen.
The focus and exposure will keep following the subject automatically even if it moves. (Dynamic tracking)
¬ Change the mode to
1
Touch
A Target frame
will be displayed on the screen.
≥
≥ The target frame will track the face framed in
prioritized face framing (orange) when the
Intelligent auto mode is set to
≥ Available target lock range will be displayed in
red frame when the Intelligent auto mode is set
to anything but
2
Touch the object and lock the target.
≥ When you touch the head of the object, the
target frame on the head gets locked and
tracking starts.
≥ Touch the object to be changed again
when you want to change the target.
≥ When the Intelligent auto mode is selected,
the setting becomes
touched object is tracked. Selection
becomes (Portrait) when target frame
is locked on head.
3
Start recording.
≥ When you touch [CANCEL], the tracking
function will be cancelled.

AF tracking

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.
(Portrait).
(Portrait).
(Normal) and
∫ About target frame
≥ When the button is pressed half way, the
focus is set to the object that is locked. The
target frame turns green when it focuses, and
the target cannot be changed.
≥ When target lock fails, the target frame blinks
in red and then disappears. In such cases,
touch the object again and lock the target.
≥ The frame out assist B is displayed when the
target frame gets close to framing out.
≥ This function cannot be used in manual mode.
≥ It may track different objects or may not lock
the target depending on the recording
conditions such as the following:
jWhen the object is too large or too small
jWhen colour of the object is similar to the
background
jWhen using zoom
jWhen the camera is shaking
jWhen more than one object overlaps
jWhen the scene is dark
jWhen the subject moves quickly
≥ A message will be displayed when an object
becomes unable to be tracked half-way through.
In such cases, touch the object one more time.
≥ AF tracking will be cancelled in the following cases.
jWhen the mode is changed
jWhen the power is turned off
jWhen the scene mode is set
jWhen the Intelligent auto mode is set on/off
≥ After setting [DISPLAY] to [OFF] if no operation
is performed for about 3 seconds, the operation
icon disappears. Touch the screen to display
the icon again. When the AF tracking is used,
the icon does not disappear.
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