Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FX55 Operating Instructions Manual page 64

Advanced (Recording pictures)
Spot-focusing:
The camera focuses on
a limited narrow area in
the screen.
∫ About face detection
This function detects a person's face in the
image area so that the focus can be
adjusted properly. This is particularly
effective in preventing errors such as when
the focus is on the background when taking
a commemorative photograph.
• When the camera detects a person's face,
the following colour AF area is displayed.
Yellow:
When the shutter button is pressed
halfway, the frame turns green when the
camera is focused.
White:
Displayed when more than one face is
detected. Other faces that are the same
distance away as faces within the yellow
AF areas are also focused.
• Up to 15 AF areas are displayed.
• Under certain picture-taking conditions
including the following cases, the facial
recognition function may fail to work,
making it impossible to detect faces.
[AF MODE] is switched to [
– When the face is not facing the camera
– When the face is at an angle
– When the face is extremely bright or
dark
– When there is little contrast on the faces
– When the facial features are hidden
behind sunglasses, etc.
– When the face appears small on the
screen
– When there is rapid movement
– When the subject is other than a human
being
– When the camera is shaking
– When digital zoom is used
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• 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.
• centreThe AF area displayed is bigger
than usual when taking pictures in dark
places or when using the digital zoom.
• The camera is focusing on all the AF
areas when multiple AF areas (max.
5 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 [
• If the AF mode is set to [
the AF area is not displayed until the
picture is brought into focus.
• Switch the AF mode to [
is difficult to focus using [
].
• The AF mode cannot be set in
[FIREWORKS] in scene mode.
• It is not possible to set [
following cases.
– In [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD],
[STARRY SKY], and [AERIAL PHOTO]
in scene mode.
– In motion picture mode [
• The camera may detect the subjects other
than a person as the face. In this case,
switch the AF mode to any modes other
than [
] or [ ]
], [ ] or [
] in the
] and then take a picture.
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