[Af Mode]; Vqt3H43 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS9 Owner's Manual

Using the [Rec] menu
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
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Recording Mode:
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Settings: / / / /
Taking front-on pictures of Detected faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus
people accordingly.
• AF area
(Face Detection)
Yellow : When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame
White : Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other
Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then press ▼.
Automatically locking the
focus on a moving subject
• AF Tracking frame
When the subject is recognized, the AF Tracking frame changes
(AF Tracking)
from white to yellow, and the subject is automatically kept in
focus.
If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes.
• To clear AF Lock, press ▼.
• Focus (same as macro recording)
Max. W: 3 cm (0.10 feet) and above
Max. T: 1 m (3.28 feet) and above
Subject not centerd in Focuses on up to 23 points in each AF area.
picture (AF area displayed
only when focused)
(23-area-focusing)
Determined position for 1-area-focusing:
focus Focuses on AF area in center of picture. (Recommended
when focus is difficult to align)
(1-area-focusing) Spot-focusing:
(Spot-focusing) Focuses on smaller, limited area.
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[AF Mode]

turns green when the camera is focused.
faces that are the same distance away as faces within
the yellow AF area are also focused.
(7 × to 11 × is 2 m (6.57 feet) to ∞)
For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→17)
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In [Starry Sky] and [Fireworks] Scene Modes, the AF Mode setting is fixed to
(1-area-focusing).
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Use (1-area-focusing) if focus is difficult to align with
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Cannot set to (Face Detection) in the following cases:
[Panorama Assist], [Night Scenery], [Food], [Aerial Photo], [Underwater] Scene Modes
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If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in the
setting, switch to another setting.
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If conditions prevent the face from being recognized, such as when the movement of
the subject is too rapid, the AF mode setting switches to
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Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or when it is dark,
AF Tracking may not operate correctly.
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When AF Tracking does not work, focus will be on
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Cannot set to in the following cases.
• [Panorama Assist], [Starry Sky], [Fireworks], [Pin Hole], [Film Grain], or [High
Dynamic] Scene Modes.
(Spot-focusing).
(Face Detection)
(23-area-focusing).
(1-area-focusing).
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