Taking Pictures With Manual Focus - Panasonic DMC-FZ18 Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)
Manual exposure
Available Aperture
Value
(Per 1/3 EV)
F2.8 to F3.6
F4.0 to F5.0
F5.6 to F7.1
F8.0
• The aperture values given in the table
above are values when the zoom lever is
rotated to Wide.
• Depending on the zoom magnification,
some of the aperture values cannot be
selected.
Taking Pictures with
Manual Focus
Use this function when you want to fix the
focus or when the distance between the
lens and the subject is determined and you
do not want to activate auto focus.
1 Press and hold [AF/MF].
• The MF icon [
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Available Shutter
Speed (Sec)
(Per 1/3 EV)
60 to 1/1000
60 to 1/1300
60 to 1/1600
60 to 1/2000
] appears.
2 Tilt the joystick towards / to
focus on the subject.
MF assistance
Focus range
• MF assistance disappears about
2 seconds after you stop operating the
joystick.
• Focus range disappears about
5 seconds after you stop operating the
joystick.
3 Take the picture.
w MF ASSIST
If you tilt the joystick towards / when
[MF ASSIST] is set to [MF1] or [MF2], MF
assistance is activated and the screen is
enlarged. This allows you to focus on the
subject more easily.
1 Press [MENU/SET] and then
press .
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2
1
MF MF
A B
MENU
SET