Panasonic HC-W580 Operating Instructions Manual page 69

(Still Picture Recording Mode)
: [RECORD SETUP] # [O.I.S.] # [MODE1] or [MODE2]
MENU
[MODE1]:
[MODE2]:
AF/AE tracking
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.
1 Touch .
≥ An icon is displayed B.
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 or Intelligent Auto Plus
Mode is selected, the setting becomes
(Normal) and touched object is tracked. Selection
becomes /
on a face. (It may turn to
target is locked on the face when a spotlight is shining or
with a dark scene.)
3 Start recording.
∫ About target frame
≥ When target lock fails, the target frame blinks in red and then disappears. Touch a characteristic
part (colour etc.) on the object to lock onto it again.
≥ When the button is pressed halfway in Still Picture Recording Mode, the focus is set to the
object that is locked. The target frame turns green when it focuses, and the target cannot be
changed.
The function works all the time.
The function works when the
using this mode when you are recording yourself or recording with a tripod
in Still Picture Recording Mode.
(Portrait) when target frame is locked
/ (Normal) even if the
button is pressed. We recommend
/
A Target frame
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