[Af Mode] - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 Operating Instructions Manual

Using [REC] menu
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
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Mode:
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Settings: /
Taking front-on pictures of
people
(Face Detection)
Subject not centered
in picture (AF area not
displayed until focused)
(9-area-focusing)
Determined position for
focus
(1-area-focusing)
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AF area becomes larger in dark locations or when using Digital Zoom or macro zoom,
etc.
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Cannot set to 'Face Detection' in the following cases:
[NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [STARRY SKY], [FIREWORKS], [AERIAL PHOTO] Scene
Modes
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If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in the 'Face Detection'
setting, switch to another setting.
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The Face Detection function may fail to work under the following conditions. (AF mode
setting is switched to
• When the face is not facing the camera or the
face is at an angle
• When the facial features are hidden behind
sunglasses, etc.
• When there is little face shadow
• When the face is extremely bright or dark
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Recognized faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and
focus accordingly.
Automatically focuses on any of 9 points.
Focuses on AF area in center of picture. (Recommended
when focus is difficult to align)
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(Continued)

[AF MODE]

AF area
Yellow : When the shutter button is
White : Displayed when more than one
AF area
AF area
• When the face appears small on the screen
• When there is rapid movement
• When the camera is shaking
• When the subject is other than a human being
such as pets
• When Digital Zoom is used
pressed halfway, the frame
turns green when the camera is
focused.
face is detected. Other faces
that are the same distance
away as faces within the yellow
AF area are also focused.