[Af Mode] - Panasonic DMC-LS6 Owner's Manual

For details about the setting procedure in the [Rec] menu (→24)
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 displayed
only when 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, etc.
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Cannot set to "Face Detection" in the following cases:
[Panorama Assist], [Night Scenery], [Food] 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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If faces cannot be detected such as when subjects are looking at places other than the
camera or when the subject is moving rapidly, the AF mode setting switches to

[AF Mode]

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Detected faces (up to 11 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)
AF area
Yellow: When the shutter button is
White: Displayed when more than one
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Using the [Rec] menu
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.
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