Shooting Photos - Panasonic AG-HMC80PJ Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting photos

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Set the POWER switch to ON.
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• The CAMERA lamp lights red.
2
Press and hold the MODE button.
• The PHOTO lamp lights red.
3
Press the REC CHECK/PHOTO SHOT button
halfway.
• During auto focus, a shutter chance mark
and focus frame appear and focus is aligned.
During manual focus, only the focus frame
appears.
• Shutter chance mark
○ (Flashing white): Focusing in progress.
● (Lit green):
No mark:
4
Press the REC CHECK/PHOTO SHOT button
fully.
• Audio recording is disabled.
• If you press the REC CHECK/PHOTO SHOT
button fully without first pressing it halfway, it
may take longer to record the photo.
• As the shutter speed decreases in dark
conditions, we recommend using a tripod or flash.
• If the shutter speed is 1/30 sec or below, the
screen will be dark while the START/STOP
button is pressed halfway.
• It is always set to SHUTTER ON when in
MANUAL mode. SHUTTER OFF will not be
enabled even if you press the SHUTTER button.
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Screen displays during photo shooting
: Operation mode status
: Remaining battery display
: Quality
: Recording pixels
Shutter chance mark
Focus frame
Focusing complete.
Focusing incomplete.
R389 : Remaining media capacity (flashes red
when "0" is reached)
: AWB information display
ATW
• For details on other screen displays, see "Screen
displays". (Page 91)
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Shutter chance mark
• The shutter chance mark does not appear in
manual focus mode.
• The shutter chance mark may not appear if the
following occur.
� High zoom ratio
� Excessive camera shake
� Moving subjects
� Backlight
�
Nearby and far away objects coexist in the
frame
� Low lighting or dark conditions
� Bright areas in the frame
� Subjects consisting entirely of horizontal lines
� Conditions with low contrast
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Focus frame
If the focus does not align, perform the following.
The focus aligns on an
object with high contrast
(such as a fence) and
the subject is blurred.
Focus frame
The focus will
align if you
reposition the
center of focus.
Shift the center
of focus.
• The focus frame will not appear in the following
case.
�
While face detection frames are displayed
during auto face detection shooting mode.
OR Zoom in or
move closer to
the subject.
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