Panasonic HDC-HS80P Owner's Manual page 132

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.
(Dynamic tracking)
1 Touch _.
• When [FACE RECOG.] (-) 62) is [ON] and a registered face is detected, the target is
automatically locked.
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 is selected, the setting
becomes _ (Normal) and touched object is tracked.
Selection becomes _ (Portrait) when target frame is
locked on a face. (It may turn to _[_ (Normal) even if the
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 (color etc.) on the object to lock onto it again.
• When the O 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.
O Target frame
• This function cannot be used in Manual Mode. When Manual Mode is set in Still Picture
Recording Mode, it can only be used with some settings in Scene Mode.
• It may track different objects or may not lock the target depending on the recording
conditions such as the following:
When the object is too large or too small
When color of the object is similar to the background
When the scene is dark
• When the target is locked in Still Picture Recording Mode, the screen may become dark or
AF assist lamp (-) 71) may be performed.
• AF/AE tracking will be canceled in the following cases.
When the mode is changed
When the unit is turned off
When the Scene mode is set
Switch to intelligent Auto Mode/Manual Mode
Switch to recording of yourself.
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