Taking Pictures With Manual Focus - Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2K Operating Instructions Manual

Advanced (Recording pictures)
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Use this function when you want to fix the focus or when the distance between the lens
and the subject is determined and you do not want to activate Auto Focus.
Set the focus mode lever to [MF].
Rotate the focus ring to focus on the subject.
• When the [MF ASSIST] (P139)in the [CUSTOM] menu is set
to [ON], screen will be enlarged about 5 times as MF assist.
• MF guide _) is displayed on the screen when the focus ring is
rotated if the [MF GUIDE] (P139) in the [CUSTOM] menu is set
to [ON]. You can check the direction of rotation of the focus ring
is toward the near side or the far side.
• The enlarged area can be moved by dragging the screen (P15), or pressing the cursor
button toward A/V/_I/I_.
• MF assist is enlarged from 5 times to 10 times when [(_] is touched. It will return to
5 times by touching [(_].
• MF assist or MF guide will disappear about 10 seconds after you stop operating the
focus ring, touch panel, or A/V/4/I_.
_Take the picture.
• MF ASSIST
Even without rotating the focus ring, the MF assist can be displayed with the following
operations.
When operating the touch panel
| Touch the place to enlarge, and display the MF
assist.
• For the operations while displaying the MF assist, refer
to step 2 of the "Taking Pictures with Manual Focus"
procedure.
2 Touch [CANCEL] to close MF assist.
• The screen returns to the previous screen.
When operating buttons
| Press and hold [Q.MENU] button until MF assist position setting
screen is displayed.
• When the [FOCUS AREA SET] is set to [Fn BUTTON SET] (P136), MF assist
position setting screen can also be displayed by pressing V.
2 Press AIVI_III_ to change the position of the MF
assist screen.
• The following will return the MF assistance to the
original position.
-When the Focus Mode is set to other than [MF]
-Changing [ASPECT RATIO] or [PICTURE SIZE].
-Turning the camera off.
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